Death by Force

Ny’Angleo Amir-Cortez Hodges

Male, age 2 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

On August 13, 2020, Ny'Angleo Amir-Cortez Hodges, a 2-year-old boy from Minneapolis, MN, tragically died after being shot inside an apartment in Brooklyn Park. Initially, police were searching for a 20-year-old man seen running from the Huntington Place…

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Demetria Presley

Female, age 20 · Horn-lake, Mississippi

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a summer afternoon in Horn Lake, Mississippi, the life of 20-year-old Demetria Presley was tragically cut short. On Thursday, August 13, 2020, Presley was found in the parking lot of the Tulane Park Apartments with a gunshot wound to her chest. Emergency…

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Thomas Pearson

Male, age 17 · Fishers, Indiana

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the late evening hours of August 13, 2020, a burst of gunfire shattered the peace in the parking lot of the Best Choice Fieldhouse in Fishers, Indiana, leaving a community in shock and a family heartbroken. Seventeen-year-old Thomas Pearson Jr., a young…

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Dorcino Jackson

Male, age 30 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

On May 2, 2024, law enforcement officers from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department responded to a distress call reporting a 'cutting' incident at a residence in the Southwest Garden neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. The emergency call was placed…

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Derrick Ayers

Male, age 27 · Florissant, Missouri

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 13, 2020, the life of 27-year-old Derrick Ayers, a Black male, was tragically cut short in the St. Louis suburb of Florissant, Missouri. The incident unfolded around 3 a.m. inside a residence in the 600 block of Starlet…

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Montez Blake

Male, age 58 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early morning hours of a Thursday in August 2020, the quiet of a grassy lot in Kansas City, Missouri, was broken by the discovery of a man's body. Police were called to the area near Independence Avenue and the Paseo around 1:15 a.m. for reports of a…

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Shonay Majo Persinger

Female, age 24 · Independence, Missouri

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

On August 13, 2020, tragedy struck in Independence, Missouri, when 24-year-old female Shonay 'Majo' Persinger was killed inside a residence on the 9300 block of East 16th Street. Police officers were dispatched to the home shortly before 11:00 p.m. following…

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Travis Gauch

Male, age 24 · Springfield, Missouri

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

On August 13, 2020, police officers in Springfield, Missouri, were dispatched to a residence in the 700 block of West Chicago Street following reports of a shooting. Upon arrival at the scene around 2:00 a.m., authorities discovered the body of a man lying in…

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Garrick Kelly

Male, age 28 · Salley, South Carolina

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

In a quiet neighborhood in Salley, South Carolina, the life of 28-year-old Garrick Kelly was cut short on the afternoon of August 13, 2020. Responders were called to a residence on Roberts Street East after a 911 caller reported hearing gunshots and then…

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Tivo Lee

Male, age 45 · Columbia, South Carolina

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 13, 2020, the life of 45-year-old Tivo Richard Lee, a Black male from Columbia, South Carolina, was tragically cut short. Around 1:00 a.m., officers from the Columbia Police Department responded to reports of a shooting on…

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Amir Starks

Male, age 19 · Rochester, New York

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the late hours of a summer evening in Rochester, New York, the life of 19-year-old Amir Starks was tragically cut short. On August 13, 2020, Starks and his friend, 21-year-old Nazir McFadden, were seated in a car at a gas station on West Main Street. The…

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Darryl Tarzan Smith

Male, age 29 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

Darryl ‘Tarzan’ Smith, a 29-year-old man from Brooklyn, New York, was fatally shot and killed on August 13, 2020. The incident that claimed his life unfolded in what was described as a brazen daytime shooting. Smith was reportedly sitting in a car near Grand…

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Nazier McFadden

Male, age 21 · Rochester, New York

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

On what should have been a day of celebration, 21-year-old Nazier McFadden's life was tragically cut short in a fatal shooting on his birthday. A Black male from Rochester, New York, McFadden was killed on August 13, 2020, in a double homicide that also…

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Alejandro Barragan

Male, age 39 · Riverside, California

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

Alejandro Barragan, aged 39, passed away on August 13, 2020, in Riverside, California. His death was a significant event in the local community, and it has been surrounded by various legal proceedings and investigations. Alejandro Barragan's obituary…

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Gregory Bradley

Male · Pensacola, Florida

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

Gregory Bradley, a resident of Pensacola, Florida, tragically lost his life on August 13, 2020. According to reports, Bradley was shot and killed in his home on Crescent Drive, located adjacent to I-10 south of Texar Drive. The incident occurred just after 5…

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Laquan Bradley

Male, age 21 · Savannah, Georgia

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the late afternoon of August 13, 2020, in Savannah, Georgia, the life of 21-year-old Laquan Bradley was tragically cut short. Just after 5 p.m., the sound of gunfire shattered the late summer calm at the intersection of 63rd and Meding streets. When the…

