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Olivier Michel Oliver Baptiste

Case from Brockton, MA dated Mar 25, 2008

Victim Details

Olivier Michel Oliver Baptiste

Male

Black / African American

Brockton

MA

2008-03-25

15

Olivier

Michel Oliver Baptiste

06/20/2026

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On a spring evening in Brockton, Massachusetts, the life of 15-year-old Olivier Michel Oliver Baptiste, a Black / African American male, was tragically cut short. On March 25, 2008, Baptiste, a tenth-grade student at Brockton High School, was fatally shot. The incident stemmed from a dispute over a bicycle that had been stolen from the younger brother of Joao Pires-Ribeiro.

The investigation into Baptiste's death led authorities to Pires-Ribeiro, who was 17 years old at the time of the sh ...
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  • Boston Herald: Olivier Michel Baptiste
  • The Enterprise, Brockton, MA: Olivier Baptiste laid to rest in Brockton
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