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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Edward Neal

Year
2021
Where
Hampton, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On March 5, 2021, at approximately 2243 hours, officers were dispatched to a stabbing which was quickly upgraded to a shooting at 1015 Bethel Avenue. Officers arrived and located Neal in the grass next to a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound to the neck. Officers attempted CPR as well as medics upon their arrival. It was learned that Neal was in a back room of the residence playing video games with a group of 3…

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

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