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Benjamin Butcher

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Jul 01, 2011

Victim Details

Benjamin Butcher

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2011-07-01

2011-07-01

20

Benjamin

Butcher

07/09/2026


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In the summer of 2011, a young man's life was cut short on a Friday afternoon in South Philadelphia. Twenty-year-old Benjamin Butcher, a Black male, was on the 1600 block of Catharine Street when the sound of a gunshot pierced the air at approximately 4:54 p.m. on July 1st. Police responded to reports of the shooting and discovered Butcher with a single, fatal gunshot wound to his torso.

Rushed to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, medical efforts to save him were unsuccessfu ...
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