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Seneca Bailey Darden

Case from Norfolk, VA dated May 21, 2006

Victim Details

Seneca Bailey Darden

Male

Black / African American

Norfolk

VA

2006-05-21

25

Seneca

Bailey Darden

07/03/2026

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On a late Sunday evening in Norfolk, Virginia, on May 21, 2006, a sequence of chaotic events led to the tragic death of 25-year-old Seneca Bailey Darden, a Black / African American male police officer. Darden, a four-year veteran of the Norfolk Police Department, was working a plainclothes burglary detail in another part of the city when a call for backup came in regarding a shooting in the Young Terrace housing development. Responding to the urgent request, Darden arrived at a tumultuous scene ...
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