Deaths by Force on April 4

Deaths by Force (463)

Death by Force10th anniversary

Carty Bartholomew

Male, age 32 · Mobile, Alabama

Killed Apr 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

Carty Bartholomew, a 32-year-old Black man, was killed in the earliest hours of Monday, April 4, 2016, after a burst of chaos erupted outside a home along the 1400 block of Navco Road in Mobile, Alabama. Just after midnight, neighbors and callers reported…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Kenneth Atkinson

Male, age 65 · Aurora, Colorado

Killed Apr 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

In a quiet Centennial neighborhood on April 4, 2016, the life of Dr. Kenneth Atkinson, a 65-year-old male, was tragically cut short in an act of selfless courage. Dr. Atkinson, a respected local physician, was at his home when he became aware of a violent…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Erik Tucker

Male, age 35 · Ardmore, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early hours of April 4, 2016, the life of Erik Tucker, a 35-year-old Caucasian male, was tragically cut short in Ardmore, Oklahoma. A shooting broke out around midnight at a residence located in the 700 block of C Street NW. During the incident, Tucker…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Quevonte McClain

Male, age 21 · Pontiac, Michigan

Killed Apr 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a tragic day in Pontiac, Michigan, a young man's life was cut short, leaving a community in mourning and a family searching for answers. Quevonte Deshawn McClain-Stewart, a 21-year-old Black male, was fatally shot on April 4, 2016. The incident was one of…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Aleshia Schmincke Hill

Female, age 25 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed Apr 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

On April 4, 2016, 25-year-old Aleshia Schmincke Hill was found murdered in her Camden, New Jersey home alongside her 23-year-old fiancé, John Valerio. The couple had been shot at close range, and there were no signs of a forced entry into their residence.…

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John Valerio

Male, age 23 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed Apr 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the spring of 2016, the life of 23-year-old John Valerio was tragically cut short in a brutal act of violence that also claimed the life of his fiancée. On the afternoon of April 4, 2016, police were called to a residence on North 26th Street in Camden…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Demond Mitchell

Male, age 20 · Portsmouth, Virginia

Killed Apr 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the spring of 2016, a shooting in Portsmouth, Virginia, claimed the life of 19-year-old Demond T. Mitchell. On the afternoon of Monday, April 4, 2016, police responded to calls about a shooting in the 900 block of Suburban Parkway shortly after 5 p.m. Upon…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Gary Cutchlow

Male, age 60 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Apr 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the evening of April 4, 2016, Gary E. Cutchlow Sr., a 60-year-old Black male, was enjoying a visit with his family in Kansas City, Missouri. A self-employed construction worker known for his love of fishing and barbecuing, Gary had spent the afternoon on…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Manasses Paige

Male, age 33 · Nichols, South Carolina

Killed Apr 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet community of Nichols, South Carolina, the life of Manasses Aser Paige, a 32-year-old Black/African American male, was abruptly cut short on the night of April 4, 2016. Known for his devotion to his family and his skill in constructing houses and…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jose Luis Valdez

Male, age 16 · Salinas, California

Killed Apr 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the night of April 4, 2016, 16-year-old Jose Luis Valdez was tragically shot and killed in Salinas, California. Valdez had just left a home and was walking to meet friends when he was confronted by at least two gunmen on the 800 block of Garner Avenue. The…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Christopher Carter Mikell

Male, age 17 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed Apr 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

Christopher Carter Mikell, a 17-year-old from Jacksonville, Florida, tragically lost his life on April 4, 2016, in a violent shootout. The incident occurred in the northwest area of Jacksonville, where Mikell and another teenager, Malcolm Tyrod Belt, were…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Malcolm Tyrod Belt

Male, age 18 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed Apr 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

Malcolm Tyrod Belt, an 18-year-old from Jacksonville, FL, tragically lost his life on April 4, 2016, in a violent shootout. The incident occurred on Second Avenue in Northwest Jacksonville, where Belt was found dead on the road following a gun battle. The…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Dawn Scott

