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Deaths by Force on April 5

687 open cases in our database happened on April 5. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (486)

Elizabeth Christine Rush - Jacksonville, Florida
Death by Force

Elizabeth Christine Rush

Female, age 30 · Jacksonville, Florida
Killed Apr 5, 2017 · 9 years ago

Elizabeth Christine Rush, aged 30, tragically passed away on April 5, 2017, in Jacksonville, Florida. Elizabeth, who was employed as an assistant manager in the collections department at DCI Financial, was deeply cherished by her family and friends. Her…

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Lance Gillings - Fort-lauderdale, Florida
Death by Force

Lance Gillings

Male, age 30 · Fort-lauderdale, Florida
Killed Apr 5, 2017 · 9 years ago

Lance Gillings, a 30-year-old man from Fort Lauderdale, FL, tragically lost his life on April 5, 2017. On that fateful night, Lance, who was of African American descent, was found mortally wounded after being shot near a convenience store in Lauderdale Lakes.…

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Lorinda Elizabeth DeNoewer Rush - Jacksonville, Florida
Death by Force

Lorinda Elizabeth DeNoewer Rush

Female, age 52 · Jacksonville, Florida
Killed Apr 5, 2017 · 9 years ago

Lorinda Elizabeth DeNoewer Rush, a 52-year-old white female, passed away on April 5, 2017, in Jacksonville, Florida. Lorinda, who was born on October 20, 1964, in Euclid, Ohio, was known for her vibrant personality and dedication to her work with the…

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Peter Goulos - Palm-beach-gardens, Florida
Death by Force

Peter Goulos

Male, age 55 · Palm-beach-gardens, Florida
Killed Apr 5, 2017 · 9 years ago

Peter Goulos, a 55-year-old man, was tragically shot and killed on the night of April 5, 2017, in Riviera Beach, Florida. Goulos, who was seated in his car in the 200 block of West 17th Street, was struck by gunfire. Despite his injuries, he managed to drive…

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Kevin Ruben Marquez - Charlotte, North Carolina
Death by Force

Kevin Ruben Marquez

Male, age 19 · Charlotte, North Carolina
Killed Apr 5, 2017 · 9 years ago

Kevin Ruben Marquez, a 19-year-old male, tragically lost his life on April 5, 2017, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The incident occurred in an east Charlotte apartment complex, specifically in the 3500 block of Spanish Quarter Circle, around 8:13 p.m. Gunfire…

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Deron M Long - Columbus, Ohio
Death by Force

Deron M Long

Male, age 25 · Columbus, Ohio
Killed Apr 5, 2017 · 9 years ago

Deron M. Long, a 25-year-old male, tragically lost his life on April 5, 2017, in Columbus, OH. He was one of two victims shot at a residence on North Roosevelt Avenue. Long was pronounced dead at the scene around 9:31 p.m., approximately 20 minutes after the…

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Jevon Woods - Columbus, Ohio
Death by Force

Jevon Woods

Male, age 22 · Columbus, Ohio
Killed Apr 5, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jevon Marquise Woods, a 22-year-old African American male from Columbus, OH, tragically passed away on April 16, 2017, after succumbing to injuries sustained from a double shooting on April 5, 2017. Woods and another victim, Deron M. Long, 25, were shot in a…

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Elijah Laurence Paris - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Elijah Laurence Paris

Male, age 21 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Killed Apr 5, 2017 · 9 years ago

Elijah Laurence Paris, a 21-year-old African American man, was fatally shot on the evening of Wednesday, April 5, 2017, in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The incident occurred shortly before 6 p.m. in the 5500 block of Kent Street.…

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Harold Aiken - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Harold Aiken

Male, age 23 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Killed Apr 5, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the evening of April 4, 2017, a tragedy began to unfold on the 2000 block of Bridge Street in Philadelphia that would cut short the life of a young man. Harold Aiken, a 23-year-old African American male, was shot in the head and hand at approximately 9:15…

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Crystal Rose - Houston, Texas
Death by Force

Crystal Rose

Male, age 27 · Houston, Texas
Killed Apr 5, 2017 · 9 years ago

On April 14, 2023, the body of 19-year-old Hispanic female Crystal Soto was discovered inside her vehicle in the parking lot of an apartment complex located at 11503 Nobility Drive in southwest Houston. She had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was…

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Marquiet Davis - Houston, Texas
Death by Force

Marquiet Davis

Male, age 29 · Houston, Texas
Killed Apr 5, 2017 · 9 years ago

Marquiet Davis, a 29-year-old male, tragically lost his life on April 5, 2017, in Houston, Texas. Davis was fatally shot in the parking lot of a Carl's Jr. located in the 15200 block of Wallisville Road in northeast Harris County. He was sitting alone in his…

