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Taari Johnson

Case from Newport-news, VA dated Oct 16, 2017

Victim Details

Taari Johnson

Male

Newport-news

VA

2017-10-16

54

Taari

Johnson

07/08/2026

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In the early hours of October 16, 2017, in Newport News, Virginia, what initially appeared to be a tragic motorcycle accident on Old Oyster Point Road soon revealed a more sinister reality. Responding to a call just before 2 a.m., officers arrived to find 54-year-old Taari Johnson, a male resident of Newport News, deceased at the scene. It was quickly determined that Johnson had not died from a crash, but rather from a gunshot wound.

Taari Johnson was a retired U.S. Air Force Master Serge ...
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  • WTKR.com: Man on motorcycle shot and killed in Newport News
  • TAARI JOHNSON Obituary - Hampton, VA (1963-2017) - Daily Press
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