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Police identify woman killed in Alexandria apartment shooting

The shooting happened just before 2 p.m. Wednesday in the 2900 block of Gallant Drive.

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What happened Alexandria Police released body-worn camera footage of the May shooting on Wednesday.
The headline split The center frames it as "Police identify woman killed in Alexandria apartment shooting". The right frames it as "1 killed in broad daylight shooting at east Birmingham apartment complex".
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CenterPolice identify woman killed in Alexandria apartment shooting

WUSA9 (Tegna, Washington DC) · Center · News report

Right / center-right1 killed in broad daylight shooting at east Birmingham apartment complex

Al.com (Alabama News) · Center-right · News report

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Al.com (Alabama News)News report · Jun 24, 7:38 PM

1 killed in broad daylight shooting at east Birmingham apartment complex

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The shooting happened just before 2 p.m. Wednesday in the 2900 block of Gallant Drive.

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WUSA9 (Tegna, Washington DC)News report · Jun 24, 6:57 PM

Police identify woman killed in Alexandria apartment shooting

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Alexandria Police released body-worn camera footage of the May shooting on Wednesday.

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Jun 24, 6:57 PM: WUSA9 (Tegna, Washington DC) joined the source map.

Jun 24, 7:38 PM: Al.com (Alabama News) joined the source map.

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