DATE: Wednesday, August 20, 1997            TAG: 9708200440

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B12  EDITION: FINAL 

SOURCE: STAFF REPORT 

DATELINE: NORFOLK                           LENGTH:   33 lines

SUSPECTS AND CAR SOUGHT IN SLAYING OF HAMPTON MAN

Police are looking for the suspects in the murder of Ryan Redding, a 30-year-old Hampton man who was shot to death in the 500 block of E. Chester Street last Friday. They released composite sketches of the suspects on Tuesday.

Both suspects are black men. One was described as being in his late 20s with dreadlocks or corn rows. He was described as about 6-foot-3 and thin with a dark complexion. He was last seen wearing a white T-shirt and baggy blue jeans. He was armed with a handgun.

The second man was about 30, 6 feet with a stocky build. He had close-cut hair and a dark complexion. He was wearing a blue tank top with white lettering and dark shorts.

Police also are looking for the victim's car, which may have been stolen at the time of his murder. The car is a 1985 Lincoln Town Car. It is dark blue with a white top and Georgia license tags: 460-DCG. The rear window is broken out, police said.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or Crime Line at 664-4040. ILLUSTRATION: Drawings

These are police sketches of the two men wanted for questioning in

the shooting death in Norfolk of a 30-year-old Hampton man.

These are police sketches of the two men wanted for questioning in

the shooting death in Norfolk of a 30-year-old Hampton man. KEYWORDS: MURDER SHOOTING SUSPECT

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