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Kara Lawson

Case from Baltimore, MD dated Mar 23, 2009

Victim Details

Kara Lawson

March 28, 2022

Female

Black / African American

Baltimore

MD

2009-03-23

2009-03-23

23

Kara

Lawson

07/29/2026


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In the spring of 2009, a young Black woman named Kara Lawson, aged 23, was fatally shot in Baltimore, Maryland. The incident that claimed her life occurred on the evening of March 23rd, specifically at 8:35 p.m., in the 500 block of North Ellwood Avenue. Following the shooting, Lawson was transported to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she ultimately succumbed to her injuries.

The death of Kara Lawson was one of numerous homicides that plagued Baltimore in 2009, a year marked by significant ...
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