SUFFOLK, Va. - Suffolk Police said a man was shot and killed after an argument over a car repair Saturday morning. Officers tell News 3 there was a disagreement between a mechanic and a customer.
According to police, the Suffolk 911 Center got a call for a shooting at the Auto Care Center on W. Constance Road just after 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
When officers arrived at the business, they found a 30-year-old Rakheem Scott had been shot multiple times. Suffolk Fire and EMS officials treated Scott on scene and took him to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The other man involved in the incident was 43-year-old Ronald Richardson. Police says Richardson rented space at the auto shop to service vehicles. Richardson was arrested and charged with second degree murder.
Police say there was a disturbance about the amount of time it was taking to fix Scott's vehicle.
Officers tell News 3 the person who was supposed to fix Scott's vehicle was contacted and responded and defused the situation.
Police say Scott then got into another altercation when shots were fired.
News 3's Leondra Head spoke to a man who only identified himself as the owner of the auto care center.
"Who shot the customer?" News 3's Leondra Head asked him. "It was one of my tenants. I rent that bay out to them. He doesn’t work for me. He has his own thing going on down there. He shot one of his customer’s," the man said.
"Pretty much they got in a little tussle. The guy pulled his gun and shot him," the man said.
The investigation remains ongoing at this time.
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This is a developing story. Stay with News 3 for any updates on this incident.
