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Ricky Devon Brooks Jr.

Case from Hampton, VA dated May 05, 2020

Victim Details

Ricky Devon Brooks, Jr.

Male

Black / African American

Hampton

VA

2020-05-05

19

Ricky

Devon Brooks Jr.

06/21/2026

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In the late hours of a Tuesday evening in Hampton, Virginia, a young man's life was cut short by gunfire. Nineteen-year-old Ricky Devon Brooks Jr., a male resident of Newport News, was discovered deceased inside a vehicle on May 5, 2020. The car had come to rest against a tree in the first block of Sacramento Drive, where police were dispatched following a call shortly before 10 p.m.

The initial investigation revealed that Brooks had sustained gunshot wounds. Friends and family remembered ...
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  • dailypress.com: Newport News 19-year-old shot and killed Tuesday night, police say
  • Two of four charged in May 2020 Gloucester Point slaying ... - WTKR
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