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Ray Anyhony Joseph - Louisville, Kentucky
Death by Force

Ray Anyhony Joseph

Male, age 19 · Louisville, Kentucky
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015, the life of 19-year-old Ray Anthony Joseph Jr. was tragically cut short on the streets of Louisville, Kentucky. An altercation in the area of 40th Street and Grand Avenue escalated into gunfire, and when…

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Khallid Muhammad - New Orleans, Louisiana
Death by Force

Khallid Muhammad

Male, age 18 · New Orleans, Louisiana
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, the life of 18-year-old Khallid Muhammad, a young Black man, was tragically cut short in New Orleans. His death, which was reported on April 5th of that year, remains a painful and unresolved chapter for those who knew him. The specific…

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Christopher Richardson - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Christopher Richardson

Male, age 20 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Found Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Christopher Richardson, a 20-year-old man from West Oakland, was tragically shot and killed on April 5, 2015, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The incident occurred in the Hill District neighborhood, specifically on Dinwiddie Street. Christopher was driving a…

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Owen Damar Harvey - Little Rock, Arkansas
Death by Force

Owen Damar Harvey

Male, age 29 · Little Rock, Arkansas
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, the life of Owen Damar Harvey was tragically cut short in Little Rock, Arkansas. On April 5th, the 29-year-old Black male was found deceased. The circumstances of his death were determined to be the result of gun violence, a fact that…

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Albert Fuller - Charleston, West Virginia
Death by Force

Albert Fuller

Male, age 54 · Charleston, West Virginia
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Albert Fuller, a 54-year-old Black/African American man from Charleston, West Virginia, was fatally shot on the city’s East End on the evening of April 4, 2015. Shortly before 7 p.m., Charleston police were called to the intersection of Washington Street East…

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David Cabrera - Las Vegas, Nevada
Death by Force

David Cabrera

Male, age 21 · Las Vegas, Nevada
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

David Cabrera, a 21-year-old resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, succumbed to his injuries on April 5, 2015, following a shooting incident that occurred over the weekend in North Las Vegas. The incident took place in the 3500 block of Stanley Avenue, near the…

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John Noble - Las Vegas, Nevada
Death by Force

John Noble

Male, age 53 · Las Vegas, Nevada
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

John Noble, a 53-year-old Caucasian male, died on April 5, 2015, in Las Vegas, Nevada, in a tragic and public manner. His death, which was ruled a suicide, took place in the buffet area of the M Resort. Noble died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the…

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Samirria White - Saint Paul, Minnesota
Death by Force

Samirria White

Female, age 19 · Saint Paul, Minnesota
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015, the life of 19-year-old Black / African American female, Samirria White, was tragically cut short in her Saint Paul, Minnesota, apartment. The young mother was shot and killed by her 21-year-old boyfriend…

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Ray Anthony Joseph Jr - Louisville, Kentucky
Death by Force

Ray Anthony Joseph Jr

Male, age 19 · Louisville, Kentucky
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In Louisville, Kentucky, a young Black man named Ray Anthony Joseph Jr. was killed on Sunday, April 5, 2015. He was 19 years old at the time of his death. The incident that led to his death was a shooting. The investigation into the death of Ray Anthony…

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Rosena Hood - Clay-city, Kentucky
Death by Force

Rosena Hood

Female, age 42 · Clay-city, Kentucky
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015, the life of 42-year-old Rosena Lea Hood, a Caucasian female from Clay City, Kentucky, was tragically cut short. She was at her home on Echo Hollow Road with her husband, James 'Jimmy' Hood, when a…

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Antonio Jackson - Marks, Mississippi
Death by Force

Antonio Jackson

Male, age 26 · Marks, Mississippi
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Antonio Jackson was a 26-year-old man from Lambert, Mississippi, whose ordinary Saturday in early April 2015 ended in tragedy in the neighboring town of Marks. Marks, a small Delta community and the seat of Quitman County, is better known for its civil-rights…

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Crystal Stevenson - Virginia-beach, Virginia
Death by Force

Crystal Stevenson

Female, age 20 · Virginia-beach, Virginia
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of April 5, 2015, a house party on Gallery Avenue in Virginia Beach turned tragic, ending the life of 20-year-old Crystal Stevenson. An argument that began inside the residence spilled out into the street, where Stevenson was shot. Police…

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Devincent Hughey - Calhoun-falls, South Carolina
Death by Force

Devincent Hughey

Male, age 26 · Calhoun-falls, South Carolina
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a spring evening in Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, the life of 26-year-old Devincent Hughey was tragically cut short. On April 5, 2015, Hughey and another man, Stanley Marshall Jr., were both killed in a shooting incident that shook the small town. The…

