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Eric Reed

Case from Detroit, MI dated Sep 12, 2014

Victim Details

Eric Reed

March 28, 2022

Male

Detroit

MI

2014-09-12

2014-09-12

26

Eric

Reed

07/11/2026

1


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In the late hours of a September evening in 2014, a gathering of family and friends on Patten Street in Detroit, meant to be a solemn candlelight vigil for a recently lost loved one, tragically descended into a scene of violence and further loss. Among the victims was 26-year-old Eric Reed, who was fatally wounded in a barrage of gunfire that erupted, forever altering the lives of his family. The chaos of that night claimed not only Eric's life but also the lives of two of his relatives, 36-year ...
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