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Jonathen Blake Kohler

Case from Bristol, VA dated Mar 30, 2021

Victim Details

Jonathen Blake Kohler

Male

White / Caucasian

Bristol

VA

2021-03-30

31

Jonathen

Blake Kohler

07/03/2026

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On a late March morning in Bristol, Virginia, the life of 31-year-old Jonathen Blake Kohler, a White male, came to a sudden and violent end. On March 30, 2021, officers from the Bristol Police Department responded to a report of shots fired at a local motel. There, they encountered Kohler in the driver's seat of his 1994 Ford Mustang.

What transpired in the moments that followed became a matter of intense legal scrutiny. According to initial reports from the Virginia State Police, Kohler ...
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