Kirill Ivanovich Denyakin, age 26

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Lost to gun violence on April 23, 2011 in Portsmouth, Virginia.

Kirill Denyakin "Citizen of Kazakhstan" was shot and killed in 2011 by Portsmouth, Va, police Officer Rankin during a burglary call. Kirill was unarmed.

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