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Keith Edwin Houts

Case from Montgomery, AL dated Sep 28, 2006

Victim Details

Keith Edwin Houts

Male

White / Caucasian

Montgomery

AL

2006-09-28

30

Keith

Edwin Houts

07/03/2026

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In the late morning of September 28, 2006, Montgomery Police Officer Keith Edwin Houts, a 30-year-old male, conducted a seemingly routine traffic stop on North Decatur Street. A two-year veteran of the department and a U.S. Army Reserves veteran, Houts approached the gray Impala he had pulled over. As he reached the vehicle, he was met with sudden and brutal violence. The driver, Mario Dion Woodward, opened fire, striking Officer Houts in the head. As Houts lay wounded on the ground, Woodward fi ...
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