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John Davis

Case from Boston, MA dated Apr 24, 2009

Victim Details

John Davis

March 28, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Boston

MA

2009-04-24

2009-04-24

18

John

Davis

No

07/14/2026


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In the spring of 2009, a family's life was irrevocably altered by an act of violence that remains unresolved. On the morning of Friday, April 24, 2009, John Davis, an 18-year-old African-American male, was found suffering from a gunshot wound in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. The incident occurred at approximately 11:40 a.m. in the vicinity of 71 Homestead Street. Despite the immediate response and efforts of Boston EMS, John Davis was pronounced dead at the scene.

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  • UPDATE TO DEATH INVESTIGATION ON HOMESTEAD STREET
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