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Phillip Anderson

Case from Independence, MO dated Sep 29, 2017

Victim Details

Phillip J. Anderson

Male

Black / African American

Independence

MO

2017-09-29

18

Phillip

Anderson

07/19/2026

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In the late hours of a September evening in Independence, Missouri, a dispute that began at a gas station escalated into a tragic and fatal encounter for 18-year-old Phillip J. Anderson. The young Black male was a passenger in a vehicle that became entangled in a rolling gun battle on Interstate 70 on September 29, 2017. An argument with another man at a gas station on Noland Road had spilled onto the highway, leading to an exchange of gunfire between two vehicles. It was during this violent cha ...
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  • KSHB: Pleasant Hill man charged in fatal shooting on I-70 in Independence
  • Shots fired on I-70 near Noland Road, shooting victim found dead behind Independence QT
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