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VCU Student Killed By Car, 26, Was Facing Bright Future In Politics VCU Student Killed By Car, 26, Was Facing Bright Future In Politics
VCU Student Killed By Car, 26, Was Facing Bright Future In Politics A Virginia Commonwealth University student who made history as one of the youngest interns in one governor's administration was fatally struck by a car earlier this month at 26 years old. Shawn Soares, who had been working as the clean energy and climate justice policy manager at the Virginia Conservation Network, died on May 4, when a driver who had been involved in a crash drove up onto the sidewalk and truck him in Richmond, according to WTVR6. Services for Soares, of Richmond, will be held in Loudoun County. Soares was born in India but moved to the U.S. in 2005, eventually settling in…