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Sean Kinning

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Oct 19, 2011

Victim Details

Sean Kinning

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2011-10-19

2011-10-19

20

Sean

Kinning

07/16/2026


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Sean Kinning, a 20-year-old Black male from Philadelphia, was killed on October 19, 2011, in a homicide recorded in the city’s 2011 victim list. The available public record places the fatal incident on the 700 block of East Thayer Street, a residential block in Philadelphia’s Kensington area, where his name appears among the hundreds of people lost to violence in the city that year.

The online information available about Sean’s death is sparse, leaving the story with more silence th ...
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  • Motive sought in Kensington slaying - The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • Four killings in one hour | News - The Philadelphia Tribune

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