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Jesse Braswell

Case from Newport News, VA dated Jun 05, 2026

Victim Details

BM Seaman Jesse Braswell

Male

White / Caucasian

Newport News

VA

2026-06-05

Jesse

Braswell

07/18/2026

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In the early morning hours of June 5, 2026, the life of Boatswain's Mate Seaman Jesse Dean Braswell was cut short by a shooting incident aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy. The vessel was docked at the Newport News Shipyard in Virginia at the time of the fatal event, which occurred at approximately 5:16 a.m. Braswell, a male sailor whose home of record was Colorado, was pronounced dead at the scene. The U.S. Navy and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service immediately launched an i ...
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  • News 3 WTKR Norfolk: Sailor killed in shooting on future USS John F. Kennedy in Newport News; another sailor held in confinement
  • https://news.usni.org/2026/06/08/sailor-dead-after-shooting-board-carrier-jfk-one-sailor-in-custody
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