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Cortez Boston

Case from Cincinnati, OH dated Sep 18, 2017

Victim Details

Cortez Boston

March 28, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Cincinnati

OH

2017-09-18

26

Cortez

Boston

No

07/18/2026

1


Area Body Found:

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Cortez Boston, a 26-year-old male from Cincinnati, Ohio, was killed in a double shooting on September 18, 2017. The shooting took place at approximately 12:39 a.m. on Rutland Avenue, near Xavier University in the Evanston neighborhood of Cincinnati. Cortez was pronounced dead at the scene, while a second victim, a man in his twenties, was shot multiple times and rushed to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. The second victim was not alert when he was transported, and neither of the vict ...
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  • Police release name of man killed in overnight shooting - WLWT
  • Man killed, another hurt in shooting near Xavier University
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