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Christopher Ward

Male, age 17 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the spring of 2020, the life of a Louisville teenager, known affectionately as 'Uno' to his friends and family, was tragically cut short. Christopher Elijah Ward, a 17-year-old Black male, was a senior at Moore High School with a passion for traveling with…

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Sheatun Douglas Richard Davis

Male, age 19 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the spring of 2020, the life of 19-year-old Sheatun Douglas Richard Davis, Jr., an African-American male from Louisville, Kentucky, was tragically cut short. On April 23, 2020, Davis was found deceased inside a vehicle in the Crescent Hill neighborhood…

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Courtney Devereaux

Male, age 39 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the spring of 2020, a life was tragically cut short in northwest Oklahoma City. On the evening of April 23rd, officers responded to a distressing call at an apartment complex near Northwest 122nd Street and Rockwell Avenue. There, they discovered…

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Anthony Pierre Blackmore

Male, age 32 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the spring of 2020, a fatal encounter at a local car wash cut short the life of Anthony Pierre Blackmore, a 32-year-old Black man from Jackson, Mississippi. The incident unfolded late on the night of April 23rd in the 3200 block of Lynch Street. What began…

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Marshall Stephens

Male, age 45 · Arlington, Virginia

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Green Valley in Arlington, Virginia, a grim discovery was made on the evening of April 23, 2020. Marshall Stephens Jr., a 45-year-old man, was found deceased in the driver's seat of his vehicle, which was parked in the 1900 block…

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Nathaniel D. Bankston

Male, age 15 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the spring of 2020, a tragedy unfolded in Richmond, Virginia, that cut short the life of a young man and sent shockwaves through the community. Nathaniel D. Bankston, a 15-year-old Black male, was fatally shot on the evening of April 23rd. The incident…

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Ya Sosavanh

Male, age 68 · Redding, California

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

On April 23, 2020, Ya Sosavanh, 68, was found dead in his home in Redding, California. The discovery was made by his wife when she returned home around 5 p.m. that day. Alongside Sosavanh, the body of Cheng Chu, 64, was also found. Both men had sustained…

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Endrice Lajeune

Male, age 19 · West-palm-beach, Florida

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

Endrice Lajeune, a 19-year-old resident of Boynton Beach, Florida, was tragically found dead on April 21, 2020. His body was discovered on the northbound exit ramp from Interstate 95 to Belvedere Road in West Palm Beach. The initial discovery of his body led…

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Jeremy Porter

Male, age 18 · Fort-pierce, Florida

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

Jeremy Porter, an 18-year-old African American male from Fort Pierce, Florida, tragically lost his life on April 23, 2020. The incident occurred around 2:00 PM when 911 dispatchers received a call reporting a gunshot. Upon arrival at the scene on Fra Mar…

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Rebecca Wages

Female · Panama-city, Florida

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

Rebecca Wages, a 40-year-old woman from Panama City, FL, was found dead on April 23, 2020, in a trailer located at 1110 Sherman Ave. in Cedar Grove. The Bay County Sheriff's Office reported that she was shot and killed in the early hours of the morning. The…

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Hunter Grizzell

Male, age 18 · Hartwell, Georgia

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a spring afternoon in Hartwell, Georgia, the life of 18-year-old Hunter Samuel Arlyn Grizzell was cut tragically short. On Thursday, April 23, 2020, emergency services were dispatched to a home on Cokesbury Highway in response to a shooting. Upon arrival…

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Jason Fowler

Male, age 28 · Macon, Georgia

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

In a tragic incident just outside of Macon, Georgia, a young father's life was cut short in his own home. Jason Roy Fowler, a 28-year-old male, died on Thursday, April 23, 2020, in a devastating accident that highlighted the potential dangers of firearms in a…

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Maurice Logan

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

Maurice Logan, a 25-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on April 23, 2020, in the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago, IL. The incident occurred around 11:45 a.m. in the 3200 block of West Lexington Street. Maurice was standing…

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TKai Crayton

Male, age 17 · Decatur, Illinois

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

T'Kai T.J. Crayton, a 17-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on April 23, 2020, in Decatur, Illinois. The incident occurred in the 1400 block of East William Street, where T'Kai was fatally shot. The Macon County Coroner, Michael E. Day…

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Ethan Barnes

Male, age 29 · Columbia, Louisiana

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

A quiet evening in Columbia, Louisiana, was shattered by violence on April 23, 2020, resulting in the death of 29-year-old Ethan Barnes. A male resident of Franklin Parish, Barnes was fatally wounded in a shooting that also left a second person injured. The…

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Willie Zachary

Male, age 27 · Port-barre, Louisiana

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the small town of Port Barre, Louisiana, a dispute over the custody of a child tragically escalated, leading to the death of 27-year-old Willie Zachary. On the evening of Thursday, April 23, 2020, Zachary was fatally shot, a violent end to a conflict that…

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Lares Santwan Blue

Male, age 31 · Raeford, North Carolina

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

Lares Santwan Blue, a 31-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on April 23, 2020, in Raeford, North Carolina. According to reports, Lares was shot and killed at the Marathon Lucky Stop gas station in Raeford. Deputies from the Hoke County…

