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Keith Kitchen

Case from Taylor, MI dated Feb 01, 2018

Victim Details

Keith Kitchen

Male

White / Caucasian

Taylor

MI

2018-02-01

60

Keith

Kitchen

07/01/2026

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On a February morning in 2018, the life of 60-year-old Keith Kitchen was tragically cut short in what authorities would later describe as a 'planned killing spree.' The male victim was at his job at BSD Trucking in Taylor, Michigan, when a former employee, Vernest James Griffin, entered the building with a semiautomatic weapon and opened fire. Kitchen was struck and killed in the attack.

Immediately following the shooting, Griffin carjacked a semi-truck from the premises by holding the dr ...
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  • Taylor shooting victim, Keith Kitchen, remembered as kind man
  • WXYZ: Sheriff: Two dead in 'planned killing spree' in Taylor, Pontiac
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