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Darryl Halden

Case from Decatur, GA dated Aug 16, 2020

Victim Details

Darryl Halden

Male

Black / African American

Decatur

GA

2020-08-16

35

Darryl

Halden

07/15/2026

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In the summer of 2020, a dispute between neighbors in a Decatur, Georgia, apartment complex escalated to a fatal conclusion. On the evening of August 16, 35-year-old Darryl Halden was found unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds near a dumpster at his apartment building on Friendly Heights Boulevard. He was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead.

The investigation into Halden's death quickly focused on his downstairs neighbor, 53-year-old Alphonso Watts. Surveilla ...
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  • Man sentenced to life for killing neighbor after dispute over bicycle, DeKalb County DA says
  • Decatur man found guilty of killing neighbor in 2020 over bicycle
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    I can't stop thinking about Darryl’s family and friends as they try to make sense of this senseles... ...Read More
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    I can’t stop thinking about how easily this tragedy might have been avoided if proper attention ha... ...Read More
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    I've been closely following Darryl Halden's case, and I can't stop thinking about the surveillance f... ...Read More
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