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Derek Hale

Case from Wilmington, DE dated Nov 09, 2006

Victim Details

Derek Hale

Male

White / Caucasian

Wilmington

DE

2006-11-09

25

Derek

Hale

Yes

07/15/2026

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White/Caucasian male Derek J. Hale, 25, died on November 9, 2006, in Wilmington, Delaware. A recently discharged Marine sergeant from Manassas, Virginia, he had come north as police closed in on members of the Pagans Motorcycle Club. That afternoon he was seated on the front steps of a Wilmington row house when plainclothes officers converged. Witness accounts and later filings describe a chaotic few moments: commands to show his hands, repeated Taser discharges, and then three close-range gunsh ...
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  • Case of Derek J. Hale - ACLU Delaware
  • Delaware Settles Fatal Police Shooting for $875K - Claims Journal
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