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Abraham Brown Jr

Case from Louisville, KY dated Apr 13, 2017

Victim Details

Abraham Brown Jr

January 14, 2023

Male

Black / African American

Louisville

KY

2017-04-13

2017-04-13

33

Abraham

Brown Jr

07/02/2026


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In the spring of 2017, the city of Louisville, Kentucky, was struck by a wave of violence that claimed the life of Abraham 'Abe' Brown Jr., a 33-year-old Black man and a former linebacker for the University of Louisville Cardinals football team. On the evening of April 13, 2017, police responded to reports of shots fired on Wilmoth Road in the Shively area. Upon arrival, they discovered Brown inside a vehicle, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds. He was one of four homicide victims in the c ...
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