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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Jacoby Behny

Year
2018
Where
Hampton, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On October 15, 2018, at approximately 2042 hours, officers were dispatched to a shots fired complaint in the area of 2619 Kecoughtan Road. Officers arrived and located Behny surrounded by a large crowd. Officers attempted to place a tourniquet on Behny who was suffering from gunshot wounds. Behny was speaking on the ambulance ride to the hospital but encountered issues later at the hospital where he died from his…

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

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