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Walter Darnell Adams

Case from Sandston, VA dated Jun 10, 2016

Victim Details

Walter Darnell Adams

Male

Black / African American

Sandston

VA

2016-06-10

20

Walter

Darnell Adams

07/01/2026

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In the early morning hours of June 10, 2016, a fatal encounter unfolded in the parking lot of a Motel 6 on Williamsburg Road in Sandston, Virginia, claiming the life of 20-year-old Walter Darnell Adams Jr. Henrico Police responded to a call of a shooting at approximately 2:55 a.m. and discovered two male victims with gunshot wounds. One of the men was transported to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries, while Adams was pronounced dead at the scene from gunshot wounds to his chest and ...
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  • PHOTOS: Police seek 2 persons of interest in homicide near Richmond Airport
  • WRIC: Two shot, one dead in Henrico County
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