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Shawn Henderson

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Jan 05, 2017

Victim Details

Shawn Henderson

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2017-01-05

27

Shawn

Henderson

07/02/2026

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Sean Henderson, also publicly memorialized as Shawn Henderson, was a 26-year-old Black male from Philadelphia whose life ended in the early morning darkness of Thursday, January 5, 2017. Police were called to the 2900 block of West Oakdale Street in the Strawberry Mansion section of Philadelphia for a report of a shooting. When officers arrived at about 1:20 a.m., they found him lying in the street, unresponsive, suffering from a gunshot wound. Philadelphia Fire Department medics were already on ...
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  • Philly.com: Police ID 8 men fatally shot in Philly in 2017
  • Man Found Shot In The Road In Strawberry Mansion
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