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Timothy Edward Adams

Male, age 50 · Flomaton, Alabama

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the afternoon of August 12, 2017, the quiet community of Flomaton, Alabama, was unsettled by the discovery of a double homicide. Inside their mobile home on College Street, 50-year-old Timothy Edward Adams and his 61-year-old wife, Susan Conway Adams, were…

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Terry Smith

Male, age 35 · Waterbury, Connecticut

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a summer day in Waterbury, Connecticut, a 35-year-old man named Terry Smith tragically lost his life. On August 12, 2017, Smith was fatally shot in the head. He was rushed to a local hospital but succumbed to his injuries shortly after his arrival. The…

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Matthew Schoshke

Male, age 35 · Tescott, Kansas

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet community of Tescott, Kansas, the life of 35-year-old White male, Matthew Schoshke, was tragically cut short on August 12, 2017. A family member discovered Schoshke's body in the bathroom of his rural home, launching a multi-state investigation…

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Ahmed Rah

Male, age 27 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the summer of 2017, a young man's life was tragically cut short in Louisville, Kentucky. Ahmed Rah, a 27-year-old Black male, was in the California neighborhood on August 12th when he was shot in the head. The incident unfolded in the early hours of the…

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Steven Robinson

Male, age 35 · Lexington, Kentucky

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of a Saturday in Lexington, Kentucky, the life of 35-year-old Steven Earl Robinson Jr., a Black male, was tragically cut short. On August 12, 2017, Robinson was found with a gunshot wound to his upper chest outside of a bar located…

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Jamhal Keat

Male, age 27 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jamhal Keat, a 27-year-old Black male, tragically lost his life on the night of August 12, 2017, in Seattle, Washington. The evening unfolded at a Shell gas station in the 800 block of Rainier Avenue South, where Keat and an acquaintance, Tramaine Claiborne…

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Martin Paz

Male, age 28 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late evening hours of August 12, 2017, tragedy struck a residential neighborhood in Oklahoma City. Martin Paz, a 28-year-old Hispanic male, was discovered outside his home in the 500 block of SW 62nd Terrace with multiple gunshot wounds. The Oklahoma…

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David Paul Peden

Male, age 57 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late summer of 2017, the life of David Paul Peden, a 57-year-old male, was brought to an abrupt and violent end in Jackson, Mississippi. On August 12th, he was discovered unresponsive inside a room at the Hilltop Inn and Suites. When authorities…

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Jason Youngblood

Male, age 37 · Hazlehurst, Mississippi

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late afternoon of August 12, 2017, a dispute on Beasley Road in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, tragically escalated, leading to the death of 37-year-old Jason Youngblood, a Black/African American male. Youngblood was discovered deceased in the middle of the…

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Callum Braxton Boggs

Male, age 27 · Afton, Virginia

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet community of Afton, Virginia, the life of 27-year-old Callum Braxton Boggs, a White male, was tragically cut short on August 12, 2017. What began as a family dispute escalated into a fatal encounter, leaving a family fractured and a community in…

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Evan Robinson

Male, age 24 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the summer of 2017, a burst of gunfire shattered a Saturday afternoon in north St. Louis County, leaving a community shaken and a young man's life tragically cut short. On August 12th, Evan Robinson, a 24-year-old male, was fatally wounded in a quadruple…

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Zackary Depung

Male, age 17 · Festus, Missouri

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the evening of Saturday, August 12, 2017, a tragic incident unfolded in Festus, Missouri, involving 17-year-old male Zackary Thomas 'Zac' DePung. Earlier that day, DePung and a friend of the same age had discovered an unattended firearm in a local city…

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Christopher Mullen

Male, age 30 · Charleston, South Carolina

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late morning of a summer day in Charleston, South Carolina, the life of 30-year-old Christopher Mullen was brought to a violent and tragic end. On August 12, 2017, at approximately 8:40 a.m., Mullen was shot near the intersection of Line and Nassau…

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Jonathan Sandoval-Aleman

Male, age 23 · Long-beach, California

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jonathan Sandoval-Aleman, a 23-year-old resident of Long Beach, California, tragically lost his life on the night of August 12, 2017. Sandoval-Aleman, who was known by his stage name Johnny Hash, was an aspiring rapper and a father to a six-year-old daughter.…

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Mark Clay

Male, age 46 · Richmond, California

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

Mark Clay, a 46-year-old resident of Rohnert Park, was tragically shot and killed on August 12, 2017, in Richmond, California. The incident occurred on Florida Avenue at Harbor Way South, where officers found Clay's body underneath the bumper of his vehicle.…

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Melissa Bryana Gutierrez

Female, age 24 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

Melissa Bryana Gutierrez, a 24-year-old Latina, tragically lost her life on August 12, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, Gutierrez was found at 10:49 p.m. in the driver’s seat of a gray Nissan sedan that…

