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This file concerns the FBI's investigation of the May 1980 shooting of Vernon E. Jordan Jr., then president of the National Urban League, outside a Marriott hotel in Fort Wayne, Indiana. FBI records include Indianapolis and Headquarters teletypes, nationwide lead requests, Jordan's March through May travel schedule, and interviews and follow-up concerning three white men reportedly seen in a vehicle before the shooting. Laboratory reports examine the recovered .30-06 cartridge case, bullet and bullet fragments, fence material, a rifle, and an anonymous racist message; the rifle submitted for testing was excluded as the weapon that fired the recovered bullet. The released material also includes a June 1980 re-enactment assessing whether the vehicle occupants could have followed Jordan to the hotel and investigative efforts to identify vehicles and persons matching witness descriptions.

FBI file number: 44-HQ-83954 | Documents span: 1980-2021 | Released in 3 parts
Names in this file: Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
Subjects: Vernon Jordan, attempted assassination, Fort Wayne, National Urban League, FBI laboratory, civil rights