Death by Force

Tarrel Lavon Pounds

Male, age 30 · Flint, Michigan

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the spring of 2017, the life of Tarrel Lavon Pounds, a 30-year-old Black/African American man, was tragically cut short in Flint, Michigan. On the afternoon of April 4th, Pounds was discovered inside a residence in the 6500 block of Cecil Drive, situated…

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Kassim Hayes

Male, age 17 · Plainfield, New Jersey

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 4, 2017, the life of 17-year-old Kassim Hayes was tragically cut short in Plainfield, New Jersey. A senior at Plainfield High School, Kassim was known for his love of basketball and the time he spent with his friends. He…

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Jericho Kobryn

Male, age 21 · Bluffton, Indiana

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the spring of 2017, a young man's life was tragically cut short in Bluffton, Indiana. Jericho Michael Kobryn, a 21-year-old male, passed away at his residence on April 4, 2017. Born on February 20, 1996, in the Philippines, he was a graduate of Bluffton…

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Khiry Taggart

Male, age 18 · Florissant, Missouri

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early hours of a Tuesday in Florissant, Missouri, a sequence of events unfolded that would end the life of 18-year-old Khiry Taggart. On April 4, 2017, what was initially reported as a vehicle accident around 12:45 a.m. near New Halls Ferry and Green…

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Reginald Caine

Male, age 41 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the spring of 2017, the life of Reginald Lamont Caine, a 41-year-old African American man from St. Louis, Missouri, was tragically cut short. On the morning of April 4th, gunfire erupted in the community of Dellwood. Caine sustained gunshot wounds in the…

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Tevin McCoy

Male, age 23 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

The life of twenty-three-year-old Tevin McCoy was abruptly cut short on April 4, 2017, in the Carr Square neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. The events that led to his death unfolded in North St. Louis, where a dispute escalated into fatal violence.…

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Timothy Rice

Male, age 57 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the spring of 2017, the body of 57-year-old Timothy S. Rice of Excelsior Springs, a white male, was discovered inside a shelter at Minor Park in Kansas City. The discovery was made on the morning of April 4th after police were dispatched to the area of Red…

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Margaret Hooks

Female, age 24 · Columbia, South Carolina

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the afternoon of April 4, 2017, sirens and urgency converged on a home near Farrow Road in Columbia, South Carolina. Inside that address on Koon Road, Margaret Hooks, 24, a Black woman, had been shot in the head, and the moments that followed became a…

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Charles Bennett

Male, age 31 · Hyattsville, Maryland

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the spring of 2017, a tragedy befell a Hyattsville, Maryland resident, leaving a family grieving and a community searching for answers. On April 4th, 31-year-old Charles Bennett, a Black/African American male, was found lying in a driveway in the 7100…

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Whalen Johnson Gurley

Male, age 27 · Staten-island, New York

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the evening of April 4, 2017, a burst of fatal violence cut short the life of 27-year-old Whalen Johnson Gurley, a Black/African American man, in the Stapleton neighborhood of Staten Island. Gurley was with his girlfriend outside an auto shop on Broad…

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Kevin Cleveland Jr

Male, age 17 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

Kevin Cleveland Jr., a 17-year-old teenager from Los Angeles, was tragically shot to death on April 4, 2017. The incident occurred near East 60th Street and South Vermont Avenue in the Vermont-Slauson neighborhood. Kevin was walking with a 15-year-old boy and…

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Rashanda Franklin

Female, age 29 · Richmond, California

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

Rashanda Franklin, a 29-year-old mother from Richmond, California, tragically lost her life on April 4, 2017. She was fatally shot while driving her two young children to school. The incident occurred at the intersection of 29th Street and Rheem Avenue.…

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Veronica Ann Waters

Female, age 51 · Jay, Florida

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

Veronica Ann Waters, aged 51, tragically passed away on April 4, 2017, in Jay, Florida. Veronica was born in Milton, Florida, and spent her life in Chumuckla, Florida. Her death was part of a tragic incident that has been classified as a murder-suicide. On…

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Dennis Ronald Gayton

Male, age 47 · Gainesville, Georgia

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the spring of 2017, a quiet evening in Gainesville, Georgia, was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of Dennis Ronald Gayton, a 47-year-old male. On the night of April 4th, Gayton was shot while inside a vehicle on Martin Luther King Jr.…

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Tammy Wolfe

Female, age 50 · Cedartown, Georgia

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet town of Cedartown, Georgia, the discovery of a car left for an extended period in the Polk Memory Gardens cemetery on April 4, 2017, led to a grim finding. Inside the vehicle was the body of 50-year-old Tammy Chambers Wolfe, a lifelong resident…

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Andre Taylor

Male, age 39 · Macon, Georgia

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

In a tragic turn of events that began over a mere fifty cents and a can of beer, 39-year-old Andre Taylor, a male resident of Macon, Georgia, lost his life. The dispute that ultimately led to his death started the night before the fatal encounter, at an…

