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Brian Cairns

Case from Chester, PA dated Jun 10, 1990

Victim Details

Brian Cairns

Male

White / Caucasian

Chester

PA

1990-06-10

20

Brian

Cairns

07/10/2026

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Brian M. Cairns was a 20-year-old White/Caucasian male whose life ended on June 10, 1990, in Chester, Pennsylvania. The available online records describe him as having been lost to gun violence, and a memorial entry identifies him as a softball player and the victim of a robbery-fatal shooting. The public details are sparse, but what remains is the outline of a young man whose ordinary life in Delaware County was suddenly overtaken by violence.

The shooting appears to have been connected ...
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  • Brian Cairns, age 20 - National Gun Violence Memorial
  • Obituary of Margaret Cairns
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