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Erica Denise Townsend-Whitfield

Case from Killeen, TX dated Jul 03, 2016

Victim Details

Erica Denise Townsend-Whitfield

Female

Black / African American

Killeen

TX

2016-07-03

22

Erica

Denise Townsend-Whitfield

07/15/2026

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Erica Denise Townsend-Whitfield, a 22-year-old woman of African American ethnicity from Killeen, Texas, tragically lost her life on July 3, 2016. She was an employee at a Dollar General store on Watercrest Road in Killeen. The incident was determined to be a murder-suicide. Erica's estranged husband, 23-year-old Angelo Myshun Townsend-Whitfield, who was an active duty Marine stationed in California, committed the act. Angelo drove to Killeen specifically to carry out the shooting. He entered the ...
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  • Killeen Daily Herald: Killeen police identify man, woman in Dollar General murder-suicide
  • Victims of deadly shooting at local Dollar General store identified
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    It's hard to make sense of how something so terrible could happen to such a young person full of lif... ...Read More
    02/03/2025
    I’ve been thinking a lot about the bravery of Dollar General employees and customers who were ther... ...Read More
    04/21/2024
    I've been thinking a lot about Erica's case, and one thing that really stands out to me is the immen... ...Read More
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