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Rakalee Sterling

Case from Hampton, VA dated Jun 19, 2021

Victim Details

Rakalee Sterling

Male

Black / African American

Hampton

VA

2021-06-19

31

Rakalee

Sterling

07/13/2026

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In the summer of 2021, a quiet street in Hampton, Virginia, became the scene of a tragedy that cut a man's life short. On the evening of Saturday, June 19, 2021, police were called to a home in the first block of Shelton Road. Inside, they discovered 31-year-old Rakalee Sterling, a male resident of Hampton, who had been shot.

Emergency services responded to the call which came in at approximately 10:19 p.m., but nothing could be done for Sterling. He was pronounced deceased at the scene o ...
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  • WTKR: 4 people shot, 2 others killed during weekend gun violence in Hampton Roads
  • 13newsnow.com: Police say man dies after being shot inside home on Shelton Rd. in Hampton
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