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Drexel Platt

Case from Baton Rouge, LA dated Jun 04, 2016

Victim Details

Drexel Platt

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Baton Rouge

LA

2016-06-04

2016-06-04

42

Drexel

Platt

07/11/2026

1


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In the summer of 2016, the life of 42-year-old Drexel Platt, a Black male, was cut short by gunfire in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. On the evening of Saturday, June 4th, Platt was at an auto shop on North Foster Drive when a shooting incident unfolded. He sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Another man present at the auto shop, identified as Boo Milton, was also struck by the gunfire. Milton was shot in the arm and subsequently transported to a loc ...
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