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Darren Campbell

Case from Virginia Beach, VA dated Apr 24, 2016

Victim Details

Darren Campbell

November 21, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Virginia Beach

VA

2016-04-24

20

Darren

Campbell

07/09/2026


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Darren Austin Campbell, a 20-year-old male, was a junior marketing major at Old Dominion University with a bright future ahead of him. On the tragic night of April 24, 2016, his life was cut short by an act of violence that left his family and friends heartbroken. Campbell, from Chesterfield, Virginia, was attending a party at a rented home in the Oceana Gardens neighborhood of Virginia Beach when the fatal shooting occurred.

Earlier in the evening, the Virginia Beach Police Department ha ...
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