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Brian Chambers

Case from Petersburg, VA dated May 24, 2023

Victim Details

Brian Chambers

Male

White / Caucasian

Petersburg

VA

2023-05-24

54

Brian

Chambers

06/27/2026

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In the late hours of a Wednesday in May 2023, the quiet of a Petersburg, Virginia, motel was shattered by the discovery of a beloved and talented artist's untimely death. Brian Chambers, a 54-year-old male known affectionately as 'B-Train,' was found unresponsive in his room at the Budget Motor Inn on Jamestown Road. Friends and clients knew him as a traveling tattoo artist, the creative force behind 'Bad Monkey Tattoo,' who brought his art to the people, meeting them where they were. His life, ...
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  • WRIC ABC 8News: Tattoo artist shot, killed in motel room in Petersburg
  • Tattoo artist murdered in Virginia motel room - WTVR.com
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