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Ebony Smith

Case from New Castle, DE dated Jul 18, 2016

Victim Details

Ebony Smith

Female

Black / African American

New Castle

DE

2016-07-18

25

Ebony

Smith

Yes

08/03/2026

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Ebony C. Smith, a 25-year-old Black woman, was killed during a domestic-violence shooting inside an apartment at the Georgetown Manor complex in New Castle, Delaware. The crisis began on the evening of Sunday, July 17, 2016, when New Castle County police were sent to the apartment complex on Christiana Road to conduct a welfare check. What initially appeared to be a request to check on someone's well-being quickly turned into a dangerous barricade situation after responding officers heard a guns ...
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