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Markeith Oliver

Case from Atlanta, GA dated Jul 07, 2017

Victim Details

Markeith Oliver

Male

Black / African American

Atlanta

GA

2017-07-07

18

Markeith

Oliver

07/17/2026

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An argument on a summer afternoon in Atlanta turned deadly for 18-year-old Markeith Deangelo Oliver on July 7, 2017. The young African American man was selling water at a gas station on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive NW when a dispute with people he knew escalated to gunfire. Witnesses reported hearing three gunshots, and Oliver was struck multiple times. The suspects fled the scene, leaving Oliver's family and friends stunned and seeking answers when they arrived at the tragic scene in an overgro ...
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  • Markeith Oliver, age 18 - National Gun Violence Memorial
  • Twins arrested, one charged in fatal Atlanta shooting | 11alive.com
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