HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- When Facebook opens a new data center in eastern Henrico's White Oak Technology Park the 970,000-square-foot facility will run on 100 percent renewable energy. Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced Facebook's $750 million investment in Henrico during a Thursday morning press conference at the Virginia State Capitol.

"I am proud to welcome Facebook to Henrico County, and we look forward to a strong partnership," Governor McAuliffe said in a prepared statement. "Working with companies like Facebook and many others, we are advancing Virginia’s position as a global leader in the technology economy and a world-class home to innovative companies of every size."

The project, which will initially create thousands of construction jobs, will eventually bring 100 new permanent Facebook jobs to the region.

"We could not be more thrilled to locate our next data center here," Rachel Peterson, Director of Data Center Strategy at Facebook, said. "When considering new data center locations, we not only look for clean and renewable energy solutions, but great partnerships within the local community, a strong pool of local talent, excellent access to fiber, and a robust electric grid. Henrico County and the Commonwealth of Virginia has it all."

A partnership between Dominion Energy Virginia and Facebook will lead to the construction of "multiple solar facilities" to provide renewable energy that will keep the data center up and running.

"Access to clean energy is joining reliability and price as important considerations when businesses decide to locate their operations," Robert M. Blue, President and CEO of Dominion Energy’s Power Delivery Group, said. "We are pleased we have been able to develop a solution for Facebook that meets all those requirements and creates a model that can be used by other large businesses as well."

This is a developing story.

erry McAuliffe (center) is joined by Facebook’s director of data center strategy Rachel Peterson (left) and head of U.S. infrastructure Reginald B. McKnight (right). (J. Elias O’Neal)

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — A deal that took state and local economic leaders three years to grow has finally bore fruit.

Flanked by state and regional leaders in the Jefferson Room at the State Capitol, Gov. Terry McAuliffe formally announced at press conference Thursday that Facebook would invest $1 billion to build a 970,000-square-foot data center in the White Oak Technology Park in eastern Henrico County.

The facility, which would be Facebook’s eighth U.S. data center, is set to be operational around 2019, said Director of Data Center Strategy Rachel Peterson, ultimately creating 100 full-time jobs.

It would be the first of what’s expected to be a multi-phase development at 5900 Elko Road that would span more than 328 of the tech park’s 1,500 acres.

The first phase will consist of an H-shaped complex of two single-story, connected buildings. Documents on file with the county show three future buildings totaling 1.5 million additional square feet. The future phases were not discussed at the press conference.

While Virginia appeared to be the primary state for Facebook’s data center, Henrico County edged out a number of localities for the project, including the Northern Virginia counties of Loudoun and Prince William, which have some to the highest concentrations of data centers in North America.

“The important thing is that they were looking at a number of places in Virginia,” said Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade Todd Haymore. “This is a big win for the state.”

No general contractor has been selected to oversee the mammoth development. Delaware-based Scout Development LLC is the developer and Manassas-based Christopher Consultants is the engineer.

State and county leaders emphasized that thousands of jobs would be created during its two-year construction. A handful of area staffing agencies are out seeking workers for the project, including Richmond-based Aerotek, with some offering incentives such as covered relocation expenses to on-the-spot hiring to kick off an ambitious construction timeline.

“They want to move quickly,” Haymore said.

Upon its completion, Henrico County Manager John A. Vithoulkas said the Facebook facility could be one of the county’s largest taxpayers, although he could not disclose the direct economic impact the facility would have on the county.

“That’s something we’ll have a better idea about when the project is completed and we can assess the property,” Vithoulkas said.

Facebook also would become the county’s largest water user, Vithoulkas said, consuming close to 3.5 million gallons a day.

Henrico County and the state’s primary economic development agency, the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, appeared to have pulled out the red carpet to land the Facebook data center.

Click here to read how Henrico wooed Facebook.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Police are looking for a gunman who robbed a McDonald’s restaurant in Henrico County.

A man with a gun walked into the restaurant, located at 5106 9 Mile Road, at about 10:30 a.m. Friday.

He displayed the weapon and took money from the fast food restaurant, according to a Henrico Police spokesperson.

No shots were fired during the robbery and no one was hurt.

The gunman, who was described vaguely by police as a black male, was last seen running towards the back of the fast food restaurant.

Witnesses can send news tips and photos here.

Anyone with information about the crime can call Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000.

