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Balil Whitfield

Case from Savannah, GA dated Jan 21, 2018

Victim Details

Balil Whitfield

Male

Black / African American

Savannah

GA

2018-01-21

24

Balil

Whitfield

07/16/2026

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In the afternoon of January 21, 2018, 24-year-old Balil Whitfield was discovered inside a vehicle on the 2100 block of Hudson Street in Savannah, Georgia. He had sustained fatal gunshot wounds in what was being investigated as a homicide.

The investigation into Whitfield's death quickly led authorities to a suspect, 20-year-old Ricky Jerome Boyd. Two days after the discovery of Whitfield's body, on the morning of January 23, 2018, members of the U.S. Marshals Southeast Regional Fugitive T ...
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  • ajc: GBI: Man fatally shot by officers didn’t have a real gun
  • savannahnow.com: Man shot on Hudson Street is Savannah’s first homicide of 2018
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