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Deaths by Force on April 18

682 open cases in our database happened on April 18. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (486)

Sandra Craig - Hot Springs Village, Arkansas
Death by Force

Sandra Craig

Male, age 73 · Hot Springs Village, Arkansas
Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

Sandra Craig, a 73-year-old woman, died on April 18, 2026, in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas, after what police described as an apparent murder-suicide inside a home on Sacedon Lane. Online obituary information says Sandra was born on August 11, 1952, and…

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Tanya Rickman - Glendale, Arizona
Death by Force

Tanya Rickman

Female, age 52 · Glendale, Arizona
Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

On the morning of April 18, 2026, a grim discovery was made in a Glendale, Arizona apartment complex, shattering the peace of the Laguna at Arrowhead Ranch apartments. Tanya Rickman, a 52-year-old woman, was found deceased in her bedroom from an apparent…

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Tyrone Vandyke - Raleigh, North Carolina
Death by Force

Tyrone Vandyke

Male, age 36 · Raleigh, North Carolina
Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

Tyrone Vandyke, 36, was a man from Raleigh, North Carolina, whose life ended on the night of April 18, 2026, after a shooting at an apartment complex on Walnut View Road. Raleigh police were called to 1820 Walnut View Road at about 8:00 p.m. for a reported…

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X’Savion Randle - Flint, Michigan
Death by Force

X’Savion Randle

Male, age 20 · Flint, Michigan
Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

X’Savion Randle was a 20-year-old male from the Flint, Michigan area whose life ended in the early hours of Saturday, April 18, 2026, after a shooting outside the Grand Manor Apartments on Flushing Road in Flint Township. Police said officers were called to…

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Zachariah Bryson - Little Rock, Arkansas
Death by Force

Zachariah Bryson

Male, age 28 · Little Rock, Arkansas
Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

Zachariah Bryson, a 28-year-old Black male from Little Rock, Arkansas, died after a late-night shooting on April 18, 2026. According to Little Rock police, the first call came in shortly after 11:09 p.m., when Northwest Patrol officers were sent to 11311 Mara…

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Zaquez Samprese Blakley - Charlotte, North Carolina
Death by Force

Zaquez Samprese Blakley

Male, age 24 · Charlotte, North Carolina
Killed Apr 18, 2026 · this year

In the evening hours of April 18, 2026, a dispute in a northwest Charlotte neighborhood escalated into a fatal shootout, claiming the life of 24-year-old Zaquez Samprese Blakley. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded to calls of a shooting…

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Cornelius Darnell Witherspoon - Cottondale, Alabama
Death by Force

Cornelius Darnell Witherspoon

Male, age 39 · Cottondale, Alabama
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of April 18, 2025, the life of 39-year-old Cornelius Darnell Witherspoon, a Black male from Cottondale, Alabama, was tragically cut short. Responding to a shooting call around 3 a.m. in the 5400 block of 19th Street East, deputies…

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Asa Stewart - Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Death by Force

Asa Stewart

Male, age 26 · Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of April 18, 2025, the Pine Bluff Police Department received a call about an unresponsive male at an apartment complex on 2600 W. 30th Avenue. Upon their arrival at approximately 2:45 a.m., officers discovered the body of…

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Nana Jeff Silva - Hanford, California
Death by Force

Nana Jeff Silva

Female, age 20 · Hanford, California
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

On April 18, 2025, 20-year-old Nana Jeff Silva, a young mother from Hanford, California, was fatally shot during a violent home invasion robbery. The incident occurred just after midnight at her residence on Holt Avenue. According to police reports, a group…

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Christopher Daniels - Washington, District of Columbia
Death by Force

Christopher Daniels

Male, age 18 · Washington, District of Columbia
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a Friday afternoon in Washington, D.C., gunfire disrupted the day in the Congress Heights neighborhood. When police responded to reports of a shooting in the 1300 block of Savannah Place, Southeast, on April 18, 2025, they found a young man who had been…

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Aaron Swatts Jr. - Miami Gardens, Florida
Death by Force

Aaron Swatts Jr.

