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Mario T. Sparks

Case from Birmingham, AL dated Nov 30, 2015

Victim Details

Mario T. Sparks

Male

Black / African American

Birmingham

AL

2015-11-30

30

Mario

T. Sparks

Yes

06/20/2026

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Mario T. Sparks, a 30-year-old Black man from the Birmingham area, died on November 30, 2015, after gunfire shattered an otherwise ordinary night on Wintergreen Avenue. The first urgent call reached police at about 9:44 p.m., sending them to the 5400 block, where they arrived to find him already dead, struck by an unknown number of gunshot wounds. The scene sat in the Brownville community, and investigators moved through it under the hard glow of emergency lights, gathering evidence and trying t ...
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  • Coroner identifies man shot to death in west Birmingham
  • Mario T. Sparks, age 30 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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