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Richard Smith

Case from Birmingham, AL dated Dec 01, 2015

Victim Details

Richard Smith

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Birmingham

AL

2015-12-01

2015-12-01

59

Richard

Smith

06/22/2026


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Richard Bernard Smith, 59, a Black man, was killed in the predawn hours of December 1, 2015, after violence found him just steps from home on 81st Place South in Birmingham, Alabama. Police were summoned to the neighborhood around 3:45 a.m., and when officers arrived they discovered Smith had been shot; his body was found inside the residence.

Investigators said Smith had been walking back from a store when two men approached him near his house. In one account given by police, the encoun ...
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