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Jaylin Hobbs

Case from Louisville, KY dated May 06, 2017

Victim Details

Jaylin Hobbs

Male

Black / African American

Louisville

KY

2017-05-06

18

Jaylin

Hobbs

07/11/2026

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In the late afternoon hours of May 6, 2017, a day marked by the festive atmosphere of the Kentucky Derby, 18-year-old Jaylin Hobbs was fatally shot in the Chickasaw neighborhood of west Louisville. The incident unfolded around 4:45 p.m. near the intersection of 36th Street and Greenwood Avenue. Hobbs was later found wounded a few blocks away on a pedestrian walkway over the I-264 overpass at 36th and Dumesnil Streets. He was rushed to University Hospital, but tragically succumbed to his injuries ...
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  • Teen arrested in Chickasaw homicide
  • 'Y'all took something precious from us," 7-year-old's aunt tells shooter
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