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Derrek Phillips

Case from Birmingham, AL dated Sep 20, 2013

Victim Details

Derrek Phillips

March 28, 2022

Male

White / Caucasian

Birmingham

AL

2013-09-20

2013-09-20

23

Derrek

Phillips

07/12/2026


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In the early morning hours of Friday, September 20, 2013, the quiet of a Birmingham, Alabama neighborhood was broken by the sound of gunfire. Officers from the South Precinct were dispatched to 3652 Clairmont Avenue around 6 a.m. to investigate a report of shots fired. However, upon their arrival, the scene was deceptively calm, with no one and no suspicious activity to be found. The initial peace was short-lived. About twenty minutes after the first call, a second report came in, this time of a ...
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