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Billie Castellano

Female, age 34 · Creve-coeur, Illinois

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

Billie Castellano, a 34-year-old woman from Creve Coeur, Illinois, was found dead on April 4, 2017, alongside her fiancé, Jeremy Brown, aged 42. The couple's deaths were discovered by Creve Coeur police officers who were conducting a welfare check after…

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Clarence Riley

Male, age 68 · Pembroke-township, Illinois

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

On April 4, 2017, Clarence Riley, a 68-year-old African American male, was found dead in his home in Pembroke Township, Illinois. The Kankakee County Sheriff's Office responded to a call at approximately 6:53 a.m. regarding a shooting at 17774 E 7000S Rd.…

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Jessie Chivers Sr

Male, age 29 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jessie Chivers Sr., a 29-year-old male from Dayton, Ohio, tragically passed away on April 4, 2017. He was born on November 25, 1987, and was known for his role as the owner and founder of JCJ Property Management Co. Jessie was a graduate of Jefferson Township…

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Lamar Anderson

Male, age 36 · Henderson, Tennessee

Killed Apr 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

In Henderson, Tennessee, on the evening of April 4, 2017, a verbal dispute tragically escalated, claiming the life of 36-year-old Lamar Anderson, a Black male. The incident occurred near the intersection of Baughn Street and Church Avenue, where an argument…

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Paul Reed

Male, age 20 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

John Reed, a 72-year-old male military veteran, died on October 22, 2024, after being severely beaten in a holding cell at the Macon County Sheriff's Office in Alabama. Reed, who was a disabled man requiring a cane, a motorized wheelchair, and 24-hour oxygen…

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Tariq Rivers

Male, age 21 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, the life of a young man from Atlanta, Georgia, was tragically cut short, leaving a family in mourning and a case that remains a testament to the city's ongoing struggle with violent crime. Tariq Rivers, a 21-year-old African-American…

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Carvis L Milon

Male, age 42 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

Carvis L. Milon, age 42, was fatally shot on April 4, 2015, in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood. The incident occurred on Easter weekend, a period marked by significant violence in Chicago, with at least four people killed and eighteen others wounded in…

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Steven Jackson

Male, age 29 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a spring afternoon in Baltimore, Maryland, the life of 29-year-old Steven Jackson, a Black/African American man, was tragically cut short. On April 4, 2015, Jackson was shot in the head in the 3200 block of Elmley Avenue. He was rushed to a nearby…

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Tyson Leftwich

Male, age 22 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

In December of 2014, what began as a routine trip to pick up his father from work spiraled into a months-long mystery that ended in heartbreak for the family of Tyson Logan-Leftwich. The 22-year-old African-American man left his mother's home on Detroit's…

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Paul Michael Reed

Male, age 20 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, the life of 20-year-old Paul Michael Reed was cut tragically short in Birmingham, Alabama. On April 4th, the young man was found deceased, the victim of a fatal shooting. The incident prompted an immediate homicide investigation by…

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Victor Nina

Male, age 32 · Meriden, Connecticut

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 4, 2015, the life of 32-year-old Hispanic male, Victor Nina, was tragically cut short at the Huntington Place Apartments on Cook Avenue in Meriden, Connecticut. The initial alert to authorities was a fire alarm, but soon…

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Ethan Noll

Male, age 34 · Edgewood, New Mexico

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet community of Edgewood, New Mexico, the life of 34-year-old Ethan Noll, a White male, came to a tragic end on April 4, 2015. A former Marine with the Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion, Noll was a husband and a father to five children, with a…

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Manuel Montex

Male, age 33 · Roswell, New Mexico

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the evening of April 4, 2015, Manuel Montex, a 33-year-old male, was shot and killed in Roswell, New Mexico. Notices that followed simply recorded his death to gun violence on that date and in that city, his name entering the public record alongside others…

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Edward Evans

Male, age 62 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

A young man named Edward Evans, who was 17 years old, tragically lost his life on October 6, 1965. His death marked the final chapter in a series of horrific crimes committed by Ian Brady and Myra Hindley, who came to be known as the Moors murderers. The…

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Matthew Andler

Male, age 27 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

Matthew J. Andler, a 27-year-old resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, tragically lost his life on April 4, 2015. The circumstances surrounding his death were linked to a drug-related incident. On that fateful day, Andler and a friend were involved in a drug…

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Ahmarus Rakim Swinney

Male, age 25 · Corinth, Mississippi

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

Ahmarus Rakim Swinney, a 25-year-old Black male, tragically lost his life on the night of April 4, 2015, in Corinth, Mississippi. The evening was shattered by the sound of gunfire at the Nashway Apartments, where a violent shootout erupted, leaving both…

