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Brandon Edwards

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Jun 17, 2008

Victim Details

Brandon Edwards

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2008-06-17

2008-06-17

34

Brandon

Edwards

06/30/2026

1


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In the early hours of a Tuesday in Philadelphia, a night out in Center City turned tragic for Brandon K. Edwards, a 34-year-old African-American man from the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. On June 17, 2008, after leaving a nightclub, Edwards was near 21st and Market Streets when he was shot multiple times in the back. The violence of the act shattered the early morning quiet, leaving a father of two fighting for his life on a city street.

Rushed to Hahneman University Hospital, medical ...
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