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William Hughes

Case from Memphis, TN dated Jun 09, 2015

Victim Details

William Parris Hughes

Male

Memphis

TN

2015-06-09

34

William

Hughes

07/01/2026

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On June 9, 2015, 34-year-old William Parris Hughes, a man from Memphis, Tennessee, was shot and killed in the city, a death later recorded in national gun-violence databases and local obituary notices. His name appears in public records and memorial pages simply and starkly: a brief line noting that he died on that date, with the place listed as Memphis, and that his life ended through gun violence rather than illness or accident.

Those who knew him did not remember him in such bare term ...
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  • Legacy.com: View WILLIAM HUGHES's Obituary and express your condolences
  • WREG.com: MPD releases names of Misty Moor Lane victims
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    I’ve been thinking a lot about William Parris Hughes and what his life represented. It's clear he ... ...Read More
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