Deaths by Force on April 4

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Kamisha Malea Davis

Female, age 27 · Bessemer, Alabama

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a day meant for celebration and family, tragedy struck a large Easter gathering in Bessemer, Alabama. On the evening of April 4, 2021, gunfire erupted, shattering the festive atmosphere and leaving two young people dead. Kamisha Malea Davis, a 27-year-old…

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Lynn-Marie Brisson Viana

Female, age 53 · Derry, New Hampshire

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Lynn-Marie Brisson Viana, a 53-year-old woman, tragically lost her life on April 4, 2021, in Derry, New Hampshire. Born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of Edward J. Brisson and the late Joanne D. Brisson. Lynn-Marie attended Haverhill High…

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Stacy Hakes

Male, age 37 · Lake-havasu-city, Arizona

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 4, 2021, the life of 37-year-old Stacy James Hakes, a male former resident of Lake Havasu City, Arizona, was tragically cut short. Hakes was the victim of a homicide that occurred in the 400 block of Sunfield Drive, where…

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David Lucio Tafoya

Male, age 44 · Pueblo, Colorado

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Pueblo, Colorado, the life of David Lucio Tafoya, a 44-year-old male, was tragically cut short. On April 4, 2021, Tafoya was found with a fatal gunshot wound to the chest in the vicinity of Bessemer Park. The Pueblo…

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Dontra Harris

Male, age 33 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

On the evening of April 4, 2021, in the 1800 block of 24th Street, Northeast, a dispute between childhood friends escalated into a fatal encounter. Dontra Harris, a 33-year-old male, was shot and killed in what authorities described as an ambush. The incident…

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Juwan McCrae

Male, age 22 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a Sunday evening in Washington, D.C., the life of 22-year-old Juwan McCrae was tragically cut short. On April 4, 2021, in the 4300 block of Wheeler Road, Southeast, the sound of gunfire shattered the night. Responding to a report of a shooting at…

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Roderick Ballard

Male, age 29 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early evening of April 4, 2021, a burst of violence shattered the calm near the intersection of W.J. Hodge and Madison Streets in Louisville, Kentucky. There, 29-year-old Roderick Ballard, a Black male, was found by police suffering from multiple…

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James Clifton Hester Files

Male, age 17 · Starkville, Mississippi

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

On what should have been a celebratory Easter Sunday in Starkville, Mississippi, a senseless act of violence cut short the life of 17-year-old James Clifton Hester Files. The male teenager was discovered deceased inside a vehicle on April 4, 2021, at the…

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Thomas Darrel Bradley

Male, age 45 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Thomas Darrel Bradley, a 45-year-old Black man from Jackson, Mississippi, was behind the wheel of a U-Haul truck on the night of April 4, 2021, when an ordinary drive turned into a fatal ambush. Late that Sunday, around 9 p.m., he was traveling along the 100…

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Leopold McKoy

Male, age 64 · Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early hours of Easter Sunday, the quiet of a Cherry Hill, New Jersey apartment complex was shattered by the sound of gunfire, leaving a 64-year-old man, Leopold McKoy of Bear, Delaware, dead. The incident occurred around 4:30 a.m. on April 4, 2021, in…

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Marcel Chisholm

Male, age 26 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a Sunday evening in Indianapolis, Indiana, the lively sounds of a basketball game at Grassy Creek Regional Park were tragically interrupted by gunfire. It was April 4, 2021, when 26-year-old Marcel Chisholm, a male, was shot and killed on the basketball…

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Tyrice Patton

Male, age 41 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

On Easter Sunday, April 4, 2021, a dispute tragically escalated, claiming the life of 41-year-old Tyrice Patton in St. Louis, Missouri. The male victim was fatally wounded by gunfire in an incident that authorities have described as stemming from an argument.…

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Erik Hernandez

Male, age 37 · Bronx, New York

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

A visit to his old neighborhood in the Bronx turned fatal for Erik Hernandez, a 37-year-old male from White Plains, on the evening of April 4, 2021. Around 9:05 PM, Hernandez was with a 31-year-old male friend in front of the Chicken Deli Grocery at 2105…

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Kelvohn Williams

Male, age 18 · Fresno, California

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Kelvohn Williams, an 18-year-old from Fresno, California, tragically lost his life on April 4, 2021, in a drive-by shooting. The incident occurred near the intersection of Pottle Street and Merced Avenue. According to reports, Williams was stopped at a stop…

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Marvin Hernandez-Yanes

Male, age 29 · San-bernardino, California

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Marvin Hernandez-Yanes, a 29-year-old resident of San Bernardino, California, tragically lost his life on April 4, 2021, in a double shooting incident. The shooting occurred at a vacant building in San Bernardino, where Hernandez-Yanes was pronounced dead at…

