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Benjamin Elder

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Apr 20, 2008

Victim Details

Benjamin Elder

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2008-04-20

2008-04-20

46

Benjamin

Elder

07/21/2026


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In the early morning hours of April 20, 2008, the city of Philadelphia was marked by a weekend of violence that claimed the life of Benjamin Elder, a 46-year-old African-American man. Elder, a hardworking cab driver for the Germantown Cab Co., was discovered in the driver's seat of his taxi in the 1800 block of North 20th Street. He had sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the right side of his head and was pronounced dead at the scene by responding officers just moments after they arrived.
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  • IDs on two Phila. homicide victims, 7 weekend murders
  • Who killed Benjamin Elder? | ABC11 Raleigh-Durham - ABC11
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