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9:21 p.m.

Police spokesman Gene Lepley said tonight the suspect in a four-hour standoff in south Richmond has died. The man was identified as Jataynun Fleming, 22, of the 3100 block of Able Court in Chesterfield County.

Lepley said Fleming was being sought in this morning’s slaying of William A. Charity Jr., 46, in the Whitcomb Court area of the city’s East End. Fleming was considered the only suspect, Lepley said.

7:45 p.m.

Police spokesman Gene Lepley said the standoff in south Richmond ended before 7:30 p.m.

He said police negotiations with the suspect broke down, and the SWAT team sent tear gas into the home. Shots were fired when police entered the home and the man was injured.

He was taken to VCU Medical Center. Lepley said the man had two outstanding warrants in Richmond for robbery and the use of a firearm in a felony. He also had a parole violation in Chesterfield County.

7:32 p.m.

At about 7:17 p.m., two loud booms came from the area of the standoff and an ambulance and firetruck advanced beyond the barricades into the neighborhood   Several minutes later, an ambulance left the scene with lights and sirens flashing, escorted by two police vehicles.

From previous reports

A Richmond SWAT team and the U.S. Marshalls are involved in a standoff in South Richmond this afternoon.

Police spokesman Gene Lepley said U.S. Marshalls tried to serve several local warrants on a man in the 300 block of Beaufont Hill Drive. The man barricaded himself inside the home about 3 p.m. and U.S. Marshalls called for a Richmond SWAT team, Lepley said.

Richmond fire and ambulance crews are also on the scene. A handful of people said they could not return to their homes because of the barricades blocking access to the subdivision.