Death by Force15th anniversary

Eric Emiliano

Male, age 35 · Kalamazoo, Michigan

Killed Apr 18, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the spring of 2011, the city of Kalamazoo was struck by a tragedy that would leave a lasting scar on the community and its law enforcement family. On the evening of Monday, April 18, 2011, Officer Eric Emiliano Zapata, a dedicated and respected member of…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Joseph David Ulloa

Male, age 22 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 18, 2011 · 15 years ago

Joseph David Ulloa, a 22-year-old Latino, was tragically shot and killed on April 14, 2011, in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. The incident occurred in the 1100 block of North Evergreen Street while Ulloa was in front of his home during a yard sale. According to…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Seath Jackson

Male, age 15 · Summerfield, Florida

Killed Apr 18, 2011 · 15 years ago

On April 18, 2011, 15-year-old Seath Jackson from Summerfield, Florida, was brutally murdered in a premeditated attack orchestrated by a group of individuals, including his ex-girlfriend, Amber Wright. The plan was devised due to personal conflicts and…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Sherri Katherine Jones

Female, age 54 · Bowie, Texas

Killed Apr 18, 2011 · 15 years ago

Sherri Katherine Jones, a 54-year-old white female, tragically lost her life on April 18, 2011, in Bowie, Texas. Sherri was a dedicated Deputy Sheriff with the Bowie County Sheriff's Office, having served for six years. On the day of her death, she was…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Felicia Dungey

Female · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 18, 2001 · 25 years ago

Felicia Dungey was found dead on April 18, 2001, in Columbus, Ohio. The twenty-one-year-old was fatally shot at her residence at 1983 Winslow Drive, Apartment 12, in Franklin County. The case remains unsolved, with no apparent leads identified by the Columbus…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Calvin Daniely

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 18, 2001 · 25 years ago

Calvin Daniely, aged 21, was tragically killed on April 18, 2001, in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred at his residence at 1983 Winslow Drive, Apartment 12, where Calvin died from a gunshot wound. The Columbus Police Department is overseeing the…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Douglas Scott Goeble

Male, age 26 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Apr 18, 1991 · 35 years ago

Douglas Scott Goeble, a 26-year-old male police officer with the San Antonio Police Department, tragically lost his life on April 18, 1991. Officer Goeble was shot while eating lunch in a local restaurant. The incident occurred after a suspect, who had just…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

John Kilman

Male, age 19 · Norwood, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 18, 1986 · 40 years ago

John Patrick William Kilman was a 19-year-old male with dreams of becoming an artist. He was diligently working to save for his tuition at the Art Institute of Philadelphia by taking shifts at the 24-hour Stop-N-Go convenience store on Chester Pike and Huron…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Edward R. Siwik

Male, age 19 · Ann-arbor, Michigan

Killed Apr 18, 1981 · 45 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 18, 1981, the hallways of Bursley Hall, a dormitory on the north campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, were shattered by violence. Edward R. Siwik, a 19-year-old male freshman from Livonia, was fatally shot…

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Death by Force50th anniversary

Larry Armendariz

Male, age 15 · Redondo-beach, California

Killed Apr 18, 1976 · 50 years ago

Larry Armendariz, a 15-year-old boy from Redondo Beach, California, tragically lost his life on April 18, 1976. His death was a result of a brutal murder committed by Patrick Kearney, a notorious serial killer who operated in Southern California during the…

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Death by Force55th anniversary

Peter Klavinger Jr

Male, age 32 · St. Clair County, Michigan

Killed Apr 18, 1971 · 55 years ago

Peter John “Pete” Klavinger Jr was a 31-year-old male from Redford Township, Michigan, whose life ended violently in early 1971 after weeks of fear, pressure, and mounting danger. In the final stretch of his life he was, according to police intelligence…

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Death by Force115th anniversary

William I. Campbell

Male, age 32 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Apr 18, 1911 · 115 years ago