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Emily Renee Grot

Female, age 35 · Saint-petersburg, Florida

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Emily Renee Grot, a 35-year-old mother of two from St. Petersburg, Florida, tragically lost her life on April 4, 2021, in a shooting incident. The shooting occurred around 10:50 PM in the area of 13th Avenue South and 26th Street South, near Wildwood Park.…

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Kristoff Salmon

Male, age 27 · Ocala, Florida

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Kristoff Salmon, a 27-year-old resident of Marion Oaks, Ocala, Florida, tragically lost his life on April 4, 2021. The incident occurred early on Easter Sunday at a residence located off Southwest 36th Avenue Road. According to reports, Salmon was shot and…

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Christian Vidales Manzanarez

Male, age 19 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the spring of 2021, a young man's life was cut tragically short in northeast Atlanta. Christian Vidales Manzanarez, a 19-year-old Hispanic male, was found deceased on the evening of Sunday, April 4, 2021. Atlanta police officers, responding to a call of…

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Domingo Paco-Camacho

Male, age 19 · Brookhaven, Georgia

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a Sunday evening that marked Easter, April 4, 2021, the life of 19-year-old Domingo Paco-Camacho, a Black male, was tragically cut short in a violent encounter at an apartment complex in Brookhaven, Georgia. Around 7 p.m., officers from the Brookhaven…

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Othneil Johnson

Male, age 45 · Lithonia, Georgia

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a Sunday afternoon in Lithonia, Georgia, the community was shaken by a burst of violence that claimed the life of 45-year-old Othneil Johnson. The incident, which occurred on April 4, 2021, also left a 15-year-old boy wounded. DeKalb County police…

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Brian Guerrero

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Brian Guerrero, a 28-year-old man from Chicago, IL, was found fatally shot inside an SUV on April 4, 2021. The incident occurred in the Little Village neighborhood on the Southwest Side of Chicago. Officers discovered Brian Guerrero sitting unresponsive in…

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Dashawn Norman

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Dashawn Norman, a 25-year-old African American male, was found unresponsive in the backyard of a residence in the Brainerd neighborhood of Chicago, IL, on April 4, 2021. He had suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head and was pronounced dead at Christ…

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Derrick Triplett

Male, age 31 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Derrick Triplett, a 31-year-old African American man, tragically lost his life on April 4, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the Roseland neighborhood on the Far South Side of the city. According to reports, Derrick was involved in an…

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Elijah Mena

Male, age 19 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Elijah Mena, a 19-year-old male from Chicago, IL, tragically lost his life on April 4, 2021. The incident occurred in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, where he was fatally injured inside a vehicle. The cause of his death remains unknown, and the circumstances…

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Jakub Marchewka

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Jakub Marchewka, a 28-year-old man from Chicago, IL, was tragically shot and killed on April 4, 2021. The incident occurred in a parking lot near the intersection of Addison and Austin in the Portage Park neighborhood. According to reports, the altercation…

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Johnny Montgomery

Male, age 40 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Johnny Montgomery, a 40-year-old man from Markham, was fatally shot on April 4, 2021, in the Englewood neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. He was found in the 6800 block of South Throop Street with multiple gunshot wounds to the chest. Despite being rushed…

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Jwuan Jones

Male, age 18 · Joliet, Illinois

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Jwuan Jones, an 18-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on April 4, 2021, in Joliet, Illinois. The incident occurred around 9 p.m. while Jones was riding as a passenger in a vehicle near Western Avenue and North Bluff Street. Shortly…

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Octavius Mitchell

Male, age 38 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Octavius Mitchell, a 38-year-old man from West Englewood, Chicago, was fatally shot on April 4, 2021, while driving in the West Pullman neighborhood on the Far South Side. Around 2:15 p.m., Mitchell was stopped in the middle of the street in the 11500 block…

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Courtney Macon

Male, age 24 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Courtney Macon was a 24-year-old Black man from Chicago’s Jackson Park Highlands neighborhood. A father, he was remembered on a memorial page as a loving and giving person. On the evening of Saturday, April 3, 2021, Macon was in the West Town neighborhood.…

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Jalecia Latoria Deray Jennings

Female, age 30 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the spring of 2021, on Easter Sunday, the life of 30-year-old Jalecia Latoria Deray Jennings was tragically cut short in Shreveport, Louisiana. A mother of nine children, Jennings was fatally shot on April 4th in what has been described as an altercation.…

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Ian Wells

Male, age 15 · Durham, North Carolina

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Ian Wells, a 15-year-old African American male from Durham, North Carolina, tragically lost his life on April 4, 2021. Ian was shot while at a gas station on Alston Avenue in Durham. After being shot, he managed to get back into his sister's minivan and…

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Jaida Peterson

Female, age 29 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Jaida Peterson, a 29-year-old Black transgender woman, was tragically killed on April 4, 2021, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Her death was ruled a homicide by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Jaida was found fatally shot at the Quality Inn hotel…

