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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Ryan Render

Year
2012
Where
Hampton, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On February 24, 2012, at approximately 0150 hours, officers were dispatched to a shooting in the parking lot of the Town Center Cafe. Officers located Render on the ground in the parking lot close to the Hartford Road entrance. Render was suffering from a gunshot wound. Render later died from his injuries.

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

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