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Hope Dawson

Case from Atlanta, GA dated May 04, 2018

Victim Details

Hope Dawson

Female

Black / African American

Atlanta

GA

2018-05-04

23

Hope

Dawson

07/07/2026

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On a tragic day in May of 2018, the life of 23-year-old Hope Dawson of Jonesboro, Georgia, was cut short. She was discovered in a west Atlanta bedroom on May 4th, the victim of a triple shooting that also claimed the lives of 38-year-old Jocelyn Shepherd and 38-year-old Norris Lowe, both from Atlanta. The young Black woman's death left her family and community in deep mourning.

Law enforcement officials arrived at the scene on Newman Place NW to find the three individuals deceased from gu ...
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  • WSBTV: 2 women, 1 man killed in shooting in northwest Atlanta
  • ajc: 3 found shot to death in northwest Atlanta home
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