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William Cornbread Wilson

Case from Indianapolis, IN dated Aug 24, 2019

Victim Details

William Cornbread Wilson Jr

Male

Black / African American

Indianapolis

IN

2019-08-24

37

William

Cornbread Wilson

07/30/2026

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In the late summer of 2019, a domestic argument in an Indianapolis home escalated into a tragedy that claimed two lives and left a third person critically injured. On August 24, 2019, 37-year-old William 'Cornbread' Wilson Jr., a Black male, was shot and killed inside a residence on East 23rd Street and Guilford Avenue. The violence that erupted that day also resulted in the death of his infant nephew, 3-month-old Kahdor Wilson.

Responding to a report of a shooting, Indianapolis police of ...
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  • Seymour Tribune: Coroner releases names of man, infant shot to death Saturday
  • FOX59: Shooting on near north side leaves 2 dead, including 3-month-old
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