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Clifton Thompson

Case from Ogletown, DE dated Feb 27, 2016

Victim Details

Clifton Thompson

Male

Black / African American

Ogletown

DE

2016-02-27

31

Clifton

Thompson

Yes

07/21/2026

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Black/African American male Clifton E. Thompson Jr., age 31, was shot on the evening of February 27, 2016, in the parking lot of the Prides Court Apartments in Ogletown, Delaware. Police were called around 7:41 p.m. to the unit block of Chatham Lane, where they found a man in his thirties with gunshot wounds to the torso and lower extremity. He was taken by Christiana Fire Company to Christiana Hospital and pronounced dead shortly after arrival. Investigators publicly stated early that the attac ...
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