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Montez Lamont Graves

Case from Lexington, KY dated Jun 07, 2015

Victim Details

Montez Lamont Graves

Male

Black / African American

Lexington

KY

2015-06-07

31

Montez

Lamont Graves

07/05/2026

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On a summer evening in Lexington, Kentucky, the life of 31-year-old Montez Lamont Graves, a Black male, was tragically cut short. On June 7, 2015, shots rang out in the area of Whitney Avenue and Michigan Street. When police arrived around 6 p.m., they discovered Graves and his brother, Frederick Thomas Spillman, inside a car, both suffering from gunshot wounds. Both men were rushed to the University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital, where Montez Graves ultimately succumbed to his injuries. His bro ...
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  • http://www.kentucky.com/2015/06/18/3907199_testimony-gun-bullet-ties-21-year.html?rh=1
  • http://www.kentucky.com/2015/06/08/3890364/2nd-man-dies-after-sunday-shootings.html
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