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Terrence Seldon

Male, age 27 · Columbus, Georgia

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

Terrence Seldon, a 27-year-old Black man from Columbus, Georgia, was caught in violence on the night of Aug. 13, 2020, near the intersection of Fairway Avenue and Anne Street, where he was found with two gunshot wounds as homicide investigators moved into the…

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Aaron Williams

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

Aaron Williams, a 28-year-old African American man, was tragically shot and killed on August 13, 2020, in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred at approximately 11:15 p.m. while Aaron was inside a home located in the 7500…

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Montrell Lee

Male, age 27 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

Montrell Lee, a 27-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on August 13, 2020, in Morgan Park, Chicago. The incident occurred around 11:35 p.m. while Lee was driving through an alley in the 1000 block of West 108th Place. According to…

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Henry Issac Boyd

Male, age 33 · Houma, Louisiana

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early morning hours of an August day in Houma, Louisiana, a dispute between acquaintances escalated into a fatal encounter. Thirty-three-year-old Henry Issac Boyd, a male resident of Houma, was involved in an altercation with a woman at the Renada…

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Jerome Lynch

Male, age 30 · Whitakers, North Carolina

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

Jerome Lynch, a 30-year-old African American male, was found dead in the backyard of his home in Whitakers, North Carolina, on August 13, 2020. The Nash County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene around 8:45 p.m. and discovered Lynch's body. His…

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Omauryai Crenshaw

Male, age 22 · Toledo, Ohio

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

Omauryai Crenshaw, a 22-year-old man from Toledo, Ohio, tragically lost his life on August 13, 2020. He was found in the street suffering from at least one gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. The incident occurred around 9 p.m. at the…

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Patricia Walski

Female, age 38 · Larksville, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the summer of 2020, a welfare check at a home in Larksville, Pennsylvania, led to a grim discovery and unveiled a tragic story of domestic violence. On August 13th, police entered the residence of Richard and Patricia Walski on Schrader Street, where they…

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Robert Coughlin

Male, age 23 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the afternoon of August 13, 2020, a young man named Robert Coughlin, 23, placed a harrowing 911 call from his home in Nashville, Tennessee. He reported that he had been shot by two men inside his apartment located in the 600 block of Shelby Avenue. When…

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Aurora Angelina Martinez

Female, age 48 · Pleasanton, Texas

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

Aurora Angelina Martinez, a 48-year-old woman of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically lost her life on August 13, 2020, in Pleasanton, Texas. The incident occurred around 4:35 a.m. when Pleasanton police were called to a residence in the 700 block of East Adams for…

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DeVonte Purdue

Male, age 23 · Houston, Texas

Killed Aug 13, 2020 · 6 years ago

DeVonte Antrel Purdue, a 23-year-old African American man from Houston, Texas, tragically lost his life on August 13, 2020. Purdue was fatally shot in the neck by Darius Handsborough, a 29-year-old man, and an unidentified accomplice, who broke into Purdue's…

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Javaon Ousley

Male, age 19 · Lincoln, Alabama

Killed Aug 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the summer of 2019, a young man's life was unexpectedly cut short, leaving a void in the hearts of his family and community. Javaon Tyreak Ousley, a 19-year-old male from Talladega, Alabama, passed away on Tuesday, August 13, 2019. Born on August 19, 1999…

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Tommy Laneer Woods

Male, age 30 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Aug 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

On a Tuesday night in August 2019, the Norwood community in Birmingham, Alabama, was shattered by an act of gun violence that claimed the life of 30-year-old Tommy Laneer Woods. The incident, which occurred on August 13th, left Woods, also known as Tommy L.…

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Charles Rousey

Male, age 34 · Great Bend, Kansas

Killed Aug 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

On the evening of August 13, 2019, in a home situated west of Great Bend, Kansas, the life of 34-year-old Charles G. Rousey was tragically cut short. Authorities were alerted to a disturbance at a residence at 398 Grove Terrace near the airport at 8:36 p.m.…

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Jo’shawn Garrett

Male, age 17 · Kansas City, Kansas

Killed Aug 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

On a warm August evening in 2019, the life of 17-year-old Jo’shawn Garrett, a Black / African American male, was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire on the streets of Kansas City, Kansas. It was just before 10 p.m. on August 13th when Jo'shawn was…

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Sylvia Ann Ussery-Pearson

Female, age 49 · Kansas City, Kansas

Killed Aug 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the summer of 2019, the life of 49-year-old Sylvia Ann Ussery-Pearson, a Black/African American female, came to a tragic end. Her disappearance on Monday, August 12, 2019, from her Overland Park, Kansas, home set in motion a chain of events that would end…

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Chad Wojahn

Male, age 47 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Aug 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 13, 2019, the body of Chad Wojahn, a 47-year-old White/Caucasian male from Fridley, Minnesota, was discovered on a railroad bridge spanning the Mississippi River in northeast Minneapolis. Responders were alerted to the…

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Lawrence McCoy

Male, age 30 · Ashland, Kentucky

Killed Aug 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the late hours of a Tuesday evening in Ashland, Kentucky, the life of 30-year-old Lawrence Demetrius McCoy was tragically cut short. On August 13, 2019, police were summoned to a residence at 3217 Central Avenue following a report of a shooting. Upon…

