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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Nathaniel Jordan

Year
2015
Where
Hampton, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On May 19, 2015, officers were dispatched to a shots fired call in the area of 100 Tudor Court. Officers located Jordan face down next to a parked vehicle at 98 Tudor Court. Jordan was with another black male in the complex when a grey vehicle approached them and opened fire on them both, killing Jordan. Jordan was pronounced dead on scene. The other black male was shot in the foot.

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

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