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Rodney Sr. Ruffin

Case from Richmond, VA dated Feb 05, 2014

Victim Details

Rodney Sr. Ruffin

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Richmond

VA

2014-02-05

2014-02-05

56

Rodney Sr.

Ruffin

06/29/2026

1


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In the cold winter of 2014, the life of Rodney Darnell Ruffin Sr., a 56-year-old African American man, was tragically cut short in what remains an unsolved chapter in Richmond, Virginia's history. On the evening of Wednesday, February 5, 2014, authorities responded to a call in the Manchester neighborhood of the city's southside. There, in the 100 block of West 9th Street, near a local market at the intersection with Bainbridge Street, Ruffin was found with a fatal gunshot wound.

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  • Rodney Darnell Ruffin Sr. (1957-2014) - Find a Grave Memorial
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