Female, age 28 · Kenner, Louisiana

Killed Apr 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the morning of April 4, 2016, 28-year-old Dawn Scott was found shot to death in her Kenner, Louisiana, apartment on Idaho Street. She and her boyfriend, 31-year-old Raynell Kimbrough, were discovered in their bedroom, having been shot multiple times.…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Raynell Kimbrough

Female, age 31 · Kenner, Louisiana

Killed Apr 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 4, 2016, a horrific scene unfolded inside an apartment in Kenner, Louisiana, ending the lives of 31-year-old Raynell Kimbrough and his 28-year-old girlfriend, Dawn Scott. The couple was discovered shot to death in their…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Spencer Garrett Harrison

Male, age 21 · Durham, North Carolina

Killed Apr 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

Spencer Garrett Harrison, a 21-year-old male from Durham, NC, was found critically wounded in the early hours of April 4, 2016, in the 4800 block of University Drive. Paramedics rushed him to Duke University Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries later…

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Robert Schubert

Male, age 35 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Apr 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

On April 4, 2016, San Antonio police discovered the body of Ronald Lane Schubert, a 35-year-old white male, in an apartment located in the 6600 block of Fairdale. Officers responded to a welfare check and found that Schubert had died from a gunshot wound.…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Christopher Bullock

Male, age 24 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the early hours of a spring day in Baltimore, tragedy struck a young man, leaving a community grasping for answers. On April 5, 2011, 24-year-old Christopher Bullock, a Black male, was found suffering from gunshot wounds at 1:50 a.m. in the 3400 block of…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Erik Heard

Male, age 22 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Apr 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

Erik Heard, aged 22, was tragically killed on April 4, 2011, in Cleveland, Ohio. The incident occurred just after midnight at 3592 East 118th Street, where witnesses reported hearing five to six gunshots. However, no call was made to police until much later…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Eric McMullen

Male, age 38 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Apr 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

On April 4, 2011, Eric McMullen, a 38-year-old male, was shot and killed at 4182 Vine Street in Cincinnati, Ohio. The homicide occurred in Hamilton County, and the Cincinnati Police Department was assigned to investigate the case. Despite the efforts made by…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Benites Tapia

Male, age 36 · Houston, Texas

Found Apr 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

Benites Marino Tapia, age 36, was found dead on April 4, 2011, in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred in a parking lot located at a strip center on West Bellfort Avenue. Tapia's death was the result of blunt force trauma, and he was pronounced dead at the…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Eric Stein

Male, age 39 · Sigourney, Iowa

Killed Apr 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

On a day in early spring, April 4, 2011, a sense of duty led 39-year-old White/Caucasian male, Sergeant Eric Stein of the Keokuk County Sheriff's Office, to a rural home on 249th Street in Sigourney, Iowa. Accompanied by the county sheriff and another deputy…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Micole Dent

Male, age 32 · Lexington, Kentucky

Killed Apr 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the early hours of a Monday morning in Lexington, Kentucky, the life of 32-year-old Micole Dent was tragically cut short. On April 4, 2011, Dent, a Black male, was outside the This is It bar on Fortune Drive when he was fatally shot. The incident occurred…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Donna Butcher

Female, age 40 · Virginia-beach, Virginia

Killed Apr 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

On a quiet street in Virginia Beach, the lives of Donna Lynn Brown Butcher and her husband, Steven Patrick Butcher, came to a sudden and tragic end on April 4, 2011. Donna, a 40-year-old female, passed away unexpectedly on that Monday. Her husband…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Terrell M. Bosley

Male, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 4, 2006 · 20 years ago

Terrell M. Bosley, an 18-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on April 4, 2006, outside the Lights of Zion Church located at 116th and Halsted in West Pullman, Chicago. Terrell, a freshman at Olive Harvey College, was a talented musician who…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Robert Person

Male, age 19 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Apr 4, 2006 · 20 years ago

Robert Milton Person, a 19-year-old male from Charlotte, North Carolina, tragically passed away on April 4, 2006, at Carolinas Medical Center, Main. His death was a significant loss to his family and community, as evidenced by the heartfelt condolences and…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Kenneth Anderson Brainard Jr.

