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Carla Aiken

Case from Wilmington, DE dated Oct 12, 2021

Victim Details

Carla Aiken

Female

Black / African American

Wilmington

DE

2021-10-12

56

Carla

Aiken

07/04/2026

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Carla Aiken, 56, a Black/African American woman, was killed on October 12, 2021, in Wilmington, Delaware, after gunfire erupted outside a home on the 1000 block of Kirkwood Street. The shooting happened around 9:50 p.m. on a Tuesday night, in a place where she should have been safe: sitting on the front porch, spending an ordinary evening near the people who loved her.

When Wilmington police arrived, they found Carla suffering from gunshot wounds. She was taken to a hospital, but she did ...
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