Deaths by Force on April 27

Deaths by Force (464)

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John L. Wylie

Male, age 39 · Austin, Texas

Killed Apr 27, 1909 · 117 years ago

Corrections Officer John L. Wylie, a 39-year-old male, was a prison guard at the Steiner Valley state convict farm in Hill County, Texas. On the night of April 22, 1909, Wylie and two other guards were attempting to locate an escaping convict named Joe Yates.…

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Kalven Lou

Male, age 65 · Alhambra, California

Killed Apr 27, 2025 · 1 year ago

Kalven Lou, a 65-year-old Asian male, was reported deceased at his residence in Alhambra, California, on April 27, 2025. The formal pronouncement of death was made at 1:20 p.m. by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office. Authorities have yet to determine the…

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Diamante Washington

Male, age 20 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Killed Apr 27, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early evening of April 27, 2025, the life of 20-year-old Diamante Washington, a male resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was tragically cut short. Gunfire erupted on Kilona Drive, a residential street nestled off Greenwell Street and Lanier Drive. When…

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Q S

Male · Tacoma, Washington

Killed Apr 27, 2025 · 1 year ago

Q. S., male, was shot on the evening of April 27, 2025, as Tacoma police responded just before 7 p.m. to the 4800 block of East Q Street near Swan Creek Park. Officers found a man and a woman inside a vehicle with gunshot wounds; both were rushed to the…

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Alan Picazzo

Male, age 24 · Austin, Texas

Killed Apr 27, 2024 · 2 years ago

On April 27, 2024, 24-year-old Alan Picazzo was fatally shot at The Quincy apartments, located at 91 Red River Street in Austin's Rainey Street District. Emergency responders arrived around 6:30 a.m. to find Picazzo with gunshot wounds; he was transported to…

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LeKameren Deru

Male, age 22 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Apr 27, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the evening of April 27, 2022, a sense of normalcy was shattered by gunfire on Bankhead Highway West in Birmingham, Alabama. Inside a vehicle riddled with bullets, 22-year-old LeKameren Deru, a male resident of the city, was found having sustained fatal…

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Joseph Washington

Male, age 34 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 27, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the spring of 2020, a man's life was cut short on the streets of Baltimore. Joseph Washington, a 34-year-old male, was killed in an act of gun violence on April 27th of that year. The incident added another statistic to the city's ongoing struggle with…

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Ricardo Alberto Agular

Male, age 24 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed Apr 27, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the early morning hours of a late April day in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the life of Ricardo Alberto Agular, a 24-year-old man, was tragically cut short. On April 27, 2018, Agular was outside an apartment on Jade Avenue with another individual when they were…

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Gerardo Martinez

Male, age 20 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 27, 2017 · 9 years ago

Gerardo Martinez, a 20-year-old Latino, tragically lost his life on April 28, 2017, after being shot near East 88th Street and South Central Avenue in the Florence neighborhood of Los Angeles. The incident occurred in the early hours of April 27, around 3:25…

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Curtis Eugene Thomas

Male, age 39 · Tampa, Florida

Killed Apr 27, 2017 · 9 years ago

Curtis Eugene Thomas, a 39-year-old African American male, was found dead on April 27, 2017, near the intersection of 23rd Street North and Lake Avenue East in Tampa, Florida. Responding to an emergency 911 call at approximately 12:42 a.m., officers…

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Nikia Lavada Fair

Female, age 32 · Mobile, Alabama

Killed Apr 27, 2015 · 11 years ago

In Mobile, Alabama, on the evening of April 27, 2015, a domestic dispute tragically escalated, ending the life of 32-year-old Nikia Lavada Fair. The female victim was fatally shot while her four-year-old son was in the car with her. The events unfolded on…

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Andre McConnell

Male, age 26 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Apr 27, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the evening of April 27, 2015, a burst of gunfire shattered the night in the 3100 block of Buena Vista Terrace in Southeast Washington, D.C., leaving two men wounded and one fatally so. Andre Antwon McConnell, a 26-year-old man, was one of the victims of…

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Tyrone Woods

Male, age 33 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Apr 27, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 27, 2015, a 33-year-old man named Tyrone Woods was walking home in his Williamsburg, Brooklyn neighborhood, just a block from his residence. His journey was tragically cut short near Bedford Avenue and South 9th Street at…

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Uimaitua Fernando Brooks

Male, age 43 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 27, 2015 · 11 years ago

Uimaitua Fernando Brooks, a 43-year-old man from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on April 27, 2015. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, Brooks was shot in the 1800 block of South Longwood Avenue in Mid-City. The incident…

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Sam Walter Denham

Male, age 60 · Fountain, Florida

Killed Apr 27, 2015 · 11 years ago

Sam Walter Denham, a 60-year-old retired deputy from the Bay County Sheriff's Office, was tragically shot and killed on April 27, 2015, in his home in Fountain, Florida. Denham had served the community for 26 years before retiring and continuing his public…

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Steven Bradley

Male, age 34 · Poinciana, Florida

Killed Apr 27, 2015 · 11 years ago

Steven Bradley, a 34-year-old resident of Poinciana, Florida, died on April 27, 2015, following a dramatic and tragic series of events. Early that morning, Bradley broke into a house on Wallaby Lane, armed with several pistols, in search of what he believed…

