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Derrick Blanton, a 27-year-old male, was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in Detroit, Michigan, on the evening of May 5, 2016. The incident occurred near the intersection of Rosa Parks Boulevard and Glynn Court in the Boston-Edison neighborhood. Blanton was driving a conversion van with his 19-year-old girlfriend and their two young children, a one-year-old girl and a six-year-old boy, when occupants of a black Impala with silver trim opened fire on their vehicle. After being struck by gun ...Read More
Victim Details

Derrick Blanton

Male

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

2016-05-05

27

Derrick

Blanton

12/27/2025