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Tyrone Herndon

Case from Martinsville, VA dated Dec 30, 2017

Victim Details

Tyrone A. Herndon

Male

Black / African American

Martinsville

VA

2017-12-30

34

Tyrone

Herndon

07/02/2026

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In the early morning hours of December 30, 2017, a dispute at a Valero gas station on Brookdale Road in Martinsville, Virginia, tragically cut short the life of 34-year-old Tyrone Antwon Herndon. The male victim was found by police with a gunshot wound following reports of a fight that had broken out just after midnight. Herndon was quickly transported to SOVAH Hospital in Martinsville, but he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead.

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