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Antwain White

United States · Aged 17 · Died 01/29/2012
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Deadly force

Seventeen-year-old Antoine (variously reported as Antwoin or Antwain) White and a 15-year-old partner tried to mug an off-duty NYPD officer with a cane and by gesturing as if with a gun. White struck the officer in the face with the cane. He was fatally shot; the accomplice fled but was caught later.

Alleged responsible partyCity of New York Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.

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