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Henry Hopkins Lyon

Case from Buffalo, NY dated Aug 07, 1924

Victim Details

Henry Hopkins Lyon Jr

Male

Buffalo

NY

1924-08-07

6

Henry

Hopkins Lyon

07/04/2026

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In the quiet stillness of a summer night in Buffalo, New York, a devastating tragedy unfolded, leaving a family extinguished and a community in shock. On August 7, 1924, Henry H. Lyon, a 45-year-old man, turned a weapon on his sleeping family, forever silencing the lives within their home at 122 Claremont Place.

The victims of this horrific act were Lyon's wife, 40-year-old Agnes, and their two young sons, Roger W., aged 8, and Henry Jr., who was only 5 years old. In the dark of the early ...
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  • Henry Hopkins Lyon Jr., age 6 - National Gun Violence Memorial
  • Henry Hopkins Lyon Jr. (1919-1924) - Mémorial Find a Grave
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