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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Terrell West

Year
2013
Where
Henrico County, Virginia
Source
Virginia State Police
Evidence
1
What the record says

On July 14, 2013, Henrico Police responded to the 4900 block of Wood Thrush Circle for a reported shooting. Once on scene, officers located the victim Terrell James West, lying on the ground in a hallway of a second level stairwell. Mr. West was suffering from several gunshot wounds and was transported to the hospital where he died later that evening.

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

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