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Tolies Word

Case from South-bend, IN dated Nov 25, 2017

Victim Details

Tolies Word Jr

Male

Black / African American

South-bend

IN

2017-11-25

35

Tolies

Word

07/05/2026

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A dispute that began between two women inside a South Bend, Indiana nightclub tragically escalated, leaving 35-year-old Tolies B. Word Jr. dead from a gunshot wound on November 25, 2017. The incident, which unfolded outside the Elva's Fiesta Club on Indiana Avenue, was ultimately ruled a justifiable homicide by the St. Joseph County Prosecutor's Office.

The chain of events began with an argument between Word's wife and the girlfriend of another man, Brandon McKinney. After the two women w ...
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  • South Bend Tribune: One dead in early morning double shooting in South Bend
  • Prosecutor: Death of Tolies Word Jr a justifiable homicide - ABC57
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