Deaths by Force on April 5

Deaths by Force (486)

Death by Force10th anniversary

Javier Aguerro Zuniga

Male, age 30 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

On April 5, 2016, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department homicide detectives initiated an investigation following the discovery of a deceased male in a vacant apartment. The body was found in an apartment located in the 200 block of West Boston Avenue, near…

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Jose Rubio

Male, age 19 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a spring evening in Oklahoma City, the life of 19-year-old Hispanic male Jose Rubio was tragically cut short. On April 5, 2016, Rubio was found shot to death in the driver's seat of a car in a southwest neighborhood. The vehicle had rolled to a stop…

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Nico Moore

Male, age 26 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a spring evening in Jackson, Mississippi, the life of 26-year-old Nico Moore was tragically cut short. On April 5, 2016, Moore, a male, fell victim to gun violence in the city. The incident added to the local dialogue about the impact of shootings…

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Daniel Parks

Male, age 38 · Davison, Michigan

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

In a quiet mobile home community in Davison, Michigan, a grim discovery brought a tragic end to the life of 31-year-old Daniel Parks. The white / caucasian male's body was found on April 5, 2016, concealed within a shed behind the residence of 68-year-old…

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Joshua Shaw

Male, age 31 · Elkhart, Indiana

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the spring of 2016, the life of 31-year-old Joshua H. Shaw, a male resident of Elkhart, Indiana, was tragically cut short. On the morning of Tuesday, April 5th, Shaw was seated in the driver's seat of his SUV in the parking lot of the Bannerker Heights…

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Kevin Hicks

Male, age 44 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

On an April evening in 2016, a domestic dispute between 44-year-old Kevin Hicks and his wife, Heather, set in motion a chain of events that would end in his death. While in their car with their young son, Heather Hicks called 911, reporting that her husband…

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Kimberly Miles

Female, age 26 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the spring of 2016, the life of Kimberly M. Miles, a 26-year-old female from Kansas City, Missouri, was tragically cut short in a case that continues to baffle investigators. On the evening of April 5th, officers were called to a residence in the 2600…

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Randy Tran

Male, age 20 · Fort-mill, South Carolina

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

In a quiet, wooded area in Indian Land, South Carolina, the body of 20-year-old Randy Tran of Fort Mill was discovered on April 5, 2016. A graduate of Nation Ford High School, Tran was pursuing an engineering degree at York Technical College. His life was cut…

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Anthony Ronald Palomares

Male, age 23 · Santa-fe-springs, California

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Anthony Ronald Palomares, a 23-year-old Latino, tragically lost his life on April 5, 2016, in Santa Fe Springs, California. The incident occurred near the intersection of Telegraph Road and Bartley Avenue, close to Friendship Park. On the evening of April 5…

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Martin Nava

Male, age 30 · Hanford, California

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Martin Nava, a 30-year-old resident of Hanford, CA, tragically lost his life on April 5, 2016, in a fatal shooting incident. On that fateful evening, deputies from the Kings County Sheriff's Office responded to reports of shots fired near the 10700 block of…

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Claverle Joseph

Male, age 17 · West-palm-beach, Florida

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Claverle "CJ" Joseph, a 17-year-old high school student from West Palm Beach, Florida, tragically lost his life on April 5, 2016. CJ was on his way to catch the school bus when he was fatally shot in the chest near Silver Beach Road and Sixth Street in Lake…

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Jamie Antoinette Wilson

Male, age 24 · Saint-augustine, Florida

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jamie Antoinette Wilson, a 24-year-old resident of St. Augustine, Florida, tragically lost her life on April 5, 2016. Jamie was born on August 17, 1991, and was a beloved member of her community. She was known for her dedication to her work as a medical…

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Keiwuan Jevante Murray

Male, age 18 · Saint-augustine, Florida

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Keiwuan Jevante Murray, an 18-year-old from St. Augustine, Florida, tragically lost his life on April 5, 2016. On that fateful day, Keiwuan was one of the victims in a series of shootings that shook the West Augustine community. The incident began when Johnny…

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Osmand Falls

Male, age 16 · Miami, Florida

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Osmand Falls, a 16-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on April 5, 2016, in Miami, Florida. The incident occurred at the corner of Northwest 10th Avenue and Northwest First Street, where Falls was approached by 15-year-old Jorge Franco.…

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Roderick Sweeting

Male, age 17 · Miami-gardens, Florida

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Roderick Sweeting, a 17-year-old high school student from Miami Gardens, Florida, was tragically shot and killed on April 5, 2016. Roderick was returning home from school when he was gunned down just a few feet from his apartment complex. According to his…

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Leon Taylor

Male, age 40 · Decatur, Illinois

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Leon Taylor, a 40-year-old African American man from Decatur, Illinois, tragically lost his life on April 5, 2016. Known affectionately as "LT" or "Taylor Made," Leon was a beloved member of his community. He was born on September 15, 1975, to Leon Taylor Sr.…

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Connie Simmons

Female, age 60 · Fair-bluff, North Carolina

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Connie Jean Nealey Simmons, a 60-year-old woman from Fair Bluff, North Carolina, tragically lost her life on April 3, 2016, due to a home invasion. She was fatally shot multiple times in her home on Main Street. The incident occurred early in the morning, and…

