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Orlando Puryear Jr

Case from Shreveport, LA dated Jul 04, 2022

Victim Details

Orlando Puryear, Jr

Male

Black / African American

Shreveport

LA

2022-07-04

24

Orlando

Puryear Jr

07/01/2026

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A promising life was cut short on the Fourth of July in Shreveport, Louisiana, when 24-year-old Orlando Puryear Jr., a male and former standout football player, was killed in a violent exchange of gunfire. The incident unfolded as a rolling shootout, a chaotic scene that left three other individuals wounded. Puryear, who had been a celebrated wide receiver at Evangel Christian Academy, was rushed to Ochsner LSU Hospital but succumbed to his injuries just over an hour after the shooting at the in ...
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  • KTBS: July 4th shooting victim identified
  • https://www.ksla.com: 1 dead, 3 wounded after Fourth of July shootout on Jewella Avenue; victim identified
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