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Alan Boykins

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Jan 21, 2022

Victim Details

Alan Boykins

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2022-01-21

32

Alan

Boykins

07/07/2026

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In the early afternoon of a cold January day in Philadelphia, a burst of violence shattered the winter stillness and forever altered a family's world. On January 21, 2022, Alan Boykins, a 32-year-old Black man, found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time on the 3500 block of Germantown Avenue. It was there, at approximately 1:38 p.m., that the sharp report of a gunshot echoed through the neighborhood, sending people scattering and leaving Mr. Boykins lying in the street with a grievous wo ...
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  • Police: 32-Year-Old Man Fatally Shot In North Philadelphia
  • FOX 29 News Philadelphia: Man, 32, shot and killed in North Philadelphia, police say
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