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Zykier Young

Case from Pittsburgh, PA dated Aug 24, 2020

Victim Details

Zykier Young

Male

Black / African American

Pittsburgh

PA

2020-08-24

1

Zykier

Young

07/04/2026

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In the late afternoon of August 24, 2020, in the Spring Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the life of 1-year-old Zykier Young, a male, was tragically cut short. Inside his home at the Three Rivers Manor apartment complex, the toddler was asleep in his bed when a gunfight erupted outside. A stray bullet from the shootout penetrated a window and two walls of the apartment, striking the young boy in the head. His mother found him bleeding, and responding police officers rushed him to a ...
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  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: 1-year-old boy dies in Spring Hill shooting
  • WTAE: 1-year-old boy who died after being shot in Pittsburgh neighborhood identified
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    I can't stop thinking about how Zykier was just an innocent baby, sleeping peacefully in his secure ... ...Read More
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    I was reading about the devastating case of little Zykier Young, and I can't help but feel immense s... ...Read More
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    The sentencing disparities in this case really caught my attention. While it's clear that all three ... ...Read More
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