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Allen Lorin Williams

Case from Gary, IN dated Aug 18, 2017

Victim Details

Allen Lorin Williams

Male

Black / African American

Gary

IN

2017-08-18

28

Allen

Lorin Williams

07/09/2026

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In the late summer of 2017, the community of Gary, Indiana, was rocked by the violent and untimely death of Allen Lorin Williams, a 28-year-old man with a promising future. An educator who had recently earned his master's degree in education from Indiana University Northwest, Williams had just secured a new position as the dean of students at a local school. On the evening of August 17, 2017, he was out with friends celebrating this significant achievement, a night that should have been filled w ...
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  • Chicago Sun-Times: 28-year-old man fatally shot in Gary
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