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Ty’ah Settles

Death by Force
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In the spring of 2024, a bright and cheerful 3-year-old girl named Ty'ah Settles was tragically killed in Washington, D.C. On the evening of May 3rd, Ty'ah was a passenger in a vehicle when it inadvertently drove into the middle of a gunfight. More than two dozen shots were fired in the 2300 block of Hartford Street, SE, and a stray bullet struck the young girl. A family member rushed her to a nearby fire station, from where she was airlifted to a hospital, but she succumbed to her injuries.
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    Victim Details

    Ty’ah Settles

    Female

    Black / African American

    Washington

    DC

    2024-05-03

    3

    Ty’ah

    Settles

    11/16/2025

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