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Wilson Burton

Case from Louisville, KY dated Dec 02, 2016

Victim Details

Wilson Burton

Male

Black / African American

Louisville

KY

2016-12-02

27

Wilson

Burton

07/01/2026

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In the early evening hours of December 2, 2016, a life was tragically cut short in the Beecher Terrace neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. Wilson Burton, a 27-year-old male, was gunned down in the 1100 block of Fisk Court. The Jefferson County Coroner's Office would later confirm that he died at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds. The shooting marked another grim statistic in the city's rising homicide count that year.

The violent death of Wilson, known to some as 'Early,' left a vo ...
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  • Courier-Journal: Wilson L. "Early" Burton's Obituary on Courier-Journal
  • UPDATE | Victim identified after shooting in Russell neighborhood
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