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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Robert Woodford

Year
2021
Where
Hampton, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On March 13, 2021, at approximately 1419 hours, officers were dispatched to a shooting in the area of Lasalle Avenue and Abbey Court. Officers arrived and located Woodford in the kitchen by the back door. Woodford had been shot several times. He was pronounced deceased at the hospital after surgery. Witness information provided stated the suspect was a black male.

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

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