Deaths by Force on April 14

Deaths by Force (507)

Death by Force10th anniversary

Vincent Wolfe

Male, age 21 · Muncie, Indiana

Killed Apr 14, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early evening of April 14, 2016, Vincent Eugene Wolfe II, a 21-year-old male, was fatally shot while sitting in a parked car on Ebright Street in Muncie, Indiana. Known by his stage name 'Pacman Baybee,' Wolfe was an up-and-coming rap artist. Also in…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Elliot Caldwell

Male, age 23 · New-york, New York

Killed Apr 14, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the East Village of New York, a young father's life was cut short on the night of April 14, 2016. Elliot Caldwell, a 23-year-old Black or African American male, was fatally shot in the back at approximately 10:45 p.m. outside the Campos Plaza I houses on…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Shamel Matthews

Male, age 21 · Staten-island, New York

Killed Apr 14, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the spring of 2016, a domestic dispute in Staten Island escalated into a fatal encounter, ending the life of 21-year-old Shamel Matthews. On the evening of April 14th, Matthews, a Black male, was at the West Brighton apartment of his girlfriend when an…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Ronald McKinzie

Male, age 18 · Victorville, California

Killed Apr 14, 2016 · 10 years ago

Ronald McKinzie, an 18-year-old from Adelanto, California, tragically lost his life on April 14, 2016, in Victorville. The incident occurred inside a home on Bennington Drive, where McKinzie was accidentally shot by a 17-year-old friend. According to the San…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Chris Turner

Male, age 27 · Durham, North Carolina

Killed Apr 14, 2016 · 10 years ago

Chris Turner, a 27-year-old African American male from Durham, North Carolina, was tragically shot and killed on April 14, 2016. Turner, a former guard for East Carolina University's men's basketball team, was found lying in a yard in the 400 block of East…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Dudley Hunt Jr.

Male, age 28 · Rowland, North Carolina

Killed Apr 14, 2016 · 10 years ago

Dudley Hunt Jr., a 28-year-old male from Fairmont, North Carolina, tragically lost his life on April 14, 2016. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning in the Rowland community of Robeson County. According to the Robeson County Sheriff's…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

James Andrew McMillan

Male, age 31 · Greensboro, North Carolina

Killed Apr 14, 2016 · 10 years ago

James Andrew McMillan, a 31-year-old male from Greensboro, NC, was tragically killed on April 14, 2016. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning while McMillan was sitting in the living room of an apartment located in the 3300 block of Beck…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Shaquan Taylor

Male, age 18 · Kelford, North Carolina

Killed Apr 14, 2016 · 10 years ago

Shaquan Jamar Taylor, an 18-year-old African American male, was found dead in his home in Kelford, North Carolina, on April 14, 2016. His body was discovered at approximately 2:50 p.m. by his roommate, who found him sitting in a chair, dead from a gunshot…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Daylyn Medley

Male, age 24 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Apr 14, 2016 · 10 years ago

Daylyn A. Medley, a 24-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on April 14, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. He was known for his love of sports, particularly basketball, football, and baseball, and was also an inspiring rapper who expressed his…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Lee Glenn Johnson

Male, age 74 · Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 14, 2016 · 10 years ago

Lee Glenn Johnson, a 74-year-old man from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, tragically passed away on April 14, 2016. He was discovered in the driveway of his home in the 17000 block of Spring Run East, Fannett Township, with a fatal gunshot wound to the torso. The…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Terrence Jackson

Male, age 27 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 14, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late hours of a Thursday in Pittsburgh's Beltzhoover neighborhood, the life of 27-year-old Terrence Jackson was tragically cut short. On April 14, 2016, inside the walls of Red's Bar on East Warrington Avenue, a masked gunman shattered the evening's…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jepatrick Morgan-Wright

Male, age 21 · Grand-prairie, Texas

Killed Apr 14, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jepatrick Jenard Morgan-Wright, a 21-year-old male, tragically lost his life on April 14, 2016, in Grand Prairie, Texas. He was found unresponsive in the 2300 block of Hardy Road after a shooting incident. Morgan-Wright was transported to Dallas Methodist…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Richard Harvey Jorgensen

