Deaths by Force on April 4

Deaths by Force (463)

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J.W. Hawkins

Male, age 37 · Lawton, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 4, 1904 · 122 years ago

In the spring of 1904, a violent incident at a political rally in Lawton, Oklahoma, resulted in the death of Assistant Chief of Police J.W. Hawkins, a 37-year-old male. The altercation, which occurred on April 4, 1904, stemmed from a disagreement between…

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William Tulsa Jack Blake

Male, age 35 · Major, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 4, 1895 · 131 years ago

In the annals of the Old West, the story of William 'Tulsa Jack' Blake, a man of about 35 years, came to a violent end in Major County, Oklahoma. His life as a cowboy had taken a turn in 1892 when he joined the notorious Wild Bunch gang, also known as the…

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John Hurley

Male · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Apr 4, 1892 · 134 years ago

A New Orleans police officer's attempt to break up a street fight turned fatal in the Crescent City. Patrolman John Hurley was shot and killed on Gallatin Street, now known as French Market Place, near Hospital Street. The male officer intervened in a…

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Stephon Peake

Male, age 28 · Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 4, 2026 · this year

In the quiet evening hours of Saturday, April 4, 2026, the life of 28-year-old Stephon Peake, a man known affectionately to friends and family as “Herky,” was brought to a violent and sudden end in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. Peake, a father of two daughters…

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Idongesit Udosen

Male, age 30 · Hyattsville, Maryland

Killed Apr 4, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late afternoon of Thursday, April 4, 2024, a sense of normalcy was shattered in an unincorporated section of Hyattsville, Maryland, by an act of sudden and brutal violence. Idongesit Udosen, a 30-year-old man from the nearby community of Lanham, was…

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Glen Stevens

Male, age 45 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Apr 4, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the fading daylight of April 4, 2024, a burst of gunfire shattered the evening calm on West Capitol Street in Jackson, Mississippi, leaving two men lifeless outside a local Food Mart. One of the victims was later identified as 45-year-old Glen Stevens. The…

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Malik Clark

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 4, 2024 · 2 years ago

Malik A. Clark, 25, was found dead early on Thursday, April 4, 2024, at a park near the Eugene Sawyer Water Purification Plant in the 3300 block of East Cheltenham Place in the South Shore neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. The Chicago Police Department…

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Dennis Hall

Male, age 23 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Apr 4, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the spring of 2023, a burst of gunfire shattered the evening calm in Louisville's Parkland neighborhood, leaving a young man's life tragically cut short. Dennis Hall, a 23-year-old Black male, was fatally wounded on the night of Tuesday, April 4th. The…

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Manuel Fernandez

Male, age 72 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Apr 4, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a tragic Saturday in Las Vegas, a family gathering turned into a scene of violence that claimed the life of 72-year-old Hispanic male, Manuel Fernandez. On April 4, 2020, what was reportedly a family cookout at their home on Garland Court ended with Manuel…

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Panha Nhean

Male, age 35 · Long-beach, California

Killed Apr 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

On April 4, 2018, Panha Nhean, a 35-year-old resident of Long Beach, California, was tragically killed in a shooting incident. The incident occurred around midnight in the 5300 block of Orange Avenue, where Nhean and two other men were in a converted garage.…

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David Lee Holmes

Male, age 55 · Kenner, Louisiana

Killed Apr 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the spring of 2018, the life of 55-year-old David Lee Holmes Jr. was tragically cut short in Kenner, Louisiana. On Wednesday, April 4, 2018, Holmes was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds under an overpass. The male victim's death was the result of gun…

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Jose Guadalupe Reazola

Male, age 19 · El-paso, Texas

Killed Apr 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

Jose Guadalupe Reazola, a 19-year-old Hispanic male, tragically lost his life on April 4, 2018, in El Paso, Texas. His body was discovered in the Montana Vista desert by a group riding all-terrain vehicles. The autopsy report revealed that Reazola died from…

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Timmothy G. Royster

Male, age 44 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

Timmothy G. Royster, 44, was a man from East Orange, New Jersey, whose life ended violently on April 4, 2017. Obituary notices record that he was born in 1973 and later lay at rest after services held on April 18 at Perry Funeral Home on Mercer Street in…

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William Frye

Male, age 28 · Central Point, Oregon

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

William James Frye, 28, male, was a Central Point resident who sustained a fatal, accidental, self-inflicted gunshot wound after handling a firearm at a friend’s house on the 8300 block of Division Road in White City on a Saturday evening. According to…

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Jeromie Johnson

Male, age 33 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, the life of 33-year-old Jeromie Johnson, an African-American man, was cut short in a burst of violence on a street in Boston. On the evening of April 8th, Johnson was inside a vehicle on Richfield Street in the Dorchester neighborhood…

