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Gregory McPherson

Case from East Orange, NJ dated Apr 05, 2017

Victim Details

Gregory McPherson

Male

East Orange

NJ

2017-04-05

26

Gregory

McPherson

07/01/2026

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In the spring of 2017, the life of a young man from East Orange, New Jersey, was cut short by an act of violence that left a community searching for answers. Gregory McPherson, a 26-year-old male, was fatally shot on the evening of Wednesday, April 5, 2017. The incident occurred in the 100 block of Lenox Avenue in his hometown of East Orange. Authorities responded to the scene and pronounced him dead at 9:55 p.m., just twenty minutes after the shooting was reported. The news of his death sent ri ...
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  • NJ.com: Man gunned down in East Orange's 2nd fatal shooting this week
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