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Dave Brown

Case from Maple-heights, OH dated Dec 02, 2019

Victim Details

Dave Brown

Female

Black / African American

Maple-heights

OH

2019-12-02

73

Dave

Brown

06/24/2026

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Dave Brown, a 73-year-old male of unspecified ethnicity, was tragically shot and killed on December 2, 2019, while working at the Wash-N-Dry Laundromat on Broadway Avenue in Maple Heights, Ohio. Brown, a Vietnam veteran, attempted to intervene when Carl V. Sanders, 32, arrived at the laundromat with his girlfriend and her cousin. Sanders opened fire, and Brown was fatally shot while trying to protect the two women, who fortunately were not injured.

Following the incident, Sanders was arre ...
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  • cleveland: Man fatally shot 73-year-old Maple Heights laundromat employee who tried to stop attack on women
  • fox8.com: Person in custody in shooting death of 73-year-old laundromat employee
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