We compiled a list of the pumpkin patches around the area, so you can find your favorite. There is no better way to revel in fall than to acquire a big orange fruit that can be used for decoration or consumption. There are a couple of farms that don't charge admission, but most do. Details are below.

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ASHLAND BERRY FARM

Sept. 30 to Oct. 31

A tractor takes you to the field to pick pumpkins. There is also a Boo House, hay maze, tractor rides, donut shop (weekends) and gift shop. Terror on the Farm is 7 to 11 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Cost:  Pumpkins run $3 to $20. All you can carry for $20. Free hayrides.
Open:  Weekday 1 to 6 p.m. (starting Oct. 6) and Saturday and Sundays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Last hayride at 5 p.m. on weekdays and 4:30 p.m. on weekends.
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12607 Old Ridge Road, Hanover
Phone:   (804) 227-3601

ASHWOOD GARDENS AND PUMPKIN PATCH

Oct. 1 to Oct. 31

Get your pumpkins at this nursery, in addition to all your seasonal decoratives (straw bales, mums, kales, pansies, evergreens). Free hayrides available on weekends. Walk out on the weekdays, with a wagon for hauling (if there has been a lot of rain, call first for field conditions).
Cost:  Pumpkins are 49 cents/pound. All you can carry, from the field for $20.
Open: Mon – Fri: 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sat: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.. Sunday: Noon- 5 p.m.
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11374 Ashcake Road, Ashland
Phone: (804) 798-2280

BELMONT PUMPKIN FARM

Open weekends, through end of October

Lots of family fun and an old-time farm experience. Every weekend in October there are hayrides out to the field to choose your own pumpkin, tour the corn maze, check out the farm animals and face or pumpkin painting.
Create a scarecrow $8/if you bring your own clothes or $16/without. There will be sunset hayrides the last two weekends in October.
Cost:  $6 per person between the ages of 2 and 62, or use the family rate $15 or $10 per military family. Fee includes all farm activities. Pumpkins prices range from $2 – $18. There are pumpkin desserts for sale, including pumpkin funnel cake.
Open: Saturdays and Sundays 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and until 8 p.m. on Saturdays in October, with marshmallows around the campfire and a hunt for the magic pumpkin.
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155 Belmont Ln, North, VA in Mathews County
Phone:  (804) 725-6612

PUMPKIN PATCH AT CHESTERFIELD BERRY FARM

Open weekends until Nov. 5

Tons of activities, games, and animals for the kids, including corn maze, paintball, corn cannons and hayrides.  Food onsite to enjoy. Admission/parking costs $12 and includes hay ride, corn maze, fun zone. Some activities cost extra, like "scary barn" and paintball.
Cost: Pumpkins priced per 49 cents/pound. Activities pricing ranges from free to the $18 “Ultimate Farm Pack.” See website for complete details. 
Open: Saturday/Sunday 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
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26002 Pear Orchard Road, Moseley
(804) 739-2404

CROSS CREEK NURSERY

Weekends in Oct. starting Oct. 7. 

Pumpkins and pumpkin decorating, farm animals, and activities like a bounce castle and hayrides. Tractor rides through the Haunted Forest just $2.
Cost:  Free to enter. Charge per pound. Pumpkin decorating is $5
Hours: Pumpkin Patch is 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends.
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501 Courthouse Road, N. Chesterfield
(804) 378-0700

THE PUMPKIN PATCH AT GALLMEYER FARMS

Open daily through Oct. 31

Check out this spot for an “on the farm” family experience that comes with lots of seasonal activities like spooky house tours, straw bale maze, hayrides and lots of pumpkins. There are also corn shocks, mums, straw bales and other seasonal items for sale in addition to pumpkins!
Cost:  General admission, hayrides, parking, hay bale maze and many activities are free. Pumpkins are .69 cents per pound. Miniatures are .99 cents each or 3 for $2.99.
Open: 8 a.m. to dusk
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4506 Millers Lane, Richmond
(804) 222-2285

HANOVER VEGETABLE FARM

Oct. 1 – 31 Funtober

Cost:  Admission is $5 or $10 -- which includes a pumpkin. Pumpkins are .49/a pound with nothing over $15.  Includes hayride, pumpkin picking, corn maze, bounce house and blow up obstacle course, animal viewing, corn pits, pallet maze, Charlotte's web hide and seek area.

