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Davion Powell

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated Apr 16, 2019

Victim Details

Davion Powell

Male

Black / African American

Brooklyn

NY

2019-04-16

18

Davion

Powell

07/12/2026

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On a spring evening in Brooklyn, New York, 18-year-old Davion Powell, a young Black man with aspirations of becoming a forensic psychologist, was fatally shot. The incident occurred on April 16, 2019, in the Crown Heights neighborhood. Police responded to a 911 call shortly after 5:00 p.m. and discovered Powell with multiple gunshot wounds to his chest and stomach in front of a residential building on St. Johns Place. He was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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