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Donta Duane Collins
Provide a summary of a recent crime event or crime news report.
• Anne Arundel County Police are following up on all leads in the murder of 22-year-old Donta Duane Collins, of Glen Burnie, are turning to the public for help. Collins was fatally shot in the upper body on July 31,2016 sometime shortly after 10:30 p.m. on Hideaway Loop off of Crain Highway. Collins was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injures.

2 . What theoretical approach best explains the event? Why?
• The best theoretical approach that best explains this crime involving Donta Duane Collins is that this fatal shooting was not a random act of violence. Homicide detectives are continuing to investigate, but believe that the suspect and the victim knew each
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