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Janet Riley

Case from Elizabethtown, KY dated Aug 19, 2024

Victim Details

Janet Riley

Female

White / Caucasian

Elizabethtown

KY

2024-08-19

71

Janet

Riley

07/02/2026

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On a tragic Monday morning, August 19, 2024, in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, 71-year-old Janet Riley was fatally shot in the parking lot of the Hardin County Justice Center. She was at the courthouse to support her 37-year-old daughter, Erica Riley, who was also killed in the attack that unfolded as an ambush. Erica's father was also shot and injured during the incident but survived.

The family was at the justice center for a scheduled hearing to extend an emergency protective order that Eric ...
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  • WLKY: Suspect in Elizabethtown courthouse shooting, who then shot self during standoff, dies
  • K105: Breck Co. woman, her daughter killed in domestic violence shooting at Hardin County Justice Center | K105
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