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Demarco Franklin

Case from Decatur, GA dated Jul 01, 2015

Victim Details

Demarco Franklin

Female

Black / African American

Decatur

GA

2015-07-01

21

Demarco

Franklin

07/16/2026

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In the summer of 2015, a young man's life was abruptly cut short in Decatur, Georgia. Demarco Franklin, a 21-year-old Black male, was walking from an Exxon gas station on Holcombe Road near Redan Road on the night of July 1st. It was around 10 p.m. when another man, who was also on foot, approached him. Without a known motive, the stranger fired a gun, striking Franklin twice before fleeing the scene.

The sound of gunshots shattered the evening's quiet, and soon after, emergency services ...
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  • Demarco Franklin, age 21 - National Gun Violence Memorial
  • Police search for men wanted in gas station shooting death - WSB-TV
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