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Maurice Cheatham

Case from Philadelphia, PA dated Sep 14, 2023

Victim Details

Maurice Cheatham

Male

Black / African American

Philadelphia

PA

2023-09-14

37

Maurice

Cheatham

07/07/2026

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Maurice Cheatham, a 37-year-old Black/African American male, was killed on the night of September 14, 2023, inside an apartment on the 4900 block of Longshore Avenue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The shooting unfolded in Northeast Philadelphia, where police were called to the apartment around 9:16 p.m. after reports of gunfire. When officers arrived, they found Cheatham inside the residence suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.

The scene quickly became a race to save him. Officers did ...
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