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Dashanika Sherrod

Case from Newport-news, VA dated Jan 04, 2016

Victim Details

Dashanika Sherrod

Female

Black / African American

Newport-news

VA

2016-01-04

25

Dashanika

Sherrod

06/27/2026

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In the early morning hours of January 4, 2016, the life of 25-year-old Dashanika Sherrod, a female resident of Newport News, Virginia, was tragically cut short. Just after 1:30 a.m., a man known to Sherrod forced his way into her apartment and fatally shot her. The violence unfolded in the presence of Sherrod's mother and her two young children, who were inside the residence at the time but were not physically harmed.

The Newport News Police Department quickly began an investigation into ...
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  • WAVY-TV: Mother of two shot dead inside apartment
  • WTKR.com: Woman shot to death in apartment while children were inside
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