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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Anthony Thomas

Year
2020
Where
Hampton, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On January 21, 2020, at approximately 1740 hours, officers were dispatched to a shooting. As officers were already on scene, a citizen driving their vehicle pulled up to the officer and advised there was a hurt man in their back seat. The officer observed Thomas sitting in the back seat of the citizen's vehicle clutching his abdominal area. The citizen witness advised the officer that while in their house, they…

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

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