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On August 26, 2002, 14-year-old African American male John Lewis Ball was tragically killed in a mass shooting in Rutledge, Alabama, near Luverne. The incident claimed the lives of six individuals, all members of the Ball family: John Lewis Ball; his brothers, 19-year-old Jerry C. Ball and 17-year-old Tony Lamar Ball; their mother, 35-year-old Joanne Ball; their grandmother, 65-year-old Mila Ruth Ball; and 40-year-old Willie Edward Haslip, Joanne's common-law husband. The victims were found at t ...Read More
Victim Details

John Lewis Ball

Male

Black / African American

Luverne

AL

2002-08-26

14

John

Lewis Ball

Yes

11/26/2025