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Lavonta Baker

Case from Davenport, IA dated Oct 25, 2020

Victim Details

Lavonta Baker

Female

Black / African American

Davenport

IA

2020-10-25

19

Lavonta

Baker

06/25/2026

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In the late morning of Sunday, October 25, 2020, the life of 19-year-old Lavonta Baker, a male resident of Davenport, Iowa, was tragically cut short. Davenport Police responded to a report of shots fired just before 11 a.m. in the 2300 block of West 2nd Street. Upon arrival, officers discovered Baker unresponsive inside a vehicle. Medical personnel were called to the scene, but he was pronounced dead. It was later determined that he had been shot multiple times in what was described as a willful ...
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  • WHBF - OurQuadCities.com: Police identify victim in fatal shooting in west end of Davenport
  • Davenport man charged in Oct. 25 shooting death - KWQC
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