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Adib Smith

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated May 23, 2012

Victim Details

Adib Smith

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2012-05-23

2012-05-23

24

Adib

Smith

07/03/2026

1


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In the spring of 2012, a burst of gunfire in South Philadelphia tragically cut short the life of 24-year-old Adib Smith. A resident of Earp Street in the King Village neighborhood, Smith was caught in a hail of bullets on a Tuesday night in May. He was one of four people struck in the violent outburst, which also wounded a 22-year-old man, a pregnant woman, and her 31-year-old brother.

Emergency services rushed the victims to a nearby hospital for treatment. While the other three individu ...
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