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Aftab Ahmed

Male, age 51 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the spring of 2017, a visit to a north Tulsa convenience store turned deadly for 51-year-old Aftab Ahmed. On the evening of April 28th, what began as a robbery escalated into a homicide, leaving a family and community in mourning. Ahmed was working as a…

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Tavaris Brummette

Male, age 37 · Benton-harbor, Michigan

Killed Apr 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 28, 2017, the life of 37-year-old Tavaris Brummette was tragically cut short in his hometown of Benton Harbor, Michigan. Brummette, a Black male known affectionately to friends as 'Gator,' was discovered with severe gunshot…

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Virdia Beard

Female, age 37 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Apr 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 28, 2017, Virdia Beard, a 37-year-old female, was found unresponsive on the porch of a residence on the 200 block of North 9th Street in Newark, New Jersey. Responding officers and emergency medical services discovered she…

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Andrew Terrell

Male, age 41 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the city of Baltimore, a Black/African American man's life was cut short in the spring of 2017. Andrew LaDrake Terrell, a 41-year-old man, died on April 28, 2017. His death was the result of a homicide, one of many that troubled the city that year. Born on…

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Tanya Louise Harley

Female, age 34 · Lusby, Maryland

Killed Apr 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet community of Lusby, Maryland, a domestic tragedy unfolded on the evening of April 28, 2017, ending the life of 34-year-old Tanya Louise Harley. That night, law enforcement responded to a call for an injured person at a residence on Rawhide Road.…

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Byron Elder

Male, age 22 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Apr 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the spring of 2017, the life of a young, aspiring rapper from Brooklyn was tragically cut short in a brazen daytime shooting. Byron Elder, a 22-year-old male, was gunned down in the courtyard of the Williamsburg Houses at 203 Scholes Street. The incident…

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Jose Mireles

Male, age 34 · Merced, California

Killed Apr 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jose Mireles, a 34-year-old resident of Merced, California, tragically lost his life on April 28, 2017. The incident occurred outside his apartment, where an argument escalated into a fatal confrontation. According to reports, Mireles was involved in a…

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Christopher Williams

Male, age 20 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed Apr 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Christopher Williams, a 20-year-old resident of Jacksonville, Florida, tragically lost his life on April 28, 2017. The circumstances surrounding his death were deeply distressing for his family and the local community. On that fateful day, Christopher was…

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Cletreon Fobbs

Male, age 23 · West-palm-beach, Florida

Killed Apr 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Cletreon Fobbs, a 23-year-old Black male, was tragically killed on April 28, 2017, in West Palm Beach, Florida. The incident occurred late at night along Tamarind Avenue, where Fobbs was shot and another individual was injured. The shooting took place around…

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Carlos Lemmons

Male, age 25 · Decatur, Georgia

Killed Apr 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Carlos Clay Lemons, a 26-year-old Black male from Decatur, Georgia, was working the overnight shift at Spin Cycle Coin Laundry in Belvedere Plaza when the ordinary rhythm of a late-night business turned deadly. In the earliest hours of April 28, 2017, gunfire…

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Traychaurde Harris

Male, age 20 · Augusta, Georgia

Killed Apr 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a Friday evening in Augusta, Georgia, the life of 20-year-old Traychaurde Harris was tragically cut short. The male victim was fatally shot on April 28, 2017, at the Carrie J. Mays Community Center. The incident, which also left two other individuals with…

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Adrian Nieves

Male, age 31 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

On April 28, 2017, Adrian John Nieves, a 31-year-old Hispanic male, was tragically lost to gun violence in Chicago, Illinois. A memorial page dedicated to him indicates that he was among several individuals who fell victim to shootings in Chicago that…

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Johnta Da Drop McComb

Male, age 27 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Johnta Da Drop McComb, a 27-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on April 28, 2017, in Chicago, IL. His death was the result of a shooting, a common cause of homicide in the city. The incident occurred in a neighborhood known for its high…

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Rodney Reed

Male, age 25 · University-park, Illinois

Killed Apr 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Rodney Duane Reed, a 25-year-old African American man, was a bright soul whose life was tragically cut short far too soon. Born on November 18, 1991, in Waterloo, Black Hawk County, Iowa, Rodney grew up surrounded by family and friends who cherished his…

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Marshall Pinsley

Male, age 23 · Clinton, Tennessee

Killed Apr 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the spring of 2017, a dispute simmering between two men connected by marriage reached a tragic and fatal conclusion in a public space. On the afternoon of April 28, 2017, 23-year-old Marshall Allen Pinsley, a male from Blaine, Tennessee, was shot and…

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Antoine White

Male, age 37 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Apr 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Antoine White, a 37-year-old African American man, was tragically murdered on April 28, 2017, in Dallas, TX. Antoine had been living in Austin with his brother but had returned to Dallas to check on his family. On the day of his death, Antoine went to Autry's…

