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Daquan Patterson

Death by Force
Case Description
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On a late-summer Sunday afternoon in 2019, Daquan Patterson, a 27-year-old Black man from Trenton, New Jersey, was caught in a burst of gunfire outside the Donnelly Homes public housing complex along Rossell Avenue. Around 1:45 p.m. on September 22, the city’s gunshot-detection system registered a rapid series of at least fourteen shots echoing through North Trenton, an eruption of violence in a development that had already been shaken by trouble that same weekend. Neighbors who were used to t ...Read More
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  • nj: Police ID Trenton man, 27, killed in shooting that injured 2 others
  • The Trentonian: Man dies following midday shooting in Trenton
    • Victim Details

    Daquan Patterson

    Male

    Black / African American

    Trenton

    NJ

    2019-09-22

    27

    Daquan

    Patterson

    11/20/2025

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    01/11/2025
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    09/03/2024
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