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Eric Shanks

Case from Oklahoma City, OK dated Sep 28, 2015

Victim Details

Eric Shanks

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Oklahoma City

OK

2015-09-28

2015-09-28

33

Eric

Shanks

07/29/2026

1


Area Body Found:

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On a late September evening in Oklahoma City, tragedy struck the community. Eric Wayne Shanks, a 33-year-old African-American man, was found shot just before 10 p.m. on September 28, 2015. His body was discovered near the Windsor Village Apartments in the northwest part of the city. Despite a quick response from emergency services, Shanks was pronounced dead at the scene, his life cut short by an act of violence.

The death of Eric Shanks was immediately treated as a homicide, prompting a ...
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  • Police identify man found shot in northwest OKC
  • Police investigate OKC's 64th homicide of 2015 - The Oklahoman
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