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Janaya Lopez

Case from Harrisburg, PA dated Jul 22, 2023

Victim Details

Janaya Lopez

Female

Hispanic / Latino

Harrisburg

PA

2023-07-22

21

Janaya

Lopez

06/26/2026

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On July 22, 2023, at approximately 1 a.m., 21-year-old Janaya Lopez was fatally shot near the intersection of South 16th and Chestnut Streets in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Officers responding to reports of gunfire discovered Lopez suffering from a gunshot wound; she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Lopez, a resident of Ronks in Lancaster County, was a mother of four young children, aged 6, 4, 3, and 6 months. Her father, Jonathan Lopez, expressed the family's grief and the unexpected b ...
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  • WGAL: Woman killed in shooting identified
  • pennlive: Woman dies in Harrisburg shooting Saturday morning: police
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    Does anyone else think the location of the shooting seems significant? I read that it happened at th... ...Read More
    11/03/2023
    I can’t stop thinking about the kids that Janaya left behind. It’s devastating to imagine how fo... ...Read More
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