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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Jason Walker

Year
1992
Where
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On Sunday, February 9, 1992 at 3:30 am, Police and Rescue were called to the report of gunfire in the parking lot of the Newpoint Shopping Center located in the 500 block of Newtown Road. Witnesses described seeing a black male about 510" tall, wearing a black leather coat shooting a handgun while standing in front of the Bridge Nightclub. Jason Walker was driving his red Chevrolet Berretta bearing a Virginia…

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

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