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Antoine Jamir Holmes

Male, age 26 · Tacoma, Washington

Killed Aug 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

On a late summer night in Tacoma, Washington, the sound of gunfire shattered the quiet near East 38th Street and East Roosevelt Avenue. When the chaos subsided, five people had been shot, and the life of 26-year-old Antoine Jamir Holmes, a Black / African…

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Rigoberto Villagomez-Dillon

Male, age 19 · Tacoma, Washington

Killed Aug 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

On the night of August 13, 2019, a gathering of family and friends in East Tacoma was shattered by a sudden barrage of gunfire that ended the life of 19-year-old Rigoberto Villagomez-Dillon. A Hispanic/Latino male, Villagomez-Dillon was one of five people…

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Demetrius Andre Spratt

Male, age 20 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

Demetrius Andre Spratt was a 20-year-old Black man from Oklahoma City whose short life traced a path from his birth in Albuquerque, New Mexico, through Oklahoma schools and into work caring for others. He grew up in a large blended family, remembered…

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Corey Chatman

Male, age 26 · Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Killed Aug 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the late summer of 2019 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the life of 26-year-old Corey Chatman was tragically cut short. On the evening of August 13th, Chatman was fatally wounded by gunfire. The violence of that day not only ended a young life but also set in…

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Donte Young

Male, age 31 · Capitol-heights, Maryland

Killed Aug 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the early evening of a Tuesday in Capitol Heights, Maryland, a domestic dispute escalated into a fatal encounter, claiming the life of 31-year-old Donte Young. On August 13, 2019, officers from the Prince George's County Police Department were dispatched…

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Yuri Echavarria Jr.

Male, age 26 · Hyattsville, Maryland

Killed Aug 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

On a summer evening in Hyattsville, Maryland, the life of 26-year-old Yuri Echavarria Jr. was tragically cut short. On August 13, 2019, at approximately 9:50 p.m., police responded to reports of a shooting in the 4200 block of Oglethorpe Street. They…

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Jean Carlos-Rentas

Male, age 28 · Phelps, New York

Killed Aug 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

On the evening of August 13, 2019, the body of 28-year-old Jean Carlos Rentas-Figueroa, a male resident of Rochester, was discovered on the shoulder of Route 96 in the Town of Phelps. An investigation revealed he had been killed by a single gunshot to the…

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Johnny Rios

Male, age 35 · Yonkers, New York

Killed Aug 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the late summer of 2019, a tragedy struck the Yonkers community and the New York City Police Department with the death of one of its officers. Thirty-five-year-old Johnny Rios, a male NYPD officer, was found deceased in his Yonkers home on Shoreview Drive…

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Marlena Virginia Alvirez

Female, age 13 · Lancaster, California

Killed Aug 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

Marlena Virginia Alvirez, a 13-year-old girl from Lancaster, California, tragically lost her life on August 13, 2019. The incident occurred in the family home located in the 1700 block of West Avenue J-15. Marlena was in her bedroom with her two sisters when…

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DeAngelo Earley

Male, age 24 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Aug 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

On a summer evening in Atlanta, the life of a young man was tragically cut short. DeAngelo Earley, a 24-year-old male, was shot and killed on August 13, 2019. The incident, which took place in the city, prompted an investigation by law enforcement. Initial…

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Jakari Malique Reddish

Male, age 24 · Jesup, Georgia

Killed Aug 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the summer of 2019, the life of 24-year-old Jakari Malique Reddish was tragically cut short in his hometown of Jesup, Georgia. The young man, known affectionately as 'Duggy' to his family and friends, was a father who was remembered for his infectious…

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Erica Delong

Female, age 33 · Canton, Ohio

Killed Aug 13, 2019 · 7 years ago

Erica Delong, a 33-year-old woman from Canton, Ohio, tragically passed away on August 13, 2019. She was known for her infectious laugh and dedication to helping others, especially her children. Erica's life was cut short when she was shot in the head by her…

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Shari Saunders

Female, age 70 · Escambia County, Alabama

Killed Aug 13, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the summer of 2018, a 70-year-old woman named Shari Christine Saunders embarked on a journey from her home in Norfolk, Virginia, to visit family in Monroeville, Alabama. On August 4, 2018, she was on the road, making her way south. The last time she was…

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Satha Ahearn

Female, age 29 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Aug 13, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the late hours of a warm summer evening in Louisville, Kentucky, the life of Samantha Ahearn was tragically cut short. On August 13, 2018, the 29-year-old white female found herself in the wrong place at the most unforgiving of times. Having just finished…

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Len Allen Smith

Male, age 25 · Bridgeport, Connecticut

Killed Aug 13, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the early hours of a Monday in August 2018, the relative calm of a Bridgeport, Connecticut summer day was shattered by gunfire. Shortly after 1:30 a.m. on August 13th, a 25-year-old Black / African American male named Len Allen Smith was shot and killed.…

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