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Archie Davis

Case from Capitol-heights, MD dated Aug 28, 2008

Victim Details

Archie Lee Davis, Jr.

Male

Black / African American

Capitol-heights

MD

2008-08-28

35

Archie

Davis

07/24/2026

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In the late summer of 2008, the life of 35-year-old Archie Lee Davis, Jr., a male resident of Capitol Heights, Maryland, was tragically cut short. On the evening of Wednesday, August 27, 2008, Davis was fatally shot in the street. The incident occurred in a residential area of Capitol Heights.

Following the shooting, authorities were notified, but details regarding the immediate aftermath and the initial stages of the investigation were not widely publicized. In the days that followed, an ...
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