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Javon Craig

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated Mar 07, 2017

Victim Details

Javon Craig

Male

Black / African American

Brooklyn

NY

2017-03-07

19

Javon

Craig

08/02/2026

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In the early moments of a Tuesday morning in Brooklyn, the life of 19-year-old Javon Craig was tragically cut short. Just after midnight on March 7, 2017, police responded to a 911 call reporting gunfire at the Risley Dent Towers complex on Fulton Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. Arriving at the scene, officers discovered Craig, a male resident of nearby Halsey Street, unconscious and unresponsive on the first floor. He had sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the head and was pronou ...
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  • Cops find teen fatally shot to the head inside Brooklyn halfway houseTrue Viral News | True Viral News
  • NY Daily News: Brooklyn man shot in head, killed at complex where brother died
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    Hey everyone, I’ve been following the Craig family tragedies lately and couldn’t help but notice... ...Read More
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