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In the summer of 2014, a violent encounter on a street in Jersey City, New Jersey, claimed the life of 21-year-old Shawn Spencer. On the evening of June 9th, Spencer was inside a vehicle on Van Nostrand Avenue with his friend, 22-year-old Jamal Cooks, and at least one other individual. The night took a tragic turn when they were targeted in a burst of gunfire. Both Spencer and Cooks were fatally wounded in the attack. A third person in the car with them managed to escape the hail of bullets with ...Read More
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Shawn Spencer
Male
Jersey City
NJ
2014-06-09
21
Shawn
Spencer
11/17/2025
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It’s really hard to wrap my head around the pain that Shawn Spencer and Jamal Cooks' families must... ...Read More
09/16/2023
09/16/2023
I’ve been thinking a lot about the impact of gun violence in communities like Jersey City, especia... ...Read More
07/02/2023
07/02/2023
