What the records say
- When
- 22 Apr 2015
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 36.84° N, 76.30° W
- Description
- April 2015 homicide
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Killing of William Chapman
2015 police killing in Virginia
The killing of William L. Chapman II, a black 18-year-old, occurred on April 22, 2015, in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, when Chapman was shot and killed in a Wal-Mart parking lot by Portsmouth Police Officer Stephen D. Rankin. Rankin had been responding to a report of suspected shoplifting and engaged in a physical struggle with Chapman, who instigated the altercation while trying to arrest him.
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