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Edward Boyer

Case from Chester, PA dated Nov 06, 1948

Victim Details

Edward Boyer

Male

Black / African American

Chester

PA

1948-11-06

24

Edward

Boyer

06/27/2026

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Edward Boyer, a 24-year-old African American male from Chester, Pennsylvania, was killed on the morning of November 6, 1948, during what became known as the Market Street Massacre. The shooting began around 8:15 a.m. near 233 Market Street in Chester’s Bethel Court neighborhood, when Melvin Collins, a 38-year-old man from Exmore, Virginia, barricaded himself inside a second-floor boarding room and opened fire from the window with a. 22-caliber Springfield rifle.

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  • Edward Lee Boyer (1948-1948) - Find a Grave...
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