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Tyrell Sims

Case from Atlanta, GA dated Nov 07, 2020

Victim Details

Tyrell Sims

Male

Black / African American

Atlanta

GA

2020-11-07

11

Tyrell

Sims

07/26/2026

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In the crisp autumn air of November 6, 2020, the life of 11-year-old Tyrell Sims was tragically cut short in a senseless act of violence in East Point, a city in the Atlanta metropolitan area. That Friday evening, the fifth-grader had been in high spirits, having been treated to a shopping trip by his father, Connie Sims, as a reward for acing an exam. Later, Tyrell was with a friend, making a TikTok video in the front yard of a home on Bell Avenue when a black car drove by and unleashed a hail ...
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  • https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/east-point-police-searching-2-persons-interest-shooting-death-11-year-old-boy/WOXUVSXN6NDS7EEHXL4RZKVX4Q/
  • https://www.ajc.com/news/11-year-old-boy-shot-killed-in-east-point/BYBKRHXRTZCURJLO2IURACVNAY/
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