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Stanton Saunders

Case from Gulfport, MS dated Jun 08, 2016

Victim Details

Stanton Saunders

Male

Black / African American

Gulfport

MS

2016-06-08

21

Stanton

Saunders

07/15/2026

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In the summer of 2016, the life of 21-year-old Stanton Stafford Saunders, a Black male known affectionately as 'Trap' to friends and family, was cut tragically short on the streets of Gulfport, Mississippi. An aspiring rapper and a graduate of West Harrison High School where he had been a member of the football team, Saunders was a father who had dreams of moving to Atlanta to further his music career.

On the morning of June 8, 2016, Saunders was found with a gunshot wound to the chest ne ...
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