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Kirk Dorsey

Case from Atlanta, GA dated Dec 08, 2018

Victim Details

Kirk Emil Dorsey

Male

Black / African American

Atlanta

GA

2018-12-08

60

Kirk

Dorsey

07/08/2026

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On a December evening in Atlanta, a 60-year-old grandfather named Kirk Dorsey was fatally shot and killed. The incident occurred on Saturday, December 8, 2018, in the 2000 block of Childress Drive in southwest Atlanta. Atlanta police officers responded to a call and discovered Mr. Dorsey lying unresponsive on the sidewalk with a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Originally from Ohio, Kirk Dorsey was a father of three and a grandfather to eight. At the time of the initial ...
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    Was anyone else struck by the fact that Kirk Dorsey had just come from the store when this tragedy h... ...Read More
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