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Antwan Rutherford

Male, age 22 · Macon, Georgia

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late hours of a summer night in Macon, Georgia, a family dispute escalated into a tragedy that claimed the life of 22-year-old Antwan Rutherford. On Saturday, August 12, 2017, what began as a domestic altercation between Rutherford and his uncle…

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Andres Davila

Male, age 31 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

Andres Davila, a 31-year-old Hispanic male, was tragically killed on August 12, 2017, in Chicago, IL. The incident occurred during a violent 18-hour period in the city, which saw multiple shootings and injuries. Andres Davila was one of the victims in this…

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Leon Pruitt Jr

Male, age 26 · Waukegan, Illinois

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

Leon Pruitt Jr., a 26-year-old African American male from Waukegan, IL, was found dead in the early hours of August 12, 2017. The Waukegan Police Department responded to multiple 911 calls reporting a shooting at an upstairs apartment in the 500 block of…

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Christon Chaisson

Male, age 31 · Lafayette, Louisiana

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 12, 2017, a tragedy unfolded in downtown Lafayette, Louisiana, that would claim the life of 31-year-old Christon Chaisson. Chaisson, a male resident of nearby Broussard, was in the vicinity of the Rosa Parks Center when he…

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James Thomas

Male, age 36 · Gretna, Louisiana

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the summer of 2017, the life of 36-year-old James Thomas, an African American male, was abruptly cut short in Gretna, Louisiana. A graduate of De La Salle High School, where he had earned an athletic scholarship to Delta State University, Thomas was a…

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Jeffrey Allen Ramsey Jr

Male, age 24 · Salisbury, North Carolina

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jeffrey Allen Ramsey Jr., a 24-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on August 12, 2017, in Salisbury, North Carolina. The incident occurred in the parking lot of the Three Stars Mini Mart, located at North Main and 11th streets.…

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Jonathan Cheers

Male, age 26 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the summer of 2017, the life of 26-year-old Jonathan Cheers was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. On the night of August 12th, Cheers was at the Cumberland View apartments in North Nashville when violence erupted. He was found in a breezeway of…

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Chaztus D. Whaley

Male, age 21 · Rockford, Tennessee

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

Chaztus D. “Butt Butt” Whaley Jr., a 21-year-old Black male, was shot on the evening of Friday, August 11, 2017, at a house on Co-Op Road in Rockford, Tennessee. In the hours after the gunfire, he wasn’t carried into an ambulance with lights and sirens…

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Gwynevere River Song

Male, age 26 · Waxahachie, Texas

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

Gwynevere River Song, a 26-year-old transfeminine person who identified as femandrogyne and used "they" pronouns, was fatally shot in their home in Waxahachie, Texas, on August 12, 2017. The incident occurred following an argument that escalated into…

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Leticia Campbell Sowell

Female, age 41 · Houston, Texas

Killed Aug 12, 2017 · 9 years ago

Leticia Campbell Sowell, a 41-year-old woman from Houston, Texas, tragically lost her life on August 12, 2017. She was found lying at the entrance of her apartment at 7011 Village Way, and despite the efforts of paramedics, she was pronounced dead at the…

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Hung Do

Male, age 59 · Oakland, California

Found Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

Hung Do, a 59-year-old man, was fatally shot on August 12, 2015, in Oakland, California. His death was part of a troubling year for Oakland, which recorded 83 homicides in 2015, reflecting ongoing issues with gun violence and public safety. The incident took…

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Derrick Wilford

Male, age 36 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 12, 2015, the relative quiet of a Denver street was broken by the sound of gunfire. Responding to calls from concerned neighbors, police arrived at the intersection of 22nd and Stout Streets in the Five Points neighborhood…

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Markus Steward

Male, age 24 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late summer of 2015, the life of a young Indianapolis man was tragically cut short, leaving a family heartbroken and a community searching for answers. On the evening of August 12th, police were called to the 3400 block of Waterfront Drive with a…

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Timothy Thomas Fancher

Male, age 41 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a day now lost to memory, in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, a man named Timothy Thomas Fancher lost his life. The specific details surrounding his passing remain shrouded in obscurity, with the exact date and circumstances of his death unmentioned in…

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Darwin Adilas

Male, age 21 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late hours of a Wednesday evening in Boston, the life of a young African-American man, Darwin Adilas, was tragically cut short. On August 12, 2015, the 21-year-old male from Randolph found himself on Hosmer Street in the Mattapan neighborhood when…

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Andrew Reid

Male, age 28 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the summer evening of August 12, 2015, in Boston, Massachusetts, the life of 28-year-old Andrew Reid, an African-American male, was tragically cut short. In the neighborhood of Roxbury, at approximately 10:15 PM, police responded to a report of a person…

