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Joe Albert Foster

Case from Birmingham, AL dated Jul 28, 2020

Victim Details

Joe Albert Foster

Male

Black / African American

Birmingham

AL

2020-07-28

21

Joe

Albert Foster

Yes

06/20/2026

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In the early hours of a Tuesday in late July 2020, the life of 21-year-old Joe Albert Foster IV was cut short in Birmingham, Alabama. The young man, whose gender was male, was one of two individuals who tragically lost their lives in separate shootings that unfolded overnight in the city.

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