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Li Y

Male, age 23 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

Li Y, a 23-year-old male of Vietnamese descent, tragically passed away on April 23, 2020, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Born on March 24, 1997, in Vietnam, Li Y was the son of Nhang and Nam Y. His death was a result of a fatal shooting that occurred outside…

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Hussein Osman Abdi

Male, age 16 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

Hussein Osman Abdi, a 16-year-old Black male, tragically lost his life on April 23, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio. He was found lying in a hallway inside an apartment building at the Wedgewood Apartments complex on Wedgewood Drive when police responded to an…

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Jordan Gray

Male, age 21 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

Jordan Gray, a 21-year-old male from Columbus, Ohio, tragically lost his life on April 23, 2020. He was born on July 4, 1998, and was a resident of Mt. Sterling, Ohio. Jordan was shot and killed while sitting in the driver's seat of a U-Haul truck near 800…

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Joseph Digiacomo

Male, age 32 · Youngstown, Ohio

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

Joseph Jordan DiGiacomo, a 32-year-old male of Italian ethnicity from Youngstown, Ohio, tragically passed away on April 23, 2020. He was found shot to death alongside Kevin Cartwright, another 32-year-old male, on Nelson Avenue in Youngstown. The Mahoning…

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Kevin Cartwright

Male, age 32 · Youngstown, Ohio

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

Kevin Douglas Cartwright, a 32-year-old male from Youngstown, OH, was tragically killed on April 23, 2020. He was found shot to death on Nelson Avenue on the East Side of Youngstown, alongside another victim, Joseph Digiacomo, who was also 32 years old. The…

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Ramon Benton

Male, age 18 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

Ramon Benton, an 18-year-old male from Cincinnati, OH, tragically lost his life on April 23, 2020, due to a fatal shooting in Westwood. Police were called to Ferncrest Court off of Gobel Avenue around 7 p.m. that evening, where they found Benton and another…

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Durell Sims

Male, age 33 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

Durell Sims, a 33-year-old Black male, was tragically murdered on April 23, 2020, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was found in the street on the 900 block of North 42nd Street around 9:50 p.m., suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Despite being rushed to…

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Tahj Williams

Male, age 17 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, on the afternoon of April 23, 2020, 17-year-old Tahj Williams was fatally shot in what investigators have described as a tragic case of mistaken identity. The shooting occurred in broad daylight in front of a smoke shop…

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Jermonie Keymonie Vinson

Male, age 3 · Ooltewah, Tennessee

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

Jermonie Keymonie Vinson, a three-year-old Black male, tragically lost his life on the evening of April 23, 2020, in Ooltewah, Tennessee. The incident unfolded at a residence on River Birch Loop Road, where a visit from a family friend took a devastating…

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Elizabeth Allen

Female, age 77 · Houston, Texas

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

Elizabeth Allen, a 77-year-old woman from Houston, TX, tragically passed away on April 23, 2020. The incident was determined to be a murder-suicide. Elizabeth Allen's son, Steven Allen, 43, fatally shot her before taking his own life. The motive behind the…

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Lance Everett Knight

Male, age 38 · Nacogdoches, Texas

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

Lance Everett Knight, a 38-year-old man from Nacogdoches, Texas, tragically passed away on April 23, 2020. He was born on September 17, 1981, and was well-known in his community as a skilled welder, machinist, and owner of Knight’s Hand, a handy work…

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Thaddeus Townsel

Male, age 25 · Houston, Texas

Killed Apr 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

Thaddeus Townsel, a 25-year-old male from Houston, Texas, tragically lost his life on April 23, 2020. He was fatally shot in the parking lot of a convenience store located at 8900 South Braeswood Boulevard. According to the Houston Police Department, an…

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Raymond Kelly

Male, age 21 · Ontario, Oregon

Killed Apr 23, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the early hours of a Tuesday morning in Ontario, Oregon, the life of 21-year-old Raymond Kelly, a Caucasian male, was tragically cut short. Just before 1 a.m. on April 23, 2019, a 911 call was made from a residence on Northwest 6th Street, reporting that a…

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David L. Kelm

Male, age 46 · Lexington, Kentucky

Killed Apr 23, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the quiet Masterson Station neighborhood of Lexington, Kentucky, the evening of April 23, 2019, was shattered by a single act of violence that claimed the life of David Lee Kelm, a 46-year-old White/Caucasian male. At approximately 9:30 p.m., while inside…

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Anthony Cedric Hudgins Jr.

