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Xavier Rashad Parker

Case from Newport-news, VA dated Sep 26, 2020

Victim Details

Xavier Rashad Parker

Male

Black / African American

Newport-news

VA

2020-09-26

23

Xavier

Rashad Parker

07/15/2026

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On a Saturday morning in Newport News, Virginia, the life of 23-year-old Xavier Rashad Parker, a Black male, was tragically cut short. On September 26, 2020, at approximately 9:50 a.m., police responded to a call and discovered Parker's body near Heritage Way. He had sustained at least one gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene at 9:58 a.m.

Xavier, a graduate of Woodside High School, had served in the United States Navy. Those who knew him remembered a young man with a loving ...
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  • WTKR: Newport News Police investigate homicide after man found dead with gunshot wounds
  • 13newsnow.com: Newport News Police: man found dead from gunshot wound identified
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