Death by Force10th anniversary

Diangelo D Black

Male, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Diangelo D. Black, aged 18, was tragically shot and killed on April 7, 2016, in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood. The incident occurred when two individuals approached Diangelo and another man, Deandre Trotter, aged 23, and opened fire. The shooting took…

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Terrence Wilson Jr

Male, age 21 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the spring of 2016, the life of 21-year-old Terrence Demond Wilson Jr. was tragically cut short on the streets of Louisville, Kentucky. On the evening of Saturday, April 9th, gunfire erupted in the Parkland neighborhood at the intersection of 32nd and West…

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Michelle Lewis

Female, age 30 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

On April 9, 2016, the body of 30-year-old Michelle Lewis was discovered in Detroit, Michigan, marking the grim end to a life cut short by violence. She was a female resident of the area whose death was ruled a homicide, the result of force inflicted by an…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Michelle Artist

Female, age 30 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2020, the life of a 55-year-old Detroit woman, Michelle O'Neal, was brought to a tragic and violent end. On the evening of July 12th, her body was discovered in a wooded area near the intersection of Hyde Street and Helen Street in Detroit.…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

James Eldridge

Male, age 28 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a tragic day in April of 2016, a wave of violence that had been washing over Detroit claimed another life. James Eldridge, a 28-year-old African-American man, was fatally shot on the east side of the city on April 9th. The incident that ended Eldridge's…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Harry Mendoza

Male, age 36 · Waterbury, Connecticut

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 9, 2016, a dispute inside a Waterbury, Connecticut bar tragically escalated, ending the life of 36-year-old Harry Mendoza. The night began with a physical altercation between Mendoza and a group of men at Bobby D's Bar…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Desiree Shotwell

Female, age 37 · Beaver, Utah

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the small town of Beaver, Utah, the life of a creative and beloved 37-year-old Caucasian woman, Desiree Shotwell, was tragically cut short on April 9, 2016. Known for her artistic spirit, Desiree was the owner of a local gem shop called Love the Art, where…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Christian Merced

Male, age 21 · Beverly, Massachusetts

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a spring evening in Beverly, Massachusetts, the life of 21-year-old Christian Merced was cut short. Originally from Miami, Florida, the young man was in town on April 9, 2016, to visit his ailing grandmother and other family members. The tragic events…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Dennis Bunch

Male, age 27 · Gulfport, Mississippi

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Dennis Bunch was a 27-year-old Black male from Gulfport, Mississippi, whose life ended in gunfire on April 9, 2016, in the parking lot of the Dolan Commons apartment complex. That evening, Gulfport police were called to the complex after reports of shots…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Dequian Gillam

Male, age 20 · Flint, Michigan

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

A young man's life was cut short in Flint, Michigan, leaving a void in the lives of his family and friends. Dequian Gillam, a 20-year-old male, passed away on Saturday, April 9, 2016. Born on December 4, 1995, he was a resident of Flint and had attended local…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Michelle Nicole Artist

Female, age 30 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the winter of 2016, a 33-year-old Black woman named Nicole Smith vanished from her Detroit, Michigan home. The day after she was last seen, on December 11th, her young son, just a year old at the time, was found wandering alone on a nearby street. For two…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Beverly Helen Karns

Female, age 30 · Evansville, Indiana

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Beverly Helen Karns, a 30-year-old female, was fatally shot in Evansville, Indiana on Saturday, April 9, 2016. A musician and a mother of two sons, she was born on October 19, 1985, and worked as a rural carrier for the United States Postal Service. Those who…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Gail Davis

Female, age 59 · Marion, South Carolina

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet hours of Saturday, April 9, 2016, Gail Davis, a 59-year-old woman, was found fatally shot inside a home on Grassy Court near Marion, South Carolina. Deputies and investigators from the Marion County Sheriff’s Office responded to 1401 Grassy Court…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Allen Simpkins Jr

Male, age 46 · Roosevelt, New York

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of April 9, 2016, a tragedy unfolded in the community of Roosevelt, New York, that left a family grieving and a neighborhood in search of answers. Allen Simpkins Jr., a 46-year-old man, was found lying on the ground in front of a…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Angelita Mendez

Female, age 22 · Fresno, California

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Angelita Mendez, a 22-year-old mother from Fresno, California, tragically lost her life on April 9, 2016. The incident occurred when she was riding in a car with her boyfriend and their two children. As they were driving near Abby Avenue and Highway 180…

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Jason Jamell James

Male, age 28 · Fort-pierce, Florida

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jason Jamell James, a 28-year-old resident of Fort Pierce, Florida, tragically passed away on April 9, 2016. He was born on October 26, 1987, and was known by the nickname "Dat Boy J. Burner." On the day of his death, James was involved in a fatal shooting…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Barney Simms

Male, age 70 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the spring of 2016, the city of Atlanta was shaken by the loss of one of its cherished community leaders. Barney Simms, a 70-year-old African-American male, was found deceased in the front yard of his southwest Atlanta home on Connally Drive on the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Will Smith

