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William Parsons, a 15-year-old Black male, was a promising sophomore at Central High School in Providence, Rhode Island, with dreams of becoming a Rhode Island State Trooper. On the afternoon of September 5, 2018, his life was tragically cut short when he was shot and killed outside the Providence Career and Technical Academy. He was an innocent bystander, waiting for his ride home, when a dispute that he was not involved in escalated to gunfire.
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William Parsons
Male
Black / African American
Providence
RI
2018-09-05
15
William
Parsons
Yes
11/05/2025
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I've been thinking about the role of surveillance in this case and how it helped track down the susp... ...Read More
06/05/2023
06/05/2023
It's truly devastating to think about how a young life with so much potential was cut short in such ... ...Read More
03/08/2023
03/08/2023