In what was described as a tragic turn of events, Sergeant William I. Campbell, a 32-year-old male officer with the Little Rock Police Department, lost his life on April 18, 1911. Having served with the agency for seven years, his death stemmed from an…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Edgar Morales

Male, age 30 · Medford, Oregon

Killed Apr 18, 2021 · 5 years ago

On April 18, 2021, Edgar Morales, a 30-year-old man from Prineville, was found dead beside his white Ford pickup along Lone Pine Road in rural Jefferson County. A sheriff's deputy discovered him after a call reporting a body in the area near Skull Hollow, and…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Jennifer Gibson

Female, age 47 · Lawton, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 18, 2021 · 5 years ago

Jennifer Gibson, a 47-year-old woman, was tragically killed on April 18, 2021, in Lawton, Oklahoma, during a weekend that saw a spike in violent crime in the city. Her death was one of three homicides that occurred in Lawton in a single weekend, unsettling…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Esteve Erik Mendez

Male, age 24 · Compton, California

Killed Apr 18, 2021 · 5 years ago

Esteve Erik Mendez, a 24-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on April 18, 2021, in Compton, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Mendez was fatally shot near South Central Avenue and Caldwell Street.…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Aaron Gentris

Male, age 52 · Metairie, Louisiana

Killed Apr 18, 2021 · 5 years ago

On the evening of April 18, 2021, in Metairie, Louisiana, 52-year-old Aaron Gentris, a male, was found shot to death, leaving a community in search of answers. The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office responded to calls of gunfire in the 3600 block of Lausat…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Gregorio O. Cruz

Male, age 59 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 18, 2021 · 5 years ago

Gregorio O. Cruz, a 59-year-old Hispanic male, tragically lost his life on April 18, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. On that fateful morning, around 8:11 a.m., Columbus Police Department officers responded to a shooting incident at the intersection of Sullivant…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Rodney Williams

Male, age 56 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 18, 2021 · 5 years ago

Rodney Williams, a 56-year-old man, was stabbed on Sunday, April 18, 2021, in the 5700 block of Willowton Avenue in Baltimore, and he died of his injuries. The Baltimore Police Department investigated the killing, and the Baltimore Sun's homicide database…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Stephen Presnall

Male, age 47 · Dyer, Indiana

Killed Apr 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

On April 18, 2016, a tense situation unfolded in Dyer, Indiana, drawing a significant law enforcement response to a residence in the community. Authorities were alerted to the scene after Stephen Morris Presnall, a 47-year-old male, contacted the Dyer Police…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Ernest Swift

Male, age 22 · Maple-heights, Ohio

Killed Apr 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

On April 18, 2016, 22-year-old Ernest Swift was tragically shot to death in Maple Heights, Ohio. Police were called to Sunnyslope Apartments around 10:40 a.m. after receiving reports of shots fired. When officers arrived, they found Swift lying on the ground…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Hartley Lee

Male, age 23 · Laurel, Maryland

Killed Apr 18, 2006 · 20 years ago

On a spring evening in April 2006, the life of 23-year-old Hartley Lee was tragically cut short in Laurel, Maryland. The young man, a male, was the victim of fatal gun violence on April 18th of that year. In the wake of this event, information regarding a…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Genevieve Benke

Female, age 87 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Apr 18, 2006 · 20 years ago

Genevieve Benke was 87 years old when she died on Tuesday, April 18, 2006, in Westchester. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 8117 Kenyon Ave. Her death was ruled a homicide, and it is…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Jameika Quinesha Jackson

Female, age 20 · Florence-Firestone, California

Killed Apr 18, 2006 · 20 years ago

Jameika Quinesha Jackson was 20 years old when she died on Tuesday, April 18, 2006, in Florence-Firestone. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds at the rear of 1432 Florence Ave. Her death was ruled a homicide…

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Death by Force

Brayden Tyre McElroy

Male, age 24 · Mesquite, Texas

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

Brayden Tyre McElroy, a 24-year-old man, was shot and killed in Mesquite, Texas, in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 18, 2026. The shooting happened at the Tripoint Square Apartments in the 4000 block of Samuell Boulevard, a residential complex…

