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Keira Johnson

Case from Newport-news, VA dated Jun 28, 2015

Victim Details

Keira Johnson

Female

Black / African American

Newport-news

VA

2015-06-28

21

Keira

Johnson

07/10/2026

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In the quiet of a summer night in Newport News, Virginia, the life of 21-year-old Keira Johnson was tragically cut short. On June 28, 2015, while she was asleep in her bed, a stray bullet pierced through the wall of her home on Circuit Lane and struck her. The single gunshot, which rang out at approximately 1:53 a.m., initially led her family to believe she was having a seizure. It wasn't until her brother tried to help her that they discovered the fatal wound. Keira was rushed to a local hospit ...
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