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On June 16, 2019, at approximately 9:41 p.m., 18-year-old Deonte Keshawn Puryear was fatally shot in the Summerchase subdivision of Calera, Alabama. Puryear, a resident of Alabaster, was found with a gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the hospital.

The Calera Police Department arrested 24-year-old Jaylin Tevin Washington of Calera in connection with the shooting. At the time, charges were pending as the investigation continued.

Puryear was a student at Thompson High Sch ...Read More
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Victim Details

Deonte Keshawn Puryear

Male

Black / African American

Calera

AL

2019-06-15

18

Deonte

Keshawn Puryear

litigation

11/29/2025