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Dale Azaren

Male, age 56 · Willingboro, New Jersey

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

Dale P. Azaren was a 56-year-old male from Willingboro, New Jersey, whose life ended abruptly on April 4, 2015, when he was fatally shot in his hometown. Online memorial pages remember him simply by name, date, and place, noting that he was lost to gun…

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Thomas Patrick Lewis

Male, age 44 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

Thomas Patrick Lewis, a 44-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on April 4, 2015. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Lewis was fatally shot in the Vermont Square neighborhood. The incident occurred under…

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Warren James Kelly

Male, age 38 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

Warren James Kelly, a 38-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on April 4, 2015. Kelly, affectionately known as "Jinx" by his loved ones, was shot and killed in the Jefferson Park neighborhood. According to the Los Angeles…

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Milon Carvis

Male, age 42 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

Milon L. Carvis, a 42-year-old African American male, was fatally shot on April 4, 2015, in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. Carvis was standing on the sidewalk with several other adults in the 7800 block of South Seeley Avenue…

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Joaquin Herrera

Male, age 49 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

Joaquin Herrera was 49 years old when he died on Saturday, April 4, 2015, in Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after being stabbed, and his death was ruled a homicide. The public record of his case is…

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Thomas Louis Seminazzi

Male, age 43 · Portageville, Missouri

Killed Apr 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the afternoon of April 4, 2014, a violent chain of events began in Sikeston, Missouri, culminating in the death of 43-year-old Thomas Louis Seminazzi. The incident originated at a residence on Marian Street, where officers from the Sikeston Department of…

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Corey Donte Kahn

Male, age 25 · Inglewood, California

Killed Apr 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

Corey Donte Kahn, a 25-year-old man from Inglewood, California, tragically lost his life on April 4, 2014. According to reports, Kahn was shot and killed near the intersection of South Lemoli Avenue and West 108th Street in Inglewood. The incident occurred…

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Chandra Belton

Female, age 40 · Houston, Texas

Killed Apr 4, 2010 · 16 years ago

Chandra Belton, a 40-year-old African American woman, was tragically shot to death on April 4, 2010, in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred in the parking lot of the Big H Auto Auction, located at 14450 West Road in northwest Harris County. Witnesses…

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Dwight C. Watson

Male, age 42 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Apr 4, 2009 · 17 years ago

Dwight C. Watson was 42 years old when he was killed in St. Louis, Missouri, on Saturday, April 4, 2009. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis from…

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Joanne Brooks

Female, age 44 · Raleigh, North Carolina

Killed Apr 4, 2004 · 22 years ago

Joanne Brooks, a 44-year-old woman from Raleigh, NC, tragically lost her life on April 4, 2004. The circumstances surrounding her death were both shocking and heartbreaking. Joanne Brooks was found dead at her residence, and the cause of death was determined…

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Victoria Yu Lim

Female, age 71 · Rowland Heights, California

Killed Apr 4, 2003 · 23 years ago

On Friday, April 4, 2003, emergency personnel and investigators were called to a home in the unincorporated suburban community of Rowland Heights, California. Located at 2348 South Arcdale Avenue, the residential setting was an otherwise quiet neighborhood of…

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Conway Herbeck

Male, age 20 · Warner-robins, Georgia

Killed Apr 4, 1993 · 33 years ago

In April of 1992, a young man named Conway Utterbeck, a 20-year-old male, was the victim of a brutal murder in Warner Robins, Georgia. His death was not a random act of violence, but a betrayal by those he considered friends and fellow U.S. Navy sailors. The…

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Carl D. Williams

Male, age 21 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Apr 4, 1990 · 36 years ago

In the spring of 1990, a wave of violence shook a Detroit neighborhood, leaving a trail of grief in its wake. Among the victims was Carl D. Williams, a 21-year-old male, whose life was cut short on April 4th. His death was not an isolated incident but part of…

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LeVon Robinson

Male, age 18 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Apr 4, 1990 · 36 years ago

In the spring of 1990, a tragic event unfolded in a crack house on St. Aubin Street in Detroit, Michigan, forever altering the lives of six families. On April 4th, 18-year-old LeVon Robinson arrived with a friend at the house, stepping into a scene of…

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Steven Owens

Male, age 32 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Apr 4, 1990 · 36 years ago

On a spring evening in Detroit, Michigan, a 32-year-old man named Steven Owens lost his life in a violent encounter that would also claim the lives of five other individuals. The events of April 4, 1990, unfolded inside a house on St. Aubin Street, a place…

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Charles F. Pate

Male · Howard Township, Arkansas

Killed Apr 4, 1893 · 133 years ago

In the quiet setting of Howard Township, Arkansas, a dedicated public servant named Charles F. Pate met a tragic and untimely end. While carrying out his duties as a Constable, he was involved in a fatal encounter that stemmed from an attempt to serve a…

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