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Joseph Heyward

United States · Aged 18 · Died 03/15/2006
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Joseph Heyward and a 16-year-old teenager were suspected of mugging a 35-year-old man. They exchanged gunfire with police, shooting Officer David Kalitz before Heyward was shot and killed and the 16-year-old captured.

Alleged responsible partyPhiladelphia Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.

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