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William Wilson

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Aug 03, 2008

Victim Details

William Wilson

March 28, 2022

Male

Philadelphia

PA

2008-08-03

2008-08-03

19

William

Wilson

06/24/2026


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William Wilson, 19, was killed in Philadelphia on August 3, 2008, a summer day that became part of the city’s long homicide record for that year. Online homicide listings place the incident in the 1900 block of McKean Street, a South Philadelphia block where Wilson was recorded as both assaulted and dead on the same date. The available public information is brief, but it identifies his death as a homicide and places him among the many young victims lost to violence in Philadelphia during 2008. ...
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