# Killing of Daniel Roop

Unsolved homicide · 1999 · Richmond, Virginia

On February 17, 1999, at approximately 12:50 a.m., police responded to the 2400 block of Drake Street after residents reported hearing a gunshot. When police arrived, they found Daniel Roop, unconscious and not breathing, as a result of a gunshot wound. Drake Street is located in Richmond's South Side and the homicide location is near Bellmeade and Jefferson Davis Highway.

Original record: https://coldcase.vsp.virginia.gov/?p=606
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/killing-of-daniel-roop-va606

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## Sources

1. Virginia State Police record, https://coldcase.vsp.virginia.gov/?p=606


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