Thugs. What are they good for? Absolutely nothing.

Richmond shootings kill one, wound one
RICHMOND - The city saw its fifth killing in as many days as one man died and another was injured in two separate shootings Thursday.

The first incident occurred at 4:15 p.m., when officers responded to 911 calls of shots fired in the 800 block of Ninth Street, Sgt. Bisa French said.

Inside a home, police discovered a man bleeding from a gunshot to his stomach. The victim, whose identity was not released, was flown to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek in stable condition, French said.

A few blocks away, officers detained two young men who fit witnesses' description of the suspects. Investigators were questioning the pair late Thursday, but it was not clear whether the men had been charged.

Shortly before 9 p.m., officers went to a second shooting at the corner of Fourth Street and Macdonald Avenue. Police found no victim at the scene, but a man turned up later at the Kaiser Permanente emergency room in Richmond with gunshot wounds. He died shortly after.

Authorities had no further information on either shooting Thursday night.

-- Cassandra Braun

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EDIT 12:03 PM: Update...

Fatal victim ID'd in Richmond shootings

By Cassandra Braun
CONTRA COSTA TIMES

RICHMOND - The city saw its fifth killing in as many days as one man died and another was injured in two separate shootings Thursday.

31-year-old Reginald Collier of Richmond died Thursday night at Kaiser Permanente's emergency room in Richmond, Lt. Enos Johnson said this morning.

Collier was involved in a shooting shortly before 9 p.m. at the corner of Fourth Street and Macdonald Avenue, Johnson said. Police found no victim at the scene initially, but a man turned up later at the Kaiser Permanente emergency room in Richmond with gunshot wounds. He died shortly after.

In a separate incident at 4:15 p.m. Thursday, officers responded to 911 calls of shots fired in the 800 block of Ninth Street, Sgt. Bisa French said.

Inside a home, police discovered a man bleeding from a gunshot to his stomach. The victim, whose identity was not released, was flown to John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek in stable condition, French said.

A few blocks away, officers detained two young men who fit witnesses' description of the suspects. Investigators were questioning the pair late Thursday, but it was not clear if the men had been charged for the crime.