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Shaqwanda Staley

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated Jul 12, 2017

Victim Details

Shaqwanda Staley

Female

Black / African American

Brooklyn

NY

2017-07-12

29

Shaqwanda

Staley

07/26/2026

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On a summer evening in Brooklyn, New York, 29-year-old Shaqwanda Staley was fatally shot on July 12, 2017. Staley, a mother to a young daughter, was with a group of people in the courtyard of the Stuyvesant Garden Houses when gunfire erupted just after 9 p.m. She was struck in the back and was later pronounced dead at Kings County Hospital.

Another woman, 21-year-old Chynna Battle, was also killed in the shooting. Investigators believe that neither Staley nor Battle were the intended targ ...
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  • Brooklyn Daily Eagle
  • New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV: 2 women killed in crossfire of Brooklyn shootout
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