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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Devin Jones

Year
2016
Where
Hampton, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On December 23, 2016, at approximately 2222 hours, officers responded to assist an officer working at Sentara hospital who had just called in a walk-in gunshot wound victim. Jones was dropped off at the entrance to the hospital by two male friends driving a 2003 Saturn SUV. Jones was pronounced deceased upon arrival at the hospital. Witness information and additional evidence put the location of the shooting at…

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

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