Male, age 75 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Apr 4, 2006 · 20 years ago

Kenneth Anderson Brainard Jr. was 75 years old when he died on Tuesday, April 4, 2006, in North Hills. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 9332 Sophia Ave. His death was ruled a…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Neil Keith Wells

Male, age 41 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Apr 4, 2001 · 25 years ago

On an April morning in 2001, a dedicated officer, Neil Keith Wells, a 41-year-old male, embarked on what would be his final tour of duty with the Detroit Police Department. A seasoned veteran with 14 years on the force, he was part of a specialized unit…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Sherry Lyons-williams

Female, age 39 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Apr 4, 2001 · 25 years ago

In the spring of 2001, the city of Atlanta lost a dedicated public servant in a sudden act of violence. Sherry Lyons-Williams, a 39-year-old female investigator with the Atlanta Police Department, was killed in the line of duty on April 4, 2001. Her death…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Michael Dutchie Avicolli

Male, age 52 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 4, 1996 · 30 years ago

Michael “Dutchie” Avicolli, a 52-year-old White male, vanished from Philadelphia in the spring of 1996, and the few known details have always pointed less toward an ordinary disappearance than toward the violent underworld he was connected to. He was last…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Fernando Gutierrez

Male, age 28 · Sacramento, California

Killed Apr 4, 1991 · 35 years ago

Fernando Gutierrez, aged 28, tragically lost his life on April 4, 1991, during a violent incident at an electronics store in Sacramento, California. Gutierrez was one of three hostages killed in a shootout involving four Vietnamese gunmen. The incident…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

John Lee Fritz Jr.

Male, age 37 · Sacramento, California

Killed Apr 4, 1991 · 35 years ago

John Lee Fritz Jr., aged 37, tragically lost his life on April 4, 1991, during a harrowing hostage crisis at the Good Guys! electronics store in Sacramento, California. This incident, known as the 1991 Sacramento hostage crisis, involved four gunmen who took…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Charles Edward Harris

Male, age 45 · Southern-pines, North Carolina

Killed Apr 4, 1991 · 35 years ago

Detective Charles Edward Harris, aged 45, was shot and killed on April 4, 1991, in Southern Pines, North Carolina. Harris, a 20-year veteran of law enforcement, had served with the Hoke County Sheriff's Office and later joined the Southern Pines Police…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Gregory Martin

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 4, 1986 · 40 years ago

Gregory Martin, a 26-year-old resident of Columbus, Ohio, was tragically killed on April 4, 1986. The incident occurred at an apartment complex on Indianola Avenue, where Martin sustained fatal injuries from two gunshot wounds. Despite investigations by the…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Karen Moore

Female · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 4, 1986 · 40 years ago

Karen Moore, a 26-year-old resident of Columbus, Ohio, was tragically killed on April 4, 1986. The incident occurred at 719 S. Ohio Avenue, where she was found with multiple stab wounds. Authorities pronounced her dead on arrival. The circumstances…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Billy Moore

Male, age 50 · Huntsville, Texas

Killed Apr 4, 1981 · 45 years ago

Billy M. Moore, a 50-year-old corrections employee with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division, tragically lost his life on April 4, 1981, in Huntsville, Texas. He and Warden Wallace Pack were shot and killed by a…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Wallace Pack

Male, age 55 · Huntsville, Texas

Killed Apr 4, 1981 · 45 years ago

Warden Wallace Pack, a 55-year-old white male, was tragically killed on April 4, 1981, at the Ellis I Unit in Huntsville, Texas. The incident occurred when a prisoner managed to gain control of one of the officers' pistols and shot both Warden Pack and…

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Death by Force50th anniversary

