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Maleak Coffin

Case from Washington, DC dated Dec 23, 2017

Victim Details

Maleak Coffin

Male

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2017-12-23

22

Maleak

Coffin

07/18/2026

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In the daylight hours of December 23, 2017, a dispute between young men from different neighborhoods in Washington, D.C. escalated into a fatal shooting. Maleak Coffin, a 22-year-old male, was discovered unconscious inside a vehicle on the 2900 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, SE, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency services transported him to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. He succumbed to his injuries three days later, on December 26, 2017. An autopsy late ...
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  • Washington Post: Man shot over weekend in Southeast Washington dies of injuries
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