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Earl Drake

Case from Boston, MA dated May 19, 2007

Victim Details

Earl Drake

April 18, 2023

Male

African-American / Black

Boston

MA

2007-05-19

2007-05-19

24

Earl

Drake

07/21/2026


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On the evening of May 19, 2007, a burst of gunfire shattered the peace on Armadine Street in Boston. Responding to a call, police discovered the body of 24-year-old Earl Drake, an African-American male who had been shot. The Boston Police Department pronounced him deceased at the scene, and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner later officially ruled his death a homicide.

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