Male, age 34 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the warm New Orleans night of April 9, 2016, a traffic incident escalated into a fatal encounter that claimed the life of 34-year-old former New Orleans Saints defensive end, Will Smith. The chain of events began when Smith's Mercedes SUV was involved in a…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Devonte Bryant

Male, age 22 · Fayetteville, North Carolina

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Devonte Dorsey Bryant, a 22-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on April 9, 2016, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The incident occurred around 12:45 a.m. in the area of Hawthorne Road and West Drive. According to reports, the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Quron Williams

Male, age 19 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Quron Williams, a 19-year-old male from Philadelphia, died on April 9, 2016, after an encounter that began on the 5700 block of Park Avenue in the Fern Rock area of North Philadelphia. Police said the incident unfolded around 2:20 p.m. when Williams allegedly…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jeffrey Poarch

Male, age 55 · Johnson-city, Tennessee

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

On April 9, 2016, Jeffrey Poarch, a 55-year-old male, passed away at his home in Johnson City, Tennessee. A lifelong resident of Washington County, he was known for his artistic talents as an accomplished portrait and landscape artist and his passion for…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Noe Vedia

Male, age 42 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

On April 9, 2016, 42-year-old Noe Vedia was fatally shot in Fort Worth, Texas. According to reports, an assailant shot Vedia in the chest with a shotgun, leading to his untimely death. The incident was documented by the Gun Violence Archive, which compiles…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Richard Ivy

Male, age 74 · Tyler, Texas

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Richard Howard Ivy, a 74-year-old man from Tyler, Texas, passed away on April 9, 2016. He was born on September 30, 1941, to Raymond Frank and Beatrice Music Ivy. Richard was a member of Lanes Chapel United Methodist Church and the St. John’s Lodge #53 in…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Robert E. Lee

Male, age 35 · Miami, Florida

Found Apr 9, 2011 · 15 years ago

On April 9, 2011, Robert E. Lee, a 35-year-old man from Miami, Florida, was killed in a fatal shooting. The incident occurred in a neighborhood known for high crime rates, and Lee was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds. Despite efforts by local law…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Michael B Lee

Male, age 23 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Apr 9, 2011 · 15 years ago

Michael B. Lee, a 23-year-old from Chicago, was killed on April 9, 2011. He was shot multiple times in a South Side neighborhood, which had been struggling with increasing incidents of gun violence. The crime took place in an area known for its ongoing…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

James Earl Evans

Male, age 31 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Apr 9, 2011 · 15 years ago

On an April evening in 2011, James Earl Evans, a 31-year-old Black man, was found on the 4900 block of Bowland Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Despite the efforts of emergency responders, he succumbed to his injuries at…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Edward Kendrick

Male, age 29 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Apr 9, 2011 · 15 years ago

On the afternoon of April 9, 2011, a violent incident occurred at a residence on the east side of Detroit, Michigan, claiming the life of a local resident. Edward Kendrick, a 29-year-old African American male, was found deceased at a home located at 10593…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Deanthony D Clemons

Male, age 17 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Apr 9, 2011 · 15 years ago

On April 9, 2011, seventeen-year-old Deanthony D. Clemons was fatally shot in Kansas City, Missouri. The teenager, born in September 1993, had been attending a birthday party for a five-year-old child when the violence erupted. The gathering, intended to be a…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Lavenna Shorter

Female, age 42 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Apr 9, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the early hours of an April morning in Indianapolis, a violent argument in an alleyway tragically cut short the life of 42-year-old Lavenna Shorter. On April 9, 2011, at approximately 2 a.m., police were dispatched to the 900 block of Sherman Avenue after…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

David Johnson

Male, age 17 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Apr 9, 2011 · 15 years ago

In a tragic turn of events at a teenager's birthday party in Chester, Pennsylvania, 17-year-old David De'Sheon Johnson Jr. was fatally shot. The male victim died on April 9, 2011, at Crozer-Chester Medical Center following the violent incident. The shooting…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Ronald Woodley

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Apr 9, 1996 · 30 years ago

Ronald Woodley, a Dayton resident, was tragically killed on April 9, 1996, in an incident now memorialized in Montgomery County records. The case details surrounding his death remain scant in public records, as his murder, like many from that year, received…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Gregory Buford

Male, age 35 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed Apr 9, 1991 · 35 years ago

In the spring of 1991, the life of Gregory Buford, a 35-year-old male, was tragically cut short in Knoxville, Tennessee. On April 9, 1991, Buford was killed in what authorities have classified as a homicide. His case is listed as an unsolved murder by the…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Gary Alan Maas

Male, age 29 · Yuma, Arizona

Killed Apr 9, 1986 · 40 years ago

Gary Alan Maas, a 29-year-old White male patrolman with the Yuma Police Department, had grown up far from the desert in Wisconsin and served in the United States Marine Corps before moving to Arizona, where he had spent six years in uniform protecting the…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Edward Purvis

