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Charles Benson

Case from Birmingham, AL dated Jan 10, 2008

Victim Details

Charles Benson

Male

Birmingham

AL

2008-01-10

38

Charles

Benson

Yes

07/11/2026

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Charles Benson, a 38-year-old man from Birmingham, Alabama, died on January 10, 2008, after he was found shot while lying on a sofa inside a garage behind a house on the 800 block of 5th Way in the Pratt City area.

The circumstances that surfaced afterward painted a small, tense scene with a big, ugly motive: investigators believed the killing grew out of a dispute over a $2,500 debt. In that telling, the argument didn’t just simmer in the background of the neighborhood—it turned int ...
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  • List of Birmingham homicides in 2008 - Bhamwiki
  • Charles Benson, age 38 - National Gun Violence Memorial

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    Does anyone else find it incredibly tragic that Charles Benson's life was cut short over such a seem... ...Read More
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