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Derrick Pendergrass

Case from Memphis, TN dated May 15, 2017

Victim Details

Derrick Pendergrass

Male

Black / African American

Memphis

TN

2017-05-15

21

Derrick

Pendergrass

06/21/2026

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On a tragic evening in Memphis, Tennessee, the life of 21-year-old Derrick Pendergrass was cut short. On May 15, 2017, Pendergrass was one of two men who lost their lives in a double shooting at the Sycamore Lakes Apartments in the northeast part of the city. He was a Black male. The incident unfolded in the 2100 block of Westchester Circle, where authorities believe a robbery, possibly linked to drugs, turned deadly.

Pendergrass was sitting in a car with another man, 19-year-old Eric Nil ...
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