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Deonta Dwayne Herman

Male, age 22 · Corinth, Mississippi

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, a violent outburst in Corinth, Mississippi, claimed the life of 22-year-old Deonta Dwayne Herman. The fatal incident unfolded on the evening of Saturday, April 4th, at the Nashway Apartments. Authorities reported that the scene was…

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Diane Pierce-Smith

Female, age 52 · Foxworth, Mississippi

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

Diane Pierce-Smith was a 52-year-old white woman living in the small Marion County community of Foxworth, Mississippi, when her life was abruptly cut short in early April 2015. Born on October 18, 1962, she was known to those around her by the nickname…

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Mark Hatfield

Male, age 62 · Foxworth, Mississippi

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, a tragic event unfolded in the small community of Foxworth, Mississippi, leading to the untimely death of Mark Julius Hatfield. A 62-year-old male, Hatfield became a victim of gun violence on April 4th of that year. The circumstances…

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Charles Earnest Taylor

Male, age 59 · Christiansburg, Virginia

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet community of Christiansburg, Virginia, the life of 59-year-old Charles Earnest Taylor came to a brutal end on April 4, 2015. A white male, Taylor was found deceased in his own home, the victim of a violent attack that left him with multiple stab…

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Juble Hairston

Male, age 36 · Gary, Indiana

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

Juble Nathan Hairston, a 36-year-old male, was discovered shot to death in Gary, Indiana, in the early morning hours of Saturday, April 4, 2015. A resident of Merrillville, Hairston was found by police officers who were dispatched to the 2800 block of West…

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Darryl T. Simms

Male, age 27 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 4, 2015, a violent encounter in the St. Louis Hills neighborhood tragically ended the life of 27-year-old Darryl T. Simms, a male resident of East St. Louis, Illinois. The incident unfolded around 6:15 a.m. on the 5200…

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Michael Akins

Male, age 32 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the evening of Saturday, April 4, 2015, a burst of gunfire shattered the night on the 3900 block of Natural Bridge in north St. Louis. When the sounds of the shots faded, 32-year-old Michael Akins was left fatally wounded. Police responded to the scene at…

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Tameka Mitchell

Female, age 38 · Mount-pleasant, South Carolina

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

On April 4, 2015, authorities in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, initiated a homicide investigation following a violent incident in the Snowden community. Police officers responded to a call at approximately 2:30 a.m. regarding a shooting that had taken place…

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Walter Lamar Scott

Male, age 50 · North-charleston, South Carolina

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a spring morning in North Charleston, South Carolina, a routine traffic stop escalated into a fatal encounter that would capture the nation's attention. Walter Lamar Scott, a 50-year-old Black man, was behind the wheel of his 1991 Mercedes on April 4…

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Jamar Green

Male, age 28 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a spring evening in Baltimore, Maryland, the life of 28-year-old Jamar Martell Green was cut short by gun violence. On April 4, 2015, Green was fatally shot in the vicinity of North Pulaski Street. The investigation into the death of the male victim soon…

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Michele Hernandez-Vazquez

Female, age 21 · Staten-island, New York

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, a young woman's life was tragically cut short in a Staten Island motel room. Michele Hernandez-Vazquez, a 21-year-old female, was found deceased on April 4, 2015, at the Cosmopolitan Motel. Her death was the result of a fatal gunshot…

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Karen Lee Aadland

Female, age 53 · Ione, California

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

Karen Lee Aadland, born on November 13, 1961, in Geneva, Illinois, passed away on April 4, 2015, at her home in Ione, California. She was 53 years old at the time of her death. Karen is remembered by her three daughters, Christine Taylor, Robin Fuller, and…

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Lawrence Lee Casados

Male, age 47 · Long-beach, California

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

Lawrence Lee Casados, a 47-year-old resident of Los Alamitos, was tragically shot and killed on April 4, 2015, in Long Beach, California. The incident occurred at approximately 10:53 p.m. in the 2700 block of East South Street. According to reports, Casados…

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Jaquel Robinson

Male, age 19 · Dublin, Georgia

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, just two weeks shy of his high school graduation, 19-year-old Jaquel Octavius Robinson's promising future was tragically cut short. On the night of Saturday, April 4, 2015, the young man from Tennille, Georgia, was attending a prom…

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Pierre Tilson

Male, age 15 · College-park, Georgia

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

In College Park, Georgia, a chaotic street altercation on April 4, 2015, tragically ended the life of 15-year-old Pierre Tilson, an African American male. The fatal incident unfolded at an apartment complex on Godby Road, where a fight had broken out…

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Justus Howell

Male, age 17 · Zion, Illinois

Killed Apr 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

Justus Howell, a 17-year-old African American male, was fatally shot by a Zion, Illinois police officer on April 4, 2015. The incident occurred during a foot chase after Howell allegedly stole a handgun. According to authorities, Howell was shot twice in the…

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