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Stanley Pijanowski III

Case from Detroit, MI dated Mar 11, 1997

Victim Details

Stanley Pijanowski III

Male

Detroit

MI

1997-03-11

52

Stanley

Pijanowski III

07/29/2026

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In a tragic and violent outburst on March 11, 1997, Stanley Pijanowski III, a 52-year-old male, was killed during a shooting spree at the Comerica bank branch he managed on the east side of Detroit. The incident began just before 10:00 a.m. when 21-year-old Allen Lane Griffin Jr. started a rampage that would leave four people dead, including himself. Griffin, armed with a 12-gauge pump shotgun, first shot and severely wounded a jogger near a high school before stealing a car and driving to the b ...
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  • Gunman and 3 Others Are Killed at a Bank (Published 1997)
  • 1997 Detroit shootings - Wikipedia
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