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Richard Harry Evans

Case from Bessemer, AL dated Sep 08, 2015

Victim Details

Richard Harry Evans

Male

White / Caucasian

Bessemer

AL

2015-09-08

47

Richard

Harry Evans

06/21/2026

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Richard Harry Evans, a 47-year-old white man from Bessemer, Alabama, was caught in the violence of an early-morning shooting on Westlake Drive that turned into a double homicide. Police were called around 2:30 a.m. on September 8, 2015, after reports of gunfire near a metal building in the 600 block of Westlake Drive. When officers arrived, they found one man dead at the scene and Evans wounded by multiple gunshots. He was taken to UAB Birmingham, but he later died from his injuries, making him ...
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