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Phillip Woods

Case from Boston, MA dated Sep 17, 2016

Victim Details

Phillip Woods

March 27, 2023

Male

Black / African American

Boston

MA

2016-09-17

2016-09-17

23

Phillip Woods

Phillip

Woods

07/23/2026


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In the early morning hours of Saturday, September 17, 2016, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet near the intersection of Nightingale and Wales Streets in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. When the violence ceased, three men in their 20s had been shot. One of them, a 23-year-old African-American man named Phillip Woods, was pronounced dead at the scene. The two other victims were transported to a local hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.

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  • Man killed in Dorchester shooting identified - Boston.com
  • Boston man sentenced to life in prison for deadly Dorchester shooting
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