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Joshua Compton

Case from Chesapeake, VA dated Apr 15, 2009

Victim Details

Joshua Compton

October 17, 2022

Male

White / Caucasian

Chesapeake

VA

2009-04-15

17

mason-jones-chesapeake-va

Joshua

Compton

07/09/2026


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In the early hours of April 15, 2009, a night that was supposed to be filled with video games and pizza for two best friends on spring break turned into a tragedy. Seventeen-year-old Joshua Compton and his sixteen-year-old friend, Mason Jones, were shot and killed in the doorway of Joshua's home on Rowland Avenue in the South Norfolk section of Chesapeake, Virginia. Joshua, a student at Oscar F. Smith High School, was recovering from an appendectomy he had undergone just the day before.

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  • Joshua Compton & Mason Jones | Chesapeake, VA
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    Does anyone else find it strange that the conversation lasted about 10 minutes before things turned ... ...Read More
    10/11/2024
    I've been following the Chesapeake case involving Joshua Compton and Mason Jones and I have so much ... ...Read More
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    Has anyone else dug into the details about the car the suspects fled in? I feel like every new bit o... ...Read More
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