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Deaths by Force on April 1

904 open cases in our database happened on April 1. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (519)

Death by Force

Elias Alonso

Male, age 33 · Adelanto, California
Killed Apr 1, 2026 · this year

In the quiet high desert city of Adelanto, California, the night of April 1, 2026, was shattered by the sound of gunfire, leaving two men dead in what authorities believe are related incidents. One of the victims was 33-year-old Elias Alonso, a resident of…

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Luis Ralphel Sharp

Male, age 40 · Charlotte, North Carolina
Killed Apr 1, 2026 · this year

In the quiet neighborhood of Moores Chapel in northwest Charlotte, North Carolina, the morning of Wednesday, April 1, 2026, was shattered by violence. At a residence on Florentine Way, 40-year-old Luis Ralphel Sharp was shot and killed in what was initially…

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Tyon Makai Bias

Male, age 19 · Waldorf, Maryland
Killed Apr 1, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of April 1, 2026, a dispute in White Plains, Maryland, ended in the tragic death of 19-year-old Tyon Makai Bias. Just before 3 a.m., Charles County Sheriff's officers responded to reports of gunshots in the vicinity of Enid Blyton Place.…

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Ovidio Arnoldo Zecena-Mateo

Male, age 31 · Laurel, Maryland
Killed Apr 1, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of April 1, 2025, the body of 31-year-old Ovidio Arnoldo Zecena-Mateo, a male resident of Laurel, Maryland, was discovered behind a residence in the 1000 block of Marton Street. Initially, the Laurel Police Department launched a…

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Sharon Colleen Bell

Female, age 66 · Crown-point, Indiana
Killed Apr 1, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet community of Crown Point, Indiana, a profound sadness unfolded on April 1, 2024, with the discovery of 66-year-old Sharon Colleen Bell and her 70-year-old husband, Benny Bell, in their home on Glenn Drive. Authorities determined that Sharon's…

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Virginia I Johnson

Female, age 80 · Las Vegas, Nevada
Killed Apr 1, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the spring of 2024, the life of Virginia I. Johnson, an 80-year-old woman, was brought to a tragic and violent end in Las Vegas, Nevada. On the first of April, authorities were called to a scene in the northwest part of the city where two individuals were…

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Markevius Henderson

Male, age 26 · Beulah, Mississippi
Killed Apr 1, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the small community of Beulah, Mississippi, a life was cut tragically short on April 1, 2024. Markevius Henderson, a 26-year-old male, was killed in an act of gun violence. The specific circumstances surrounding his death have not been made widely…

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Andrew Gutierrez

Male, age 51 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Apr 1, 2023 · 3 years ago

On April 1, 2023, 51-year-old Andrew Gutierrez was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The incident occurred near the intersection of East 1st Street and North Chicago Street. According to reports…

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Artyom Ukyan

Male, age 46 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Apr 1, 2023 · 3 years ago

On April 1, 2023, at approximately 2:00 a.m., a fatal shooting occurred at a residence in the 15100 block of Gilmore Street in Van Nuys, Los Angeles. The victim, 46-year-old Artyom Manukyan, was pronounced dead at the scene from gunshot wounds. A 44-year-old…

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Jehu Patrick Flores

Male, age 30 · Austin, Texas
Killed Apr 1, 2023 · 3 years ago

Jehu Patrick Flores, a 30-year-old Hispanic/Latino man, was living in Austin, Texas, in the spring of 2023. His life was cut short in an act of violence that would remain hidden for months. On or around April 1, 2023, Flores was at a transient camp located in…

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Raymond Jackson

Male, age 22 · Havana, Florida
Killed Apr 1, 2022 · 4 years ago

Raymond Jackson, a 22-year-old resident of Havana, Florida, tragically lost his life on April 1, 2022. The incident occurred while Jackson was seated in the driver's seat of his vehicle at 215 Salters Street in Havana. According to reports, he was shot…

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Thomas Armstead

Male, age 21 · Cleveland, Ohio
Killed Apr 1, 2022 · 4 years ago

On April 1, 2022, 21-year-old Thomas Armstead was tragically lost to gun violence in Cleveland, Ohio. Details surrounding the incident are limited, and specific information about the circumstances of his death has not been widely reported. As of now, there is…

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Devon Edwards

Male, age 31 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Apr 1, 2022 · 4 years ago