Additional charge activities for the weekend: pony rides by Milford Meadow Farm, face painting and more by Sheri the Clown and Danielle and corn slingshot.
See website calendar for special events.
Monday through Friday, 2 to 6 p.m. (includes hayrides and animal petting area only)
Open Saturday/Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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13580 Ashland Road, Ashland, VA
(804) 752-2334

Lloyd Family Farm corn maze

LLOYD FAMILY FARMS

Open now on weekends through of all of October

General admission is $5 and includes access to pumpkin patch, hayride, corn maze and tour of the working horse farm.
Cost: .79 cents a pound/orange pumpkins or .99 cents/Heirloom and  $1/decorative gourds. Get one pumpkin, 40 lbs. or heavier for only $30.
Open: Friday from 1 - 6 p.m. Every Saturday and Sunday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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12204 Pinhook Road, Rockville
(804) 387-0068

SKINQUARTER FARM MARKET

Runs through Oct. 31

A variety of pumpkins, produce, decoratives and hayrides!
Cost: Free admission. Pick your own for 49¢/ lb. with nothing over $15. Free hayrides and corn maze.
Pumpkin patch hours:
Monday through Thursday 2 to 6 p.m., 2 - 7 p.m. Friday, and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m Saturday and Sunday.

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20800 Hull Street Road Moseley
(804) 739-9089

PUMPKINS AND FAMILY MOVIE NIGHT AT TOM LEONARD’S FARMER’S MARKET

A free Halloween movie night for families in the outdoor hay bale theater. In addition to movie nights and hayrides, Tom Leonard’s has heaps of locally grown pumpkins, and also specialty pumpkins, gourds, fall squash, straw bales, and cornstalks.
Cost: Pumpkins are priced around $1.99 to $39
Open during store hours: Movies start at 7 p.m.

Oct. 6: It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Oct. 13: Sesame Street – A Magic Halloween
Oct. 20: Disney’s Adventure of Ichabod & Mr. Toad
Oct. 27: It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown

Reg. store hours: Daily/9 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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4150 Brookriver Drive, Glen Allen
(804) 364-5800

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PUMPKIN AND HALLOWEEN RELATED EVENTS

SATURDAY OCT. 21

Scott’s Addition Pumpkin Festival
The pumpkin festival for the city, and beyond. Expect heaps of pumpkin food, kegs of craft beer and live music, but there is also an emphasis on family events. There is an expanded kid’s zone, according to organizers. There is a costume contest.

Noon to 6 p.m.
Free to enter, food and drink prices vary.
On the Boulevard between Leigh and Broad Street

SATURDAY & SUNDAY OCT. 14 & 15

Gourds, goblets and ghouls festival at the Hanover Vegetable Farm

A family fall festival with live music, wineries, beer garden, 40+ vendors, hay rides, pumpkin picking, corn maze and lots of fun activities.  Free goblet for everyone 21 and over.  Free wine tastings provided by the wineries. Each day of the festival a free tote bag given to first 500 women 21 and over. A free beer koozie to the first 500 men 21 and over.

Ticket prices range from $8, $13, and $25. See website for details. 

SATURDAY, OCT. 28

Innsbrook’s Great Pumpkin Palooza
Festival staples like pony rides, petting zoos, and bouncy houses with fun live entertainment. In addition to this pumpkin mania, there will be a battle of the bands, the Punkin Dunkin competition, a kids zone, photobooth, local restaurants, craft beer, and a costume contest, not just for you but a Doggie costume contest too. An assortment of food from BBQ and kettle corn to gyros and souvlaki. Beer on-site.

10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
4951 Lake Brook Drive

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- A machine fire at the Fareva plant on Darbytown Road was brought under control before sunrise Monday. Firefighters were called to the eastern Henrico facility at about 4:20 a.m.

More than 25 workers were able to get out of the warehouse unharmed, Assistant Henrico Fire Chief Kevin Bartal said.

Henrico Fire Crews arrived about four minutes after the call and found a machine on fire. The warehouse sprinkler system helped contain fire, Bartal said. Due to the amount of smoke in the facility, a second alarm was called at 4:37 a.m.

"Personnel entered the building with hoselines and found heavy smoke conditions throughout. Making their way through the low-visibility conditions, they were able to find the fire, which was located at a piece of machinery," Henrico Fire spokesperson Captain Taylor Goodman said. "The building’s sprinkler system was keeping the fire from spreading as rapidly, but two fire department hoselines were required to fully extinguish the blaze."

Eventually, 45 firefighters responded to the fire to help get smoke out of the large warehouse.

