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Rashawn Coates

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Jan 09, 2016

Victim Details

Rashawn Coates

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2016-01-09

2016-01-09

19

Rashawn

Coates

07/15/2026


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Rashawn Coates, a 19-year-old Black male from Philadelphia, was killed in the early morning hours of Saturday, January 9, 2016, in West Philadelphia. He was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds on the 800 block of North 49th Street, only a short distance from the area where he lived. The violence unfolded around 1:22 a.m., at a time when the city was quieting down for the night, but Rashawn’s life was suddenly and brutally taken in a place that should not have become his final scene.
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