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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Milton Jackson

Year
2012
Where
Richmond, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On 07/24/12 at 2231hrs Richmond DEC received a 9-1-1 call in reference to a person shot in front of the Family Dollar at 3110 Jefferson Davis Highway. RPD unit # 234 (Frias) was the log unit, arrived on scene and found an SUV in the roadway in front of the store. The victim, later identified as MILTON JACKSON, was slumped in the front passenger seat. Other arriving officers broke the rear driver's side window in…

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

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