On a cold February night in Richmond, Virginia, the sound of gunfire shattered the quiet of the 3300 block of Bunche Place. It was late on Friday, February 11, 2022, when officers were dispatched to the scene following reports of shots fired. There, outside an apartment building, they discovered Mitchell Anderson Cobb, a 34-year-old male, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was rushed to a local hospital but tragically succumbed to his injuries, his life ending on February 12, 2022.
The Medical Examiner would later determine that he died from a combination of all the gunshot wounds and the extensive blood loss that resulted.
The investigation into the shooting moved swiftly. With assistance from the Henrico Police Department, detectives from the Richmond Police Department identified a suspect. Jamal Malmberg, a 30-year-old from North Chesterfield, was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting. He faced charges of murder and the use of a firearm by a convicted felon.
During the subsequent legal proceedings, it was revealed that Malmberg had used a. 9mm semiautomatic weapon. He claimed to have acted in self-defense, stating he kept shooting until he no longer felt threatened. After the incident, he fled the scene and disposed of the firearm. Evidence presented at trial included the fact that three of the bullets entered Cobb from the back. A jury ultimately convicted Jamal Malmberg of the lesser-included offense of voluntary manslaughter and use of a firearm in the commission of murder.
