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Gavin Adams

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated May 21, 2017

Victim Details

Gavin Adams

Male

Black / African American

Brooklyn

NY

2017-05-21

35

Gavin

Adams

07/16/2026

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In the early hours of a Sunday morning in May 2017, a tragedy unfolded on a street in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn. Just after midnight on May 21st, police responded to a call on East 43rd Street where they discovered 35-year-old Gavin Adams inside his red Chrysler sedan. He had been shot multiple times, sustaining wounds to his head and torso.

Emergency services rushed Gavin Adams to Kings County Hospital, but his injuries proved to be fatal, and he was pronounced dead. The ...
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  • NY Daily News: Man, 35, dies of gunshot wound to head in Brooklyn
  • Man, 35, dies of gunshot wound to head in Brooklyn
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