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Famous Shootings: Mapped on SpotCrime

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Ever wonder where people like JFK, Malcom X, and Martin Luther King, Jr. were shot? SpotCrime has it mapped for you. We have the ability to map and display crimes older than you and me. We're also the only crime map with a 'shooting' icon. On most maps, a shooting is categorized as an assault, however we think it's important to separate out the shootings. After all, a bullet can travel further and faster than a fist. Another feature we offer for each crime we geo-locate is Google Street View . The streets of DC have changed drastically since President Garfield's assassination, but you can still give it a look around with google street view. We've put together a list of shootings below in a SpotCrime Crime List (view the entire list here ). Make sure to scroll down to see a complete list and a link to check out each individual crime on SpotCrime. SpotCrime Crime List of famous shootings across the world. Shootings that Rocked the World John F

Hip Hop Talents Silenced By Gun Violence

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In the world of hip hop music references to criminal activity such as robbery, drug dealing and even murder are commonplace. Unfortunately in some of these cases art imitates life and the very activities occasionally referenced in the music of certain artists are reflected in real life violence. Tupac Shakur, already the victim of one shooting, was gunned down in Las Vegas on September the 7th 1996. The murder has never been solved. Christopher Wallace better known to the world as the Notorious B.I.G. was gunned down in what perhaps was a retaliation for the murder of Shakur on March the 9th 1997 in Los Angeles. This murder has also remained unsolved to this day. In a separate, but no less tragic incident; the closest friend of famed Detroit rapper Eminem, DeShaun Dupree Holton (alias Proof) was gunned down in Detroit on April the 11th 2006. The shooting resulted from an argument in a club on Detroits 8 Mile stretch. Below is a map of the shootings: A detailed crime listing is availabl