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Eric Steven Kessler

Case from Louisville, KY dated Jan 31, 2021

Victim Details

Eric Steven Kessler

Male

White / Caucasian

Louisville

KY

2021-01-31

20

Eric

Steven Kessler

07/12/2026

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On the night of January 31, 2021, a 20-year-old male from Louisville, Kentucky, named Eric Steven Kessler, died after being shot by a Bullitt County Sheriff's deputy. The events leading to his death began when deputies responded to a call about a man asleep in a car that was stopped in the middle of a road.

Upon arrival, deputies found Kessler unconscious in the driver's seat of his vehicle. After several minutes of trying to wake him by knocking on the window, the deputies decided to bre ...
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