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On a summer evening in Louisville, Kentucky, the life of 16-year-old Nylah Linear was tragically cut short. On July 21, 2021, the female teenager was with her two younger sisters, walking to a family cookout at their aunt's house in the Shawnee neighborhood. As they were outside the home on Cecil Avenue, a drive-by shooting occurred, and Nylah was struck by a stray bullet. Her mother, Candy Linear, who was at her own home nearby, heard the gunshots and soon received a devastating phone call. She ...Read More
Victim Details

Nylah Linear

Female

Black / African American

Louisville

KY

2021-07-21

16

Nylah

Linear

12/07/2025