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Elijah Jawan Day

Case from Seattle, WA dated Nov 10, 2017

Victim Details

Elijah Jawan Day

Male

Seattle

WA

2017-11-10

21

Elijah

Jawan Day

06/29/2026

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In the late hours of a Friday evening in the fall of 2017, the life of a young man was tragically cut short in a burst of violence that has since remained a painful, unresolved chapter for his family and community. Elijah Jawan Day, a 21-year-old male, was fatally shot on November 10, 2017, in what authorities have investigated as a homicide. The incident cast a somber shadow over the city of Des Moines, a suburb south of Seattle, Washington, where the shooting is believed to have taken place.
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  • The Seattle Times: Des Moines police hunt for killer after man dies from gunshot wound
  • Elijah Jawan Day, age 21 - National Gun Violence Memorial

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