Free Press report

Mayor Dwight C. Jones and others gathered Monday in Church Hill to unveil an honorary street sign in Church Hill for Alicia C. Rasin, a longtime advocate for families of homicide victims in the city.

Ms. Rasin, who was known as the city’s “Ambassador of Compassion,” died in October.

Ms. Rasin’s sisters, Patricia Rasin Smith and Albertina Rasin Walker, attended the ceremony, along with City Council member Cynthia I. Newbille, 7th District.

The mayor praised Ms. Rasin’s role in founding the group Citizens Against Crime and called for an end to gun violence to honor her memory.

“For more than 30 years, Alicia was a pillar of the Richmond community and an advocate for families of homicide victims.”

The ceremony came after a weekend of violence in the city, whose victims included 12-year-old Amiya Moses, who was killed by gunfire last Saturday night as she was playing with friends at a home in the 4900 block of Old Brook Road in North Side.

Amiya, who lived in the 1400 block of Treehaven Drive in South Richmond, had celebrated her birthday Dec. 3.

Richmond Police Chief Alfred Durham announced Monday at a news conference that two 20-year-old men, Dwight Q. Jackson of the 500 Windomere Avenue in Henrico County and Shaquille D. Maxwell of the 700 block of Windomere Avenue in Henrico, were taken into custody and charged with conspiracy to commit murder.

A vigil for the youngster and her family will take place 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 24, in the 4900 block of Old Brook Road.

Separately, two other people were killed and four others were wounded in Richmond in a 24-hour period during the weekend.