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LaToya Renee Carpenter, a 39-year-old African American woman from Columbus, OH, tragically lost her life on April 17, 2021. She was killed in a drive-by shooting while driving near the Refugee Center shopping plaza in Truro Township, southeast of Columbus. Carpenter was on her way to pick up her 11-year-old daughter when a stray bullet struck her in the head as she drove past a vigil being held for another victim who had been killed at the same location a year earlier.

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Victim Details

LaToya Renee Carpenter

Female

Black / African American

Columbus

OH

2021-04-17

32

LaToya

Renee Carpenter

11/18/2025