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Dante Austin

Case from Portsmouth, VA dated Sep 18, 2015

Victim Details

Dante Austin

Male

Black / African American

Portsmouth

VA

2015-09-18

32

Dante

Austin

07/04/2026

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In the early morning hours of September 18, 2015, the life of 32-year-old Dante Austin was tragically cut short on a street in Portsmouth, Virginia. Known to some as '2Gunz,' Austin was in a car on Buchanan Avenue when gunfire erupted shortly before 2:30 a.m. a neighbor reported hearing a loud boom followed by gunshots a couple of minutes later. When police arrived at the scene at the corner of Buchanan Avenue and South Street, they discovered Austin and another man inside a vehicle, both suffer ...
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  • View Dante Austin's Obituary on pilotonline.com and share memories
  • WAVY-TV: 1 dead, 1 injured in overnight Portsmouth shooting
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