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Nyiah Courtney

Case from Washington, DC dated Jul 16, 2021

Victim Details

Nyiah Courtney

Female

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2021-07-16

6

Nyiah

Courtney

07/02/2026

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On a warm summer evening in Washington, D.C., six-year-old Nyiah Courtney was walking home with her family in the Congress Heights neighborhood of Southeast D.C. on July 16, 2021. The night was shattered by a barrage of bullets from a passing vehicle at the intersection of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. Avenues. In the chaos that ensued, Nyiah was fatally wounded, becoming the youngest victim of a fatal shooting in the city that year. Her mother and father were also wounded in the attack, ...
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  • NBC4 Washington: ‘We've Got Our Man': Suspect Charged in 6-Year-Old Nyiah Courtney's Death
  • NPR.org: Arrest Made In Shooting Death Of 6-Year-Old Nyiah Courtney
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    It's been over two years since Nyiah Courtney's tragic passing, and yet, the pain still feels fresh ... ...Read More
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