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Willie Campbell

Case from Detroit, MI dated May 07, 2016

Victim Details

Willie Campbell

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

2016-05-07

2016-05-07

28

Willie

Campbell

07/13/2026


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Willie Campbell Jr., 28, a Black man, was killed on a Saturday night in Detroit, Michigan, in the tense hours just before Mother’s Day. Around 8 p.m. on May 7, 2016, he was outside a party store at the corner of 7 Mile and Lenore on the city’s west side when gunfire erupted and his life ended in the open, in front of a place where people were simply coming and going.

Investigators later described what could be seen in surveillance footage: a lone gunman dressed in all black moving wi ...
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  • Police hope video leads to suspect in murder - WXYZ
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