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Derwin Brown

Case from Dekalb, GA dated Dec 15, 2000

Victim Details

(elect) Derwin Brown

Male

Black / African American

Dekalb

GA

2000-12-15

46

Derwin

Brown

07/14/2026

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Derwin Brown, a 46-year-old Black man, was a captain with the DeKalb County Police Department and the sheriff-elect, poised to bring reform to an office troubled by corruption. His life was cut short on the evening of December 15, 2000, just three days before he was to be sworn into office. As he returned to his Decatur, Georgia, home from a celebratory dinner, he was brutally ambushed in his own driveway and shot at least a dozen times. The brazen assassination sent shockwaves through the commu ...
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