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Elijah Joziah Duran

Case from Greeley, CO dated Aug 21, 2020

Victim Details

Elijah Joziah Duran

Male

Greeley

CO

2020-08-21

20

Elijah

Joziah Duran

07/19/2026

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In the late afternoon of August 21, 2020, a disturbance in Greeley, Colorado, ended in gunfire, silencing the life of 20-year-old Elijah Joziah Duran of Aurora. The incident, which unfolded near 7th Avenue and 12th Street, also resulted in the death of 19-year-old Deionte Lashay Dior Johnson-Smith, who was also from Aurora. When Greeley police officers responded to reports of shots fired around 5:15 p.m., they discovered two men had been shot. Duran was pronounced dead at the scene. Johnson-Smit ...
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  • KMGH: Weld County Coroner identifies two men killed in Greeley shooting Friday night
  • FOX31 Denver: 2 Aurora men dead after shooting in Greeley
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