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Yasmine Wright

Case from Birmingham, AL dated Jan 08, 2022

Victim Details

Yasmine Wright

Female

Black / African American

Birmingham

AL

2022-01-08

16

Yasmine

Wright

07/08/2026

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On the evening of January 8, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama, 16-year-old Black / African American Yasmine Wright was excitedly talking with her mother as they drove home. The tenth-grader at Wenonah High School had just finished her shift at the Birmingham Zoo and was looking forward to her 17th birthday, which was just a week away. In a tragic turn of events, their conversation was cut short by the sound of gunfire. Yasmine was struck by a stray bullet, an innocent victim in a shooting that also ...
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  • Family wants answers a year after a teen's death. - WVTM 13
  • Innocent 16-year-old girl among 2 killed by gunfire in Birmingham
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