Deaths by Force on April 17

Deaths by Force (512)

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Jerry Reed Everett

Male, age 28 · Lawrenceville, Georgia

Killed Apr 17, 1964 · 62 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 17, 1964, a sense of unease settled over a quiet, wooded area off Arc Road in Gwinnett County, Georgia. It was here that a grim discovery would soon unravel a story of betrayal and brutal violence that would leave a lasting…

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Marvin Jesse Gravitt

Male, age 52 · Lawrenceville, Georgia

Killed Apr 17, 1964 · 62 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 17, 1964, a day that would leave a lasting scar on Gwinnett County, 52-year-old Officer Marvin Jesse Gravitt, a male, found himself feeling unwell. His partners, Officer Jerry Everett and Officer Ralph Davis, were giving…

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Ralph King Davis

Male, age 49 · Lawrenceville, Georgia

Killed Apr 17, 1964 · 62 years ago

In the spring of 1964, a grim discovery marked a dark day in the history of Gwinnett County, Georgia. The life of Police Officer Ralph King Davis, a 49-year-old male, was tragically cut short in a brutal act of violence that also claimed the lives of two of…

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Samuel Doss

Male, age 58 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 17, 1954 · 72 years ago

Samuel Luther Doss, a 58-year-old white male from Tulsa, Oklahoma, was a quiet, churchgoing Nazarene minister trying to start over after a tornado in Arkansas had taken the family he once had. He was known as steady and orderly, a man who shunned drinking…

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Richard Morton

Male, age 64 · Emporia, Kansas

Killed Apr 17, 1952 · 74 years ago

Richard Morton, a retired businessman from Emporia, Kansas, passed away on April 17, 1952. He was a middle-aged man of mixed ethnicity, described as half American Indian, with a tall and striking appearance. His death was later revealed to be a result of…

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William Shelton

Male, age 42 · Albany, Kentucky

Killed Apr 17, 1904 · 122 years ago

In the spring of 1904, the life of William Shelton, a 42-year-old White/Caucasian male, was tragically cut short in Albany, Kentucky. A constable for Clinton County, Shelton was known for his commitment to maintaining peace and order. On the evening of…

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John Harmon Mundine

Male, age 42 · Lexington, Texas

Killed Apr 17, 1903 · 123 years ago

John Harmon Mundine, a 42-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, was a Deputy Sheriff in Lee County, Texas. On April 17, 1903, Mundine was accidentally wounded by his own pistol when it fell from his pocket as he was disembarking from the Aransas Pass train in…

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David Kriegel

Male, age 58 · Van Nuys, California

Killed Apr 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

David Kriegel, a 58-year-old White/Caucasian male, was found deceased at his residence in Van Nuys, California, on April 17, 2025. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office formally pronounced his death at 2:56 p.m. The cause of death was determined to be a…

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Michael Scott Dixon

Male, age 62 · Walstonburg, North Carolina

Killed Apr 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

On April 17, 2025, 62-year-old white male Michael Scott Dixon of Walstonburg, North Carolina, died by suicide at his home, just one day after being released from jail on charges related to a significant financial exploitation case. Dixon had been arrested…

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Desmon Hampton Jr.

Male, age 37 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Apr 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

Desmon Hampton Jr., a 37-year-old Black/African American man, was fatally shot during a violent confrontation outside Gold Diggers Gentlemen’s Club on Milwaukee’s north side on the night of April 17, 2025. The gunfire erupted at approximately 11:15 p.m. near…

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Robert Cook

Male, age 30 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Apr 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 17, 2023, a tragic discovery unfolded in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. Around 2:00 a.m., residents in the area reported hearing the sound of gunshots, though no emergency calls were placed at…

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Sterling Turner Jr.

Male, age 43 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Apr 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 17, 2023, a grim discovery was made in the Wells-Goodfellow neighborhood of St. Louis. Two men were found inside a parked car, both having been fatally shot. One of the victims was identified as 43-year-old Sterling Turner…

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Arthur Armstrong

Male, age 42 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Apr 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

On Easter Sunday morning, April 17, 2022, Arthur Armstrong, a 42-year-old man, was found dead inside a home in Birmingham, Alabama, after a domestic argument turned violent. Police were dispatched around 9:30 a.m. to the 1200 block of Stonecrest Drive in the…

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William Floyd Haire

Male, age 61 · Osseo, Minnesota

Killed Apr 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

A dispute between two drivers that began near St. Cloud, Minnesota, escalated over a stretch of more than 40 miles, tragically ending in the death of 61-year-old William Floyd Haire on a Sunday afternoon. The white male from Buffalo, Minnesota, was involved…

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Joseph Crivello

Male, age 38 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Apr 17, 2020 · 6 years ago

Joseph Crivello, aged 38, tragically lost his life on April 17, 2020, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The incident occurred near 29th and Wisconsin around 1 a.m. when Crivello was fatally shot during an armed robbery. According to reports, Crivello was found with a…

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Nor Stanley Baker

Male, age 53 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Apr 17, 2020 · 6 years ago

