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William Billy Veasey

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Oct 05, 1996

Victim Details

William Billy Veasey

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

1996-10-05

35

William

Billy Veasey

07/11/2026

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On the rainy morning of October 5, 1995, William 'Billy' Veasey, a 35-year-old male, left his South Philadelphia home to grab coffee. It was a routine start to a day that would end in his brutal murder, a calculated act of violence that reverberated through the city's notorious mob landscape. As Veasey stopped his GMC Jimmy at a stop sign just a block from his house, two men rushed the vehicle and opened fire. Nine shots were fired, with six striking Veasey, who was found slumped over the wheel ...
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