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Kenton Willett

Case from Memphis, TN dated Mar 28, 2020

Victim Details

Kenton Willett

Female

Black / African American

Memphis

TN

2020-03-28

26

Kenton

Willett

07/05/2026

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In the early hours of March 28, 2020, a shooting incident unfolded in the Orange Mound neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee, which tragically claimed the life of 26-year-old Kenton Willett. Willett was inside a vehicle with a 23-year-old woman and her two young children, aged one and three, when the violence erupted. The group had just pulled up to a residence on Tunstall Street when an assailant approached the passenger side of the car and opened fire.

The gunfire proved fatal for Kenton W ...
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  • The Commercial Appeal: Shooting near the Highland Row area leaves man dead and woman injured
  • WREG.com: One dead, another critical after Orange Mound shooting
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