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Denise Ledbetter

Case from Boston, MA dated Oct 16, 2007

Victim Details

Denise Ledbetter

March 28, 2022

Female

African-American / Black

Boston

MA

2007-10-16

2007-10-16

39

Denise

Ledbetter

No

07/14/2026


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Denise Ledbetter, 39, a Black woman, was found shot outside 231 Talbot Avenue in Mattapan on the evening of October 16, 2007. Responding officers from Boston Police Area B-3 arrived just before 8 p.m. after reports of gunfire. She was rushed to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. At the scene, police also discovered a second victim—a 21-year-old man—inside the building who was treated for non–life-threatening injuries.

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