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Matthew Burton

Case from Pittsburgh, PA dated Jun 28, 2012

Victim Details

Matthew Burton

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Pittsburgh

PA

2012-06-28

2012-06-28

21

Matthew

Burton

06/27/2026


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In the early morning hours of June 28, 2012, a grim discovery was made on a secluded street in Pittsburgh's Perry South neighborhood. Inside a parked car on Buena Vista Street, the bodies of 21-year-old Matthew Todd Burton and 15-year-old Deondre Kenny were found by a passerby around 6 a.m. Both young men, identified as Black, had been shot and killed.

Investigators determined that the two had been shot in the head. Police believed the shooting was connected to a recent spike in gang-rela ...
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