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Roderick Ballard

Case from Louisville, KY dated Apr 04, 2021

Victim Details

Roderick Ballard

Male

Black / African American

Louisville

KY

2021-04-04

29

Roderick

Ballard

07/11/2026

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In the early evening of April 4, 2021, a burst of violence shattered the calm near the intersection of W.J. Hodge and Madison Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. There, 29-year-old Roderick Ballard, a Black male, was found by police suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The incident, which occurred just before 6 p.m., would become the city's 44th homicide of the year. Emergency responders rushed Ballard to the University of Louisville Hospital, but his injuries proved too severe, and he succumbed ...
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  • https://www.wave3.com: Man killed in Russell neighborhood shooting
  • echovita.com: Rodrick Wesley Ballard Obituary (1991 - 2021) | Louisville, Kentucky
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