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Roderick Jamel Hale Jr

Case from Jonesboro, AR dated Aug 09, 2021

Victim Details

Roderick Jamel Hale Jr

Male

Black / African American

Jonesboro

AR

2021-08-09

18

Roderick

Jamel Hale Jr

07/06/2026

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In the late hours of August 9, 2021, a simmering feud reached its tragic conclusion at a Sit-Go gas station in Jonesboro, Arkansas, leaving 18-year-old Roderick Jamel Hale Jr. dead from a gunshot wound. Hale, a young man from Osceola, had pulled into the gas station just as the clock was striking midnight. As he was returning to his car after his card was declined inside the store, he had a chance encounter with another individual.

The man, later identified as 19-year-old Laroy Starks of ...
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  • Obituary for Roderick Jamel Hale Jr. at Wilson Funeral Home
  • https://www.kait8.com: Fatal shooting suspect ordered held on $10M bond
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