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Keanan Samuels

Case from Wilmington, DE dated Dec 16, 2017

Victim Details

Keanan Samuels

December 7, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Wilmington

DE

2017-12-16

20

Keanan

Samuels

07/11/2026


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Keanan Samuels, a 20-year-old Black male, was home in Wilmington, Delaware, for Christmas break from Benedict College in South Carolina when he was killed on the night of December 16, 2017. What should have been a brief return home for the holidays became part of a larger wave of grief in the city. That evening, Keanan had gone to a vigil for his friend Barry White, a 19-year-old who had been shot and killed months earlier on Wilmington's north side.

The gathering was meant to remember an ...
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    I can't stop thinking about how tragic it is that Keanan was killed at a vigil for his friend. It's ... ...Read More
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    Has anyone else been thinking about the impact Keanan was making in Wilmington before his tragic dea... ...Read More
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    Did anyone else come across the interview with Keanan Samuels' family from a while back? The strengt... ...Read More
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