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Joshua Chaney

Case from Canton, MS dated Feb 20, 2017

Victim Details

Joshua Chaney

Male

Black / African American

Canton

MS

2017-02-20

18

Joshua

Chaney

07/26/2026

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In the early morning hours of February 20, 2017, the life of 18-year-old Joshua Chaney was tragically cut short in Canton, Mississippi. The young Black man was discovered on a dirt path next to a house on Martin Luther King Drive, having been shot multiple times.

Authorities were called to the scene to investigate the city's second homicide of the year. Chaney, who did not reside in the neighborhood where his body was found, had sustained what appeared to be four to five gunshot wounds. T ...
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  • The Clarion Ledger: Canton homicide victim identified
  • Man found shot to death in Canton identified
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