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Jacob Wedgie

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Aug 17, 2010

Victim Details

Jacob Wedgie

March 28, 2022

Male

White / Caucasian

Philadelphia

PA

2010-08-17

2010-08-17

20

Jacob

Wedgie

07/10/2026


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In the summer of 2010, a young man's life was tragically cut short on the streets of Philadelphia. Jacob Wedgie, a 20-year-old male from the nearby community of Quakertown, was found on a Tuesday night in August near the intersection of 15th Street and West Indiana Avenue in North Philadelphia. He had sustained a gunshot wound to his chest.

Emergency services were called to the scene shortly before 9 p.m., and Wedgie was rushed to Temple University Hospital. Despite the efforts of medical ...
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  • Quakertown man, 20, fatally shot in Philadelphia - The Morning Call
  • Slain: Philly man, 87; Quakertown man, 20 - The Philadelphia Inquirer
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