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Laval Crawford Jr.

Case from Pontiac, MI dated Sep 13, 2008

Victim Details

Laval Crawford Jr.

Male

Black / African American

Pontiac

MI

2008-09-13

17

Laval

Crawford Jr.

07/13/2026

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In a tragic sequence of events fueled by street revenge, 17-year-old Laval Crawford Jr. was fatally shot outside his Pontiac, Michigan, home on September 13, 2008. The brazen attack was orchestrated in retaliation for a robbery Crawford had allegedly committed earlier that day against one of the assailants.

The events leading to the shooting began when a group of armed men, later identified as brothers Bryan Valentin-Cintron and Jean Cintron, along with brothers Diego and Raul Galvan, for ...
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