MURDERED: Destiny McClain (Revisited)

With the four-year anniversary of Destiny McClain’s death this week, we wanted to replay this episode to help get the word out. After a night out with friends in July of 2021, 23 year old Destiny McClain was shot as she waited for food at a taco truck outside a nightclub in Phoenix, AZ. 

Ways to help: 

• Anyone with information is asked to contact Phoenix police at 602-262-6151 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS (948-6377) or 480-TESTIGO (837-8446) for Spanish. There is a $2,000 reward available. 

• Follow FB and Insta pages for Our Destiny Our Future Foundation

• Facebook group “Justice for Destiny”

 

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Sources:

1. https://ourdestinyourfuturefoundation.org/about-us-1

2. https://www.phoenix.gov/policesite/Documents/Media_Advisories/071821_Homicide_1700_E_McDowell.pdf  

3. https://time.com/6095664/children-killed-in-shootings-pandemic/

4. https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/fundraiser-car-wash-held-in-memory-of-woman-who-was-shot-and-killed-outside-phoenix-nightclub?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1pHlqU82o5WLmp3mZw39e-qHnkRP8xHtqeRl7AjnWkdT3ZWa7zRu5Uoog

5. https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/phoenix-police-announce-big-crackdown-gun-violence?fbclid=IwAR1UtLPZqTqxDZgAA8z2jeTu5vFbhbEvdg6jim5yHG0y85EkvC-XmxxbDcU

6. https://silentwitness.org/cases/homicide-destiny-mcclain-area-of-1700-e-mcdowell-rd-phoenix/?fbclid=IwAR0NdgLRkq9HOEWJGy_n-ZobQFdPnIcmbiVclZrfm_O31XiZohTd-qA7DvY

7. https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/pd-new-video-shows-woman-killed-by-stray-gunfire-while-ordering-from-food-truck-outside-of-phoenix-nightclub

8. https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/people-gather-to-remember-woman-killed-outside-phoenix-nightclub

9. https://www.abc15.com/news/region-phoenix-metro/central-phoenix/family-hopes-surveillance-video-will-help-solve-murder-of-woman-shot-at-phoenix-food-truck

10. https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/our-destiny-our-future-foundation-destiny-mcclain-family-turns-tragedy-into-a-blessing-for-others/75-da42f5b8-4160-49ae-b991-fc1b6695ca3c

11. https://www.12news.com/article/news/crime/i-dont-want-my-baby-to-be-a-statistic-after-seemingly-senseless-shooting-in-mesa-family-calls-for-justice/75-836c37c5-ee0b-4d4d-bee6-967795cbf390

12. https://www.12news.com/article/news/crime/4k-reward-offered-shooting-that-killed-23-year-old-phoenix-food-truck/75-70575bb2-cb01-4583-b5d0-8a860261d047

13. https://www.12news.com/article/news/local/valley/destiny-mcclain-murder-remains-unsolved/75-a879ac97-f794-4306-adfc-78b3e75377e4

14. https://www.facebook.com/profile/100064762416668/search/?q=destiny%20mcclain

15. https://obituaries.westvalleyview.com/obituary/destiny-mcclain-1082863384

16. https://www.12news.com/video/news/crime/family-searching-for-answers-in-murder-of-destiny-mcclain/75-02e7cc4c-8bdf-4328-a10d-ad9861a0fd18

17. https://www.phoenix.gov/newsroom/police/2392?fbclid=IwAR0nVGMeiAwh0g28xhTFeQitIGNDLPdbERikJRtWKAgy16nm2eeeULPEXNg

18. https://sg.news.yahoo.com/video/clue-unsolved-murder-phoenix-001014934.html?guccounter=1

19. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6SXuh4vDRg

20. https://youtu.be/80sVPr8AzNA 

21. https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/aftermath-murdered-phoenix-destiny-mcclain-david-denogean-itzel-espinoza

22. Gray, Haley; Interview with Brenda McClain