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Yusef AVant

Death by Force
Case Description
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On an afternoon in August 2014, the bustling sound of clippers at the Krazy Kuts Barber Shop in East Providence, Rhode Island, was tragically silenced by a single gunshot. Yusef A'Vant, a 42-year-old Black/African American man and the owner of the barbershop, was shot and killed on August 13, 2014, while attending to a customer. The incident, which marked the first homicide in East Providence that year, was not a random act of violence; investigators quickly determined that A'Vant had been speci ...Read More
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  • providencejournal.com: East Providence police release sketch in barbershop killing_BINARY_1860806
  • WPRI 12 Eyewitness News: Barbershop shooting results in East Providence’s first homicide of 2014
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    Victim Details

    Yusef AVant

    Male

    Black / African American

    East Providence

    RI

    2014-08-13

    42

    Yusef

    AVant

    Yes

    11/05/2025

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