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Shakanah China

Case from Durham, NC dated May 10, 2014

Victim Details

Shakanah China

Female

Black / African American

Durham

NC

2014-05-10

13

Shakanah

China

07/03/2026

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Shakanah China, a 13-year-old African American girl, tragically lost her life on May 10, 2011, in Durham, North Carolina. Shakanah was playing outside a home at 7 Atka Court when someone fired several shots from a passing van. She was hit in the stomach and succumbed to her injuries at Duke University Hospital. Shakanah was a seventh-grader at Lakeview School in Durham.

The investigation into Shakanah's death led to the arrest of two men, Levette Lipscomb and Brandon Townsend, about a yea ...
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  • WRAL.com: Man released from jail in Durham homicide arrested for Chapel Hill killing :: WRAL.com
  • Family relieved by arrests in Durham teen's murder - WRAL.com
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