"Ventilation of the large business was a challenge, requiring of smoke removal through the roof," Goodman added. "Four companies partnered together to strategically place their fans to move the air, a task which took nearly three hours to fully accomplish. Because of the amount of smoke, it took about two-and-a-half hours to mark the incident under control."

More than 500 people work at the Fareva Richmond warehouse.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Fareva Richmond produces "aerosol ingredients for products such as spray-on sunscreen and dry shampoo," the Richmond Times Dispatch reported in 2016.

Fareva took over the plant from Pfizer Inc.

This is a developing story. Witnesses can email news tips and photos here.

GLEN ALLEN, Va. -- Kool & The Gang will ring in the New Year at Innsbrook After Hours. The funk and R&B band known for timeless hits like "Jungle Boogie," "Ladies' Night," "Joanna," and "Celebration" will perform at the Glen Allen venue on December 31, 2017.

Tickets go on sale October 16 and start at $20.17.

"General Admission tickets will increase in price after that, and will be $40 at the gate on New Year’s Eve," an Innsbrook After Hours spokesperson said. "A limited number of Floor Passes will be available for $49, providing Dance Floor Pit access."

In addition to the concert, dinner and VIP hospitality tickets and packages will be available.

Richmond’s party rock band The Mashup will open for Kool & The Gang .

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Ashley Weber, who most recently taught history at Freeman High School, pleaded guilty to having consensual sexually contact with a minor, according to the Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office.

In exchange for the guilty plea on Friday, the 31-year-old woman received a 12-month jail sentence for one count of contributing to delinquency of a minor.

A second 12-month jail sentence, for the second count of contributing to delinquency of a minor, was suspended for five years.

Weber was initially charged with using a communication device to propose sex to a minor, but she was not convicted on that charge.

Police were called to the school in June to investigate a situation that was deemed “suspicious,” according to testimony. Weber was later arrested in August after Henrico Police took a report about a sexual relationship between Weber and the 16-year-old student.

During her hearing, it was revealed Weber brought the teenage student to her parents’ Henrico home to engage in sexually activities. While Weber did not live in the home, she had a key and access, Assistant Commonwealth’s Attorney Stacey Davenport said.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va - The owner of a pet cemetery in Henrico County discovered the property had been vandalized over the weekend.  Marsha Rodgers, who bought the property last year and has operated it since, found more than 90 headstones toppled when she surveyed the damage with Henrico Police officers.

The Pet Memorial Park is in a neighborhood just off Three Chopt Road, near the Parham Road intersection. 

"You just don't do that. Maybe there are just animals here, but there are people who have been attached and loved these animals. They want to come and visit and they don't want to find this when they get here," Rodgers said.

The vandals smashed glasses vases, snapped headstones, and pushed other over.  Some the plots on the property date back to the 1930's, Rodgers said.  One of the animals buried there is locally famous.  Lady Wonder Horse, who according to reports was psychic and could even read, is buried at Pet Memorial Park.

Rodgers and her husband bought the property last August, she said, because her dog, Snowball, is buried there.  Over the past year, they have worked to make the site an operating pet cemetery.  A man who's cat is buried there called her Saturday morning to report the vandalism.

"I know how emotional it is when you lose a pet. . . I mean how disrespectful can you be?  What kind of person finds that sort of thing funny?" Rodgers asked.  "I can't believe that somebody would do this."

Rodgers said they do have at least one clue.  A few days before the vandalism, someone left a cryptic, taunting message on the business phone line, she said.

"Luckily they weren't very smart and they calls us from their phone, so we do have the police looking into that," Rodgers said.  "I'm going to find out who did it, and make sure they understand the extent of what they've done."

Anyone with information on the vandalism is asked to contact the Henrico County Police at 804-501-5000.

HENRICO, Va. -- The drastically rising number of women in Henrico County's jails led county leaders to reach out for Chesterfield for help.

Sheriff Wade says 239 beds are allocated for women between the eastern and western jails.  However, the total average female inmate population in Henrico for 2017 was 268.  That's drastically up from just last year.

The sheriff says the opioid crisis is the largest contributor to overcrowding.  Human trafficking cases, including prostitution, have also caused an increase in the female population.

"The women's population just exploded over the last year,” said Sheriff Mike Wade. “We have anywhere from 10 to 15 pregnant women a day in the jail- everyday."

Sheriff Wade says he does not plan to transfer inmates to Chesterfield who are in Henrico's RISE or ORBIT drug rehabilitation programs, or inmates with other medical needs.