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John Lunsford

Male · Marshall, North Carolina

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

John Frank Lunsford, a resident of Marshall, North Carolina, was tragically shot and killed on April 5, 2016, in his home in the Shelton Laurel community. He was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds. Lunsford was a male of an unspecified…

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Cathy Evans

Female, age 65 · Springfield, Ohio

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Cathy Evans, a 65-year-old woman from Springfield, Ohio, tragically passed away on April 5, 2016. She and her husband, Daniel Evans, were found deceased in their home on Mistyhill Drive, both having suffered gunshot wounds. Investigators determined the…

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Gary Francis

Male, age 20 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Gary Francis, a 20-year-old male of African American ethnicity, tragically lost his life on April 5, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. The circumstances surrounding his death were part of a double homicide case. Connor Carrington Jeffries, a 21-year-old former…

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James Miller Jr

Female, age 21 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

James Miller Jr., a 21-year-old male, tragically lost his life on April 5, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred when Miller and another individual, Gary Francis, were sitting in a vehicle near the intersection of Tussing and Brice Roads. Connor…

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Desiree Morris

Female, age 17 · Grand-prairie, Texas

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Seventeen-year-old Desiree Morris, a young woman from Grand Prairie, Texas, tragically lost her life on April 5, 2016. Her death was the result of a violent and abusive relationship with her 29-year-old boyfriend, Ivan Arellano. Desiree's body was discovered…

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Elvin E. Ponce

Male, age 17 · Miami, Florida

Found Apr 5, 2011 · 15 years ago

Elvin E. Ponce, a 17-year-old high school student, was tragically killed on April 5, 2011, in Miami, Florida. Elvin was originally from Los Angeles, California, and had moved to Miami in 2005, where he was attending Booker T. Washington Senior High School. He…

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Reginald Smith

Male, age 26 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Apr 5, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the spring of 2011, a young man's life was cut short in New Orleans, leaving a family to grapple with their sudden loss. Reginald "Bump" Joseph Smith, a 26-year-old male, passed away on Thursday, April 28, 2011. The available online information does not…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Gordon Joseph Rich

Male, age 45 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Apr 5, 1986 · 40 years ago

On the night of April 5, 1986, Officer Gordon Joseph Rich, aged 45, was fatally shot with his own weapon while conducting a routine traffic stop on Interstate 70 in Columbus, Ohio. Officer Rich, a Caucasian male, had been with the Columbus Division of Police…

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Patty Geddling

Female, age 19 · Redwood, California

Killed Apr 5, 1981 · 45 years ago

Patty Geddling, aged 23, and her friend Stacy Benjamin, aged 19, were tragically murdered on April 25, 1981, in Redwood City, California. The circumstances surrounding their deaths were deeply intertwined with the local drug scene. Patty and Stacy were known…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

William Larry Whitwell

Male, age 34 · Columbia, Tennessee

Killed Apr 5, 1981 · 45 years ago

In the late hours of an April night in 1981, the city of Columbia, Tennessee, lost a dedicated public servant. William Larry Whitwell, a 34-year-old male patrolman with the Columbia Police Department, was on duty, unaware that a routine traffic stop would…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Beatrice Roberson Cline

Female, age 79 · Perris, California

Killed Apr 5, 1981 · 45 years ago

Beatrice Roberson Cline, a 79-year-old woman from Perris, California, entered the intensive-care unit at Community Hospital of the Valleys suffering from chest pain late on April 4, 1981. She had a history of heart problems and congestive heart failure…

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Death by Force50th anniversary

James Cassidy

Male, age 43 · Amherst, Maine

Killed Apr 5, 1976 · 50 years ago

On April 5, 1976, the discovery of a burned-out green 1971 Chrysler station wagon on a remote woods road off Route 9 in Amherst, Maine, marked the beginning of a grim mystery. Inside the vehicle, authorities found the badly burned body of a white male, later…

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Carmen Abrams

Female, age 68 · Hammock, Florida

Killed Apr 5, 1976 · 50 years ago

Carmen Abrams, a 68-year-old woman, tragically lost her life on April 5, 1976, in a murder-robbery incident that occurred in the Hammock area north of Flagler Beach, Florida. Carmen Abrams, who was of Hispanic ethnicity, was pronounced dead at the scene from…

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Death by Force120th anniversary

Denver Braden Pore

Male, age 25 · Mount-pleasant-borough, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 5, 1906 · 120 years ago

In the early spring of 1906, a dedicated public servant named Denver Braden Pore, a 25-year-old male, tragically lost his life in the line of duty. At the time of his death, he was the Chief of Police for the Mount Pleasant Borough Police Department in…

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James Anthony Fullard Jr

Male, age 38 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a spring afternoon in Baltimore, Maryland, the life of 38-year-old James Anthony Fullard Jr. was tragically cut short. On April 5, 2021, Fullard was the victim of a fatal shooting in the 1000 block of North Broadway Street. The incident, which took place…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Leroy Short

