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Tedford TJ Davis

Case from Boston, MA dated Aug 29, 2015

Victim Details

Tedford TJ Davis

Male

Black / African American

Boston

MA

2015-08-29

27

Tedford

TJ Davis

07/15/2026

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In the late summer of 2015, a wave of violence swept through Boston, and among the victims was a 27-year-old Black/African American man named Tedford "TJ" Davis Jr. On August 29, 2015, Davis, a resident of Brockton and a loving father of five children, was fatally shot in the Dorchester neighborhood of the city. His death marked the 21st homicide in Boston that year and was part of a particularly violent night that saw a total of five people shot in separate incidents across the city.

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  • masslive.com: Boston police investigating Hub's 21st homicide; 27-year-old Tedford Davis shot dead in Dorchester
  • WCVB: 5 shot, 1 killed in overnight violence across Boston
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