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Emmanuel Thomas

Case from Buffalo, NY dated Sep 23, 1980

Victim Details

Emmanuel Thomas

Male

Black / African American

Buffalo

NY

1980-09-23

30

Emmanuel

Thomas

07/07/2026

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Emmanuel Thomas, a 30-year-old Black man from Buffalo, New York, was killed on the night of September 23, 1980, after a stranger closed in on him on the city’s East Side and fired at his head before fleeing into the darkness. Reports from the period described the attack as sudden and intimate—no argument, no warning—just a quick approach, shots, and a retreat that left Thomas dying near the place he was headed.

His death landed in a terrifying sequence that unfolded over roughly a ...
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  • Buffalo News: THE RAMPAGE OF THE .22-CALIBER KILLER
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