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Tony Saffo

Case from Atlanta, GA dated Mar 11, 2016

Victim Details

Tony Saffo

Male

Black / African American

Atlanta

GA

2016-03-11

46

Tony

Saffo

07/13/2026

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On a spring day in Atlanta, Georgia, what began as a disagreement between longtime friends culminated in a senseless act of violence that claimed the life of Tony Saffo. The 46-year-old African American man was fatally shot on March 11, 2016, outside an auto body shop on Jonesboro Road in the southeastern part of the city. Saffo, who had been friends with his assailant for over a decade, found himself in the middle of an argument involving his friend and another individual. When Saffo intervened ...
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  • ajc: 1 gun, 2 shootings years apart: Man gets life for murder
  • 'Friend' Convicted In Atlanta Body Shop Slaying | Atlanta, GA Patch
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