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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Travis Jones

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

On May 31, 2010, at approximately 2029 hours, officers were dispatched to a subject being pushed out of a car in the back parking lot of former Newmarket North mall near the Verizon business. Upon arrival, officers located Jones on the ground in the parking lot suffering from a gunshot wound to his back/neck area. Jones later died from his wounds. It was reported that Jones was possibly pushed out of a silver…

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

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