Alvin Smith

In late November 2014, a violent incident in Detroit, Michigan, claimed the life of a young man named Alvin Smith. A Black male who was approximately 24 or 25 years of age at the time of his death, Smith was described in local retrospectives as a "vibrant" individual whose life was cut short under tragic circumstances. The incident occurred on or around November 20, 2014, marking another homicide in a year that saw Detroit struggling with significant violent crime rates.

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Alvin Smith, age 24 - National Gun Violence Memorial