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Boris Kimber Jr

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Apr 24, 2017

Victim Details

Boris Kimber Jr

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2017-04-24

22

Boris

Kimber Jr

07/05/2026

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In the early hours of a Monday in Philadelphia, the life of 22-year-old Boris Kimber Jr. was tragically cut short. On April 24, 2017, police responded to a call on the first block of East Penn Street in the East Germantown neighborhood. Inside the front room of a house, they found Boris Kimber Jr. unresponsive, having sustained several gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The initial investigation into the male's death took an unusual turn when a 28-year-old man at the res ...
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  • 6abc Philadelphia: Man killed after argument, shooting in Germantown ID'd
  • Boris Kimber Jr, 22 - Philadelphia Obituary Project
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