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Gerald Westry

Case from Mobile, AL dated Feb 09, 2016

Victim Details

Gerald Westry

Male

Black / African American

Mobile

AL

2016-02-09

40

Gerald

Westry

Yes

06/24/2026

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Gerald Westry, a 40-year-old Black man, was killed on the night of February 9, 2016, inside the Family Dollar store at 1300 Spring Hill Avenue near North Ann Street in Mobile, Alabama. It was Fat Tuesday, and the city had already spent the day in the churn of Mardi Gras parades and crowds, but the celebration had thinned by the time the shooting happened. Sometime around 9 p.m., a confrontation erupted inside the store, turning a routine shift into a scene of sudden violence.

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  • AL.com: 2 killed in separate homicides at Mobile businesses Tuesday night
  • AL.com: Mobile Police make arrest in Family Dollar murder
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