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Jalen Johnson

Case from Opelika, AL dated Feb 04, 2016

Victim Details

Jalen Johnson

Male

Black / African American

Opelika

AL

2016-02-04

19

Jalen

Johnson

Yes

06/27/2026

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Jalen Johnson, a 19-year-old Black male from Opelika, was killed in a shooting on February 4, 2016, in a case that left another adult man wounded. Publicly available reports describe a violent night in Opelika in which Johnson was the person who died at the scene, while the second victim, age 24, survived long enough to be taken to a hospital. In the days that followed, the killing drew intense local attention, and Johnson’s death was remembered in community reporting as the loss of a young ma ...
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  • WTVM: WTVM: Top Stories
  • ledger-enquirer: Update: Shooting victim identified in Opelika, Ala.
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