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Willie Douglas

Case from Memphis, TN dated Apr 28, 2018

Victim Details

Willie Douglas

Male

Black / African American

Memphis

TN

2018-04-28

38

Willie

Douglas

07/09/2026

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Willie James Douglas, Jr., 38, a Black man, was caught up in a burst of gunfire in North Memphis on April 28, 2018, violence that sent people scrambling for cover and left him gravely wounded. In the immediate chaos, those around him did what they could to get help—rushing the injured toward medical care while police began trying to reconstruct what had happened and who had pulled the trigger.

Accounts tied to the incident place the shooting near Springdale Street, with at least one ot ...
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  • WREG.com: Police: 38-year-old man dies days after being shot in North Memphis
  • Person dies of injuries from North Memphis shooting
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