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Nelson T. 'Nick' Shields IV, aged 23, was tragically shot to death on April 16, 1974, in the Ingleside neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Shields was in the process of making room in a friend's car for a rug he had just purchased when he was shot in the back three times. He died clutching a lacrosse stick, a poignant detail that underscores the sudden and violent nature of his death. This incident was part of a series of racially motivated murders known as the 'Zebra' killings, which ter ...
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  • Zebra murders - Wikipedia
  • Nelson T. Shields IV (1951-1974) - Find a Grave Memorial
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