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Death by Force

Christopher Darnell Moore

Male, age 34 · Danville, Virginia

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

A gathering on a Saturday night in Danville, Virginia, turned tragic on April 18, 2026, ending in the death of Christopher Darnell Moore, a 34-year-old man. The violence erupted around 11:36 p.m. in the 700 block of Arlington Road, where numerous people had…

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Christopher M. Blair

Male, age 47 · Portsmouth, Virginia

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

On the late Saturday evening of April 18, 2026, the quiet of a Portsmouth, Virginia neighborhood was broken by the sound of gunfire. Police were called to the 200 block of Mayflower Road around 10:44 p.m. for reports of a shooting. Inside a residence, they…

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Death by Force

Daesean Anthony Moctezuma

Male, age 18 · Davenport, Florida

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

Daesean Anthony Moctezuma Orland, an 18-year-old male from Clermont, Florida, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of April 18, 2026, during a large house party at a vacation rental home in Davenport. The shooting happened just after 1:00 a.m. at a…

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Death by Force

Damon Thompson

Male, age 22 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

In the evening hours of Saturday, April 18, 2026, a suspected robbery in downtown Columbus turned fatal, claiming the life of 22-year-old Damon Thompson. The incident unfolded around 6:50 p.m. in the 300 block of South Grant Avenue. When Columbus police…

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Death by Force

Derrick Hubbard

Male, age 31 · Oakland, California

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

On the evening of April 18, 2026, Derrick Hubbard, a 31-year-old man, was fatally shot in East Oakland. The incident occurred around 8:15 p.m. in the 6400 block of Foothill Boulevard, where Hubbard was standing with friends. Two individuals, later identified…

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Death by Force

Estevan Gomez

Male, age 22 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

A visit to Albuquerque for a night out with a co-worker tragically ended in the death of Estevan Gomez, a 22-year-old man from Española, in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 18, 2026. The night took a fatal turn after Gomez and his friend left a…

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Death by Force

Ethan D. Bedwell

Male, age 18 · Lexington, Tennessee

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

Ethan D. Bedwell, an 18-year-old male from Lexington, Tennessee, died after a shooting on Saturday, April 18, 2026. Police said officers with the Lexington Police Department were called to 670 Smith Avenue, Lot 20, after a report of an accidental shooting.…

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Death by Force

Guerlin P. Caetano

Male, age 20 · Vancouver, Washington

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

Guerlin P. Caetano, a 20-year-old man, was shot in Vancouver, Washington, in the early morning hours of April 18, 2026. The shooting happened around 2:20 a.m. in a parking lot in the 11800 block of Southeast Mill Plain Boulevard, a commercial area in east…

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Death by Force

Imahd Lamon Gee

Male, age 18 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

On the night of April 18, 2026, in Birmingham, Alabama, 18-year-old Imahd Lamon Gee was fatally shot in the parking lot of a gas station. The incident was the culmination of a dispute that tragically escalated to gunfire. When North Precinct officers…

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Death by Force

Isaanae Morton

Male, age 24 · Oakland, California

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

On the evening of April 18, 2026, a dispute that began at an Oakland First Fridays event escalated into a tragic series of events, claiming the life of 24-year-old Isaanae Morton. The violence unfolded around 8:15 p.m. in East Oakland, near the corner of…

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Death by Force

James Pendleton

Male, age 22 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

James Pendleton, a 22-year-old man from Louisville, Kentucky, was killed on the night of Saturday, April 18, 2026, inside a home in the Park DuValle neighborhood. Louisville Metro Police said officers were called around 9:30 p.m. to the 1600 block of Louis…

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Death by Force

Jason L. Valentine

Male, age 40 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

Jason L. Valentine, a 40-year-old man, was killed on the night of April 18, 2026, in Indianapolis, Indiana, after gunfire broke out on the city's south side. Police were called around 9:45 p.m. to the 2300 block of South Pennsylvania Street, a residential…

