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Donnell Williams

Case from Harrisburg, PA dated Dec 05, 2018

Victim Details

Donnell Williams

Male

Black / African American

Harrisburg

PA

2018-12-05

15

Donnell

Williams

07/05/2026

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Donnell Williams Jr., a 15-year-old Black male from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was killed on December 5, 2018, inside a home on the 1900 block of Bellevue Road in the city’s Allison Hill neighborhood. Police were called to the residence around 4:20 p.m. for a report of a shooting and found Donnell dead inside the home from an apparent gunshot wound. The coroner later reported that he had been struck by a single gunshot to the back.

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  • pennlive.com: Police ID homicide victim as 15-year-old boy
  • pennlive.com: 2nd Harrisburg shooting, crash unrelated to earlier slaying: police
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