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James Dickerson

Case from Bridgeville, DE dated Jan 07, 2016

Victim Details

James Dickerson

Male

Black / African American

Bridgeville

DE

2016-01-07

35

James

Dickerson

06/30/2026

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Black/African American male James F. “BJ” Dickerson, age 35, was killed just after midnight on January 7, 2016, inside a modest home on Conrail Bridge Road south of Bridgeville, Delaware. He had been staying there as a guest when armed intruders forced their way in. Gunfire tore through the quiet of the early morning; troopers who answered a 911 call about people breaking in found him in the kitchen with a fatal gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene, and the case was ...
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  • UPDATE: Shots fired at same house where man was killed - WMDT
  • UPDATE: Name released in Bridgeville homicide investigation - 47abc
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