Currently 400 inmates, 70 women, are in rehab program in Henrico County jails.

Yet many more, like Bonnie Venable, would like to participate. She said her addiction has ruined the lives of her loved ones and she is ready for change.

"Overcrowding is our biggest issue that we have here,” Venable said. She shares the detox pod with 37 other female inmates. Yet there are only 10 cells with beds. Another pod has 32 female inmates with just six cells.

Women are sleeping on the floor, including some women who have disabilities.  In some pods there are more women on the  floor than the beds.

They are also limited on toilet paper and pads; things of great necessity.

In response to overcrowding problems Sheriff  Wade reached out to Chesterfield County, and a deal was struck.

In September, Henrico's Board of Supervisor's voted to give the Chesterfield Sheriff's Office $750,000 to cover the costs of housing 50 female inmates at Chesterfield's jail.

Sheriff Wade said that housing female inmates in Chesterfield is just a short-term solution.  The county manager is reviewing plans to renovate the current western jail, while moving administration offices to another building.  Other inmate housing options are also being explored.

In the meantime Sheriff Wade says he'll continue to push for more jail space in Henrico and more beds in the rehab program.

"If we can control their lives long enough for them to get control of themselves- then i think we've done something,” Wade said.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va – Henrico Police are conducting a death investigation on Fayette Avenue Tuesday morning.

Police first responded the neighborhood around 2:30 a.m. for reports of a shooting.

After arriving on scene, the investigation transitioned to a death investigation.

Investigators ask anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000.

GLEN ALLEN, Va. — A local architect’s foray into residential development is introducing a home design concept that’s new to the Richmond market but has been in use for centuries on the other side of the world.

Aparna Patil, owner and principal of Glen Allen-based Mansara Architecture, has been turning heads in western Henrico County with the first of two new homes she and her husband, Nitin Patil, are developing at 4525 and 4529 Springfield Road.

The contemporary-style homes, featuring single-sloped roofs and hardieplank and brick facades, are the Patils’ first attempt at residential development since they launched Mansara in March last year.

The homes also are apparently the first of their kind in the Richmond area to have designs based on an ancient architectural practice called “vastu shastra” that originates from the Patils’ native India.

Aparna, who has been practicing in the Richmond area for more than a decade, previously as a project manager with nbj Architecture, said the concept is based primarily on a home’s orientation with the sun, with spaces divided into zones that then determine its layout.

“Each of these zones is attributed a certain quality, based on the rays of the sun, the quality of the light and the temperatures that this particular zone receives,” Aparna said. “Then you place the different functions of the building accordingly.

“For instance, southwest is where the master bedroom should be, because of the temperature. That is the zone that receives the maximum sunlight and is most heated and is therefore the most comfortable in the nights and evenings.”

She said vastu shastra has origins that date back as far as 3000 B.C. And according to members of AIA Richmond, the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Aparna’s homes appear to be the first residential structures in the Richmond area to be built with the concept. They said nbj Architecture designed the nearby Hindu Center of Virginia in accordance with the concept as well.

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HENRICO, Va. – The owner of a Buz and Ned's barbecue thinks someone has gone hog wild with rumors about the new sign recently erected outside the Henrico restaurant.

The sign went up outside the Broad Street store about a week ago, to let people know "haters" aren’t welcome at Buz and Ned’s establishments. The term means what it sounds like, “a negative or critical person; a person who greatly dislikes a specified person or thing.”

Think a person with too tangy a political or racial slant that just might cause indigestion -- and then some.  Specifically,  owner Buz Grossberg said he was motivated to put up the sign after the violence unfolded in Charlottesville. 

CBS 6 Reporter Melissa Hipolit interview Buz Grossberg

Grossberg said he wanted to make it clear that haters, including racists, aren't welcome at his restaurant.  He said it was important for people of influence to make a statement.

Instead, what has been served up is a hefty plate of rumors, with some sides of hype.

A post first made by “Anthony” has been cooking over the coals online, where rumors are easy to start. A couple of hours after CBS 6 reporter Melissa Hipolit reached out to him, the page disappeared.

The post claims that the sign went up as a response to a racially charged interaction, in which the management team (allegedly) removed African American cooks from the line at the request of a white customer.

Employees of Buz and Ned’s responded online by denying that interaction ever happened.

“We are truly disheartened at this accusation, and hope that our customers realize that what is being said is a nasty rumor and that is all it is,” wrote employee Lorraine Lester.

