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Stephen Bates

Case from Cleveland, OH dated Jun 07, 2015

Victim Details

Stephen D. Bates

Male

Black / African American

Cleveland

OH

2015-06-07

28

Stephen

Bates

07/11/2026

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Stephen Darnell Bates, a 28-year-old African American male, was tragically lost to gun violence on June 7, 2015, in Cleveland, Ohio. Details surrounding the incident indicate that Stephen was a victim of a drive-by shooting on Cleveland's East Side. Reports from that day also mention that he was one of multiple individuals shot in unrelated incidents across the city.

Following the incident, the Cleveland Police Department initiated an investigation into the early morning homicide. Despite ...
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  • fox8.com: Cleveland police investigating early morning homicide
  • cleveland.com: Man killed in drive-by shooting on Cleveland's East Side
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