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Nicholas Arnold

Case from Tucson, AZ dated Feb 05, 2005

Victim Details

Nicholas Arnold

Male

Black / African American

Tucson

AZ

2005-02-05

20

Nicholas

Arnold

06/19/2026

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In the early morning hours of February 5, 2005, a promising young life was tragically cut short in Tucson, Arizona. Nicholas Lee Arnold, a 20-year-old Black/African American man, was fatally wounded in a senseless act of gun violence. Arnold, a talented football player for Western New Mexico University, was in Tucson for the weekend visiting friends, a brief respite from his studies and athletic commitments that ended in tragedy.

The evening unfolded outside a fast-food restaurant around ...
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  • https://www.kold.com: TPD Revisits Murder Of New Mexico Football Player
  • WNMU Football Player Killed in Drive-by Shooting
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