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Jamal Surtain

Case from New Orleans, LA dated Apr 08, 2015

Victim Details

Jamal Surtain

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

New Orleans

LA

2015-04-08

2015-04-08

16

Jamal

Surtain

07/01/2026

1


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On a spring evening in New Orleans, the life of 16-year-old Jamal Surtain was tragically cut short. The male teenager was killed on April 8, 2015, in a double shooting that unfolded in the Edgewood Park neighborhood, specifically on Franklin Avenue.

Jamal Prince Kelson Surtain, as he was fully named, was a victim of the persistent gun violence that plagues the city. In the immediate aftermath of the shooting, details from the New Orleans Police Department were sparse, and the community wa ...
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  • 16-year-old killed in Franklin Avenue double shooting identified
  • Jamal Surtain, age 16 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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