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Santonio Beard

Case from Lithonia, GA dated Feb 04, 2022

Victim Details

Santonio Beard

Male

Black / African American

Lithonia

GA

2022-02-04

41

Santonio

Beard

07/13/2026

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In the quiet residential area of Lithonia, Georgia, the life of a former football standout came to a tragic and violent end. Santonio Beard, a 41-year-old African American male, was found shot on a Friday night, February 4, 2022. The DeKalb County Police Department responded to a call on the 5700 block of Windfall Lane where they discovered Beard and another man, both suffering from gunshot wounds.

Emergency responders pronounced Beard dead at the scene, his life cut short by the fatal in ...
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