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Unsolved homicide

Killing of John Fernandez

Year
2020
Where
Hampton, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On January 19, 2020, at approximately 2043 hours, officers were dispatched to a shooting at 5130 Goldsboro Drive #10. Officers arrived and located Fernandez lying inside of the residence with a gunshot wound to the head. Medics arrived and pronounced the victim deceased at 2105 hours. A firearm was located on scene and recovered.

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

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