Male · Miami Gardens, Florida
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

Aaron Swatts Jr., a man who lived in Miami Gardens, Florida, was fatally shot on April 18, 2025, in what authorities described as a domestic dispute that escalated into gunfire. The incident took place inside a townhome located near the 19000 block of…

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Killian Barnette - Jacksonville, Florida
Death by Force

Killian Barnette

Male, age 22 · Jacksonville, Florida
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

Killian Barnette, a 22-year-old man, was tragically killed on April 18, 2025, in Jacksonville, Florida. Barnette was found lying near the roadway on New Kings Road with a gunshot wound to his torso. He was rushed to the hospital but succumbed to his injuries.…

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McKinley Drakeford - Atlanta, Georgia
Death by Force

McKinley Drakeford

Male, age 33 · Atlanta, Georgia
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early hours of a Friday morning in April 2025, the life of 33-year-old McKinley Drakeford was cut short in a fatal shooting in southwest Atlanta. The incident occurred just after midnight on April 18th, on Newcastle Street, where Atlanta police…

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Sosimo Sosa - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Sosimo Sosa

Male, age 53 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

Sosimo Sosa, a 53-year-old man, tragically lost his life on April 18, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the Austin neighborhood on the city's West Side. According to reports, Sosa was engaged in a verbal altercation with an unidentified…

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Shelly Ann Leab - Clinton, Iowa
Death by Force

Shelly Ann Leab

Female, age 52 · Clinton, Iowa
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

In Clinton, Iowa, on April 18, 2025, the community was shaken by the tragic death of Shelly Ann Leab, a 52-year-old Caucasian female. Authorities discovered her body inside her home on Pershing Boulevard after responding to a request for a welfare check…

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Davarius Edwards - Tallulah, Louisiana
Death by Force

Davarius Edwards

Male, age 19 · Tallulah, Louisiana
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late afternoon of April 18, 2025, a sense of unease settled over a neighborhood in Tallulah, Louisiana. At approximately 5:14 p.m., the Madison Parish E-911 center received a distress call reporting a shooting at 111 West Oughbourne Street. Officers…

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Tavian Anthony Young - Abbeville, Louisiana
Death by Force

Tavian Anthony Young

Male, age 20 · Abbeville, Louisiana
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet town of Abbeville, Louisiana, a young man's life was cut short in a sudden burst of violence that left the community shaken. Tavian Anthony Young, a 20-year-old male, was fatally shot on the evening of Friday, April 18, 2025. The incident…

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Karmel A. Braxton-McGill - Baltimore, Maryland
Death by Force

Karmel A. Braxton-McGill

Male, age 18 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the spring of 2025, the life of 18-year-old Karmel A. Braxton-McGill, a Black male, was tragically cut short on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. On the evening of April 18th, at approximately 11:11 p.m., police responded to a call in the 600 block of…

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Todric McGee - Springfield, Missouri
Death by Force

Todric McGee

Male, age 21 · Springfield, Missouri
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the spring of 2025, the promising life of 21-year-old Todric McGee, a male Missouri State University football player, was tragically cut short. On the morning of Friday, April 18, 2025, police were dispatched to his home in Springfield, Missouri, for a…

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Mauricio Palma - Charlotte, North Carolina
Death by Force

Mauricio Palma

Male, age 28 · Charlotte, North Carolina
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

Mauricio Palma, a 28-year-old Latino man, was tragically murdered on April 18, 2025, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The incident occurred at an apartment complex on Cherrycrest Lane. Authorities responded to a welfare check call shortly after 7:50 a.m., where…

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Demonte Giles - Columbus, Ohio
Death by Force

Demonte Giles

Male, age 21 · Columbus, Ohio
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

Demonte Giles, a 21-year-old Black male, tragically lost his life in Columbus, Ohio, on April 18, 2025. According to reports, Giles was involved in a shooting incident in the Karns Park neighborhood, specifically in the 1300 block of Linwood Avenue.…

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Seth Barker Jr. - Dayton, Ohio
Death by Force

Seth Barker Jr.

Male, age 48 · Dayton, Ohio
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

Seth Barker Jr., a 48-year-old man, was found dead in Huber Heights, Ohio, on April 18, 2025. His death is currently under investigation, with authorities looking into its connection to a suspected arson incident. The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office…

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Imani Naim - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Imani Naim

Female, age 29 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

In what police believe was a targeted attack, 29-year-old Imani Naim, a mother of four from Delaware, was shot and killed in West Philadelphia on the night of Friday, April 18, 2025. The shooting occurred just before 11:30 p.m. on the 5700 block of Ludlow…

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Samson Green - Orangeburg, South Carolina
Death by Force

Samson Green

Male, age 34 · Orangeburg, South Carolina
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet evening of April 18, 2025, the life of 34-year-old Samson Green, an African American man, was tragically cut short in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Green was standing outside the Crown Inn motel on Bamberg Highway when he was fatally shot. Deputies…

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Anthony Bailey - Memphis, Tennessee
Death by Force

Anthony Bailey

Male, age 30 · Memphis, Tennessee
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the Orange Mound neighborhood of Memphis, a life was tragically cut short on the night of April 18, 2025. Anthony Bailey, a 30-year-old man known affectionately to friends as 'LowKey,' was fatally shot in the 1000 block of Ethel Street at approximately…

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Angel Santos-Martinez - Austin, Texas
Death by Force

