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Algernon Cross

Case from Antioch, TN dated Feb 12, 2016

Victim Details

Algernon Cross

Male

Black / African American

Antioch

TN

2016-02-12

40

Algernon

Cross

07/01/2026

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Algernon Cross, a 40-year-old Black man, was killed on the evening of February 12, 2016, after a brief stop along Bell Road in the Priest Lake area of Antioch. Just before 8 p.m., he was riding with a female relative when he spotted someone he recognized and asked her to pull into a parking lot in the 400 block of Bell Road. When officers arrived, they found him on the ground beside his vehicle, already dead.

Investigators later described the stop as part of a planned marijuana purchase. ...
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  • http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2016/02/12/metro-police-investigating-shooting-antioch/80319666/
  • WKRN.com: Man killed in shooting near Priest Lake community
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