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Carlos Dewayne Bates

Case from Pass-christian, MS dated Feb 07, 2016

Victim Details

Carlos Dewayne Bates

Male

Black / African American

Pass-christian

MS

2016-02-07

29

Carlos

Dewayne Bates

07/09/2026

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In the festive aftermath of the St. Paul Carnival Association's Mardi Gras parade in Pass Christian, Mississippi, on February 7, 2016, a burst of violence shattered the celebratory atmosphere, leaving two men dead and four others wounded. Carlos Dewayne Bates, a 29-year-old man from Gulfport, was one of the two individuals who tragically lost their lives in the gunfire. The incident unfolded on Davis Avenue, just a couple of blocks north of the parade route, where an estimated 50,000 people had ...
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  • Police: 2 dead, 4 hurt in shooting after Mississippi parade
  • Mass Shooting Victims - National Gun Violence Memorial
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