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Pearly Young

Case from Buffalo, NY dated May 14, 2022

Victim Details

Pearly Young

Female

Black / African American

Buffalo

NY

2022-05-14

77

Pearly

Young

07/05/2026

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Pearly Young, a 77-year-old Black female, spent a Saturday in May serving her church, just as she had done for decades. After a morning of service, she went to the local Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo, New York, a place she frequented. Tragically, on that day, May 14, 2022, her life was cut short in a horrific act of racially motivated violence that shook the community and the nation. Young was one of ten people, all of whom were Black, who were killed when a gunman opened f ...
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