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Collateral damage: In Danville's gang wars of 2017, Nitaya Adams, 16, was the youngest to die

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Collateral damage: In Danville's gang wars of 2017, Nitaya Adams, 16, was the youngest to die

• By James Whitlow Danville Register & Bee
• Jul 13, 2019
• Jul 13, 2019 Updated Apr 30, 2020
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Nitaya Adams

Nitaya Adams’ gravestone is situated in a quiet corner of Oak Hill Cemetery. The 16 year old’s last Facebook post serves as her epitaph, and the tassel is from her posthumous graduation ceremony.

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Danville Police Chief Scott Booth, who took over from Philip Broadfoot in early 2018, made his predecessor’s temporary gang task force a permanent addition to the police department.

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Capt. of Investigations Matt Carter took his job shortly before the homicide rate spiked. The spate of violence, he said, took the city and police department by storm.

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A blue flower decorating Adams’ gravesite. Her friends say blue was her favorite color.

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Nitaya Adams’ friend, Jakeva Johnson, straightens the tassel from George Washington High School’s graduation ceremony on Nitaya’s grave. The cord is faded, she explained, but it used to be more purple.

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By James Whitlow Danville Register & Bee

Friends and family talk about 16-year-old Nitaya Adams’ wide smile, distinctive laugh, and rejoinders — how she adopted “ballout” as a nickname, even though she hardly ever touched a basketball.

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