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Michael Earl Leggs

Case from Nashville, TN dated Mar 31, 2009

Victim Details

Michael Earl Leggs

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Nashville

TN

2009-03-31

2009-03-31

19

Michael Earl

Leggs

Yes

07/08/2026


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Michael Earl Leggs, 19, a Black man from Nashville, Tennessee, was killed after a late-night encounter that unfolded just a short walk from home in East Nashville at the end of March 2009.

Just before midnight on Tuesday, March 31, he was on Gatewood Avenue when a man stepped in close, produced a gun, and issued a stark command: put your hands up. The moment had the feel of an ambush—quick, direct, and terrifyingly controlled. Instead of backing away, the gunman opened fire, striking L ...
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