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Nathanial Ayres

Case from Temperanceville, VA dated Aug 12, 2016

Victim Details

Nathanial Adam Ayres

Male

Temperanceville

VA

2016-08-12

19

Nathanial

Ayres

07/25/2026

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In the late hours of a summer night in Accomack County, Virginia, a young man's life was tragically cut short over a dispute involving a small amount of marijuana. Nineteen-year-old Nathanial Adam Ayres, a male from Nelsonia, was fatally shot on August 12, 2016, near the intersection of Nocks Landing Road and Greta Road in the vicinity of Atlantic. The events of that night unfolded after Ayres and two friends, Noah Mackey and Jeremiah Thompson, arranged to meet Zachary Isaiah Townsend to purchas ...
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  • WTKR.com: Deputies make arrest in homicide of 19-year-old man in Accomack County
  • Man guilty in 2016 fatal shooting in dispute over drugs at vacant house
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