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Adrian Archer

Case from Virginia-beach, VA dated Apr 13, 2023

Victim Details

Adrian Archer

Male

Black / African American

Virginia-beach

VA

2023-04-13

26

Adrian

Archer

07/15/2026

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On a Thursday evening that would tragically alter the lives of several families, Adrian Archer, a 26-year-old Black man, was killed in a burst of gunfire in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The fatal incident occurred on April 13, 2023, just four days before his birthday. Loved ones would later mourn that he was embalmed on the very day he should have been celebrating another year of life.

Around 10 p.m. that night, violence erupted on New Colony Drive, near Stony Brook Park in the Kempsville ar ...
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  • 13newsnow.com: 'A devastating blow' | Mother mourns son killed in Virginia Beach triple shooting
  • News 3 WTKR Norfolk: Virginia Beach police identify two men killed in New Colony triple shooting
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