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La’ren Dickens

Case from Rocky Mount, NC dated Jul 13, 2025

Victim Details

La’ren Dickens

Female

Black / African American

Rocky Mount

NC

2025-07-13

20

La’ren

Dickens

06/22/2026

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La’ren Dickens, 20, a Black woman from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, died in the early hours of Sunday, July 13, 2025. Officers were called just before 3 a.m. to the 800 block of Virginia Street at Martin Luther King Jr. Park, where they found Dickens and 19-year-old Ryo Steele with gunshot wounds; despite life-saving efforts, both were pronounced dead at the scene. Local coverage that day described the killings as one of multiple shootings across the weekend as detectives worked to piece toget ...
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  • https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/families-of-rocky-mount-double-shooting-victims-seek-answers/
  • https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/2-more-arrested-in-connection-to-double-homicide-at-rocky-mount-park-police-say/
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    I've been thinking a lot about the location where La'ren Dickens and Ryo Steele were found, Martin L... ...Read More
    10/17/2025
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    I've been following the tragic case of La'ren Dickens, and one aspect that's been o... ...Read More
    07/23/2025
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