Angel Santos-Martinez

Male · Austin, Texas
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

Angel Santos-Martinez, a Hispanic male in his early 20s, was found dead on the morning of April 18, 2025, in Austin, Texas. His body was discovered under a bridge near a creek in the 2900 block of Lovell Drive, just east of the Mueller neighborhood. A…

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Dontrell Thomas-McCraney - Belton, Texas
Death by Force

Dontrell Thomas-McCraney

Male, age 22 · Belton, Texas
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

Dontrell Thomas-McCraney, a 22-year-old man from Temple, Texas, was shot and killed in the early hours of April 18, 2025, while traveling eastbound on Interstate 14 near Belton, Texas. The incident occurred at approximately 2:41 a.m. when police received…

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Barney Kittles Jr. - Newport News, Virginia
Death by Force

Barney Kittles Jr.

Male, age 39 · Newport News, Virginia
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the afternoon hours of April 18, 2025, the life of 39-year-old Barney Kittles Jr., a Black male, was tragically cut short in Newport News, Virginia. Police responded to a report of a shooting in the 800 block of 35th Street around 3:15 p.m. Upon arrival…

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Kevin Scott Small - Shipman, Virginia
Death by Force

Kevin Scott Small

Male, age 48 · Shipman, Virginia
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet community of Shipman, Virginia, a tragic event unfolded, leading to the death of 48-year-old Kevin Scott Small. On April 18, 2025, Nelson County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a call about an unresponsive male at a local residence. Upon…

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Gregorio Garza - East Wenatchee, Washington
Death by Force

Gregorio Garza

Male, age 48 · East Wenatchee, Washington
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

In East Wenatchee, Washington, a 48-year-old Black man named Gregorio Garza, a devoted father of two, was fatally shot on the night of Friday, April 18, 2025. The incident occurred at his residence, an upper unit on 9th Street, where he had recently moved…

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Alejandro Baltazar Hernandez - Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
Death by Force

Alejandro Baltazar Hernandez

Male, age 42 · Pauls Valley, Oklahoma
Killed Apr 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet rural landscape of Wynnewood, Oklahoma, a grim discovery shattered the peace of the small southern community. On April 18, 42-year-old Alejandro Baltazar Hernandez was found shot to death at a local marijuana farm. Hernandez, a male, was not…

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Anthony Lambert - Birmingham, Alabama
Death by Force

Anthony Lambert

Male, age 21 · Birmingham, Alabama
Killed Apr 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

An argument in the Ensley neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama, escalated into a fatal shooting on the afternoon of Thursday, April 18, 2024, claiming the life of Anthony Lambert Jr. A 21-year-old Black man from Birmingham, Lambert was believed by police to…

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Deonte Lambert - North Little Rock, Arkansas
Death by Force

Deonte Lambert

Male, age 29 · North Little Rock, Arkansas
Killed Apr 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the evening of Thursday, April 18, 2024, the life of 29-year-old Deonte Lambert of Little Rock was cut short in a fatal shooting at an apartment complex in North Little Rock, Arkansas. North Little Rock Police Department officers responded to a call of…

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Jason Bales - Colorado Springs, Colorado
Death by Force

Jason Bales

Male, age 55 · Colorado Springs, Colorado
Killed Apr 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late hours of April 18, 2024, the life of 55-year-old Jason Bales, a male resident of Colorado Springs, was tragically cut short. Just before midnight, officers from the Colorado Springs Police Department responded to a call of shots fired in the 4200…

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Antwan Lavon Ingraham - Miami, Florida
Death by Force

Antwan Lavon Ingraham

Male, age 48 · Miami, Florida
Killed Apr 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

On April 18, 2024, a drive-by shooting in a southwest Miami-Dade neighborhood resulted in the death of 48-year-old Antwan Lavon Ingraham. The incident occurred around 2 p.m. in the 11300 block of Southwest 216th Street. Miami-Dade Police responded to the area…

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Marsha Certain - Hortense, Georgia
Death by Force

Marsha Certain

Female, age 69 · Hortense, Georgia
Killed Apr 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet community of Hortense, Georgia, a tragedy unfolded that took the life of Dr. Marsha Certain, a respected 69-year-old female cardiologist. On the evening of April 18, 2024, law enforcement responded to a distress call at a residence on Buffalo…

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Dalton Reeder - New-orleans, Louisiana
Death by Force

Dalton Reeder

Male, age 21 · New-orleans, Louisiana
Killed Apr 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 18, 2024, a tragic event unfolded in the Central City neighborhood of New Orleans, resulting in the death of 21-year-old Dalton Reeder. The incident, which also claimed the life of his 71-year-old father, Douglas Patterson…

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Douglas Patterson - New-orleans, Louisiana
Death by Force

