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Ayana McAllister

Death by Force
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On a spring break evening in Washington, D.C., 18-year-old Ayana McAllister, a female college freshman, found her life tragically cut short. She was home from her criminal justice studies at St. Augustine's University in North Carolina, spending time with her older sister and a college friend. On the night of Monday, March 20, 2017, they were in the 4300 block of Benning Road NE to support a friend who was filming a rap music video in the parking lot of an apartment complex.

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  • ABC11 Raleigh-Durham: St. Augustine's University student killed in shooting
  • Washington Post: Two women shot, wounded in NE Washington.
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    Victim Details

    Ayana McAllister

    Female

    Black / African American

    Washington

    DC

    2017-03-20

    19

    Ayana

    McAllister

    11/16/2025

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