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Stanley Marshall Jr - Calhoun-falls, South Carolina
Death by Force

Stanley Marshall Jr

Male, age 29 · Calhoun-falls, South Carolina
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet town of Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, the life of 29-year-old Stanley Marshall Jr. was tragically cut short on April 5, 2015. The young man, a graduate of Abbeville High School's class of 2004, was known to his friends and family by the nickname…

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Dorian Allison - Rochester, New York
Death by Force

Dorian Allison

Male, age 27 · Rochester, New York
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of Easter morning, April 5, 2015, in Rochester, New York, a burst of violence cut short the life of Dorian Allison. Allison, a 27-year-old male, was on Lloyd Street when he was shot in the torso. The incident was reported at approximately…

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Jose Velasquez - Bronx, New York
Death by Force

Jose Velasquez

Male, age 19 · Bronx, New York
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

A tragic story unfolded in the early hours of Easter Sunday in 2015, when 19-year-old Jose Velasquez was fatally shot in the Bronx. The young man, a resident of the South Bronx, was found with gunshot wounds to his torso and neck at an intersection in the…

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Sean Overton - Queens, New York
Death by Force

Sean Overton

Male, age 42 · Queens, New York
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early evening of a spring day in Queens, New York, a 42-year-old man named Sean Overton was near his home in the Astoria Houses. It was just after 5 p.m. on April 5, 2015, and he had been chatting with a friend moments before, inquiring about borrowing…

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Major James Carter III - Vallejo, California
Death by Force

Major James Carter III

Male, age 42 · Vallejo, California
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Major James Carter III, aged 42, tragically passed away on April 8, 2015, following a shooting incident in Vallejo, California. The incident occurred early on a Sunday morning, and Carter succumbed to his injuries a few days later at a local trauma center.…

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Angel Alonzo - Jacksonville, Florida
Death by Force

Angel Alonzo

Male, age 16 · Jacksonville, Florida
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Angel Roberto Alonzo, a 16-year-old Hispanic male, was tragically shot and killed on April 5, 2015, in Jacksonville, Florida. The incident occurred at approximately 1:30 a.m. at the Whispering Oaks Apartments on Atlantic Boulevard. Alonzo had recently moved…

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Jerald Bell - Lincolnton, Georgia
Death by Force

Jerald Bell

Male, age 73 · Lincolnton, Georgia
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet town of Lincolnton, Georgia, the community was saddened by the passing of Jerald Richard 'Jerry' Bell, a 73-year-old male resident. On Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015, Mr. Bell was found deceased at his home on Maxim Road. His death was the result…

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Ramone Ogburn - Calumet-city, Illinois
Death by Force

Ramone Ogburn

Male, age 17 · Calumet-city, Illinois
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Ramone Ogburn, a 17-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on April 5, 2015, in Calumet City, Illinois. The incident occurred during a party in the 500 block of Yates Avenue. According to the Calumet City police and the Cook County medical…

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Alisa Mackey - Charlotte, North Carolina
Death by Force

Alisa Mackey

Female, age 29 · Charlotte, North Carolina
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Alisa Mackey, a 29-year-old woman from Charlotte, NC, tragically passed away on April 5, 2015. She was shot multiple times at her apartment on Perth Court by her boyfriend, Cameron Phillips, who then took his own life. The incident occurred on Easter Sunday…

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Ivery Montreat Elliott - Fayetteville, North Carolina
Death by Force

Ivery Montreat Elliott

Male, age 34 · Fayetteville, North Carolina
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Ivery Montreat Elliott, a 34-year-old African American male, passed away on April 5, 2015, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He was found dead in a house on the 300 block of Dick Street, near downtown Fayetteville. The incident occurred shortly after 5 a.m. on…

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Brian A. Garcia - Clyde, Ohio
Death by Force

Brian A. Garcia

Male, age 32 · Clyde, Ohio
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Brian A. Garcia, a 32-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically died on April 5, 2015, in Clyde, Ohio. His body was discovered in a city-owned gazebo with a single gunshot wound to the head. Initially, the circumstances surrounding his death were…

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Michael Aldana - Spring, Texas
Death by Force

Michael Aldana

Male, age 28 · Spring, Texas
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Michael Aldana, a 28-year-old male, tragically lost his life on April 5, 2015, in Spring, Texas. His death was part of a violent crime spree carried out by Jamal Ferguson and Eric Guzman. The two men, aged 27 and 21 respectively, were involved in a series of…

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Michael Cecil Espinosa - Palestine, Texas
Death by Force

Michael Cecil Espinosa

Male, age 34 · Palestine, Texas
Killed Apr 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Michael Cecil Espinosa, a 34-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically died on April 5, 2015, in Palestine, Texas. The circumstances surrounding his death were investigated as a murder-suicide. According to reports, police were called to a home in…

