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George Cookson

Case from Baltimore, MD dated Jan 19, 2017

Victim Details

George Cookson

March 28, 2022

Male

White / Caucasian

Baltimore

MD

2017-01-19

2017-01-19

31

George

Cookson

07/10/2026

1


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In the winter of 2017, a life was tragically cut short in Baltimore, Maryland. George Cookson, a 31-year-old male, was shot and killed on January 19th of that year. His death was not a random act of violence but a calculated execution connected to the city's unforgiving drug trade.

The investigation into Cookson's murder led authorities to a violent and notorious street gang known as the Black Guerilla Family. Evidence presented in court would later reveal that a member of this gang, Wesl ...
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