Male, age 54 · Sabine-pass, Texas

Killed Apr 14, 2016 · 10 years ago

Richard Harvey Jorgensen, a 54-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, tragically died on April 14, 2016, in Sabine Pass, Texas. He was the head softball coach at The Woodlands High School and a former resident of Port Arthur. Jorgensen was found dead in his…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Saul Ivan Rodriguez

Male, age 20 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Apr 14, 2016 · 10 years ago

Saul Ivan Rodriguez was 20 years old when he died on Thursday, April 14, 2016, in Sylmar. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds after he was beaten and stabbed near Dronfield Avenue and Astoria Street, in the…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Omar Mendez

Male, age 16 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Apr 14, 2011 · 15 years ago

Omar Mendez, aged 16, was fatally shot on April 14, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois. The homicide occurred in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, a part of Chicago that had seen a troubling number of violent incidents at the time. Omar was one of many young victims of…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Andre Green

Male, age 50 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Apr 14, 2011 · 15 years ago

Andre Green, 50, was tragically killed on April 14, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident was one of many homicides that year in the city, contributing to the broader issue of violence affecting Chicago's communities. While details about the circumstances…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Tasha Veney

Female, age 29 · Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 14, 2011 · 15 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on a Thursday morning, Apr. 14, 2011 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 29-year-old Tasha Nicole Veney, an African American mother, lost her life in a violent encounter. The incident, which unfolded outside a local daycare center, was…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Sabian Williams

Male, age 22 · Hartford, Connecticut

Killed Apr 14, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the spring of 2006, the life of 22-year-old Sabian Jamal Williams was cut short by an act of gun violence in Hartford, Connecticut. The young man was the victim of a drive-by shooting on April 14, 2006. While the fatal attack occurred on that Friday…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Cheri Lyn Moore

Female, age 49 · Eureka, California

Killed Apr 14, 2006 · 20 years ago

On April 14, 2006, Cheri Lyn Moore, a 49-year-old resident of Eureka, California, was tragically shot and killed by police officers during a standoff at her apartment. The incident began when Moore, who was experiencing a mental health crisis, called the…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Roderick Garrett

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Apr 14, 2001 · 25 years ago

Roderick Garrett was tragically killed on April 14, 2001, in Dayton, Ohio. The incident took place in Montgomery County, but despite investigations by the authorities, his homicide remains unsolved. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) has…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Sami Toler

Male, age 25 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 14, 2001 · 25 years ago

On April 14, 2001, at approximately 3:10 a.m., a confrontation occurred on the porch of a residence in the 700 block of McIlvain Street in Chester, Pennsylvania. The altercation involved Sami Toler, a 25-year-old male. Following the incident, Toler was…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Natasha Nichols

Female, age 25 · Houston, Texas

Killed Apr 14, 2001 · 25 years ago

On April 14, 2001, Natasha Nichols, a 25-year-old African American woman from Houston, Texas, tragically lost her life to gun violence. A 1994 graduate of M.B. Smiley High School, Natasha was remembered by friends and family for her warm smile and kind…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Samuel Howerdton

Male, age 18 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Apr 14, 1996 · 30 years ago

In the spring of 1993, a young man named Samuel Howerdton lost his life on the streets of Washington, D.C. His death, which occurred at the intersection of 19th and E Streets, NE, remains an unsolved homicide to this day. There is a discrepancy in the exact…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Julie Wills

Female, age 32 · Boca Raton, Florida

Found Apr 14, 1996 · 30 years ago

On April 14, 1996, 32-year-old Julie Wills was found dead in her home in Boca Raton, Florida. Julie, who was an aspiring model and actress, had attended a party two days earlier, on the night of April 12, 1996. She was last seen leaving that gathering alone…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Tommy Joe Ortega

Male, age 30 · Salt Lake City, Utah

Killed Apr 14, 1996 · 30 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 14, 1996, the life of 30-year-old Tommy J. Ortega, a Hispanic/Latino male, was tragically cut short in Salt Lake City, Utah. A father of two children, Ortega had been attending a bachelor party with a friend at an apartment…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Laura Uylaki

