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Martez Wade

Case from Louisville, KY dated Sep 05, 2018

Victim Details

Martez Wade

January 14, 2023

Male

Black / African American

Louisville

KY

2018-09-05

2018-09-05

17

Martez

Wade

07/11/2026


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In the late hours of a Wednesday evening in south Louisville, the life of 17-year-old Martez Wade was tragically cut short. On September 5, 2018, the Black male teenager was shot multiple times just after 10:30 p.m. at the Overlook Terraces apartment complex located in the 8000 block of Glimmer Way. The eleventh-grader at Breckinridge High School was remembered by his mother as a loving and caring individual who was beginning to turn his life around and do well in school. His manager at a local ...
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  • Family of 17-year-old killed in South Louisville asks for justice
  • Coroner identifies 17-year-old boy fatally shot in Fairdale
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