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Zayre Jerome Daugherty

Case from Lithonia, GA dated Sep 04, 2023

Victim Details

Zayre Jerome Daugherty

Male

Black / African American

Lithonia

GA

2023-09-04

7

Zayre

Jerome Daugherty

Yes

06/27/2026

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In the late summer of 2023, a heart-wrenching incident in Lithonia, Georgia, resulted in the death of 7-year-old Zayre Jerome Daugherty. The young boy, a male, passed away on September 4, 2023, after being shot in the head. The tragic event unfolded at a gas station on Rock Chapel Road where Zayre and his younger 6-year-old brother were left unattended in a vehicle by their father.

Their father, 44-year-old Dante Lamar Daugherty, had gone into the gas station, leaving a loaded firearm ins ...
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  • USA TODAY: Georgia father arrested in 7-year-old son's death after leaving boy in car with brother
  • FOX 5 Atlanta: 7-year-old boy killed at Lithonia gas station after father leaves loaded gun in car
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