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Gerardo Astacio-Leon

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Jan 16, 2015

Victim Details

Gerardo Astacio-Leon

Male

Philadelphia

PA

2015-01-16

48

Gerardo

Astacio-Leon

07/06/2026

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In the early evening of January 16, 2015, Gerardo Astacio-Leon, a 48-year-old man, was fatally shot inside his home in the Eastwick neighborhood of Philadelphia. Police were called to his residence on Theodore Street near 71st Street shortly before 6 p.m., where they discovered him suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. He was transported to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was pronounced dead a short time later.

Initial investigations led police to believe t ...
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