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John Collins

Case from Chester, PA dated Sep 13, 1993

Victim Details

John Collins

Male

Chester

PA

1993-09-13

70

John

Collins

07/05/2026

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John Collins, a 70-year-old male, was killed in Chester, Pennsylvania, on September 13, 1993, in a shooting that police described as an alley killing tied to a burst of gunfire between rival groups. Collins was identified as a church custodian, and the violence unfolded in the early morning hours in an alley across from the church where he worked. He was fatally shot during what investigators believed was not a random encounter but a deadly crossfire that left him caught in the middle.

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