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John Lamar

Case from Stone-mountain, GA dated Nov 04, 2019

Victim Details

John Lamar

Male

Black / African American

Stone-mountain

GA

2019-11-04

50

John

Lamar

07/04/2026

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John Lamar, a 50-year-old Black man, was killed in the early hours of November 4, 2019, inside a Texaco gas station convenience store on Memorial Drive in Stone Mountain, Georgia. The night appears to have narrowed down to a confrontation between just two men inside the store: Lamar and the overnight clerk. Police were called to the station at about 1:45 a.m. after the clerk reported that someone had been shot. When officers arrived, they found Lamar on the floor inside the store, mortally wound ...
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  • WSBTV: Clerk charged with murder in shooting death of man at gas station
  • https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/incident/1541344
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