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.

Willie Franklin Stith, III, age 35

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Fatally shot on January 2, 2017 in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Willie was killed in self-defense after he assaulted a woman.

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