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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Garrick Ellis

Year
2013
Where
Richmond, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

Officers responded to 1401 E Brooklyn Park Boulevard on a report of a shooting. When officers arrived, they found the victim, Garrick Ellis, lying in the parking lot surrounded by a large crowd and Richmond Ambulance Authority and Richmond Fire Department personnel treating the victim. Officers established a perimeter and located the actual crime scene. The victim was transported to VCU Medical Center where he died…

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

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