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Kirill Ivanovich Denyakin

Case from Portsmouth, VA dated Apr 23, 2011

Victim Details

Kirill Ivanovich Denyakin

Male

White / Caucasian

Portsmouth

VA

2011-04-23

26

Kirill

Ivanovich Denyakin

07/17/2026

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On the evening of April 23, 2011, a 26-year-old Kazakhstani man named Kirill Ivanovich Denyakin was shot and killed in Portsmouth, Virginia. The fatal encounter occurred when Portsmouth Police Officer Stephen Rankin responded to a call about a disturbance at the apartment building where Denyakin was staying. Denyakin, who was a native of Karaganda, Kazakhstan, had been living in the United States on a temporary visa he obtained in 2006 and had overstayed to continue working.

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  • Daily Press: HOMICIDES IN HAMPTON ROADS FOR 2011
  • RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: U.S. Kazakh Envoy Demands Probe
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