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Yaseem Powell

Case from Wilmington, DE dated Mar 28, 2017

Victim Details

Yaseem Powell

Male

Black / African American

Wilmington

DE

2017-03-28

18

Yaseem

Powell

Yes

07/02/2026

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Yaseem Powell, 18, a Black/African American male, was walking away from the Wilmington Job Corps Center on March 28, 2017, when two rivals began trailing him through the Riverside neighborhood. Surveillance cameras captured the pair—identified as Dai’yann Wharton and Benjamin Smith—shadowing Powell for multiple blocks toward the 2300 block of North Claymont Street. Around 4 p.m., officers rushed to the scene and found Powell on the ground with a gunshot wound to the head; Officer Brenda Me ...
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  • delawareonline: Man shot in the head Tuesday afternoon in Wilmington
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