Female · Wolf-lake, Illinois

Killed Apr 14, 1996 · 30 years ago

Laura Uylaki, a 24-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on April 14, 1996, in Wolf Lake, Illinois. Laura, who was of Caucasian ethnicity, was found with gunshot wounds to her head. Her body was discovered in Wolf Lake, a location straddling the border…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

David Allen Thurman

Male, age 22 · Pineville, Missouri

Killed Apr 14, 1991 · 35 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 14, 1991, in the small town of Pineville, Missouri, the life of 22-year-old David Allen Thurman was tragically cut short. A white male serving as a Patrol Officer, Thurman was on duty with the town marshal, Lloyd Perkins…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Terry L Bakker

Male, age 25 · Salt Lake City, Utah

Killed Apr 14, 1986 · 40 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 14, 1986, the life of a 25-year-old Caucasian male, Terry L Bakker, was tragically cut short in Salt Lake City, Utah. A sudden noise at the front door of his residence at 2049 E. Atkin Ave. roused Bakker from his sleep. As…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Terry L. Bakker

Male, age 25 · Salt Lake City, Utah

Killed Apr 14, 1986 · 40 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 14, 1986, the life of 25-year-old Terry L. Bakker was tragically cut short at his Salt Lake City, Utah, home. Just before 7:30 a.m., noises at his front door at 2049 E. Atkin Ave. roused Bakker from his sleep. As he went to…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Leon Nelson

Male, age 64 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Apr 14, 1986 · 40 years ago

Leon Nelson, a 64-year-old male whose race or ethnicity was not identified in the reliable online sources reviewed, was a patient at Drake Memorial Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, when he became one of the victims of hospital orderly Donald Harvey, the serial…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

John Joseph J.j. Brown

Male, age 49 · Savannah, Georgia

Killed Apr 14, 1981 · 45 years ago

A dedicated officer with a long-standing history of service, Sergeant John Joseph 'J.J.' Brown, a 49-year-old male, had been a member of the Savannah Police Department for 21 years. His career was marked by a commitment to his community and a camaraderie with…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Marian E. Stewart

Female, age 80 · Perris, California

Killed Apr 14, 1981 · 45 years ago

Marian E. Stewart, an 80-year-old woman, was a patient in the intensive care unit at Community Hospital of the Valleys in Perris, California, when she became one of the patients later determined to have been murdered by registered nurse Robert Rubane Diaz.…

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Death by Force50th anniversary

Leroy Devore

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Apr 14, 1976 · 50 years ago

Leroy Devore, aged 53, was tragically killed on April 14, 1976, during an apparent robbery at his home in Dayton, Ohio. He died from a shotgun blast to the chest, and the incident occurred around 9 p.m. that evening. Despite investigations, the case has…

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Death by Force80th anniversary

Betty Jo Booker

Female, age 15 · Texarkana, Texas

Killed Apr 14, 1946 · 80 years ago

Betty Jo Booker, a 15-year-old girl from Texarkana, Texas, was tragically murdered on April 14, 1946. She was a talented saxophone player and a straight-A student. Betty Jo and her friend, Paul Martin, were shot to death by the serial killer known as the…

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Death by Force80th anniversary

Paul James Martin

Male, age 17 · Texarkana, Texas

Killed Apr 14, 1946 · 80 years ago

Paul James Martin, a 17-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity from Texarkana, Texas, was tragically murdered on April 14, 1946. He and his friend, Betty Jo Booker, were shot to death by the infamous serial killer known as the Texarkana Phantom Killer. The…

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Death by Force95th anniversary

Willie Mae Thurmond

Female · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Apr 14, 1931 · 95 years ago

Willie Mae Thurmond, a 26-day-old Black female infant, died in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 14, 1931, after a short life that was recorded at the time in the plain, clinical language of a death certificate. Online records identify her as the daughter of Willie…

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Death by Force145th anniversary

