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Michael Willie Briggs

Case from South-bend, IN dated Feb 18, 2017

Victim Details

Michael Willie Briggs

Male

Black / African American

South-bend

IN

2017-02-18

24

Michael

Willie Briggs

07/11/2026

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In the early morning hours of February 18, 2017, the sound of rapid gunfire shattered the pre-dawn stillness of a South Bend, Indiana neighborhood. When the echoes faded, 24-year-old Michael Willie Briggs, a male, lay dead, the victim of a violent shooting that also left three other individuals wounded. The incident unfolded in the city's Northwest district, where neighbors reported hearing what sounded like fireworks, a barrage of 30 to 40 rounds that suggested the involvement of multiple firea ...
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  • South Bend Tribune: One dead, three injured in South Bend shooting
  • Body identified in deadly South Bend shooting
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    The impact of Michael Briggs' loss on his children is really weighing heavy on my mind tonight. As a... ...Read More
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