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Kheion Key

Case from Memphis, TN dated Jul 20, 2021

Victim Details

Kheion Key

Male

Black / African American

Memphis

TN

2021-07-20

17

Kheion

Key

07/11/2026

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On a warm July day in 2021, tragedy struck in the Frayser neighborhood of Memphis, forever altering the lives of a local family. Seventeen-year-old Kheion Key, a young man with his life ahead of him, was fatally wounded in a hail of gunfire on July 20th. He was visiting a friend on Air Street when the unthinkable happened. In a sudden eruption of violence, occupants of four separate vehicles began shooting, turning the residential street into a chaotic and dangerous scene.

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  • Kheion Key, age 17 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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