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Shaviya Vinson
Date: 12/19/11
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Race: Black
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Suspect(s): Temekia Reed, 24
Status: Suspect convicted
What happened:
Shaviya Vinson, 15, is stabbed in the chest with scissors during a fight between two groups of women. Temekia Reed, 24, is charged with criminal homicide, attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault. She goes through a jury trial that ends in a mistrial with a hung jury in 2013. Later that year, she pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter and is sentenced to eight years.
Read more:
• Teenage girl dies following stabbing on Poplar Street in Chattanooga
• Chattanooga woman arrested for stabbing death of 15-year-old girl last night
• Cellphone videos aid in fighting crime
• Temekia Reed bound to grand jury in Chattanooga stabbing death of 15-year-old girl
• Chattanooga murder trial results in hung jury
• Woman given new lawyer after Chattanooga murder trial ends with hung jury
• Temekia Reed pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Vinson death
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