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Deonte James

Case from Chattanooga, TN dated Aug 08, 2017

Victim Details

Deonte James

Male

Black / African American

Chattanooga

TN

2017-08-08

23

Deonte

James

07/05/2026

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In the late evening of August 8, 2017, the life of 23-year-old Deonte Jerrell James came to a tragic end in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Police, responding to a report of a suspicious vehicle parked on the side of the road, discovered James inside. He had been shot, and paramedics who arrived at the scene pronounced him deceased. The young man, a lifelong resident of Chattanooga and a 2012 graduate of Brainerd High School where he had been a drummer in the band, was a father to a young son.

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