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Unsolved homicide

Killing of John Jordan

Year
2000
Where
Richmond, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

Around 2:00 a.m. on the morning of June 26, 2000 John Jordan was taking a friend home. He drove his dark green Dodge Neon through Gilpin Court and stopped at the stop sign at St. John and Hill Streets. There he was confronted by several suspects in a dark colored car who fired several shots into John's car. John was hit and was taken to MCV Hospital by a passenger in his car. John Jordan died of his wounds the…

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

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