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Joshua R. Smith

Male, age 24 · Saint-petersburg, Florida

Killed Apr 27, 2014 · 12 years ago

Joshua R. Smith, a 24-year-old male from Saint Petersburg, FL, tragically lost his life on April 27, 2014. Joshua, who was outside a residence located at 2410 Auburn St. South, was shot multiple times. The circumstances surrounding his death were particularly…

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Dennis Settle

Male, age 39 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 27, 2014 · 12 years ago

Dennis Settle, 39, was stabbed to death on Sunday, April 27, 2014, in the 1900 block of North Monroe Street in Baltimore. The Baltimore Police Department investigated the killing, and the Baltimore Sun's homicide database lists his death as a homicide. Only…

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Jesse Burton

Male, age 17 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 27, 2013 · 13 years ago

Jesse Darren Burton Jr., a 17-year-old male from Chester, Pennsylvania, died on April 27, 2013, after gunfire broke out in a Chester neighborhood and turned an ordinary spring evening into a scene of violence. He was taken to Crozer-Chester Medical Center…

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Robert Tyrone Morris

Male, age 40 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 27, 2013 · 13 years ago

Robert Tyrone Morris, a 40-year-old man from Chester, PA, tragically lost his life on April 27, 2013. He was fatally shot just hours before he was scheduled to start a construction job repairing houses in New York that were damaged by Hurricane Sandy. Morris…

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Chaz Micah Swayne

Male, age 23 · Hawthorne, California

Killed Apr 27, 2013 · 13 years ago

Chaz Micah Swayne was 23 years old when he died on Saturday, April 27, 2013, in Hawthorne, a city in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 12523 S. Cranbrook Ave. His…

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Vance Evans

Male, age 53 · Tomah, Wisconsin

Killed Apr 27, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the quiet town of Tomah, Wisconsin, the life of 53-year-old Vance Lee Evans came to a sudden and violent end on April 27, 2010. A male resident of the community, Evans was found deceased in his home, the victim of a single gunshot wound to the back of his…

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Omar Vera-Marti

Male, age 29 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Apr 27, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early hours of a spring morning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the life of 29-year-old Omar Vera-Marti was cut short. On April 27, 2009, Vera-Marti was leaving a home on the south side of the city when he was fatally shot. He had been in the company of two…

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Joshua Whittington

Male, age 26 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed Apr 27, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the spring of 2009, a dispute between young men in East Knoxville escalated into a tragedy that claimed the life of 26-year-old Joshua Whittington. On the evening of April 27th, Whittington found himself intervening in an ongoing conflict involving his…

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Li Li

Female, age 38 · South Pasadena, California

Killed Apr 27, 2008 · 18 years ago

Li Li was 38 years old when she died on Sunday, April 27, 2008, in South Pasadena. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 1605 Huntington Drive in South Pasadena. Her death was ruled a…

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Cajun Thomas

Male, age 19 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

Cajun F. Thomas, a 19-year-old male of African American ethnicity, tragically passed away on April 27, 2007, in Columbus, OH. The circumstances surrounding his death were unexpected and deeply mourned by his family and friends. Cajun was survived by his…

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Jaylen Woodrow Wilson

Male · Long Beach, California

Killed Apr 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

On April 27, 2007, an infant's life was tragically cut short in the coastal community of Long Beach, California. Jaylen Woodrow Wilson, a Black male under the age of one, died under circumstances that authorities subsequently determined to be a homicide. In…

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Robert E. Fess Tumelty

Male, age 50 · Laughlin, Nevada

Killed Apr 27, 2002 · 24 years ago

On April 27, 2002, a violent confrontation known as the River Run riot occurred at the Harrah's Casino & Hotel in Laughlin, Nevada, during the Laughlin River Run event. This clash involved the Hells Angels and the Mongols motorcycle clubs, resulting in…

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Victor Alvarado

Male, age 5 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 27, 1999 · 27 years ago

Victor Alvarado, a five-year-old boy from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on April 27, 1999. The circumstances surrounding his death were part of a horrific family tragedy that shocked the community. Victor was one of four family members…

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Jeffrey Trail

Male, age 28 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Apr 27, 1997 · 29 years ago

In the spring of 1997, the life of Jeffrey Trail, a 28-year-old White male, came to a brutal and unexpected end in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and a Gulf War veteran, Trail had moved to the city for a new job as a district…

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Gregory Allen

Male, age 30 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Apr 27, 1985 · 41 years ago

In the winter of 2019, the life of 24-year-old Gayland Delanore Allen Jr., a caring man known for his big heart, was tragically cut short. On December 28th, surveillance footage captured him leaving his home in Aurora, a city near Denver, and getting into the…

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Lawrence Lamont

Male, age 31 · Wounded Knee, South Dakota

Killed Apr 27, 1973 · 53 years ago

In the spring of 1973, amid the tense occupation of Wounded Knee on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Lawrence Lamont, a 31-year-old Oglala Lakota man and a veteran of the Vietnam War, found himself in the midst of a historic struggle for Indigenous rights.…

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