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In the early hours of a spring day in Buffalo, New York, the life of 31-year-old DeQwaun Newkirk was tragically cut short. On April 25, 2019, he was fatally shot while sitting in his car outside his mother's home on East Amherst Street. The startling sound of gunshots woke his mother, Tanja Newkirk, who tragically discovered her son's vehicle lodged against a house across the street.

DeQwaun's mother described the immense pain of losing a son, a father, a grandson, and an uncle. She firml ...Read More
Victim Details

DeQwaun Newkirk

Male

Black / African American

Buffalo

NY

2019-04-25

31

DeQwaun

Newkirk

01/13/2026