Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office investigating homicide on Ridge Road

FLUVANNA COUNTY, Va. (WVIR) - The Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office says it is investigating a homicide at a Ridge Road home.

FCSO announced Sunday, August 20, that deputies were called out to the home around 3 a.m. for a reported shooting. Deputies found 43-year-old Johnnie Antoine Brown and began life-saving efforts. He was later pronounced dead at the scene.

“An injured individual was the initial way that the call came in. Deputies responded, along with rescue and fire, to what eventually became an individual with multiple gunshot wounds, ” FCSO Investigations Lieutenant Lieutenant Aaron Hurd said Monday, Aug. 21.

The sheriff’s office says a limited suspect description was provided by an eyewitness.

“The only real description that we have right now, which was three, we’ve been told three individuals who were there, who left in a two-door car after the altercation and an eventual shooting of Mr. Brown,” Lt. Hurd said.

Brown’s body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Richmond for an autopsy.

The Fluvanna County Sheriff’s Office is asking that anyone with information to call the Fluvanna County Emergency Communications Center at 434-589-8211 or Crime Stoppers at 434-977-4000.

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