Street fight prompts calls to 911, no police response

A user on the local Reddit posted about a ruckus late last night and their frustration with the lack of police response:

There was a giant altercation happening since 4:30am near Clopton and Hull. Literally woke up the whole neighborhood. Bunch of screaming fighting assholes in the middle of the road.

Considering there was a shooting near that location this past week and the yelling continued for an hour, I called 911.

When they didn’t show up 30 min later, I called again. When they didn’t show up 20 min after that, I called again was told someone was en route. “what’s their eta?” “We can’t disclose that” Ok… 10 min later still no one.

Someone from our neighborhood ended up yelling at them to shut up and they got punched, I called at the height of escalation and the cops didn’t even come after then.

We’ve reached out to the Richmond Police Department for comment and will update if we get a response.