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Cornigel Murray

Case from Birmingham, AL dated Aug 23, 2014

Victim Details

Cornigel Murray

Male

Black / African American

Birmingham

AL

2014-08-23

20

Cornigel

Murray

Substantiated

07/10/2026

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Cornigel Lafayette Murray, a 20-year-old Black male from Birmingham, Alabama, was killed on August 23, 2014, after a late-night confrontation at the Kangaroo Express on Robert Jemison Road turned deadly. What began as a tense encounter at the gas pumps ended with gunfire outside the store, leaving Murray mortally wounded. Reports on the case describe a chaotic scene in which tempers rose quickly, and within moments a dispute that might have passed as another brief gas-station argument became a h ...
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