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Jamell Tousant

Male, age 21 · Oakland, California

Found Apr 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

On April 25, 2015, 21-year-old African American male Jamell Tousant was fatally shot in a drive-by attack while riding in a vehicle on the 1400 block of 90th Avenue in East Oakland, California. The incident occurred around 6:15 p.m. Jamell Tousant, a resident…

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Dominique Perez

Male, age 26 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Apr 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, a wave of violence was unsettling residents of Denver's Cole neighborhood. It was against this backdrop of rising tensions that 26-year-old Dominique Perez, a Black male, lost his life in a sudden burst of gunfire. On the evening of…

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Ivan Kennedy

Male, age 30 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Apr 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

Ivan Kennedy, a 30-year-old male, was shot and killed on April 28, 2015, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred amidst a continuing struggle with high homicide rates across several neighborhoods in the city, particularly those on the West and South Sides…

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Martin Brooks

Male, age 42 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

Carmen Rodriguez, a Latina woman, was behind the counter at Kim’s Deli and Grocery near Patterson Park on the evening of December 22, 2019, when a robbery unfolded into something far worse. Police said officers were sent to the store at 157 N. Kenwood Avenue…

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Jeffrey Raphael

Male, age 30 · Wakefield, Massachusetts

Killed Apr 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, the quiet community of Wakefield, Massachusetts, was unsettled by a grim discovery. On the evening of April 28th, a passerby ventured into a wooded area off Sunset Street and happened upon a parked vehicle. Inside, they found the body…

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Joshua Daquan McGoffin

Male, age 20 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, the life of 20-year-old Joshua Daquan McGoffin was tragically cut short. On April 28th, in Oklahoma City, events unfolded that would end in his untimely death. McGoffin was at a Motel 6 when he became the victim of gun violence. The…

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Karl Huffmaster

Male, age 32 · Lawton, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

Karl Huffmaster, a 32-year-old white man from Lawton, Oklahoma, had built his adult life close to home, surrounded by the streets and people he knew best. Born in November 1982, he grew up in Lawton and stayed rooted there, moving from school activities into…

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Alfred Wiley

Male, age 46 · Gary, Indiana

Killed Apr 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, the life of 46-year-old Alfred Wiley was cut short on the streets of Gary, Indiana. On April 28th, Wiley was shot and killed in the Miller section of the city, at 3rd Avenue and Hancock Street. His death was not a random act of…

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Miguel Antonio Romero

Male, age 46 · Littlerock, California

Killed Apr 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

Miguel Antonio Romero, aged 46, was tragically shot to death on April 28, 2015, in Littlerock, California. Romero was delivering rolls of corn for animals when he was ambushed and shot five times in the head and once in the wrist. His lifeless body was…

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Andrew Ross

Male, age 30 · Ellenwood, Georgia

Killed Apr 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of a Tuesday morning in Ellenwood, Georgia, the life of 30-year-old Andrew L. Ross Jr., an African American male, was tragically cut short on April 28, 2015. Ross, a father of five, was at a Shell gas station on Bouldercrest Road when he…

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Jumunn Morgan

Male, age 29 · Columbus, Georgia

Killed Apr 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

Jumunn L. Morgan, a 29-year-old male, was killed on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at his residence located at 932 Rigdon Road in Columbus, Georgia. His death is being investigated as a homicide and, to date, remains an unsolved case. Born on January 11, 1986…

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Roland G. Lewis

Male, age 52 · Fairview-heights, Illinois

Killed Apr 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

Roland G. Lewis, a 52-year-old male of African American ethnicity from Fairview Heights, IL, tragically passed away on April 28, 2015. His death was reported in multiple obituaries, including one from the Belleville News-Democrat, which detailed his funeral…

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Alicia Marie Deans

Female, age 26 · Tabor-city, North Carolina

Killed Apr 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

Alicia Marie Deans, a 26-year-old woman from Leland, North Carolina, tragically lost her life on April 28, 2015. Alicia was a loving mother to two young children, 6-year-old Aaliyah and 4-year-old Bentley. She was known for her forgiving nature and her desire…

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Jay Venable

Male, age 50 · Carthage, Texas

Killed Apr 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

Jay Venable, a 50-year-old man from Carthage, Texas, tragically died on April 28, 2015, from a gunshot wound to the head. The incident occurred at his home in the Murvaul Community on Panola County Road 121. His wife, Sarah Gilpatrick Venable, a former Center…

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Nathan Williams

Male, age 19 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Apr 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a September evening in 2018, the life of 19-year-old Nathan Burnett, who was also known as Nathan Williams, was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. The male teenager was on the east side of Indianapolis on the night of September 20th when the fatal…

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Barry Yearrell

Male, age 45 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Apr 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

In Detroit, Michigan, the life of Barry Yearrell, a 45-year-old African American man, was tragically cut short. His death, which occurred in the vicinity of 10041 Roseberry, was determined to be a homicide. The case was officially reported on May 12, 2014…

