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Rasheed O.J. Olabode

Case from Newark, NJ dated Apr 26, 2018

Victim Details

Rasheed “O.J.” Olabode

Male

Black / African American

Newark

NJ

2018-04-26

27

Rasheed

O.J. Olabode

06/28/2026

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A recent Nigerian immigrant and amateur photographer, Rasheed “OJ” Olabode, a 27-year-old male, was killed in Newark, New Jersey, on the morning of April 26, 2018. While running errands with two friends, Olabode, urgently needing a restroom and finding none nearby, stopped to urinate behind his vehicle on the 700 block of South 20th Street. This act enraged a local resident, Christopher Poole, aged 26 at the time.

Incensed by what he witnessed, Poole went into his house across the str ...
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  • rlsmedia.com: Newark Man Convicted of Killing Photographer
  • https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/incident/1101445
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