RICHMOND (BCN)— A man suspected in the shooting death of a 29-year-old man in Richmond last week has been charged with one count of murder, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney's Office.
Richmond police arrested Dawaun Rice, 19, in Vallejo on Wednesday for the killing of Javonte Prothro and he made his initial appearance in court Friday, prosecutors said.
Prothro was found slumped over in his car and suffering a gunshot wound just before 11 a.m. on Sept. 19 outside the Bayview Mart grocery store at 1025 S. 47th St., according to police. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police have not disclosed the suspected motive for the shooting.