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Billy Ray Johnson

Case from Kosciusko, MS dated Sep 01, 2017

Victim Details

Billy Ray Johnson

Male

White / Caucasian

Kosciusko

MS

2017-09-01

61

Billy

Ray Johnson

07/16/2026

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In the late summer of 2017, the town of Kosciusko, Mississippi, was rocked by a violent act that claimed the life of a local man. On the first day of September, 61-year-old Billy Ray Johnson, a male, was subjected to a brutal shooting. He was not the only victim of the attack; a 47-year-old woman was also shot multiple times alongside him. The two were rushed to a nearby hospital for medical attention, but Johnson's injuries proved to be fatal, and he was pronounced dead by the Attala County cor ...
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