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Linda Williams

Case from Hammond, LA dated Oct 22, 2016

Victim Details

Linda Williams

Female

Black / African American

Hammond

LA

2016-10-22

50

Linda

Williams

06/25/2026

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In the quiet town of Hammond, Louisiana, a Sunday morning was shattered by the sound of gunfire, leaving a community in shock and a family grieving an unimaginable loss. On October 23, 2016, 50-year-old Linda Williams, an African American woman, was found lying in the front yard of her Artie Road home with a fatal gunshot wound to her head. Responding deputies, summoned by a neighbor's frantic 911 call shortly before 9 a.m., pronounced her dead at the scene.

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  • Obituary for Linda Williams at N.A. James Funeral Home
  • Linda Williams, age 50 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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