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Kenneth Atwater Jr.

Case from Dayton, OH dated Jun 26, 2016

Victim Details

Kenneth Atwater Jr.

Male

Black / African American

Dayton

OH

2016-06-26

28

Kenneth

Atwater Jr.

07/04/2026

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Kenneth Atwater Jr., a 28-year-old African American man from Dayton, Ohio, tragically lost his life on June 26, 2016. He was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting incident that occurred in Trotwood, Ohio. Kenneth was in a vehicle traveling south on Salem Avenue when an altercation broke out between the occupants of two vehicles. Gunshots were fired from one vehicle into Kenneth's vehicle, causing it to crash and roll multiple times before coming to rest upside down near the parking lot of the form ...
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  • WDTN: Police investigating after man shot and killed in Trotwood
  • Kenneth Atwater Jr., age 28 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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