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On a cold December evening in Detroit, Michigan, tragedy struck, leaving a community in shock and a family grappling with an unbearable loss. It was on December 4, 2012, that 16-year-old Shawn Bender, a Black male, was found deceased inside a residence on the 15000 block of Tacoma, near Brock Avenue. The grim discovery was made at approximately 9:15 p.m. in a modest home on the city's east side.

Shawn was not the only victim of the horrific violence that unfolded that night. Alongside him ...Read More
Victim Details

Shawn Bender

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

2012-12-04

2012-12-04

16

Shawn

Bender

12/27/2025


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