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Rontrell Craig - Fresno, California
Death by Force

Rontrell Craig

Male, age 29 · Fresno, California
Found Apr 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

Rontrell Craig, a 29-year-old from Fresno, California, was fatally shot on April 5, 2014, in the Southeast Fresno area near Winery and Laurel Avenues. Craig was found at the scene with multiple gunshot wounds, and despite prompt emergency response, he…

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Jordan J Harris - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Jordan J Harris

Male, age 24 · Chicago, Illinois
Found Apr 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

Jordan J. Harris, a 24-year-old man, was shot and killed on April 5, 2014, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred during a particularly violent period in Chicago, which was grappling with high homicide rates driven by gang activity and gun violence. The…

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Orlando Moore - Detroit, Michigan
Death by Force

Orlando Moore

Male, age 21 · Detroit, Michigan
Killed Apr 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

On April 5, 2014, a violent incident occurred in Detroit, Michigan, resulting in the death of a young man. The victim, identified as Orlando Moore, was a 21-year-old African American male who lost his life in the city's Midtown area. The shooting took place…

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Alonzo Thomas - Kansas City, Missouri
Death by Force

Alonzo Thomas

Male, age 20 · Kansas City, Missouri
Killed Apr 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the bright afternoon of April 5, 2014, in Kansas City, Missouri, 20-year-old Alonzo Thomas IV, known to some as “Zoe,” stepped outside a house on Wayne Avenue to take a phone call. It was around 1:00 p.m. when the sound of gunshots shattered the calm of…

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Eric Rodriguez-Ruiz - Las Vegas, Nevada
Death by Force

Eric Rodriguez-Ruiz

Male, age 25 · Las Vegas, Nevada
Killed Apr 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

Eric Ruiz, 25, a male of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, was found shot to death on the night of April 5, 2014, in a northeast Las Vegas neighborhood. At about 8:42 p.m., a 911 caller reported an injured, unresponsive man in the 6900 block of Appleton Drive, near…

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Remis M. Andrews - Boston, Massachusetts
Death by Force

Remis M. Andrews

Male, age 38 · Boston, Massachusetts
Killed Apr 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a spring evening in Boston, a domestic disturbance call spiraled into a fatal encounter, leaving a 38-year-old Black man, Remis M. Andrews, dead from a police officer's gunshot. The events of April 5, 2014, began to unfold when a woman dialed 911, her…

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Kenneth Chisolm - Jersey City, New Jersey
Death by Force

Kenneth Chisolm

Male, age 48 · Jersey City, New Jersey
Killed Apr 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, the life of 48-year-old Kenneth Chisolm was brought to an abrupt and violent end in his Jersey City, New Jersey apartment building. On April 5th, Chisolm was discovered unresponsive on the floor of the hallway just outside his own…

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Keshmario Leetrell Middleton - Virginia Beach, Virginia
Death by Force

Keshmario Leetrell Middleton

Male, age 19 · Virginia Beach, Virginia
Killed Apr 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the summer of 2014, a weekend in the Lake Edward section of Virginia Beach was marred by violence that left two young men dead in separate incidents. One of the lives lost was that of 19-year-old Keshmario Leetrell Middleton. In the early morning hours of…

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Drew Mitsuo Shumway - Givhans, South Carolina
Death by Force

Drew Mitsuo Shumway

Male, age 24 · Givhans, South Carolina
Killed Apr 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet community of Givhans, South Carolina, the life of Drew Mitsuo Shumway, a 24-year-old male, came to an unexpected end on April 5, 2014. Born in Carmichael, California, on August 30, 1989, his passing at a young age left a void in the lives of…

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Eric Mario Desarden - Willowbrook, California
Death by Force

Eric Mario Desarden

Male, age 28 · Willowbrook, California
Killed Apr 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

Eric Mario Desarden, a 28-year-old man from Willowbrook, California, was tragically shot and killed on April 5, 2014. The incident occurred in the 2100 block of East 122nd Street, where Desarden and a woman were standing in front of a home. According to the…

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Herbert Theodore Shepard - Long-beach, California
Death by Force

Herbert Theodore Shepard

Male, age 51 · Long-beach, California
Killed Apr 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

Herbert Theodore Shepard, a 51-year-old man from Long Beach, California, tragically lost his life on April 8, 2014, after being shot three days earlier on April 5. The incident occurred in the 2300 block of Eucalyptus Avenue in Long Beach. On the night of the…

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Dates are the day last seen (missing), the day of death, or when the date of death is unknown the day found or reported missing (deaths by force), the day found (unidentified and unclaimed), the victim's date of death (serial killers) and the day of the attack (mass murders). Solved, located, identified and claimed cases are not listed.