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Bruce Royster

Case from Baltimore, MD dated Jan 03, 2012

Victim Details

Bruce Royster

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Baltimore

MD

2012-01-03

2012-01-03

62

Bruce

Royster

07/10/2026


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In the cold of a January evening in Baltimore, 62-year-old Bruce Royster became the city's first homicide victim of 2012. On Tuesday, January 3rd, shortly before 10 p.m., police responded to a call in the 4000 block of Edgewood Road in the East Arlington neighborhood of Northwest Baltimore. There, they discovered Royster inside a vehicle, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body. He was rushed to a nearby hospital but succumbed to his injuries.

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  • Edgewood Road Homicide, Baltimore City
  • Baltimore City Police Investigating First Homicide Of 2012 - CBS News
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