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Tynesia Cephas

Case from Wilmington, DE dated Apr 26, 2017

Victim Details

Tynesia Cephas

Female

Black / African American

Wilmington

DE

2017-04-26

16

Tynesia

Cephas

Yes

07/04/2026

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A sixteen-year-old African American female, Tynesia Cephas of Wilmington, Delaware, walked toward what she hoped would be a moment of peace, stepping into the crowd on the 900 block of North Kirkwood Street on the evening of April 26, 2017—around 9:42 p.m.—as a large altercation unfolded before her home. The sixteen-year-old female, with instinct and courage urging her forward, tried to quell the chaos. In that instant, gunfire pierced the night. The sixteen-year-old female was struck in her ...
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  • 6abc Philadelphia: Witnesses: Teen girl killed breaking up a fight in Wilmington
  • Wilmington man sentenced in death of Tynesia Cephas, 16, in 2017
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