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Edward Shawn “Boo” Pickens
United States · Aged 31 · Died 08/03/2003
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Police said Pickens was selling drugs on Warrington Avenue. When narcotics officers tried to arrest him, Pickens shot at them. Some witnesses said Pickens was simply walking down the street, unarmed, on his way home from a neighborhood corner store
Alleged responsible partyPhiladelphia Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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