Devon Edwards, 31, was stabbed to death in the 7500 block of South Sangamon Street in Auburn Gresham, on Chicago's South Side, on the morning of Friday, April 1, 2022. The Chicago Police Department investigated. The Chicago Sun-Times homicide tracker, which…

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Reginald Walton

Male, age 27 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Apr 1, 2022 · 4 years ago

Reginald Walton, 27, was one of two men stabbed to death in the 7500 block of South Sangamon Street in Auburn Gresham, on Chicago's South Side, on the morning of Friday, April 1, 2022. The Chicago Police Department investigated. The Chicago Sun-Times homicide…

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Terrell Young

Male, age 44 · Saint-louis, Missouri
Killed Apr 1, 2019 · 7 years ago

A 44-year-old man from Cool Valley, Terrell Young, was killed in St. Louis on Monday, April 1, 2019. His death was the result of gun violence. Reports from the time indicate that police responded to a call for a shooting. While investigating the initial…

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Susan Burnette

Female, age 78 · Savannah, Georgia
Killed Apr 1, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the quiet, suburban neighborhood of Southbridge in Savannah, Georgia, a tragedy unfolded that left a community in shock and mourning. On April 1, 2019, Susan Burnette, a 78-year-old female, and her husband, Thomas N. Burnette Jr., a 74-year-old retired…

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Jeffrey D. Nie

Male, age 56 · Munfordville, Kentucky
Killed Apr 1, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the quiet, early morning hours of Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018, a tragic event unfolded in a home in Munfordville, Kentucky, forever altering a local family. Jeffrey D. Nie, a 56-year-old retired U.S. Air Force member, was found in an upstairs bedroom of…

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Luis Gonzalez

Male, age 26 · Brooklyn, New York
Killed Apr 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the industrial streets of East New York, Brooklyn, a memorial of candles marked the spot where a life was violently taken. On a Saturday evening in early October, 34-year-old Luis Gonzalez was fatally stabbed in the abdomen near the intersection of…

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Francisco Gomez

Male, age 41 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Apr 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

Francisco Gomez, a 41-year-old Latino, was tragically shot and killed on April 1, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. The incident occurred in the 5100 block of Venice Boulevard in the Mid-City area. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, police…

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Marvin Miller Jr.

Male, age 68 · Colquitt, Georgia
Killed Apr 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the small Georgia city of Colquitt, the summer of 2015 was shattered by a violent outburst that claimed the life of one man and left two teenagers seriously wounded. On the afternoon of Saturday, June 20th, a shooting erupted at a residence on North 2nd…

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Darrell Walter

Male, age 44 · Houston, Texas
Killed Apr 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

On April 1, 2017, Darrell Walter, a 44-year-old man from Houston, Texas, was fatally shot at around 5:30 p.m. at 3000 Brailsfort. He suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Houston…

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Anthony Jerome Henderson

Male, age 34 · Jackson, Mississippi
Killed Apr 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

In Jackson, Mississippi, a 34-year-old male named Anthony Jerome Henderson tragically lost his life on April 1, 2015. He was discovered deceased inside his residence at the Sunset Apartments. The cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound to the…

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James Watkins

Male, age 68 · Horn-lake, Mississippi
Killed Apr 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, what should have been a time of celebration for James Watkins Jr. and his fiancée ended in tragedy. Just days before they were to be married, on April 1, 2015, the 68-year-old man was shot and killed in his Horn Lake, Mississippi, home.…

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Edward Douglas

Male, age 42 · Valles-mines, Missouri
Killed Apr 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the night of Wednesday, April 1, 2015, authorities in St. Francois County, Missouri, were alerted to a violent incident in the unincorporated community of Valles Mines. Law enforcement officers responded to a location near the intersection of Highway JJ…

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Ervin Brown

Male, age 52 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Apr 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

Ervin Brown, a 52-year-old man from Los Angeles, California, was tragically shot and killed on April 1, 2015. The incident occurred around 3 a.m. near Buckingham Road and Santa Rosalia Drive in the Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw area. According to the Los Angeles…

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Gina Whitfield

Female, age 50 · Margate, Florida
Killed Apr 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

Gina Whitfield, aged 50, was found dead on April 1, 2015, in her home in Margate, Florida. The tragic incident was discovered when a friend of the family went to check on her after she failed to show up for work. Upon arrival, the friend found both Gina…

