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Derrick Jr. Benning

Case from Atlanta, GA dated Sep 22, 2013

Victim Details

Derrick Jr. Benning

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Atlanta

GA

2013-09-22

2013-09-22

20

Derrick Jr.

Benning

07/24/2026


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In the early hours of a Sunday morning in September 2013, a sense of normalcy was shattered by an act of sudden violence in northeast Atlanta. Derrick Jr. Benning, a 20-year-old male from College Park, was walking with a friend near the 400 block of Wabash Avenue. The two were on their way to a store when the unthinkable happened. At approximately 1:30 a.m., their path was silently intersected by a dark-colored Chrysler 300.

Without any warning or exchange of words, shots were fired from ...
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