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Samuel Vanderhall

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Nov 22, 2012

Victim Details

Samuel Vanderhall

March 28, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Philadelphia

PA

2012-11-22

33

Samuel

Vanderhall

06/30/2026


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On November 22, 2012, Samuel Vanderhall, a 33-year-old Black male, was tragically murdered in Philadelphia. The incident took place in the rear parking lot of the Blue Moon Hotel, located on the 5100 block of Westminster Avenue in the Mill Creek section of West Philadelphia. Vanderhall was shot in the groin and back and was rushed to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he succumbed to his injuries shortly before 11:15 a.m.

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