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LaWanda Russell

Case from Birmingham, AL dated Aug 11, 2008

Victim Details

Lawanda Russell

March 28, 2022

Female

Black / African American

Birmingham

AL

2008-08-11

2008-08-11

17

LaWanda

Russell

07/04/2026


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LaWanda Russell, a 17-year-old Black female from Birmingham, was killed on August 11, 2008, in a burst of gunfire that shattered an ordinary summer night in the city’s West End area. She had just registered to become an 11th-grader at Wenonah High School, and the life described by family and friends in the days after her death was full of church, school, laughter, and the easy warmth of someone people remembered as happy and down-to-earth. She was a member of Rising Star AME Zion Church in Pow ...
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  • Gunshots, Then Silence: And the Sorrow Spreads
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