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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Reginald Basnight

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

On Sunday, July 12, 1992 at approximately 12:30 am, 15 year old Reggie Basnight was gunned down while he was standing in the 1200 block of Glyndon Drive. Police and Rescue were called to the area for a report of gunfire. The victim was found lying in the doorway of a home bleeding from the chest. Rescue worked to save the teenager, but he died where he was found. Witnesses described Reggie arguing with someone in a…

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

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