Vernon Cobb

Death by Force
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On July 25, 2006, 20-year-old Vernon Cobb was fatally shot in Boston, Massachusetts. His death was part of a troubling pattern of violence affecting young Black men in the city during that period. The Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry (UUUM), based at the First Church in Roxbury, noted that Cobb was among several young men connected to their community who had been killed in gang-related incidents between 2005 and 2006.

The UUUM had been actively working to counter the rising tide o ...Read More
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    Victim Details

    Vernon Cobb

    Male

    Boston

    MA

    2006-07-25

    20

    Vernon

    Cobb

    01/04/2025

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