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Joseph Key

Case from Louisville, KY dated Aug 21, 2016

Victim Details

Joseph Key

Male

Black / African American

Louisville

KY

2016-08-21

34

Joseph

Key

06/25/2026

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In the summer of 2016, the life of 34-year-old Joseph Nathaniel Key, Jr. was tragically cut short in his own home. On the morning of Sunday, August 21, 2016, Key was found deceased inside his apartment located in the 1800 block of Appleton Lane in Shively, a suburb of Louisville, Kentucky. An investigation by Shively Police quickly determined that Key had been fatally shot. Remembered by family and friends as a generous and kind-hearted father of three, his sudden death sent shockwaves through h ...
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  • Shively police investigating homicide near Dixie Highway
  • Joseph Key, age 34 - National Gun Violence Memorial
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