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Shelbyon Polk

Case from St. Louis, MO dated Nov 23, 2017

Victim Details

Shelbyon Polk

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

St. Louis

MO

2017-11-23

2017-11-23

19

Shelbyon

Polk

08/04/2026

1


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In the early hours of Thanksgiving morning, November 23, 2017, the body of 19-year-old Shelbyon Polk was discovered in the front yard of a vacant home on Burd Street in St. Louis. The young man, a recent graduate of Kirkwood High School, had been shot to death. Friends and family remembered him as a kind person with a big smile. His grandmother, Karen, noted that he had no reason to be in that part of the city and didn't know anyone in the neighborhood. The discovery of his body sent shockwaves ...
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  • 6 dead, at least 15 injured in Thanksgiving weekend shootings in St ...
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