NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY)– A man was sentenced to 40 years in prison for shooting and killing a man in 2024.
Vandes Jackson, 57, shot and killed 44-year-old Bradley Kristoffer Kortbawi around midnight on July 6 outside of an apartment building on Core Avenue.
Kortbawi was standing outside the apartment building conversing with friends when Jackson approached him and accused him of saying a racial slur. Kortbawi assured Jackson that no one said the alleged slur and proceeded to turn away. Jackson then pulled out a gun and shot Kortbawi in the head, killing him.
Murdered Norfolk man remembered as a former Marine willing to help anyone…