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James Hill

Case from Simpsonville, SC dated Jun 17, 2017

Victim Details

James Hill

Male

Black / African American

Simpsonville

SC

2017-06-17

48

James

Hill

07/10/2026

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James Calvin “Cowboy” Hill, a 48-year-old man, was killed on June 17, 2017, after violence found him in the Simpsonville area of Greenville County, South Carolina. In the hours that followed, his name would move from an urgent callout to a grim confirmation, and then into court records and community memory—one more life ended by gunfire, and one more family left to stitch together what could be saved of the day.

Deputies were dispatched after a shooting was reported, but the first ...
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  • WYFF: Upstate man fatally shot and left in ditch, suspect arrested, deputies say
  • James Hill, age 48 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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