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Derrick Blanton

Case from Detroit, MI dated May 05, 2016

Victim Details

Derrick Blanton

Male

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

2016-05-05

27

Derrick

Blanton

06/21/2026

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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 ...
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  • WXYZ: Detroit woman talks about shooting that injured her, killed boyfriend
  • Derrick Blanton, age 27 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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