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Cornelius Gordon

Case from Gainesville, GA dated Jun 26, 2017

Victim Details

Cornelius Gordon

Male

Black / African American

Gainesville

GA

2017-06-26

24

Cornelius

Gordon

06/30/2026

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In the early morning hours of a June day in 2017, in Gainesville, Georgia, a party at a mobile home on Barnes Drive took a tragic turn, ending in the death of 24-year-old Cornelius Gordon. Gordon was not a resident of the mobile home but was attending a party at the location. Shortly before 2 a.m., while sitting inside a Toyota Camry, an individual approached the vehicle and shot him in the head. Friends rushed Gordon to Northeast Georgia Medical Center, but his injuries proved fatal.

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