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Robert Laquan

Case from Wheeling, WV dated May 04, 2003

Victim Details

Robert Laquan

Male

Black / African American

Wheeling

WV

2003-05-04

26

Robert

Laquan

06/30/2026

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Robert D. Creighton, 25, male, died on May 4, 2003, in Wheeling, West Virginia, after being shot in the neck during an altercation. In the hours that framed that spring day, what began as a confrontation turned fatal, and Creighton's life ended amid the flashing lights and solemn urgency that follow sudden violence. He was a husband, and the city's streets kept the final echo of that encounter as investigators retraced the moments that preceded the gunfire.

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  • Robert Dante Delresse Laquan Creighton, age 26
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