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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Brandon Mackey

Year
2013
Where
Chesterfield, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On July 4, 2013, Brandon Mackey was struck and killed by a stray bullet while walking with family to watch fireworks in the Brandermill neighborhood located in Chesterfield County, VA.

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

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