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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Alissa Michaun Johnson

Year
2010
Where
Suffolk, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On the evening of July 18, 2010, Alissa Johnson was standing outside an apartment in Cogic Square when multiple shots were fired. Johnson was struck by one of the bullets and was pronounced deceased at the scene. A second victim self-transported himself to Obici hospital for medical treatment. Witnesses describe a black male wearing all black flee from the scene. Johnson may have been an unintended victim.…

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

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