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Afolabi Odifa

Case from Norcross, GA dated Aug 15, 2014

Victim Details

Afolabi Odifa

Male

Black / African American

Norcross

GA

2014-08-15

36

Afolabi

Odifa

07/09/2026

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In the late hours of a Friday evening in Norcross, Georgia, 36-year-old Afolabi Odifa, a Black male taxi driver, was found slumped over the wheel of his cab, the engine still running. Residents of the Spring Lakes Apartments on Chase Common Drive initially mistook him for someone who was intoxicated or asleep. It wasn't until hours later that the grim reality was discovered; Odifa had been shot in the head. The Gwinnett County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed he died from a gunshot wound to t ...
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  • Cab driver shot, killed while picking up fare at Norcross apartment ...
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