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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Dedric Mason

Year
1993
Where
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On July 14, 1993 at 10:30 pm, Virginia Beach Police responded to a report of gunfire in the 3700 block of Mainsail Court in the Twin Canal apartment complex. When officers arrived on scene, they discovered 19 year old Dedric suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. He was transported to the hospital where he died from his injury. Witnesses described to investigators an argument between the victim and two other…

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

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