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Derek Adams

Case from Memphis, TN dated Jun 06, 2014

Victim Details

Derek Adams

Male

Black / African American

Memphis

TN

2014-06-06

39

Derek

Adams

07/03/2026

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On the night of June 6, 2014, Derek Adams, 39, a male, was shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee. Public records and memorial listings place his death in the southeast part of the city, tied to the Cinnamon Trails apartment complex in the Hickory Hill area, where responders found a man fatally wounded and opened a homicide investigation. His passing was noted in local obituary rolls that week, even as early reporting centered on the violence of that Friday night and the neighborhood that suddenl ...
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  • Deadly SE Memphis shooting stemmed from fight - Action News 5
  • Derek Adams, age 39 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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