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VaShawn Tate

Case from New-orleans, LA dated Dec 17, 2017

Victim Details

VaShawn Tate

Male

Black / African American

New-orleans

LA

2017-12-17

30

VaShawn

Tate

07/12/2026

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In the early evening of December 4, 2017, the sound of gunfire shattered the quiet of the 7800 block of South Coronet Court in New Orleans. Responding to a call of shots fired, Seventh District officers arrived to find a grim scene. An unresponsive Black male, later identified as 30-year-old VaShawn Tate, was discovered lying in a driveway. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his head and forearm.

Emergency services transported Tate to a local hospital in a desperate attempt to sa ...
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  • NOPD, U.S. Marshals Arrest Suspect in Homicide on South Coronet Court - NOPD News
  • VaShawn Tate, age 30 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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