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Christopher Walker

Case from Detroit, MI dated Oct 16, 2008

Victim Details

Christopher Walker

Male

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

2008-10-16

16

Christopher

Walker

07/07/2026

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In the autumn of 2008, the life of 16-year-old Christopher Walker, a Black male, was cut short in a burst of violence that unfolded near his Detroit high school. On the afternoon of October 16, Walker, an 11th-grader at Henry Ford High School, was with a group of teenagers on the lawn of an adjacent primary school when a gunman emerged from an SUV and opened fire. Walker was struck and was later pronounced dead at Providence Hospital. Three other students, a 15-year-old female and two 16-year-ol ...
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  • Fox News: Mass Shootings | Fox News
  • mlive: Two teens guilty of murder, one acquitted in gang-related shooting ouside Detroit high school
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