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Angel Oller

Male, age 20 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a summer evening in Boston, a burst of gunfire shattered the peace in Egleston Square, leaving a wake of tragedy. On August 12, 2015, 20-year-old Hispanic male Angel Oller was fatally shot in an incident that also claimed the life of 28-year-old Andrew…

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Danielle M Wilson

Female, age 36 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late summer of 2015, the life of 36-year-old Danielle M. Wilson was tragically cut short in Kansas City, Missouri. A mother of nine, her body was discovered in an alley near the intersection of East 29th Street and Myrtle Avenue by a resident on August…

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Mykale Davon Donald

Male, age 25 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

On August 12, 2015, Mykale Davon Donald, a 25-year-old African American male, was fatally shot in St. Louis, Missouri. His death occurred during a particularly violent night in the city, which saw multiple shootings leave four people dead and two others…

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Paulette R Reid

Female, age 50 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 12, 2015, the life of Paulette R. Reid, a 50-year-old African-American woman, was tragically cut short in St. Louis, Missouri. Her body was discovered on the front porch of a residence located in the 4500 block of Labadie…

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Timothy A Coney

Male, age 28 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late hours of August 12, 2015, a violent series of events unfolded across St. Louis, Missouri, resulting in the death of 28-year-old Timothy A. Coney. He was one of four individuals killed in separate shooting incidents that occurred overnight in the…

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Patsy Cathey

Female, age 32 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

Patsy Cathey was from Memphis, Tennessee, and the day she died, August 11, 2015, became one of those dates that divides a family’s history into before and after. She was a 32-year-old Black woman, and the way her name appears in public records and brief…

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Kevin Ledyard

Male, age 42 · Montgomery, Alabama

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late afternoon of August 12, 2015, the life of 42-year-old Kevin Ledyard, a male resident of Montgomery, Alabama, was cut short. Authorities were called to the scene of a shooting at approximately 3:50 p.m., where they found Ledyard. He was pronounced…

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Robert Schendel

Male, age 55 · Council Bluffs, Iowa

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

In August of 2015, the life of Robert Schendel, a 55-year-old White male from Council Bluffs, Iowa, was tragically cut short. On Wednesday, August 12, 2015, he was found deceased in his home. The circumstances of his death soon pointed to a violent end, and…

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Andrew Reed

Male, age 28 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a summer evening in Boston, tragedy struck in the neighborhood of Roxbury. Andrew Reed, a 28-year-old Black man, was on Ernst Street on August 12, 2015, when violence erupted. The Boston Police Department received a call and responded to the scene at 12…

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Rasaun Nichols

Male, age 31 · Cambridge, Massachusetts

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the evening of August 12, 2015, a burst of gunfire shattered the peace in Cambridge, Massachusetts, leading to the tragic death of 31-year-old Rasaun Nichols, a Black / African American male. Nichols was a passenger in a vehicle that was driving away from…

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Derick Wilford

Male, age 36 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 12, 2015, the tranquility of a Denver street was shattered by the sound of multiple gunshots. When police officers responded to the area of 22nd and Stout Street at approximately 2:15 a.m., they discovered a man suffering…

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LeMaun Lancaster II

Male, age 21 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late summer evening of August 12, 2015, a violent altercation in the Skyway neighborhood of Seattle tragically cut short the life of 21-year-old LeMaun Lancaster II, a Black / African American male. The incident unfolded in the parking lot of a Grocery…

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Marquaan Crosby

Male, age 17 · Grand-rapids, Michigan

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the summer of 2015, the life of 17-year-old Marquaan Dhonte Crosby was tragically cut short on the streets of Grand Rapids, Michigan. On the night of August 12, Crosby, a Black male, was walking with three friends near the intersection of Adams Street and…

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Maria Contreras

Female, age 45 · Portage, Indiana

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a summer day in Portage, Indiana, a domestic dispute escalated into a tragic and fatal event. Maria Contreras, a 45-year-old woman, was fatally shot in her home in the 6200 block of Sandalwood Avenue. The incident, which occurred on August 12, 2015, also…

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Lyndon Tisdale

Male, age 50 · Galivants-ferry, South Carolina

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of August 12, 2015, the quiet, rural community of Galivants Ferry, South Carolina, woke to the news that one of its own had been killed. Lyndon Tisdale, a 50-year-old male from the Plainfield Road area of the community, was found shot to…

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Paige Chiarello

Female, age 20 · Redondo-beach, California

Killed Aug 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

Paige Nicole Chiarello, a 20-year-old woman from Redondo Beach, California, tragically lost her life on August 12, 2015. The incident occurred at her grandfather's home on Graham Avenue, where she was shot in the head during a domestic dispute. The Redondo…

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