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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Roy White

Year
1999
Where
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On Monday, March 1, 1999 at approximately 3:09 am, gunfire erupted in the parking lot of Picasso'­s Nightclub located in the 500 block of Newtown Road. Police responded with officers finding a man in a vehicle suffering from a gunshot wound. Paramedics transported the victim to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital where he died from his wound. Investigators identified the victim as Roy White; a 34 year old black male,…

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

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