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Michael Duayne Wallace

20 years old · died April 27, 2000 · work furlough center on Middlefield Road, Santa Clara County, California

Michael Duayne Wallace, 20, worked at a work furlough center on Middlefield Road in Mountain View as a crew chief, helping other residents check in and out on the time clock, and he was due to be released the following month. On April 27, 2000, he was standing in a hallway at the center when a shooter fired through a foyer window and struck him in the chest. He died at Stanford Medical Center. Mountain View police Sgt. Sonny Talamantes said investigators had no motive and did not know whether Michael or someone else inside was the target.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. Mountain View police said a shooter fired through a foyer window and struck him in the chest, and they did not know whether he or someone else inside was the target.

Reported by: Mountain View police (Sgt. Sonny Talamantes) (outside investigators).

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