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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Jaquan Brown

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

On August 2, 2013, at approximately 0257 hours, officers were dispatched to the area of 957 N. King Street for a shots fired call. At approximately 0330 hours, officers located Brown in a grassy lot next to 957 N. King Street. Brown was pronounced deceased on scene.

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

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