Every day in the U.S. about 108 people are shot dead in one way or another.
At GunMemorial.org we try to post pages for all of these people
even though the circumstances of their deaths can be drastically different.
Phillip Vitullo, age 49
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Fatally shot on March 7, 2016 in Rochester, New York.
Shot by a SWAT sniper.
Photo sources:
- Contributed photo
News sources:
- the Guardian: The Counted: people killed by police in the United States – interactive
- Mar 9: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: RPD identifies man shot by SWAT team
- Mar 8: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Police identify SWAT sniper
- Mar 7: Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Sniper kills suspect in Lake Ave. standoff
- Gun Violence Archive
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