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Shawn Brown

Case from Detroit, MI dated Mar 01, 2020

Victim Details

Shawn Brown

Male

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

2020-03-01

28

Shawn

Brown

06/30/2026

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On a late winter evening in Detroit, Michigan, the life of 28-year-old Shawn Brown was tragically cut short. On March 1, 2020, Brown was the fatal victim of a double shooting that unfolded on the city's west side. He was inside a vehicle with another individual when the attack occurred.

The gunshots, which rang out under circumstances that remain publicly undisclosed, left Brown with fatal injuries. The second person in the vehicle was also struck by gunfire but survived and was subsequen ...
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  • WXYZ: Double shooting on Detroit's west side leaves one dead, another hospitalized
  • Detroit News: 2 shot, 1 killed while sitting in vehicle on Detroit's west side
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