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Dawuand Darrien

Case from Brooklyn, NY dated Aug 12, 2023

Victim Details

Dawuand Darrien

Male

Black / African American

Brooklyn

NY

2023-08-12

29

Dawuand

Darrien

07/16/2026

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In the early hours of a summer morning in Brooklyn, the life of Dawuand Darrien, a 29-year-old Black man, was tragically cut short. On August 12, 2023, at approximately 2:45 a.m., Darrien was fatally shot in the chest in the lobby of the Vernon Houses, a NYCHA apartment building on Vernon Avenue near Marcus Garvey Boulevard in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. First responders rushed him to a nearby hospital, but his injuries proved too severe, and he was pronounced dead. A father of two and ...
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  • New York Daily News: Mother of man slain outside Brooklyn apartment shares anguish
  • amNewYork: Early-morning Brooklyn shootings leave two men dead, cops searching for suspects | amNewYork
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