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Atlanta Street slaying remains a mystery a year later
Investigator sifts through clues in shooting of ex-Gainesville sports star Phil Smith
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Linda Harris and Edwin Smith talk outside their Atlanta Street Apartment residences Friday about what they remember from the homicide of Phil Smith that occurred last year. Smith was found unresponsive outside of a unit in the apartment complex by Gainesville police June 15, 2015, suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. - photo by Erin O. Smith
Rumors and theories swirl around the death of Phil Smith, a 55-year-old Atlanta Street man shot in the head last year that has caused “many sleepless nights” for Gainesville Police investigator Brad Raper. “It’s the most difficult murder I’ve ever worked on,” he said of Smith’s June 15, 2015, death. Raper said the case hasn’t gone cold, and he still conducted interviews as recently as late May.