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Tywaun Johnson

Case from Pittsburgh, PA dated Aug 16, 2010

Victim Details

Tywaun Johnson

March 28, 2022

Male

Black / African American

Pittsburgh

PA

2010-08-16

2010-08-16

20

Tywaun

Johnson

07/13/2026


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In the late summer of 2010, the life of a young Pittsburgh man was tragically cut short. Twenty-year-old Tywaun Johnson was in the city's Hill District on the evening of August 16th when he was shot and killed. The incident occurred on Chauncey Drive, a street that would become the site of remembrance for his grieving family and friends.

In the years following the shooting, those who knew and loved Tywaun gathered to mark what would have been his birthday, holding vigils in his memory. De ...
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  • Vigil scheduled for man killed last year in Hill District shooting - WPXI
  • Man shot to death in Hill District | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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