Flames continued to rise on the restaurant’s Facebook page in response, with people asking for the restaurant to respond.  Grossberg has, and he called the situation "fake news." He said he plans to keep the "No Haters" sign up.

Conclusion: the rumor is hogwash, nothing butt false.

Buz and Ned’s originally launched as a food cart in 1992,  with the first brick and mortar restaurant opening on Boulevard three years later. The Henrico restaurant opened in 2011 and is more than twice the size of the first spot.

After CBS 6's story went online, reporter Melissa Hipolit was able to reach Anthony, who explained why he removed the Facebook page. He said he deleted the page because Buz and Ned's employees got mad at him. He went on to say that an employee told him that story. He said he has witnesses and he's happy to talk directly to Buz Grossberg about it.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- A homicide investigation is underway after a year-old girl was killed in her Henrico home.

Neighbors heard multiple gunshots overnight on Fayette Avenue. Neighbors said an infant and her father were shot.

In addition to the child's death, police added the second shooting victim was a 20-year-old man.

The gunshots rang out 2:30 a.m., according to Henrico Police.

One neighbor, who asked not to be identified, said it sounded like the initial gunshots were fired from outside a home along the 500 block of Fayette Avenue, near Elba Street.

"I woke up to gunshots. Like five gunshots. And then I heard three more," the neighbor said. "Honestly it sounded so close, it sounded like someone in my house had been shot."

Neighbor Dietrich Wingfield was up watching television, and it took him a minute to realize the  gunshots were coming from outside his home.

'So, I dove on the floor because I was scared because it sounded so close and it was loud," Wingfield said.

Crime Insider sources told Jon Burkett the shooter walked up to the home and fired into an open window.

Soon after she heard gunshots, the neighbor said she witnessed a woman run out of the home screaming "they shot my baby."

"We heard screaming," the neighbor said. "'They shot my daughter. My daughter's been shot. My baby. My baby.' She came out and she ran down the street."

She said a man, the child's father, also exited the home and reported he'd been shot in the stomach.

Neighbors reported seeing an infant being put in an ambulance.

Wingfield said the little girl had just celebrated her one year birthday two weeks ago.

Multiple family members were taken to the hospital.

"We are here for you. Our prayers are with your family," the neighbor added.

Henrico Police have not yet confirmed details about the shooting, or released any suspect description.

"Officers located two victims who had been shot. Both victims were transported to a local hospital for treatment of life threatening injuries. One of the victims succumbed to their injuries at the hospital," a Henrico Police spokesperson said. "Detectives are continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding this incident."

Witnesses can send news tips and photos here.

Anyone with information was asked to call Crime Stoppers at 804-780-1000.

ALLEGHANY COUNTY, Va. – The Reynolds Metals heir who was convicted of a rape in Chesterfield in 1986 has been arrested in connection to another rape in Florida nearly 20 years ago.

Cornelious Francis Florman, 51, was arrested Tuesday afternoon by U.S. Marshals in Alleghany County, Virginia.

The 51-year-old has been charged with sexually battery and kidnapping in connection to a rape that occurred on June 22, 1998 in Fort Myers Beach. The 44-year-old victim told police a man asked her for a ride off the beach and raped her after knocking her unconscious.

In July, CBS 6 reported that the Lee County Sheriff's Office considered Florman a suspect in the case.

Cornelious Francis Florman

“They never would have found him if it wasn’t for that cold DNA hit,” said CBS 6 Legal analyst Todd Stone. “To rely on a victim to identify someone 20 years later is nearly impossible but to do it with DNA, it makes it a much stronger case.”

According to a "DNA match data response offender match" record from November of 2016, Florman's DNA matched the foreign DNA profile collected by a physical evidence recovery kit (PERK) from the woman that was raped in 1998.

Florman, who grew up in the West End, has been at the center of several cases in the Commonwealth.

He was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison for raping a nurse inside her Bon Air home in 1986.

Florman was charged with raping a Henrico County woman back in 1986 in her neighborhood near the University of Richmond. A judge declared a mistrial in the case, and Florman was never found guilty of the crime, but in a civil trial the woman won and received 8.5 million dollars.

“His prior convictions come into play if he gets on the stand to testify, they can cross examine him about his prior convictions,” said Stone. “If he doesn’t get on the stand, chances are his prior convictions won’t come in the guilt phase but if he’s convicted they could in the sentencing phase.”

