Earl "Shaleek" Pinckney, age 20

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Lost to gun violence on August 7, 2016 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Shaleek was shot by police after they responded to a call saying that he was threatening his mother with a knife. Officers say that he was holding a knife to his mother's throat when they fired, but she denies that.

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