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Joseph Ervin Bradford III

Case from Louisville, KY dated Feb 02, 2017

Victim Details

Joseph Ervin Bradford, III

Male

White / Caucasian

Louisville

KY

2017-02-02

32

Joseph

Ervin Bradford III

06/30/2026

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In the western part of Louisville, on February 2, 2017, the life of Joseph Ervin Bradford, III, a 32-year-old Caucasian male from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, was tragically cut short. Bradford, a U.S. Army veteran and a father of five, was found in an alley near 17th Street and Broadway, having succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained during an altercation in the 1100 block of Salem Alley.

Authorities believed his death was connected to a string of violent events that plagued the city around th ...
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  • WDRB: Authorities identify man shot to death in Louisville's California neighborhood
  • Elizabethtown man dies of gunshot wound at Louisville car wash
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