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Marcus Sean Snipes

Male, age 19 · Burlington, North Carolina

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Marcus Sean Snipes, a 19-year-old male from Graham, North Carolina, tragically lost his life on April 4, 2021, in Burlington, North Carolina. The incident occurred at Traveler’s Rest Mobile Home Park on North Church Street. At approximately 11:22 p.m., police…

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Dion Skipper

Male, age 42 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Dion Skipper, a 42-year-old man from Columbus, OH, tragically lost his life on April 4, 2021. The incident occurred at the Norwood Inn & Suites on East Dublin Granville Road near Interstate 71. Skipper was pronounced dead at the scene by Columbus Division of…

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Jose Marrero

Male, age 38 · Lorain, Ohio

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Jose David Marrero, a 38-year-old Hispanic male from Lorain, OH, tragically passed away on April 4, 2021. He was found dead in the roadway in the 6100 block of Meadow Farm Road after suffering a gunshot wound. The Lorain Police Department responded to the…

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Kane McKinley Roush

Male, age 25 · Pomeroy, Ohio

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Kane McKinley Roush, a 25-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity from Pomeroy, Ohio, tragically passed away on April 4, 2021. He was born on October 30, 1995, and was known for his achievements as a standout high school football player at Wahama High School in…

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Marcus Taylor

Male, age 25 · Union-city, Tennessee

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

In Union City, Tennessee, on a Saturday night in early April, a family gathering turned into a scene of violence and loss. On the evening of April 3, 2021, shots rang out at the Eastgate Apartments. When the chaos subsided, 25-year-old Marcus Taylor, a male…

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Aaron Wayne Ainsworth

Male, age 20 · Bronson, Texas

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Aaron Wayne Ainsworth, a 20-year-old male from Bronson, TX, tragically lost his life on April 4, 2021. His body was discovered at an abandoned house off U.S. Highway 96 in San Augustine County, north of Bronson. The investigation revealed that Ainsworth was…

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Briana Marie Navarro

Female, age 22 · Houston, Texas

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Briana Marie Navarro, a 22-year-old woman from Houston, Texas, tragically lost her life on April 4, 2021. She was six months pregnant at the time of her death. Navarro was shot multiple times while riding in a car with her boyfriend and her 2-year-old son.…

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Damon L. Morgan Jr.

Male, age 18 · Waco, Texas

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Damon L. Morgan Jr., an 18-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on April 4, 2021, in Waco, Texas. The incident occurred around 4 p.m. at the intersection of JJ Flewellen Road and Lenox Street in East Waco. Damon was found suffering from a…

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Kovion Williams

Male, age 18 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Kovion Williams, an 18-year-old male, was tragically found shot to death early on April 4, 2021, in Dallas, Texas. Police responded to a call around 3:20 a.m. in the 7800 block of Sovereign Row in the Stemmons Corridor area, where they discovered Williams…

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Miguel Michael Vasquez

Male, age 37 · Houston, Texas

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Miguel Michael Vasquez, a 37-year-old Hispanic male, was tragically killed on April 4, 2021, in Houston, Texas. Vasquez was leaving Dave and Buster's at the Marq-E Entertainment Center with his 10-year-old daughter when he was approached by Nicholas Thomas, a…

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Tommy Ray Tinner

Male, age 50 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Apr 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Tommy Ray Tinner, a 50-year-old man from San Antonio, TX, tragically died on April 4, 2021, after being shot multiple times outside a Circle K convenience store near downtown San Antonio. He was found in the parking lot of the store located in the 300 block…

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Zalaytheo C. Stewart

Male, age 19 · San Francisco, California

Found Apr 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

On April 4, 2016, Zalaytheo C. Stewart, a 19-year-old from San Francisco, was fatally shot in the city's Portola neighborhood. The incident occurred late at night, and officers responded to reports of gunfire, finding Stewart suffering from gunshot wounds. He…

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Medina Thornton

Female, age 43 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Apr 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the fall of 2015, a distressing discovery was made in a Northwest Washington residence that would ultimately lead to a homicide investigation. On the evening of September 19th, police were called to an apartment in the 300 block of Delafield Place NW.…

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Gary E 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. decided to venture out of his home for the first time in weeks. He had been recovering from a bout of the flu and, feeling well enough to leave the house, chose to visit his family at a residence on South…

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Kawynn Humphries

Male, age 32 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Apr 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the morning of April 4, 2016, a violent incident unfolded in the West End neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, claiming the life of 32-year-old Kawynn LaMorn Humphries. Around 4:00 a.m., local law enforcement officers were dispatched to the 5900 block of…

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James Dotson

Male, age 33 · Warren, Ohio

Killed Apr 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

James Dotson Jr., a 33-year-old resident of Warren, Ohio, was shot and killed on April 4, 2016, outside the J & L Lounge located on Highland Avenue in Warren Township. Warren Township police responded to a call at around 2 a.m. regarding a shooting at the…

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