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James Shields

Male, age 20 · Oak-park, Michigan
Killed Apr 1, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, the life of a young man from Oak Park, Michigan, was cut tragically short. James Shields, a 20-year-old male, was killed by gunfire on April 1, 2014. The incident that led to his untimely death has been described as a drug-related…

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Carla Yesmi Eusebio Deogracia

Female, age 21 · Hollywood, Florida
Killed Apr 1, 2014 · 12 years ago

Carla Yesmi Eusebio Deogracia, aged 22, tragically lost her life on April 1, 2014, in Hollywood, Florida. The incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. when Carla was picking up her child from a babysitter. She was shot multiple times in what was later identified as…

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Carl Henson

Male, age 42 · Chester, Pennsylvania
Killed Apr 1, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the spring of 2012, tragedy struck the city of Chester, Pennsylvania, with the death of 42-year-old Carl Henson. A resident of the city, Henson was a loving and family-oriented man whose life was abruptly cut short on April 1st of that year. His passing…

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Christopher Nettles

Male, age 30 · Hawthorne, California
Killed Apr 1, 2012 · 14 years ago

Christopher Nettles was 30 years old when he was stabbed to death on Sunday, April 1, 2012, in Hawthorne, in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds in the 3300 block of…

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Jose Ignacio Sanchez

Male, age 19 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Apr 1, 2010 · 16 years ago

Jose Ignacio Sanchez, a 19-year-old Latino, was tragically shot and killed on April 1, 2010, in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Sanchez was dropped off at his girlfriend's house…

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Terrick Garris

Male, age 25 · Hyattsville, Maryland
Killed Apr 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

On April 1, 2007, 25-year-old Terrick Lamar Garris, a resident of Hyattsville, Maryland, was killed. His death was the result of gun violence and was investigated by law enforcement as a homicide. Following the incident, a thorough investigation was conducted…

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Luis Romo

Male, age 21 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Apr 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

Luis Romo, a 21-year-old Latino man, tragically lost his life on April 1, 2007, in Los Angeles, California. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, around 1:33 a.m., in an alley located at 2416 Boulder Street in the Boyle Heights…

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Billy Williams

Male, age 65 · Harnett, North Carolina
Killed Apr 1, 2007 · 19 years ago

On April 1, 2007, Billy Ray "Big Bill" Williams, a 65-year-old African American male, was fatally shot in Harnett County, North Carolina. Details surrounding the circumstances of his death are limited in the available sources. Following the incident…

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Tommy Dupree

Male · Chesapeake, Virginia
Killed Apr 1, 1985 · 41 years ago

In the quiet community of Chesapeake, Virginia, the passage of time has done little to heal the wounds opened by the violent death of Tommy Dupree. For decades, his case has remained a somber entry in the city's list of unsolved homicides, a stark reminder of…

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Mario Horta

Male, age 50 · Denver, Colorado
Killed Apr 1, 1980 · 46 years ago

On a spring evening in Denver, Colorado, the life of 50-year-old Mario Horta came to a violent and tragic end. On April 1, 1980, within the familiar confines of his own auto repair shop, Mario's Transmission, both he and his stepson were discovered shot to…

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Terry Zilimbinaks

Male, age 17 · New-york, New York
Killed Apr 1, 1980 · 46 years ago

Terry Zilimbinaks was a 17-year-old male, described in reports as white, when his life ended in a burst of violence on a late-night subway ride in New York City in April 1980. The train rolled through Brooklyn close to midnight, the kind of hour when tired…

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Johnson Hunt

Male · Chesapeake, Virginia
Killed Apr 1, 1975 · 51 years ago

On a spring day in April of 1975, the community of Chesapeake, Virginia, was struck by a violent crime that would remain a mystery for decades to come. Johnson Hunt, a male resident of the area, was found deceased on April 1st near the railroad tracks at 811…

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Henry Waite

Male, age 69 · Bronson, Michigan
Killed Apr 1, 1917 · 109 years ago

In the quiet town of Bronson, Michigan, a violent incident unfolded on April 1, 1917, claiming the life of sixty-nine-year-old Henry Waite. Waite, a long-time resident of the area, became the victim of a shooting that shocked the local community. The…

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