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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Akin Omodara

Year
2005
Where
Hampton, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On August 8, 2005, at approximately 0237 hours, officers were dispatched to a shooting in the parking lot of Pleasers Club located at 1261 N. King Street. Upon arrival, officers located Akin Joseph Omodara in the parking lot suffering from a gunshot wound. Omodara later died at the hospital. Omodara was the manager of the club. Omodara was walking in the parking lot carrying a bank bag. A witness saw a black male…

From the Virginia State Police cold case database. Records change. The source is the authority.

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