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Damani Garner

Case from Los-angeles, CA dated Sep 01, 1984

Victim Details

Damani Garner

Male

Black / African American

Los-angeles

CA

1984-09-01

12

Damani

Garner

07/09/2026

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On the morning of August 31, 1984, a tragic event unfolded in the Alexander home in Los Angeles, California. Damani Garner, aged 13, was among the victims of a brutal shooting that claimed the lives of his grandmother, Ebora Alexander, aged 58, his aunt Dietra Alexander, aged 24, and his cousin Damon Bonner, aged 8. The family was targeted in a case of mistaken identity by gang members seeking retaliation for a previous incident. The perpetrators, Tiequon Cox and Horace Edwin Burns, were members ...
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