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Vernon Free

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Apr 12, 2013

Victim Details

Vernon Free

March 28, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Philadelphia

PA

2013-04-12

45

Vernon

Free

06/26/2026


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Vernon Freeman, a 45-year-old resident of Philadelphia, was killed on April 12, 2013. The incident occurred in the Kingsessing section of Southwest Philadelphia. Police found Vernon in the driver's seat of a 2013 Dodge Charger on South 52nd Street, near Springfield Avenue, shortly before 5:15 p.m. He had been shot multiple times in the upper body and was pronounced dead at the scene. The motive for the shooting remains unknown, and no arrests have been made in connection with the case. Authoriti ...
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