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Kenya Purnell

Case from Dillon, SC dated Jul 04, 2019

Victim Details

Kenya Purnell

Female

Black / African American

Dillon

SC

2019-07-04

21

Kenya

Purnell

06/21/2026

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On a tragic July 4, 2019, Kenya Purnell, a 21-year-old Black female from Laurinburg, North Carolina, was fatally shot at the Sunflower Apartments on McNeil Street in Dillon, South Carolina. The Dillon County Coroner confirmed that she died at the scene from a gunshot wound. Her death marked a grim point in a series of shootings that had plagued the Newtown community since that June.

The investigation into her death led authorities to 27-year-old Delaney Ismale Leach III of Dillon. He was ...
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  • https://www.wmbfnews.com: One killed in shooting at Pee Dee apartment complex
  • WPDE: 1 dead in Dillon apartment shooting
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