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Jerome Watkins

Case from Greenville, AL dated Mar 28, 2015

Victim Details

Jerome Watkins

Male

Black / African American

Greenville

AL

2015-03-28

18

Jerome

Watkins

Yes

07/10/2026

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In the small city of Greenville, Alabama, the life of 18-year-old Jerome Watkins was cut short by an act of gun violence on March 28, 2015. A Black male, Watkins was a young man whose sudden and violent death left a mark on the community.

Details surrounding the circumstances of Watkins' death point to a homicide investigation that led to the arrest of a suspect. Law enforcement officials took a 24-year-old individual into custody in connection with the fatal shooting. The name of the sus ...
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  • Police arrest 24-year-old in Greenville homicide case
  • Greenville teenager shot, killed Saturday
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