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Martinez Brown

Case from New Orleans, LA dated Feb 23, 2017

Victim Details

Martinez Brown

August 15, 2023

Male

Black / African American

New Orleans

LA

2017-02-23

2017-02-23

$0.00

44

Martinez Brown

Martinez

Brown

Victim

07/26/2026


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Who killed Martinez Brown?
In the early morning hours of Thursday, February 23, 2017, the life of 44-year-old Martinez Francis Brown, an African-American male, was cut short by gun violence in New Orleans, Louisiana. Known to his loved ones as 'Chop,' Brown was a forklift operator at Walmart. He was remembered by family and friends as a respectful and kind man who always had a smile on his face.

On that fateful morning, Brown was shot and killed in the 2000 block of Reverend John Raphael Way. The circumstances surr ...
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