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Okwane Thornton

Case from Louisville, KY dated Oct 30, 2022

Victim Details

Okwane Thornton

Male

Black / African American

Louisville

KY

2022-10-30

27

Okwane

Thornton

06/30/2026

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In the autumn of 2022, a life was abruptly cut short on a Sunday afternoon in Louisville, Kentucky. Okwane Thornton, a 27-year-old Black male, was at the intersection of Cane Run Road and Rockford Lane in the St. Denis neighborhood on October 30th when violence erupted. Gunshots shattered the afternoon calm, and when police responded to the scene at approximately 3:30 p.m., they found Thornton suffering from gunshot wounds.

Emergency medical personnel were unable to save him, and the Jeff ...
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  • WLKY: LMPD: Man shot, killed in St. Denis neighborhood
  • 27-year-old man killed in St. Denis shooting identified by officials
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