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Samuel Gordon

Case from Durango, CO dated May 24, 2016

Victim Details

Samuel Gordon

Male

White / Caucasian

Durango

CO

2016-05-24

20

Samuel

Gordon

07/01/2026

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In the early hours of a Tuesday morning in Durango, Colorado, the life of 20-year-old Samuel Xarius Gordon, a student at Fort Lewis College, was tragically cut short. On May 24, 2016, a home invasion at his residence on Jenkins Ranch Road turned fatal. Gordon was rushed to Mercy Regional Medical Center after suffering a single gunshot wound to the stomach, but he did not survive.

The incident began around 3:30 a.m. when three men, their faces obscured by bandanas and armed with handguns, ...
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  • 1 Dead After Home Invasion, Shooting In Durango
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