Crime & Safety

Norristown High School Student Killed

Seventeen-year-old Ray Dawkins was killed late Friday night in an apparent robbery attempt gone wrong.

According to , Norristown Police are investigating the death of 17-year-old Ray Dawkins, a student at .

According to police, Dawkins was killed late Friday night at approximately 10:30 p.m. on Noble Street, just north of Oak Street. Dawkins was taken to Montgomery Hospital, but pronounced dead on arrival.

Few details about the incident have been released, but police are speculating that Dawkins was killed in a robbery attempt gone wrong.

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Friends and family gathered with supporters Saturday at the scene of the crime to remember Dawkins.

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