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Dillan Lauren Burton

Case from New-orleans, LA dated Dec 26, 2021

Victim Details

Dillan Lauren Burton

Female

Black / African American

New-orleans

LA

2021-12-26

7

Dillan

Lauren Burton

07/05/2026

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Seven-year-old Dillan Lauren Burton was fatally shot in New Orleans, Louisiana, on the evening of December 26, 2021. The young girl was a passenger in her mother's car, traveling with her mother and sister, when the shooting occurred. The incident happened at approximately 8:43 p.m. at the intersection of General DeGaulle Drive and Hendee Street in the Algiers neighborhood.

Dillan was struck by a bullet and died from her injuries. The second-grader at Success at Thurgood Marshall was reme ...
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  • NOLA.com: Police are looking for this pickup truck after 7-year-old girl killed in Algiers shooting
  • NOLA.com: 'Why would they do this to my child?' asks grieving mom of 7-year-old fatally shot in vehicle
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    I can't stop thinking about the surveillance image of that truck. It baffles me how no one has come ... ...Read More
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    I can't stop thinking about the community's response after Dillan's tragic passing. It seems like ev... ...Read More
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    I was just thinking about the incredible amount of trauma Dillan’s family must be... ...Read More
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