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Dreshawn Williams

Case from Tupelo, MS dated May 05, 2020

Victim Details

Dreshawn Williams

Male

Black / African American

Tupelo

MS

2020-05-05

18

Dreshawn

Williams

07/08/2026

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In the quiet neighborhood of North Broadway in Tupelo, Mississippi, the evening of May 5, 2020, was shattered by the sound of gunshots. When the echoes faded, 18-year-old Dreshawn Williams, a male, lay dying in the street just one day before he was set to graduate from Tupelo High School. Witnesses reported that Williams had been involved in an argument with several men in a vehicle. As he was walking away from the car, he was fatally shot. He was rushed to the North Mississippi Medical Center, ...
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  • Daily Journal: Tupelo High senior shot and killed, man charged
  • https://www.wcbi.com/tupelo-high-senior-killed-day-before-graduation-suspect-arrested/
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