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Landen Lavarnia

Case from Phoenix, AZ dated Mar 20, 2017

Victim Details

Landen Lavarnia

Male

White / Caucasian

Phoenix

AZ

2017-03-20

9

Landen

Lavarnia

Yes

07/07/2026

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In March 2017, a tragic series of events unfolded in a Phoenix, Arizona, home that ended the life of 9-year-old Landen Lavarnia. The young male was rushed to a local hospital on March 20, 2017, with a critical gunshot wound to the head and succumbed to his injury the following day. The initial report to authorities came from his mother, Wendy Lavarnia, who claimed her 2-year-old son had accidentally shot his older brother after finding a handgun she had left on a bed.

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  • Parents of 9-year-old shot in head arrested; boy later died
  • KNXV: Phoenix police: 9-year-old shot by 2-year-old sibling dies, parents arrested
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