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Shanika Williams

Case from Washington, DC dated Jul 12, 2020

Victim Details

Shanika Williams

Female

Black / African American

Washington

DC

2020-07-12

28

Shanika

Williams

06/28/2026

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In the early morning hours of July 12, 2020, the life of 28-year-old Shanika Williams was tragically cut short inside her apartment in the 800 block of 19th Street, Northeast, in Washington, D.C. A female, she was a mother to a son and daughter, a licensed cosmetologist, an aspiring musical artist, and an entrepreneur with her own beauty business. Her dreams, however, came to a sudden and violent end when she was shot and killed. The offense was domestic in nature, perpetrated by her boyfriend, ...
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  • Homicide: 800 Block of 19th Street, Northeast | mpdc
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