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Derrick Garner

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated Aug 17, 2020

Victim Details

Derrick Garner

Male

Black / African American

Brooklyn

NY

2020-08-17

41

Derrick

Garner

07/04/2026

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On a late summer evening in Brooklyn, the life of 41-year-old Derrick Garner was tragically cut short. On Monday, August 17, 2020, just after 10:30 p.m., police responded to a 911 call on Bainbridge Street near Lewis Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. Upon arrival, they discovered Garner, a resident of East New York, with multiple gunshot wounds to his arm and torso.

Emergency responders rushed Garner to NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County, but his injuries proved to be fatal, ...
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  • New York Post: Man killed in Brooklyn drive-by shooting, two others shot overnight
  • https://twitter.com/NYC_Alerts911/status/1295556767401861126
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