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Death by Force

Jesse Lee McQueen

Male, age 28 · Fort Gibson, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

Jesse Lee McQueen, a 28-year-old man, died on April 18, 2026, after a shooting near Fort Gibson, Oklahoma. Online reports described the emergency call as something that first appeared to be a crash with injuries at a convenience store near 100 North 4 Mile…

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Death by Force

Jessica Valentin-Rivera

Female, age 36 · Fleming Island, Florida

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

Jessica Mariel Valentin-Rivera, a 36-year-old Hispanic female from Fleming Island, Florida, died on April 18, 2026, after what authorities described as an apparent domestic-related murder-suicide inside an apartment on County Road 220. Deputies with the Clay…

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Death by Force

Karen M Babcock

Female, age 58 · Skidmore, Missouri

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

On a quiet Saturday, April 18, 2026, the small community of Skidmore, Missouri, was shaken by a grim discovery that would soon unfold into a double homicide investigation. At a residence near the intersection of MO Highway 46 and Route PP, north of the town…

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Death by Force

Liberty A. Moore

Female, age 32 · Skidmore, Missouri

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

On April 18, 2026, 32-year-old Liberty A. Moore of Maryville, Missouri, was found deceased in a residence just north of Skidmore, Missouri. Another woman, 58-year-old Karen M. Babcock of Skidmore, was also discovered deceased at the scene. The Nodaway County…

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Death by Force

Marquir Darby

Male, age 20 · Paterson, New Jersey

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

In the evening hours of April 18, 2026, the life of 20-year-old Marquir Darby was tragically cut short in a shooting on a Paterson, New Jersey street corner. The incident, which unfolded at the intersection of 10th Avenue and East 29th Street, also left three…

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Death by Force

Michael Joseph Hayes

Male, age 27 · Glen Burnie, Maryland

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

On the evening of Saturday, April 18, 2026, a fatal encounter unfolded in the parking lot of a Glen Burnie, Maryland, restaurant that resulted in the death of Michael Joseph Hayes, a 27-year-old male. The incident occurred around 9:15 p.m. in the 7700 block…

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Milton Bankston

Male, age 41 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

Milton Bankston, a 41-year-old man from Dayton, Ohio, was killed on the morning of April 18, 2026, after a shooting near the Summit Square apartment complex. Police and medics were called shortly before 9:30 a.m. to the 600 block of Summit Square Drive after…

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Death by Force

Nathaniel Carl Mendez-Ma

Male, age 24 · Houston, Texas

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

In the middle of a spring day in Houston, Texas, the life of 24-year-old Nathaniel Carl Mendez-Ma was tragically cut short. On April 18, 2026, at approximately noon, he was fatally shot while sitting in the driver's seat of his vehicle. The incident occurred…

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Death by Force

Omar Flores Lethal

Male, age 15 · Baldwin Park, California

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

In the pre-dawn hours of Saturday, April 18, 2026, the life of 15-year-old Omar Flores of Ontario was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire in Baldwin Park. The young Latino male, also known by the nickname "Lethal," was in the parking lot of a 7-Eleven…

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Quinn Venay

Female, age 26 · Braddock, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

Quinn Venay, a 26-year-old woman, was killed in the early morning hours of April 18, 2026, in Braddock, Pennsylvania, after gunfire broke out along the 800 block of Braddock Avenue near Club Elegance. Authorities said the shooting was reported to Allegheny…

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Robert Abreu

Male, age 31 · Holyoke, Massachusetts

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

In the early evening of Saturday, April 18, 2026, the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts, was struck by a sudden act of violence that claimed the life of a young man. Robert Abreu, a 31-year-old male, was in the vicinity of 139 Sargeant Street when the sound of…

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Roberto Carlos Pineda Arriaza

Male, age 21 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

In what has been described as a tragic case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, 21-year-old Roberto Carlos Pineda Arriaza was killed after being struck by a stray bullet during a road rage incident in southwest Albuquerque on April 18, 2026. Pineda…

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