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Sammy Watson

Case from Atlanta, GA dated Feb 04, 2017

Victim Details

Sammy Watson

Male

Black / African American

Atlanta

GA

2017-02-04

20

Sammy

Watson

07/08/2026

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In the winter of 2017, the life of a young Atlanta man was tragically cut short. Twenty-year-old Sammy Watson was found deceased on the evening of Saturday, February 4th, in a large, open field behind the former Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School on Hosea L. Williams Drive. He had been fatally shot. Family members who gathered at the scene were devastated, having been with him shortly before the incident occurred. He did not live far from where his body was discovered.

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  • ajc: 1 killed, 1 injured in NE Atlanta shooting
  • WSBTV: Police search for shooter after man killed in open field
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