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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Nancy Cho

Year
2002
Where
Richmond, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On April 15, 2002, at 7:23 p.m., police units responded to 3111 Hull Street on the report of a robbery. Upon arrival they found Nancy Cho suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. She was transported to the Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital and was later pronounced dead. Witnesses at the scene stated that an unknown armed and masked black male entered the store. The black male grabbed the victim and…

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

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