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Mitchel Smith

Case from San Francisco, CA dated Jan 01, 2017

Victim Details

Mitchel Smith

March 28, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

San Francisco

CA

2017-01-01

35

Mitchel

Smith

litigation

07/06/2026


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Mitchel Smith, age 35, was killed on January 1, 2017, in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco. Smith was fatally shot in the late morning at Mendell Plaza, shortly after being released from jail earlier that day. His body was discovered with a jail bracelet still in his pocket. The shooting was one of two separate homicides in San Francisco on New Year's Day, the other occurring in the Mission District, though police have stated there is no evidence linking the two incidents or suggesting g ...
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  • First San Francisco Homicide of 2017 Claims Life in Mission
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