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Nikkianna Caldwell

Case from Lafayette, LA dated May 22, 2022

Victim Details

Nikkianna “NANA” Nashae Caldwell

Female

Black / African American

Lafayette

LA

2022-05-22

16

Nikkianna

Caldwell

09/26/2026

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In the early evening of May 22, 2022, the life of 16-year-old Nikkianna Caldwell was tragically cut short in Lafayette, Louisiana. A sense of normalcy was shattered by the sound of a single gunshot, a sound that would forever alter the lives of two families and send ripples of grief through the community. Nikkianna, a young woman with her whole life ahead of her, was struck by a bullet to the chest while she sat in a parked car on East Willow Street. The moments that followed were a blur of chao ...
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  • KLFY.com: 16-year-old girl killed, 14-year-old boy arrested in Lafayette shooting
  • Lafayette girls soccer caps stellar week beating Teurlings
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