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Sharon Needy

Case from Louisville, KY dated Sep 14, 1989

Victim Details

Sharon Needy

Female

White / Caucasian

Louisville

KY

1989-09-14

49

Sharon

Needy

06/25/2026

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Sharon Lee LaFollette Needy, a 49-year-old Caucasian woman, tragically lost her life on September 14, 1989, in a horrific act of workplace violence in Louisville, Kentucky. She was one of eight people killed in a mass shooting at the Standard Gravure printing plant. The gunman, Joseph T. Wesbecker, a 47-year-old pressman at the company, entered the facility armed with multiple firearms and began shooting indiscriminately.

Needy was working as a receptionist in the executive offices on the ...
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    I've been thinking a lot about Sharon Needy and what her life was like before that terrible day at t... ...Read More
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