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Colby Friday

Case from Stockton, CA dated Aug 16, 2016

Victim Details

Colby Friday

Male

Black / African American

Stockton

CA

2016-08-16

30

Colby

Friday

07/06/2026

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On August 16, 2016, Colby Friday, a 30-year-old African American man, was fatally shot by Stockton Police Officer David Wells in the parking lot of Peña's Market on East Jamestown Street in Stockton, California. Officer Wells was on patrol when he observed Mr. Friday, who he believed resembled a suspect wanted for domestic violence. The suspect was described as an African American male, approximately 6 feet tall, with dreadlocks. Mr. Friday, who matched this general description, was not the ind ...
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