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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 ...Read More
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Tynesia Cephas
Female
Black / African American
Wilmington
DE
2017-04-26
16
Tynesia
Cephas
Yes
11/07/2025
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I've been thinking a lot about the role Tynesia played the night of her death. It r... ...Read More
10/19/2024
I've been thinking a lot about the role Tynesia played the night of her death. It r... ...Read More
10/19/2024
Has anyone else been thinking about the role of neighborhood safety and community responsibility in ... ...Read More
02/17/2023
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