HENRICO, Va. – The Publix at Virginia Center Marketplace, at 10150 Brook Road, opened at 7 a.m. Wednesday.

Publix continues to roll out their revamped stories throughout Richmond, Henrico and Chesterfield. The Florida-based grocer opened four locations in the Richmond-area earlier this summer.

The Publix at Short Pump Crossing Shopping Center, located at 3460 Pump Road, will open next week, on Wednesday, Oct. 18.

And Just in time for the holiday season, Publix supermarkets will open their first Tri-Cities location in Colonial Heights.

The Publix at Colonial Square Shopping Center, located at 3007 Boulevard in Colonial Heights, is expected to open on Wednesday, Nov. 1.

The grocery giant announced the grand opening for 7 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 1. The store will be located at 3007 Boulevard, at the Colonial Square Shopping Center.

The Colonial Heights location will be the seventh store to open in Central Virginia.

Publix and Wegman’s tied in 2017 as the most popular grocery chains in the U.S., according to a study by the industry research firm Market Force.  Publix was ranked second for the past four years.

RICHMOND, Va. – Heavy rain in the early morning hours may have sent water rushing over the exposed rocks of the James River, but there is still a drought watch advisory for the Middle James, Roanoke River and Shenandoah regions.

Basically, that means the conditions are there for a drought; rivers, streams and groundwater are much lower than normal.

“It could go either way and could take a while to go either way,” said Bill Hayden with the Department of Environmental Quality.

The drought watch is intended to increase awareness of conditions that likely precede a significant drought event and to facilitate preparation for a drought.

According to the Virginia Drought Monitoring Task Force, the recent spate of dry weather has left rivers and streams with less water and groundwater is significantly lower.

Precipitation totals are 75 percent lower than normal for the past three months across most of the areas covered by the middle James, Roanoke River and Shenandoah regions.

Stream water flows are at least 75 percent lower than previously recorded; which indicates moderate to severe hydrologic drought – a period of below-average water content in streams, aquifers, lakes and soils.

Groundwater levels are between 75 to 95 percent lower than previously recorded September and October levels.

Once there is a more consistent amount of rainfall and the task force measures higher water totals in streams, and there is more water underground, the advisory will be lifted. Over the next week there is nothing higher than a 50 percent chance of rain in the forecast.

But for now, the various monitoring wells used by officials are running very low.

Recommendations from the Department of Utilities

“Due to ongoing low water levels in the James River, Henrico County is joining the city of Richmond and Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, and Powhatan counties to implement voluntary water conservation measures,” a Department of Public Utilities spokesperson said. ‘Voluntary compliance will help water treatment plants in Richmond, Henrico and Chesterfield provide water to all customers in the region while also meeting the James River Regional Flow Management Plan.”

As part of the measures, homeowners were asked to follow the following schedule when watering their yards:

Monday: No watering

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday: Odd-numbered addresses

Wednesday, Friday, Sunday: Even-numbered addresses

The state also offered this list of Top 10 Water Wasters and what you can do about them:

Check your home plumbing for leaks. A leaky faucet or toilet can waste thousands of gallons per year.

Install water-saving showerheads and faucet aerators, available at your hardware store, if you don’t already have them in place. A shower can use up to 7 gallons of water per minute. Don’t let
the shower run too long while waiting for it to warm up or while soaping up.

Sweep, don’t wash, sidewalks and driveways. Instead of using a hose, use a broom or leaf blower, and save 3-5 gallons of water per minute.

If you need to water your lawn, do it every other day in the early morning hours. This will minimize evaporation and increase water penetration.

When you have to replace a water-using appliance, be sure to install a water-efficient model.

Landscape with plants that require little water and mulch around ornamental plantings to conserve moisture.

Turn off the tap while brushing your teeth. You probably only need the water in three short bursts – to rinse your toothbrush initially, to rinse it after use, and to rinse your mouth.

Flush only when needed. Don’t use the toilet as a wastebasket.

Install a shut-off nozzle at the end of your hose. Use only the water needed for outdoor tasks, such as washing your car.

Only use dishwashers and washing machines when you have a full load. Water-saving models will allow you to adjust the washer’s water level.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. -- A small dog was placed in quarantine and a Henrico man has undergone medical treatment after both were attacked by a rabid cat. The incident, reported Monday, took place along the 9000 Block of Battlefield Park Road in eastern Henrico.

