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Richard Crosby

Case from Wilmington, DE dated Mar 25, 2017

Victim Details

Richard Crosby

Male

Black / African American

Wilmington

DE

2017-03-25

30

Richard

Crosby

07/11/2026

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A man of just thirty years, a Wilmington, Delaware resident named Richard Crosby, lost his life on March 25, 2017. He was a thirty‑year‑old male, and while the online records do not specify his ethnicity, his identity stands clear in the scant public details. That day, he fell victim to gun violence—his life cut short outside a beloved local restaurant, marking him as the thirteenth such fatality in the city for 2017.

Richard's passing reverberated through the community. Known by s ...
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  • WDEL 101.7FM: Wilmington man ID'd as city's 13th gun violence fatality for 2017
  • delawareonline: Man, 30, is 13th fatally shot in Wilmington this year
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