Gustav Gus Krempkau

Male, age 25 · El-paso, Texas

Killed Apr 14, 1881 · 145 years ago

Gustav "Gus" Krempkau, a 25-year-old El Paso County constable, met a tragic end on April 14, 1881, in El Paso, Texas. His death occurred during the infamous "Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight," a violent confrontation that took place in the heart of the…

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Death by Force145th anniversary

John William Johnny Hale

Male · El-paso, Texas

Killed Apr 14, 1881 · 145 years ago

John William Johnny Hale, a male ranch owner and suspected cattle rustler, died on April 14, 1881, in El Paso, Texas. He was involved in a notorious incident known as the "Four Dead in Five Seconds Gunfight," which resulted in his death along with three…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Niguel Amar Russell

Male, age 18 · Hampton, Virginia

Killed Apr 14, 2021 · 5 years ago

On April 14, 2021, a young man's life was cut tragically short in Hampton, Virginia. Eighteen-year-old Niguel Amar Russell was walking down the street in the first block of Triple Crown Court on a Wednesday afternoon when he was fatally shot by someone in a…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Mary Morton

Female, age 83 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 14, 2016 · 10 years ago

Mary Morton, an 83-year-old woman from Philadelphia, PA, tragically died on April 14, 2016, after being shot in her Germantown home. She was found with two gunshot wounds to the chest and was pronounced dead at Albert Einstein Medical Center. The incident was…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Jeffrey J. Weides

Male, age 38 · Elgin, Illinois

Killed Apr 14, 2001 · 25 years ago

Jeffrey J. Weides, a 38-year-old Caucasian male, tragically lost his life on April 14, 2001, in Elgin, Illinois. Weides, who worked as a bartender, was one of the victims in a horrific shooting spree at JB's Pub. The incident occurred when Luther Casteel, a…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Richard Bartlett

Male, age 48 · Elgin, Illinois

Killed Apr 14, 2001 · 25 years ago

Richard Bartlett, a 48-year-old male from Elgin, Illinois, tragically lost his life on April 14, 2001, during a violent incident at JB's Pub in Elgin. The incident occurred when Luther "Luke" Casteel, a 42-year-old male, returned to the bar after being…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Maria Del-Pillar Mendez

Female, age 23 · Sawtelle, California

Killed Apr 14, 2001 · 25 years ago

On April 14, 2001, 23-year-old Maria Del-Pillar Mendez was found dead inside a converted garage in the 1400 block of Federal Avenue in the Sawtelle area of West Los Angeles; the victim appeared to have died by strangulation. The coroner’s record and…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Herman Joseph Kleinhenz

Male, age 85 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Apr 14, 2001 · 25 years ago

Herman Joseph Kleinhenz was 85 years old when he died on Saturday, April 14, 2001, in Beverly Crest, a hillside neighborhood of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 9621 Cedarbrook Drive. His…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Kenneth Lancelot Silvera

Male, age 82 · Perris, California

Killed Apr 14, 1981 · 45 years ago

Kenneth Lancelot Silvera, an 82-year-old man, died at Community Hospital of the Valleys in Perris, California, during the early morning hours of April 14, 1981. He had been admitted to the hospital’s intensive-care unit after experiencing chest pain and heart…

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Barbara A. Deer

Female, age 54 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 14, 2026 · this year

In a tragedy that has stunned the West Side of Chicago, Barbara A. Deer, a 54-year-old female, was found deceased in her home in the North Lawndale neighborhood. Concerned neighbors alerted authorities after noticing unusual activity at the residence on West…

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James Edens

Male, age 60 · Burkesville, Kentucky

Killed Apr 14, 2026 · this year

In the quiet community of Burkesville, Kentucky, a domestic dispute on the evening of April 14, 2026, ended in the tragic death of 60-year-old James Edens. What initially appeared to be a single-vehicle collision on Red Banks Road took a darker turn when…

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Javon Beal

Male, age 34 · Wynne, Arkansas

Killed Apr 14, 2026 · this year

In the small city of Wynne, Arkansas, a burst of violence on a Tuesday afternoon shattered the community's sense of peace. On April 14, 2026, just before noon, multiple 911 calls alerted the Wynne Police Department to a shooting at the intersection of C…

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