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That night at 10pm 25-year-old Wesley Neal Higdon shot and killed five people and critically injured a sixth person before committing suicide in the factory. [1] The shooting is the worst in the history of Henderson County, Kentucky , in terms of casualties, surpassing triple homicides occurring in 1799 and 1955.
The entire family of seven African Americans including parents, infant in arms, and four children were killed, with the event reported by national newspapers. Governor Augustus E. Willson of Kentucky strongly condemned the murders and promised a reward for information leading to prosecution. No one was ever prosecuted.
The case had nationwide implications because the specific "cocktail" used for lethal injections in Kentucky was the same one that virtually all states used for lethal injection. The U.S. Supreme Court stayed all executions in the country between September 2007 and April 2008, when it delivered its ruling and affirmed the Kentucky top court ...
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A bullet shot by a National Guard soldier struck McAtee in the chest, [13] [14] [15] killing him at the scene at about 12:15 a.m. [16] Following the shooting, hundreds of people stood near the restaurant, and McAtee's body remained lying at the scene for 12–14 hours while police investigated.
He made stickers with the words “STATE CHAMP” written on them in black marker and put them all over the house. But multiple knee injuries — and knee surgeries — ended those dreams. Around the time he graduated from the University of Kentucky, the knee pain returned, and he developed an addiction to pain medications.
Beoria Abraham Simmons II was born on May 17, 1954, in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of a retired Army sergeant. [3] Although not much is known about his upbringing, as a young man he attended Louisville's Spalding College and graduated with a bachelor's degree in social work.
A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against the Nicholasville police officer who shot 22-year-old Desman LaDuke during an hours-long standoff in October.