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John Lewis Kennedy

Case from Birmingham, AL dated Apr 14, 2017

Victim Details

John Lewis Kennedy

Male

Black / African American

Birmingham

AL

2017-04-14

20

John

Lewis Kennedy

06/25/2026

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In the spring of 2017, the life of John Lewis Kennedy, a 20-year-old Black male, was tragically cut short in Birmingham, Alabama. On the evening of Friday, April 14, 2017, Kennedy was shot and killed in the Loveman Village public housing community. The incident was one of a number of homicides that plagued Jefferson County that year, contributing to a growing list of unsolved cases.

Kennedy, who was known to some as "Jay Jay," was found by officers from the West Precinct who were respondi ...
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  • al: At least 33 Jeffco homicides remain unsolved this year
  • AL.com: Man shot, killed at Birmingham's Loveman Village ID'd
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