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Carlos Vanegas-Escobar

Case from Williamsburg, VA dated Oct 30, 2020

Victim Details

Carlos Fermir Vanegas-Escobar

Male

Mixed Race

Williamsburg

VA

2020-10-30

17

Carlos

Vanegas-Escobar

06/30/2026

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In the quiet, early morning hours of October 30, 2020, a sense of unease settled over the Pocahontas Square neighborhood in Williamsburg, Virginia. The stillness was broken around 1:41 a.m. when a family member made a frantic call to emergency services, reporting a person had been shot at a local playground on Algonquin Trail. When police arrived at the scene, they discovered the body of 17-year-old Carlos Fermir Vanegas-Escobar. The young man, a student at Jamestown High School, had sustained m ...
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  • Williamsburg Yorktown Daily: James City County teen found shot to death at a local playground | Williamsburg Yorktown Daily
  • WAVY.com: Teen killed in shooting at playground in James City County, police say
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