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Joseph Briggs

Case from Chicago, IL dated Jun 10, 2012

Victim Details

Joseph Briggs

March 28, 2022

Male

African-American / Black

Chicago

IL

2012-06-10

16

Joseph

Briggs

06/29/2026


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On June 10, 2012, 16-year-old Joseph Briggs was shot and killed while standing on the front porch of his home in Chicago's Marquette Park neighborhood. The fatal shooting took place around 8 p.m. the previous evening, when a bullet from a passing car struck Briggs in the head. He was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead early the next morning.

Briggs’ death was one of several violent incidents during a particularly deadly weekend in Chicago. At the time, the city was g ...
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  • Joseph Briggs - National Registry of Exonerations Pre 1989
  • Boy, 16, Shot in the Head on Southwest Side Dies - NBC Chicago
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