Male, age 38 · Petersburg, Virginia

Killed Apr 23, 2019 · 7 years ago

Anthony Cedric Hudgins Jr., a 38-year-old man, was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in the early morning of April 23, 2019. The shooting occurred on N. Jamestown Drive in Petersburg, Virginia. He was transported to Southside Regional Medical…

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Brison Simmons

Male, age 20 · Hampton, South Carolina

Killed Apr 23, 2019 · 7 years ago

Brison Simmons, a 20-year-old Black man, died on April 23, 2019, in Hampton, South Carolina, from a gunshot wound sustained during what law enforcement described as a violent crime involving an armed robbery and burglary. The incident that led to his death…

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Henry Trey Norris

Male, age 19 · North-charleston, South Carolina

Killed Apr 23, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the spring of 2019, the life of 19-year-old Henry Trey Norris was cut short on a Tuesday night in North Charleston, South Carolina. On April 23rd, events unfolded that would leave Norris dead from multiple gunshot wounds. The incident occurred at…

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Joseph Melton

Male, age 22 · Summerville, South Carolina

Killed Apr 23, 2019 · 7 years ago

Joseph Melton, a 22-year-old male, tragically lost his life on the evening of April 23, 2019, in a shooting that occurred at a residence in the Sangaree community of Summerville, South Carolina. The Berkeley County Coroner's Office confirmed that Melton died…

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West Cager

Male, age 41 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 23, 2019 · 7 years ago

On a spring evening in Baltimore, the life of West Cager, a 41-year-old Black / African American male, was tragically cut short. On April 23, 2019, at approximately 10:32 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting in the 300 block of North Pulaski…

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Eduardo Rufino Arredondo

Male, age 32 · Florence---firestone, California

Killed Apr 23, 2019 · 7 years ago

Eduardo Rufino Arredondo, a 32-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on April 23, 2019, in Florence-Firestone, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Arredondo was fatally shot, marking a somber day for…

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Robert Raymond Dominguez

Male, age 28 · Bakersfield, California

Killed Apr 23, 2019 · 7 years ago

Robert Raymond Dominguez Jr., aged 37, was tragically shot and killed on April 19, 2019, in Southwest Bakersfield, California. The incident occurred at an apartment in the 4100 block of Parker Avenue. According to reports, Dominguez was shot multiple times…

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Ricaya Pace

Female, age 20 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Apr 23, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the spring of 2019, the life of a young African American woman, 20-year-old Ricaya Pace, was tragically cut short in southwest Atlanta. On the afternoon of April 23rd, a heated argument between two women on Sells Avenue escalated into deadly violence.…

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Roy A Wilborn Jr

Male, age 60 · Columbus, Georgia

Killed Apr 23, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the spring of 2019, the life of 60-year-old Roy A. Wilborn Jr. was tragically cut short in Columbus, Georgia. A graduate of the 1976 class of Columbus High School, he was affectionately known as 'Man' to his loved ones. For most of his life, he worked as…

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Cedric Halthon

Male, age 33 · Danville, Illinois

Killed Apr 23, 2019 · 7 years ago

Cedric Michael Eugene Halthon, a 33-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on April 23, 2019, in Danville, Illinois. Cedric was born on May 2, 1985, and was a resident of Danville at the time of his death. He was a 2003 graduate of Danville…

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Louis Salazar

Male, age 18 · Peoria, Illinois

Killed Apr 23, 2019 · 7 years ago

Louis Salazar, an 18-year-old male from Peoria, IL, was tragically killed on April 23, 2019. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning outside the Taft Homes, a public housing complex in Peoria. According to the Peoria County Coroner, Jamie…

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Rakeem Burris

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 23, 2019 · 7 years ago

Rakeem Burris, a 26-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on April 23, 2019, in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the 200 block of West 57th Street, near Sherwood Elementary School. Burris was…

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Richard Howard

Male, age 29 · Madison, Illinois

Killed Apr 23, 2019 · 7 years ago

Richard J. Howard III, a 29-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on April 23, 2019, in Madison, Illinois. On that evening, at approximately 8:52 PM, the Madison Police Department received a 911 call reporting a gunshot victim in the 1600…

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Crystal Barker

Female, age 43 · Vale, North Carolina

Killed Apr 23, 2019 · 7 years ago

Crystal Johnson Barker, a 43-year-old woman from Vale, NC, tragically lost her life on April 23, 2019. Crystal, who was of Caucasian ethnicity, was shot and killed by her husband, Joseph Wayne Barker, during a domestic dispute. On that fateful day, Joseph…

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Colton M. Gawlik

Male, age 20 · Denton, Texas

Killed Apr 23, 2019 · 7 years ago

Colton M. Gawlik, a 20-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, tragically died on April 23, 2019, in Denton, Texas. He was born on February 3, 1999, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and was the son of Denise Gawlik. Colton graduated from Oregon High School in…

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Marvina Adams

Female, age 20 · Syracuse, New York

Killed Apr 23, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the spring of 2018, the life of 20-year-old Marvina Adams was tragically cut short in Syracuse, New York. On the evening of Monday, April 23, 2018, gunshots echoed on Hudson Street, and when police arrived, they found Marvina gravely wounded. She was…

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Joe Acosta

Male, age 18 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Apr 23, 2018 · 8 years ago

Joe Acosta was 18 years old, a Hispanic male from the border city of San Luis Río Colorado in Mexico who had moved to Phoenix to study at Arizona State University, straddling two countries as he tried to build a future for himself. Friends would later…

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