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Danny Wilson

Case from Louisville, KY dated Jun 21, 2014

Victim Details

Danny Wilson

Male

White / Caucasian

Louisville

KY

2014-06-21

57

Danny

Wilson

07/07/2026

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In a confrontation that began on the Watterson Expressway and ended in a bank parking lot, 57-year-old Danny Wilson was fatally shot in what authorities described as a road rage incident on June 21, 2014, in Louisville, Kentucky. The man charged in his death was Donald Hayes, a well-known local hot dog vendor.

The incident escalated when both men exited onto Poplar Level Road. Hayes reported that Wilson used a baseball bat to break his car window. In response, Hayes fired a single shot in ...
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  • WLKY: Road-rage murder victim's wife speaks at trial
  • https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/incident/148931
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