Male, age 19 · East-saint-louis, Illinois

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

On April 5, 2016, at approximately 11:16 PM, deputies from the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department responded to a report of a shooting in the 100 block of Amelia Drive in unincorporated Cahokia, Illinois. Upon arrival, they discovered 19-year-old Leroy D.…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jose Luis Orona

Male, age 31 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Apr 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jose Luis Orona was 31 years old when he was killed in St. Louis on Tuesday, April 5, 2016. The case was investigated by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. The Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis through 2017…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Mylan Paul Waggoner

Male, age 36 · Long Beach, California

Killed Apr 5, 2011 · 15 years ago

Mylan Paul Waggoner was 36 years old when he was found stabbed to death on the morning of Tuesday, April 5, 2011, in Long Beach. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds near Wardlow Road and Webster Avenue. His…

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Death by Force50th anniversary

James McCrory

Male, age 51 · Elkhart, Indiana

Killed Apr 5, 1976 · 50 years ago

James M. "Tiny" McCrory, a 51-year-old male engineer from Niles, Michigan, was killed on April 5, 1976, while working at the rail yards in Elkhart, Indiana. McCrory was seated in the cab of his locomotive near the diesel house when a shotgun deer slug…

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Alexander Richardson

Male, age 19 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Apr 5, 2026 · this year

A sense of normalcy was shattered on Easter Sunday evening in Kansas City, Missouri, when a young life was abruptly cut short by gunfire. Alexander Richardson, a 19-year-old male, was fatally shot following an altercation in the North Town Fork Creek…

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Anthony Lee Carlos

Male, age 37 · Stanton, California

Killed Apr 5, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of Sunday, April 5, 2026, the quiet streets of Stanton, California, were disturbed by a grim discovery. The body of 37-year-old Anthony Lee Carlos, a resident of nearby Fullerton, was found in an alley near the intersection of Main…

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Armani Lyons

Male, age 3 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Apr 5, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of Easter Sunday, a 3-year-old boy named Armani Lyons was at his babysitter's apartment in southwest Atlanta while his parent was at work. Shortly after midnight on April 5, 2026, the quiet of the night on Washington Street SW was shattered…

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Audrey Kaylyn Adams

Female, age 27 · Stillwater, Oklahoma

Killed Apr 5, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of Easter Sunday, a day typically marked by celebration and renewal, a tragedy unfolded in a Stillwater, Oklahoma home, forever altering the lives of a young family. Audrey Kaylyn Adams, a 27-year-old woman, was shot and killed on…

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Brandon Long

Male, age 40 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 5, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of April 5, 2026, a dispute in Baltimore's Federal Hill neighborhood turned deadly, claiming the life of 40-year-old Brandon Long Sr. The incident occurred around 3 a.m. in the 200 block of Key Highway. When police arrived at the scene…

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Courtney Mullins

Male, age 42 · Needham, Arkansas

Killed Apr 5, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of Sunday, April 5, 2026, the sounds of a bustling gathering at 6888 Highway 18 East in the Needham community were pierced by gunfire. When Craighead County Sheriff's deputies arrived at the scene around 1:30 a.m., they discovered…

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David Wayne Bunn

Male, age 64 · Spartanburg, South Carolina

Killed Apr 5, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of Easter morning, a sense of celebration was shattered by gunfire outside a Spartanburg, South Carolina bar, leaving a 64-year-old Gaffney man, David Wayne Bunn, dead. The incident, which also left two other individuals wounded, unfolded…

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DeAra Banks

Female, age 35 · Saint Louis, Missouri

Killed Apr 5, 2026 · this year

In the quiet neighborhood of Northwoods in St. Louis County, Missouri, the life of 35-year-old DeAra Banks was tragically cut short on the evening of April 5, 2026. Responding to a call for a shooting at approximately 5:30 p.m. in the 6900 block of Pine Ridge…

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Desiree Carmen Fuentes

Female, age 43 · Sonoma County, California

Killed Apr 5, 2026 · this year

On what was supposed to be a day of holiday celebration, Desiree Carmen Fuentes, a 43-year-old woman from Sonoma County, California, was found dead on April 5, 2026. Her life was cut short in a violent sequence of events that began in her home county and…

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Devonte Lane

age 29 · Albany, Georgia

Killed Apr 5, 2026 · this year

On a spring evening in Albany, Georgia, the life of 29-year-old Devonte Lane was tragically cut short. On April 5, 2026, Lane was fatally shot on Cochran Avenue, a violent end to a young life that would leave a community in mourning. He was rushed to Phoebe…

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Edwin Collazo

Male, age 35 · Orlando, Florida

Killed Apr 5, 2026 · this year

On the evening of Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026, the life of 35-year-old Edwin Collazo, a Black / African American male, was tragically cut short in Orlando, Florida. The night's calm was shattered shortly after 10:30 p.m. by the sound of gunfire in the 1000…

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Jacob Bowlin

Male, age 41 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Apr 5, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of April 5, 2026, Jacob Bowlin, a 41-year-old man from Dayton, Ohio, was shot and killed. The incident occurred at the intersection of Valley Street and Stanley Avenue. Police were dispatched to the scene at approximately 6:15 a.m.…

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