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Deray Pearson

Case from Pittsburgh, PA dated Jun 14, 2009

Victim Details

Deray Pearson

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Pittsburgh

PA

2009-06-14

2009-06-14

22

Deray

Pearson

07/23/2026


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DeRay Pearson, a 22-year-old Black male from Pittsburgh’s North Side, was fatally shot on June 14, 2009, after violence broke out in the Central North Side area of Pittsburgh. The shooting happened in the 1500 block of Garfield Avenue, near Jacksonia Street, in the Mexican War Streets section of the North Side. According to police accounts reported at the time, Pearson had been involved in an altercation with someone inside a blue or gray vehicle at about 2:30 p.m. The confrontation escalated ...
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  • Mother remembers son killed in Pittsburgh 3 years ago - WPXI
  • Man dies after being shot on North Side - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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