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Antonio C. Baker Jr.

Case from Nashville, TN dated Aug 28, 2022

Victim Details

Antonio C. Baker, Jr.

Male

Black / African American

Nashville

TN

2022-08-28

16

Antonio

C. Baker Jr.

07/07/2026

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In the late afternoon of August 28, 2022, a sense of normalcy in the James Cayce public housing development in Nashville, Tennessee, was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 16-year-old Antonio Baker Jr. The teenager was in a parking lot in the 500 block of South 5th Street when he was fatally shot around 5:50 p.m. Emergency services rushed Antonio to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, but his injuries proved to be too severe, and he succumbed to the gunshot wound.

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  • Antonio C. Baker, Jr Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information
  • WKRN News 2: 15-year-old arrested for deadly shooting of another teen in East Nashville
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