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Talik Monsanto

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Dec 12, 2017

Victim Details

Talik Monsanto

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2017-12-12

21

Talik

Monsanto

07/08/2026

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On the night of Tuesday, December 12, 2017, Talik Kahlil Monsanto, a 21-year-old Black male, was fatally shot in Philadelphia. The incident occurred around 11:40 p.m. in the 200 block of West Westmoreland Street. Philadelphia Police officers responded to the scene and discovered Monsanto lying face down in the street with a gunshot wound. Paramedics arrived and pronounced him dead at the scene.

According to his mother, Atiya Wilson, Monsanto was a good and loving person who was outgoing a ...
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  • Philly.com: 300th homicide reached in city after 2 found fatally shot Tuesday
  • Time to halt rise in Philly homicide rate - Altoona Mirror
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