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Jose Luis Phinn Williams

Case from Boston, MA dated Oct 06, 2018

Victim Details

Jose Luis Phinn Williams

Male

Boston

MA

2018-10-06

67

Jose

Luis Phinn Williams

07/25/2026

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On a late Saturday night in Dorchester, Massachusetts, 67-year-old Jose Luis Phinn Williams was working his shift at the Fabian gas station on Washington Street. It was October 6, 2018, just two days before he would have celebrated his 68th birthday. Tragically, he would not see that day. During an attempted robbery at the gas station, Mr. Williams was shot and killed.

The news of his death sent ripples of grief through the community that knew him as a kind and loving man. Originally from ...
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  • NECN: Vigil Held for Gas Station Clerk Killed in Attempted Robbery
  • BostonGlobe.com: Three killed in weekend shootings in Boston - The Boston Globe
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