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Elijah Cancer

Case from Albany, NY dated Jul 07, 2018

Victim Details

Elijah Cancer

Male

Black / African American

Albany

NY

2018-07-07

32

Elijah

Cancer

08/01/2026

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In the early morning hours of July 7, 2018, a simmering altercation on Teunis Street in Albany's South End erupted into deadly violence. Amid the chaos of a large fight, 32-year-old Elijah Cancer, a Black man known for his work in violence prevention, stepped in to mediate. It was a role he had embraced, but tragically, it would be his last. Gunshots rang out, and Cancer was struck, his life cut short on the very streets he was trying to heal. He was rushed to Albany Medical Center, the same hos ...
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