Killing of Edmund Perry
1985 fatal police shooting in New York City / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Edmund Perry" redirects here. For the New Jersey politician, see Edmund Perry (New Jersey politician).
Edmund Perry, a Harlem resident, was shot to death by Lee Van Houten, a 24-year-old plainclothes policeman, on June 12, 1985 when he was 17 years old. The case briefly generated a firestorm of protest in New York City when it was revealed that Perry was an honor student and was enrolled to attend Stanford on a scholarship; however, Van Houten said that Perry and his brother had attempted to mug him, and the shooting was ruled justifiable.
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