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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Jermaine Jackson

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

On February 22, 2016, at approximately 0347 hours, officers were dispatched to a shots fired call that was later upgraded to a shooting. Officers arrived and located Jackson in the driver's seat of a silver Lexus. Jackson was suffering from a gunshot wound to the stomach. Jackson was pronounced deceased on the scene by medics. Witnesses placed a black female inside of the vehicle with Jackson when he was shot.

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

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