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Tylik Allen

Case from Manhattan, NY dated Sep 30, 2017

Victim Details

Tylik Allen

Male

Black / African American

Manhattan

NY

2017-09-30

18

Tylik

Allen

07/07/2026

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In the late hours of a Saturday night in Harlem, Manhattan, the life of 18-year-old Tylik Allen was tragically cut short. On September 30, 2017, the promising high school football player was gunned down just three blocks from his home. A senior at KIPP NYC College Prep in the Bronx, Allen was a talented running back with aspirations of playing in college. He was of Jamaican-American descent.

On the night he was killed, Allen was walking with friends near West 115th Street and Lenox Avenue ...
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  • USA Today High School Sports: New York City running back Tylik Allen shot dead in Harlem hours before game
  • Harlem, NY Patch: Teen Fatally Shot Outside Harlem's King Towers, Police Say
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