On the evening of April 17, 2020, tragedy struck in Milwaukee when 53-year-old Nor Stanley Baker was fatally wounded by gunfire. The incident that claimed the life of the long-time resident unfolded under circumstances that remain largely undisclosed to the…

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Shamar Anderson

Male, age 21 · Hilton-head-island, South Carolina

Killed Apr 17, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a Friday night in April 2020, a physical altercation at the Sandalwood Terrace apartments on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, escalated into a fatal shooting that claimed the life of 21-year-old Shamar Anderson. Deputies from the Beaufort County…

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Edward Keller

Male, age 58 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 17, 2019 · 7 years ago

Edward Keller was stabbed to death on East 111th Street in the Roseland neighborhood on Chicago's Far South Side on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 17, 2019. The Sun-Times homicide tracker lists his age as 58 and the location as the first block of East…

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Leslie Taylor

Male, age 30 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

Leslie Howard Taylor, a 30-year-old male from Chester, PA, tragically passed away on April 17, 2017. The circumstances surrounding his death were investigated as a murder case. The investigation revealed that Leslie Taylor was the victim of a violent crime.…

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Walter Oveniel Rivera Suchite

Male, age 27 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

Walter Oveniel Rivera Suchite, a 27-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically lost his life on April 17, 2017, in Philadelphia, PA. He was found lying in the street on Woodland Avenue, having been shot in the middle of his back. The incident occurred…

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Thornton Jack Bivens

Male, age 60 · Houston, Texas

Killed Apr 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

Thornton Jack Bivens, a 60-year-old man from Houston, Texas, was tragically shot and killed on April 17, 2017. The incident occurred at his place of work, where he was fatally shot by Russell Cormier, a 53-year-old man who was later identified as the suspect.…

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Elias Cavazos

Male, age 29 · Hemet, California

Killed Apr 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Elias Cavazos, a 29-year-old resident of Hemet, California, tragically lost his life on April 17, 2015. The incident occurred during a confrontation with law enforcement officers. According to reports, Cavazos was involved in a gunfight with anti-gang…

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Steven Sims

Male, age 32 · Green Bay, Wisconsin

Killed Apr 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, the life of 32-year-old Steven M. Sims was brought to an abrupt and violent end in Green Bay, Wisconsin. On the evening of April 17th, Sims was fatally shot at a residence on Stuart Street, a confrontation that would later unravel a…

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William Douglass Treadwell

Male, age 42 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, William Douglass Treadwell, a 42-year-old male, tragically lost his life on the evening of April 17th in Baltimore, Maryland. The incident occurred at approximately 7:30 p.m. in the 1600 block of Wolfe Street, located in the Broadway…

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Swadh Maged

Male, age 52 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Apr 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

Swadh Maged, a 52-year-old Yemeni immigrant, was working the early morning shift at the 427 Central Avenue Deli and Grocery in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn on April 17, 2014, when his life was tragically cut short. At approximately 6:45 a.m., a man…

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Stephen Malcolm Glatt

Male, age 80 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Apr 17, 2013 · 13 years ago

Stephen Malcolm Glatt was 80 years old when he died on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma. His death was ruled a homicide, but the public record does not list an…

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Alan Frederick Goodman

Male, age 80 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Apr 17, 2012 · 14 years ago

Alan Frederick Goodman was 80 years old when he died on Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at his home in Woodland Hills, in the west San Fernando Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after being stabbed, and the address…

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Natalia Jurjevna Tomasovic

Female, age 55 · Columbia Heights, Minnesota

Killed Apr 17, 2010 · 16 years ago

On a tragic Saturday morning, April 17, 2010, the life of 55-year-old Natalia Jurjevna Tomasovic was cut short in a shocking act of violence in a public parking lot in Columbia Heights, Minnesota. The female victim was found deceased alongside her husband…

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Winston Ho-A-Lim

Male · Palmdale, California

Killed Apr 17, 2009 · 17 years ago

On April 17, 2009, an infant named Winston Ho-A-Lim lost his life in the desert city of Palmdale, California. He was less than a year old when his death occurred, cutting short a life that had only just begun. The child, identified in county records as a…

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Nellie Pruitt

Female, age 50 · Elkin, North Carolina

Killed Apr 17, 2008 · 18 years ago

Nellie Jane Pruitt, a 50-year-old woman from Elkin, NC, passed away on April 17, 2008. The circumstances surrounding her death remain unclear, as there is limited information available from online sources. Despite extensive searches, no specific details…

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Teh Tse Huang

Male, age 84 · East San Gabriel, California

Killed Apr 17, 2003 · 23 years ago

On April 17, 2003, eighty-four-year-old Teh Tse Huang died under violent circumstances in East San Gabriel, California. Huang, an Asian male who had reached an advanced stage of life, became one of the rare homicide victims in the quiet unincorporated…

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August Esteves

Male, age 47 · Saint-bernard-parish, Louisiana

Killed Apr 17, 1923 · 103 years ago

In the spring of 1923, a violent encounter on a bridge in St. Bernard Parish brought a sudden and tragic end to the life of Deputy Sheriff August Esteves. A 47-year-old male serving with the St. Bernard Parish Sheriff's Office, Esteves was killed in the line…

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