July 15, 2023 was a horrific day for the small city of Hampton.
On that day — four local residents, Scott and Shirley Leavitt, Steve Blizzard, and Ronald Jeffers, — were the victims of a mass shooting. The next day, the suspect, Andre Longmore, was killed in a shootout with law enforcement officers in Jonesboro.
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