"A homeowner reported while entering the home, a stray cat tried to run inside," a Henrico Police spokesperson said. "When the homeowner attempted to scare the cat off the porch, the cat bit the homeowner on the hand and ran inside. Once inside, the cat began attacking a small dog. The homeowner then struck the cat with a cane to stop the attack."

The cat later tested positive for rabies.

"The dog that was exposed was current on its rabies vaccination and will be quarantined at the owner’s home," the police spokesperson said. "There were no additional animal or human exposures reported. This is the fourth confirmed rabies case in 2017 for Henrico County."

If you see rabid animals near your home, call the Henrico Police Non-Emergency Communications Center at 804-501-5000.

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. -- An independent Ashland auto shop wants to give you free brake pads for your car in an effort to find a cure for breast cancer.

Economy Auto Care is taking part in a nationwide movement called Brakes for Breasts.

Under the program, they'll give you free brake pads, as long as you pay for the labor. Ten percent of your payment will be donated directly to support cancer research.

"Not a lot of shops take it on," Cathy Dennison, a service manager for Economy Auto Care, said. "It's a big thing to ask a parts store to go 'Can we have free brake pads for an entire month?' It's really hard. It take a long time to build that relationship."

Dennison said Economy Auto Care is owned owned and run by women, and while breast cancer isn't something that personally affected anyone at the shop, it was  an important issue for them.

Customers have responded well to the deal.

"People that are brand new, that have never been to us before they say 'Hey, we heard you're doing this, my mom was affected' or 'I have a sister, I want you guys to do my brake work or service my car.' It's been getting a good response," Dennison said.

Brakes for Breasts was started in Ohio in 2011, with five independent shops raising $10,000.

Last year 131 auto shops, in 35 states. raised $125,867.

Economy Auto Care said it has a goal this year of $2,500.

Brakes for Breasts said 100 percent of the proceeds from the ‘Brakes for Breasts’ fundraiser goes directly to the Cleveland Clinic for research on a Breast Cancer Vaccine.

The fundraiser campaign runs for the entire month of October.

Economy Auto Care Center is located at 11263 Air Park, which is off Sliding Hill Road, near the Hanover County Municipal Airport.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. – Police responded to the Henrico Cookout on Eastridge Road near Regency Square Mall after shots were fired after a fight, police confirmed.

A Cook Out employee said that a fight quickly escalated between suspects in their mid-20s.

Police say eight or nine people were involved in a fight in the Cook Out parking lot. They say one suspect, who is in police custody, admitted to firing several shots.

The building was hit at least twice with bullets, according to the employee. Police confirmed that information.

Police say there was no injuries in the shooting.

No arrests have been made at this time, but police say several people have been detained. There is no word on charges at this time.

The drive through is currently blocked off.

Stay with CBS 6 for the latest on this developing story.

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. – Gripping video shows the moment a Henrico Police officer held several suspects at gunpoint, after shots were fired during a fight at the Cook Out restaurant on Eastridge Road.

Police said a fight quickly escalated between a group of young men and ended with multiple shots being fired.

John Toole owns a nearby bank and captured cell phone video as the drama unfold.

In the video, you can see and hear the first officer on the scene.

“Keep your hands up where I can see them,” said the officer. “You gotta keep your hands up my man, I swear to god, keep your ***** hands up.”

The tense moments were captured in the parking lot of the cookout restaurant late Thursday afternoon.

“We heard three gunshots, as soon as I heard the gunshots I opened the front door and I could hear the police yelling to put your hands up, get out of your car,” said Toole.

John Toole

“I saw this police officer seemed to be first on the scene,” he recalled.

Toole and others nervously watched as that officer focused on the suspect’s vehicle.

“Eventually you can see them put their arms out of the window,” said Toole.

“He was able to get here and detain a vehicle with several people in it that we believe are involved in the altercation,” said a Henrico police spokesperson.

Other officers soon arrived for backup.

“They had all the doors open and the police were surrounding the vehicle and within seconds probably 10-15 cop cars showed up,” said Toole.

The bank owner said he saw probably saw a total of 5-8 people being handcuffed, most of them were being placed on the ground as they continued to search.

Henrico police confirmed they detained 8-9 people at the scene and recovered the handgun used in the shooting.

Police said one of the individuals detained admitted firing the handgun.

The cookout building was hit at least twice with bullets, according to a store employee. Police confirmed that information.

Police say there was no injuries in the shooting. There is no word on charges at this time.