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Leroy Smith

Case from Wilkes-barre, PA dated Jan 17, 2013

Victim Details

Leroy M Smith

Male

Black / African American

Wilkes-barre

PA

2013-01-17

42

Leroy

Smith

07/08/2026

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On January 17, 2013, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, 42-year-old Leroy Smith, an African American male, was fatally shot multiple times. The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m. when a patrol officer responded to gunshots in the 100 block of Scott Street. Upon arrival, the officer discovered Leroy Smith's body on the sidewalk outside a bar, later identified as Don Kasper’s Watering Hole. Luzerne County Acting Coroner William Lisman pronounced him dead at the scene at 4:15 a.m.

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  • Leroy M Smith, age 42 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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