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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Andre Heckstall

Year
2003
Where
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On Friday, May 9, 2003 at 5:30 pm, 40 year old Andre Heckstall was standing in the parking lot in front of the Dollar Tree located in the 600 block of Newtown Road speaking to an unknown black male when he was shot. Police and Rescue were dispatched to the scene where the victim was found bleeding and unconscious. He was transported to the hospital where he died a short time later from his wound. The state Medical…

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

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