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Tere David King

Male, age 55 · Athena, Oregon

Killed Apr 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

On April 28, 2014, Tere David King, a 55-year-old resident of Athena, Oregon, lost his life in an officer-involved shooting. The incident occurred early in the morning, just before 7:30 a.m. The shooting was carried out by an Athena police officer. According…

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Victor Coleman

Male, age 53 · Oroville, California

Killed Apr 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

Victor Coleman, a 53-year-old construction worker from Bakersfield, California, tragically lost his life on April 28, 2014, in Oroville, California. Coleman was in Oroville for work and staying at the Sunset Inn on Feather River Boulevard. On the day of his…

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Kathleen Manseau

Female, age 61 · Miramar, Florida

Killed Apr 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

Kathleen Manseau, a 61-year-old woman from Miramar, Florida, was found dead on April 28, 2014, in what authorities believe to be a tragic case of murder-suicide. Kathleen, who was of Caucasian ethnicity, was discovered by her adult daughter, Katrina Manseau…

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Endia Martin

Female, age 14 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

Endia Martin, a 14-year-old African American girl, was tragically shot and killed on April 28, 2014, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident stemmed from a feud over a boy that escalated on Facebook. On that fateful day, Endia was shot in the back by another…

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Christian Pittman

Male, age 9 · Durham, North Carolina

Killed Apr 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

Christian Pittman, a 9-year-old boy from Durham, North Carolina, tragically lost his life on April 28, 2014. The incident occurred when Christian and his 12-year-old brother were playing with a loaded gun at their home on Macon Street. The gun accidentally…

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James-Michael T. Brice

Male, age 21 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

James-Michael T. Brice, a 21-year-old African American male from Columbus, OH, tragically lost his life on April 28, 2014. Brice and his friend, Lentwan M. Smith, aged 20, were shot and killed during an attempted robbery at Brandan M. Daugherty's apartment at…

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Lentwan Smith

Male, age 20 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

Lentwan Smith, a 20-year-old male from Columbus, OH, tragically died on April 28, 2014. He was involved in a drug-related shootout at an apartment on Farrel Drive. According to police reports, Smith and an unidentified man attempted to rob the apartment's…

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David Wheeler

Male, age 32 · Fairmount-township, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, a domestic incident in Fairmount Township, Pennsylvania, ended in the death of 32-year-old David James Wheeler. On the evening of April 28, 2014, Wheeler was at the Mossville Road home of his girlfriend, Damar Kachmarsky, when a dispute…

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Antonio Clay

Male, age 36 · Trinity, Texas

Killed Apr 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

Antonio Deshaun Clay, a 36-year-old African American male from Trinity, Texas, tragically passed away on April 28, 2014. The circumstances surrounding his death were investigated as a murder case. Antonio was well-known in his community and attended public…

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Andre Velazquez

Male, age 34 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Apr 28, 2013 · 13 years ago

On April 28, 2013, Andre Velazquez, a 34-year-old man, was fatally shot in Chicago, Illinois. His death added to the staggering number of homicides in the city during a time when gun violence was surging. Velazquez was one of many victims of gun-related…

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Leon Cannada

Male, age 36 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 28, 2013 · 13 years ago

Leon Cannady, a 36-year-old Black man, was killed in a late-night shooting in Baltimore that detectives described as the violent end of a road-rage encounter. In the early hours of Sunday, April 28, 2013, police were called to the 2800 block of Erdman Avenue…

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Malcolm Campbell

Male, age 24 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Apr 28, 2013 · 13 years ago

On a Sunday evening in the spring of 2013, a young African-American man named Malcolm Campbell, age 23, was fatally shot in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. The incident occurred around 7:50 p.m. on April 28th, near the intersection of Howard Avenue and…

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Larry Jackson

Male, age 23 · Georgetown, South Carolina

Killed Apr 28, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the spring of 2013, the community of Georgetown, South Carolina, was unsettled by the violent death of one of its own. Larry Jackson, a 23-year-old man, was found deceased on April 28, 2013, under circumstances that immediately pointed towards a violent…

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Frank Alexander

Male, age 54 · Murrieta, California

Killed Apr 28, 2013 · 13 years ago

Frank "Big Frank" Alexander, aged 54, was found dead in his home in Murrieta, California, on April 28, 2013. Alexander, who was best known as the former bodyguard of the legendary rapper Tupac Shakur, was discovered with a gunshot wound to the head. The…

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Joe Cahill

Male, age 40 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Apr 28, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the vibrant chaos of New Orleans during the Jazz & Heritage Festival, a night of music and celebration took a tragic and unexpected turn, ending the life of 40-year-old Joe Cahill. A talented and well-loved lighting designer from Boulder, Colorado, Cahill…

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Brian Jontez Banes

Male, age 31 · Jackson, Tennessee

Killed Apr 28, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 28, 2013, a private party held at Wolfe Enterprises on East Main Street in Jackson, Tennessee, ended in tragedy. As the event was letting out shortly after 3:00 a.m., an argument erupted in the parking lot, quickly…

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