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Harry Louis Polite III

Case from Killeen, TX dated Jan 16, 2017

Victim Details

Harry Louis Polite III

Male

Black / African American

Killeen

TX

2017-01-16

31

Harry

Louis Polite III

07/17/2026

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Harry Louis Polite III, a 31-year-old African American male, was found deceased on January 16, 2017, in Killeen, Texas. Officers arrived at the scene in the 3200 block of Brownsville Drive to find Polite lying in the roadway. Justice of the Peace Claudia Brown pronounced him dead at the scene and ordered an autopsy to be performed at the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas. The circumstances surrounding his death were investigated as a homicide.

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  • Killeen Daily Herald: Police identify man killed on Brownsville Drive
  • Killeen Daily Herald: Man shot, killed in Killeen
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