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Eriberto Perez

Case from Taylor, MI dated Feb 01, 2018

Victim Details

Eriberto Perez

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Taylor

MI

2018-02-01

58

Eriberto

Perez

07/02/2026

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Eriberto Perez, a 58-year-old man, was fatally shot on February 1, 2018, in a violent sequence of events that spanned across two counties in Michigan. The tragic day began in Taylor, a suburb of Detroit, when a disgruntled former employee of a trucking company initiated a planned and violent rampage.

The man identified as the perpetrator was Vernest James Griffin, a resident of Sterling Heights. Griffin had been terminated from his position at BSD Trucking in Taylor in November of the pre ...
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