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Joseph Russell

Case from Memphis, TN dated Aug 04, 2014

Victim Details

Joseph Russell

Male

Black / African American

Memphis

TN

2014-08-04

41

Joseph

Russell

07/10/2026

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In the summer of 2014, a dispute between two men in Memphis, Tennessee, escalated to a fatal conclusion. Outside Sherry's Lounge in the Orange Mound area, Joseph Russell, a 41-year-old male, was involved in an altercation. The argument took a deadly turn when the other man walked to his car, retrieved a handgun, and returned to shoot Russell multiple times. Joseph Russell was pronounced dead at the scene on August 4, 2014.

The investigation into the shooting led Memphis police to 28-year- ...
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