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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Kivonte Sessoms

Year
2017
Where
Henrico County, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On the evening of March 2, 2017, Henrico Police received a call for a shooting at the corner of Futura Avenue and Westover Avenue. Officers responded and found the victim shot at close range. The victim, identified as Kivonte Sessoms, was later pronounced deceased at the hospital.

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

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