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KaVion Hopkins

Case from Memphis, TN dated Jul 23, 2017

Victim Details

KaVion Hopkins

Male

Black / African American

Memphis

TN

2017-07-23

17

KaVion

Hopkins

07/27/2026

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On a summer night in Memphis, Tennessee, tragedy struck a 17-year-old male named KaVion Hopkins, forever altering the lives of those involved. On July 22, 2017, Hopkins was a passenger in a vehicle with several other individuals, a seemingly ordinary evening that would soon take a devastating turn. The events that unfolded near Hoskins Drive and Semmes Avenue would culminate in the untimely death of the teenager.

While inside the car, two other occupants, 19-year-old Marshawn Brakefield a ...
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