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Shania Salter

Case from Detroit, MI dated Mar 07, 2001

Victim Details

Shania Salter

Female

Black / African American

Detroit

MI

2001-03-07

4

Shania

Salter

07/23/2026

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On the evening of March 7, 2001, four-year-old Shania Salter, a Black female, was at her home on Patton Street in Detroit, Michigan, when a barrage of gunfire erupted outside. The house was riddled with bullets, and one, fired from an AK-47, struck Shania, ending her life. At the time of the shooting, around 10:30 p.m., there were nine other people inside the home, but no one else was injured. The investigation into the young girl's death was immediately hampered by a lack of eyewitnesses to the ...
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  • Newspapers.com: Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan on March 9, 2001 · 16
  • http://publicdocs.courts.mi.gov:81/opinions/final/coa/20040617_C247037_48_247037.OPN.PDF
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