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Javares Face Batts

Case from Queens, NY dated May 15, 2017

Victim Details

Javares Face Batts

Male

Black / African American

Queens

NY

2017-05-15

38

Javares

Face Batts

07/07/2026

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In the spring of 2017, a dispute outside the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, Queens, tragically cut short the life of 38-year-old Javares Face Batts. On the afternoon of May 15, Batts, who was also known by the nickname 'Face,' was shot multiple times on Vernon Boulevard. He was struck once in the chest and twice in the back. Emergency services rushed him to New York Presbyterian Weill Cornell Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries the following day, May 16, 2017. The shooting mar ...
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  • NY Daily News: Gang member on parole killed after shot in Queens
  • DNAinfo New York: Man Dies After Being Shot Outside Queensbridge Houses, NYPD Says
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