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Derron Woody

Case from Decatur, GA dated Mar 27, 2025

Victim Details

Derron Woody

Male

Black / African American

Decatur

GA

2025-03-27

13

Derron

Woody

07/12/2026

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In the spring of 2025, a senseless act of violence cut short the life of 13-year-old Derron Woody, a male student from Decatur, Georgia. On the afternoon of Thursday, March 27, 2025, an after-school fight escalated to a fatal shooting in the 4800 block of Glenwood Road. Derron, a former student at DeKalb Alternative School and a seventh-grader at Bethune Middle School, was found on the front steps of a home with a gunshot wound.

Emergency services were called to the scene around 5:30 p.m. ...
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  • Father grieving after 13-year-old son shot and killed in Dekalb County
  • Teen killed in DeKalb County shooting identified by school principal
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