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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Terence Williams

Year
2020
Where
Hampton, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On January 17, 2020, at approximately 1859 hours, officers were dispatched to Kecoughtan Road and Chesterfield in reference to a shooting. Officers observed Williams lying in the parking lot suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Medics pronounced Williams deceased at 1915 hours. Witnesses observed a dark 4 door vehicle leaving the scene after the shooting at a high rate of speed towards Chesapeake Avenue.

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

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