Douglas Patterson

Male, age 71 · New-orleans, Louisiana
Killed Apr 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 18, 2024, tragedy struck in the Central City neighborhood of New Orleans. Douglas Patterson, a 71-year-old male, was fatally shot alongside his 21-year-old son, Dalton Reeder, in a double homicide. The incident occurred…

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Marquis Walker - Winnsboro, Louisiana
Death by Force

Marquis Walker

Male, age 21 · Winnsboro, Louisiana
Killed Apr 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet town of Winnsboro, Louisiana, a young life was tragically cut short. Marquis Walker, a 21-year-old male, was killed by gun violence on April 18, 2024. At this time, specific details surrounding the circumstances of Marquis Walker's death have not…

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Robert Demars - Elko, Nevada
Death by Force

Robert Demars

Male, age 50 · Elko, Nevada
Killed Apr 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

On April 18, 2024, Robert 'Bob' DeMars, a 50-year-old businessman from Elko, Nevada, tragically lost his life in a workplace shooting. The incident occurred at Sterling Crane, a business located on North 5th Street in Elko, where DeMars was found dead at…

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Farrah Croninger - Leipsic, Ohio
Death by Force

Farrah Croninger

Female, age 30 · Leipsic, Ohio
Killed Apr 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

On April 18, 2024, at approximately 4:05 p.m., the Putnam County Sheriff's Office received multiple 911 calls reporting gunshots at Kitchen Enterprises Trucking Company, located on Pro Tec Parkway near Leipsic, Ohio. Upon arrival, law enforcement and medical…

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Jamil Daquan Butler - Cockeysville, Maryland
Death by Force

Jamil Daquan Butler

Male, age 23 · Cockeysville, Maryland
Killed Apr 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the evening of April 18, 2024, the life of 23-year-old Jamil Daquan Butler, a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short in Cockeysville, Maryland. At approximately 9:30 p.m., Baltimore County Police officers were dispatched to the 500 block of…

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Raymond McCoy - Baltimore, Maryland
Death by Force

Raymond McCoy

Male, age 30 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed Apr 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late afternoon of a crisp autumn day, the quiet of a Baltimore neighborhood was shattered by gunfire. On April 18, 2024, tragedy struck on North Glover Street, where a 30-year-old man named Raymond McCoy was found suffering from a gunshot wound. The…

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Cynthia Chante’ Cint Solomon - Colonial-heights, Virginia
Death by Force

Cynthia Chante’ Cint Solomon

Female, age 36 · Colonial-heights, Virginia
Killed Apr 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a spring morning in Colonial Heights, Virginia, the quiet of Roslyn Landing Park was broken by a grim discovery. On April 18, 2024, the body of 36-year-old Cynthia Chante’ Cint Solomon, a Black female from the nearby city of Hopewell, was found near the…

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Kevin Boggs - Parksley, Virginia
Death by Force

Kevin Boggs

Male, age 52 · Parksley, Virginia
Killed Apr 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet town of Parksley, Virginia, the morning of April 18, 2024, was shattered by violence. Just before 8:30 a.m., the Accomack County Sheriff's Office received a distressing call about a man found with a gunshot wound to the head on Dennis Drive. When…

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Timothy Scott Jenkins - Portsmouth, Virginia
Death by Force

Timothy Scott Jenkins

Male, age 33 · Portsmouth, Virginia
Killed Apr 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the spring of 2024, a burst of violence on a Portsmouth street cut short the life of Timothy Scott Jenkins, a 33-year-old man. The fatal encounter unfolded on Thursday, April 18, 2024, on Duke Street, where Jenkins was found deceased, a victim of gunfire.…

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Cortez Jackson - Saint-louis, Missouri
Death by Force

Cortez Jackson

Male, age 29 · Saint-louis, Missouri
Killed Apr 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 18, 2024, a violent tragedy unfolded in the Delmar Loop entertainment district of St. Louis, Missouri. Cortez Jackson, a 29-year-old Black male, was present in the 6100 block of Delmar Boulevard when a shooting broke out…

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Oji Trevon Mitchell - Asheville, North Carolina
Death by Force

Oji Trevon Mitchell

Male, age 33 · Asheville, North Carolina
Killed Apr 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

On April 18, 2024, at approximately 3:13 p.m., Asheville Police Department officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 160 block of Tunnel Road, a commercial area near the Mountaineer Inn. Upon arrival, they found 33-year-old Oji Trevon Mitchell of…

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Dates are the day last seen (missing), the day of death, or when the date of death is unknown the day found or reported missing (deaths by force), the day found (unidentified and unclaimed), the victim's date of death (serial killers) and the day of the attack (mass murders). Solved, located, identified and claimed cases are not listed.