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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Jehlani Brown

Year
2023
Where
Hampton, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On March 23, 2023, at approximately 1248 hours, officers were dispatched to a gunshot complaint at 379 Wakefield Avenue. Officers arrived and found Brown in the driver's seat of a green Mercedes suffering from a gunshot wound. Brown was taken to Riverside by medics then pronounced deceased at 1445 hours. Witnesses observed three black males running from the area after the gunshots were heard. A possible suspect…

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

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