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Derrick Merritt

Case from Athens, GA dated May 10, 2014

Victim Details

Derrick Merritt

Male

Black / African American

Athens

GA

2014-05-10

22

Derrick

Merritt

07/19/2026

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In the early morning hours of May 10, 2014, a night out in Athens, Georgia, turned tragic for 22-year-old Derrick Lee Merritt Jr., a male who found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time. As patrons spilled out of the Bootleggers nightclub onto Commerce Road after closing, a dispute broke out in a nearby vacant parking lot. The altercation, which did not involve Merritt, escalated quickly and violently.

Amid the chaos, shots were fired from a passing car into the crowd. Merritt was ...
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  • Online Athens: Athens nightclub murder suspect booked into Clarke County Jail
  • Derrick Merritt, age 22 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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