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Garrick Hopkins

Case from Barboursville, WV dated Jan 25, 2014

Victim Details

Garrick Hopkins

Male

Black / African American

Barboursville

WV

2014-01-25

60

Garrick

Hopkins

07/04/2026

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On a Saturday afternoon in Barboursville, West Virginia, Garrick Hopkins, a 60-year-old African-American man, was on a piece of land he and his wife had recently purchased. It was January 25, 2014, and he was accompanied by his older brother, 61-year-old Carl Hopkins, Jr. The brothers were inspecting a shed on their new property, a moment that should have been filled with the promise of new beginnings.

From a window in his home approximately 120 feet away, their new neighbor, Rodney Bruce ...
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