Male, age 35 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Apr 9, 2021 · 5 years ago

On the morning of April 9, 2021, 35-year-old Edward Purvis III, a male, was found shot to death in a motel room in northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico. The scene discovered by police hinted at the violent final moments of his life, with evidence in the room…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Rodney Laird

Male, age 37 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 9, 2021 · 5 years ago

Rodney Lamar Laird Jr., a 37-year-old Black male, tragically lost his life on April 9, 2021, in Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Rodney was fatally shot near 1529 E. 114th St. in the Watts…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Charles Nevils

Male, age 33 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Charles Louis Nevils, a 33-year-old man from Los Angeles, was tragically shot and killed on April 9, 2016. The incident occurred in the Vermont Knolls neighborhood, specifically in the 6400 block of South Vermont Avenue. According to the Los Angeles County…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Darren Dwayne Clark

Male, age 50 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Darren Dwayne Clark, a 50-year-old man, tragically lost his life on April 9, 2016, in Los Angeles, California. The incident occurred in the Vermont Knolls neighborhood, specifically in the 7300 block of South Figueroa. Clark was working at a coin-operated…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Cheryl Diane Tyler

Female, age 63 · Vermont Knolls, California

Killed Apr 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Cheryl Diane Tyler was 63 years old when she died on Saturday, April 9, 2016, in the Vermont Knolls neighborhood of South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds at 1018 W. 83rd St. Her death was…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Delores Anderson

Female, age 49 · Oxford, North Carolina

Killed Apr 9, 2006 · 20 years ago

On April 9, 2006, authorities responded to a domestic dispute on J.I. Oaks Road in Granville County, North Carolina. Upon arrival, deputies discovered Delores Anderson, a 49-year-old African American woman from Bullock, deceased from a gunshot wound to the…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Eric Smith

Male, age 22 · Forest-view, Illinois

Killed Apr 9, 1996 · 30 years ago

Eric Smith, a 22-year-old African-American man from Forest View, IL, died on April 9, 1996, after being shot by two Forest View police officers. Smith, who was deaf and trained as a wrestler, was involved in a confrontation with the officers along the…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Grace Hill

Female, age 65 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Apr 9, 1986 · 40 years ago

Grace Hill, a 65-year-old Black woman from Atlanta, was the last known victim in a terrifying burst of attacks that shook some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods in the spring of 1986. By the time she was found on April 9 in her apartment at the Herndon…

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Alex Taylor

Male, age 29 · Saint Louis, Missouri

Killed Apr 9, 2026 · this year

In the quiet neighborhood of Country Club Hills in north St. Louis County, the evening of Thursday, April 9, 2026, was shattered by violence. Responding to a call of a shooting just before 10:30 p.m., officers from the Country Club Hills Police Department…

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Angela Sas

Female, age 61 · Victorville, California

Killed Apr 9, 2026 · this year

In a quiet Victorville neighborhood, the life of 61-year-old Angela Sas came to a tragic end on April 9, 2026. Authorities have described the events that unfolded as a murder-suicide. On that Thursday afternoon, deputies from the San Bernardino County…

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Choncy Moore

Male, age 34 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Apr 9, 2026 · this year

In the spring of 2026, the city of Shreveport, Louisiana, was contending with a troubling spike in violence that disrupted a period of declining crime rates. Amidst this backdrop of growing concern, 34-year-old Choncy Moore tragically lost his life. On the…

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Christopher Gove

Male, age 32 · Gaithersburg, Maryland

Killed Apr 9, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of Thursday, April 9, 2026, the quiet of a Gaithersburg, Maryland neighborhood was shattered by violence. Inside his home on the 12500 block of Carrington Hill Drive, 32-year-old Christopher Gove was found by first responders…

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Demetrius Wagner

Male, age 29 · Saint Louis, Missouri

Killed Apr 9, 2026 · this year

In the late hours of Thursday, April 9, 2026, the quiet of a street in Country Club Hills, a municipality in north St. Louis County, was shattered by the sound of gunfire. When officers from the Country Club Hills Police Department arrived at the 5600 block…

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Detective Randy Hoppert

Male, age 35 · Porterville, California

Killed Apr 9, 2026 · this year

On a spring morning in Porterville, California, the life of a dedicated detective was cut tragically short. Detective Randy Hoppert, a 35-year-old male with the Tulare County Sheriff's Office, was shot and killed on April 9, 2026, while responding to a call…

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Jamonte Johnson

Male, age 22 · Cleveland, Mississippi

Killed Apr 9, 2026 · this year

In the spring of 2026, the life of 22-year-old Jamonte Johnson was cut short by an act of gun violence in Cleveland, Mississippi. On the evening of Thursday, April 9th, Johnson was fatally shot, leaving a community to grapple with the sudden and tragic loss…

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