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Adrian Anderson

Case from Decatur, GA dated Jul 07, 2017

Victim Details

Adrian Anderson

Male

Black / African American

Decatur

GA

2017-07-07

36

Adrian

Anderson

06/28/2026

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In the predawn hours of a Friday morning, July 7, 2017, in Decatur, Georgia, Adrian Anderson, a 36-year-old man, was standing by a car, deep in conversation with a friend. The quiet of the early morning at the Waterford Manor Apartments on Covington Highway was abruptly shattered when a figure emerged from the nearby bushes, brandishing a gun. The armed man's demand was simple and menacing: 'Give it here.'

What followed was a brief and desperate struggle. Anderson, in an act of defiance, ...
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  • Adrian Anderson, age 37 - National Gun Violence Memorial
  • Police investigating fatal shooting in Decatur - WSB-TV
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