Shirley Baldwin

Female, age 27 · Lisbon Falls, Maine

Killed Apr 4, 1976 · 50 years ago

Shirley Baldwin, 27, female, was last seen alive around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 4, 1976, in Lisbon Falls, Maine. Later that day she was discovered lying on the kitchen floor of her apartment, where authorities determined she had died by homicide. The early…

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Death by Force60th anniversary

Lois Dant

Female, age 58 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Apr 4, 1966 · 60 years ago

Lois Dant, a 58-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on April 4, 1966, in her ground-floor apartment in Price Hill, Cincinnati, Ohio. She was found strangled, raped, and beaten. According to reports, she had been speaking on the phone with a cousin when…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Kendrick Morrisette

Male, age 27 · Bessemer, Alabama

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a day meant for celebration, tragedy struck a family gathering in Bessemer, Alabama. It was Easter Sunday in 2021 when gunfire erupted at a home where a large family was celebrating the holiday. The chaos and violence of that evening left two people dead…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Angela Rose

Female, age 43 · Taylorsville, North Carolina

Killed Apr 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

Angela Lynne McMahan Rose, a 43-year-old woman from Taylorsville, NC, passed away on April 4, 2011. Angela was born on November 8, 1967, and was the daughter of Carolyn Dorothy Allen Morse of Lincolnton and the late James Ralph McMahan Sr. She is survived by…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Robel Laboy

Male, age 18 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

Robel Laboy, an 18-year-old Hispanic/Latino male from Chester, Pennsylvania, was killed in a mass shooting connected to a birthday party at Minaret Temple No. 174, near Fourth and Ward streets in Chester. Although one online memorial lists his death as April…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Ulysses Joey Calvey

Male, age 21 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed Apr 4, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the spring of 2006, the Baton Rouge community was shaken by the untimely death of a promising young musician. Ulysses Joseph 'Joey' Calvey IV, a 21-year-old African American male, was killed on Tuesday, April 4, 2006, in his hometown of Baton Rouge…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Kris Edward Sohne

Male, age 27 · Sacramento, California

Killed Apr 4, 1991 · 35 years ago

Kris Edward Sohne, aged 27, tragically lost his life on April 4, 1991, during the infamous Sacramento hostage crisis at the Good Guys! electronics store. This incident remains one of the most significant hostage situations in U.S. history. On that fateful…

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Alexis Walker

Female, age 15 · Mound Bayou, Mississippi

Killed Apr 4, 2026 · this year

In the quiet community of Mound Bayou, Mississippi, the life of 15-year-old Alexis Walker was tragically cut short on the evening of Saturday, April 4, 2026. The teenager was fatally wounded in a shooting that also left another 15-year-old with…

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Amanda Leigh Manion

Female, age 41 · Pueblo, Colorado

Killed Apr 4, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of a Saturday morning in Pueblo, Colorado, a tragic event unfolded that would leave a family shattered and a community in shock. On April 4, 2026, 41-year-old Amanda Leigh Manion, a White female, was killed in a violent encounter. The…

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Antonio Conner

Male, age 38 · Laurel, Mississippi

Killed Apr 4, 2026 · this year

In Laurel, Mississippi, on the evening of Saturday, April 4, 2026, a dispute between two men escalated to a fatal conclusion. The Laurel Police Department responded to a call of a shooting at approximately 9:15 p.m. in the 1000 block of First Avenue. Upon…

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Antonio Griffin

Male, age 28 · Luray, South Carolina

Killed Apr 4, 2026 · this year

In the small community of Luray, South Carolina, the life of 28-year-old Antonio Griffin of Early Branch was tragically cut short on April 4, 2026. Griffin, a male, was shot multiple times on Orchard Road in an incident that authorities believe stemmed from a…

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Braden Uhlmann

Male, age 21 · Broken Bow, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 4, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of April 4, 2026, a bachelor party trip in Broken Bow, Oklahoma, took a tragic turn, ending in the shooting death of 21-year-old Braden Uhlmann. The celebration was being held at an Airbnb cabin where Uhlmann was attending the party…

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