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Michael Phillip Cole

Case from Birmingham, AL dated May 14, 2024

Victim Details

Michael Phillip Cole

Male

Black / African American

Birmingham

AL

2024-05-14

62

Michael

Phillip Cole

07/07/2026

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In a tragic series of events, 16-year-old Michael Cole Jr. was accidentally shot and killed in Montgomery, Alabama. The teenager had been reported missing by his family on a Friday, initiating a four-day search that ended with the discovery of his body off Selma Highway.

The investigation into his death revealed a grim story. Cole, along with two 18-year-olds, Nicholas King Shepard and Ned Van Jones Jr., and two other individuals, had reportedly gone to a house on Gaston Avenue. Based on ...
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