On a tragic Wednesday evening in Hampton, Virginia, the life of 24-year-old Elijah Wells was cut short. The Black / African American male was fatally shot on April 27, 2016, outside a combined KFC and Taco Bell restaurant. This violent act marked the city's seventh homicide of that year, leaving a community in shock and a family to grapple with an immense loss.
In the immediate aftermath, the Hampton Police Division launched a homicide investigation. Detectives worked the scene, gathering
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