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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Smith Shawn

Year
2010
Where
Richmond, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On January 28, 2010 between the hours of 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., the victim was shot and later found dead of his injuries on the ground near the intersections of Fairfield Avenue and North 20th Street.

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

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