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Daran Burkes, a 23-year-old with special needs, was fatally shot on the afternoon of October 9, 2016, in Detroit, Michigan. Burkes, a student at Charles Drew Transition Center, was walking along Fenkell Avenue near Freeland and Ardmore Streets on Detroit’s west side when he was approached from behind and shot in broad daylight at approximately 4:20 p.m. The suspect, captured on surveillance footage, is described as a man in his mid-to-late 20s with a slim build, dark complexion, and short drea ...Read More
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Daran Burkes
March 28, 2022
Male
African-American / Black
Detroit
MI
2016-10-09
23
Daran
Burkes
11/28/2025
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