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Christopher Lee Henry

Male, age 34 · Houston, Texas

Killed Aug 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

Christopher Lee Henry, a 34-year-old male of African American ethnicity, was tragically shot and killed on August 15, 2015, in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred between 7:00-7:30 p.m. local time near a convenience store and apartment complex on the 6700…

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Daniel Ussery

Male, age 57 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late summer of 2014, the life of Daniel Maurice Ussery, a 57-year-old White male, was tragically cut short in Denver, Colorado. Known for his love of the outdoors and woodworking, Daniel was a graduate of Red Bank High School, class of 1975. His life…

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Willie Knighton

Male, age 63 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late summer of 2014, the tranquility of a northwest Atlanta park was shattered by a discovery that would leave a community in shock and a family searching for answers. On the morning of August 15th, 63-year-old Willie Knighton, an African-American…

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Sherita Smith

Female, age 46 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

Sherita Smith, a 46-year-old resident of Chicago, Illinois, met a tragic end on August 15, 2014. Her body was discovered in a burning vehicle in the Gresham area of Chicago. The incident was marked by the gruesome discovery of her body found under the…

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Revester Davis

Male, age 51 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

Revester Davis, aged 51, was found dead on August 15, 2014, in the Gresham neighborhood on Chicago's South Side. His body was discovered in the back seat of his burned SUV. According to fire officials, the blaze began in the front part of the vehicle, but no…

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Lajuan Gordon

Male, age 31 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late hours of a Friday evening in August 2014, the life of Lajuan R. Gordon was tragically cut short in Louisville, Kentucky. The 31-year-old Black male was discovered behind a vacant apartment building on Oleanda Court, having sustained a fatal…

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Duane Mitchell

Male, age 53 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the summer of 2014, a sense of unease settled over a quiet street in Baltimore, Maryland, as the discovery of a man's body unfolded. On a Friday morning in mid-August, police were called to a home in the 4100 block of Fernhill Avenue for a welfare check.…

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Kenneth Madison

Male, age 53 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late hours of a Friday night in Minneapolis, on August 15, 2014, a dispute between two men escalated into a fatal encounter. Kenneth Madison, a 53-year-old Black/African American male, was in an apartment on the 2700 block of Blaisdell Avenue South…

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James Foxhall

Male, age 42 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late summer of 2014, the life of James Foxhall, a 42-year-old man, was tragically cut short in a violent encounter in Detroit. On the evening of August 15th, Foxhall was in the parking lot of a splash park located in Palmer Park when he was fatally…

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Joseph Hooley

Male, age 66 · Emporia, Virginia

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet town of Emporia, Virginia, a sense of unease settled over the community in the late summer of 2014. Joseph Thomas Hooley, a 66-year-old Caucasian male, was reported missing. The concern for his well-being was heightened by the fact that he was…

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Berry Williams

Male, age 29 · Michigan-city, Indiana

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the night of August 15, 2014, in Michigan City, Indiana, a violent altercation cut short the life of 29-year-old Berry Dee Williams. That evening, Williams, affectionately known as 'Biggs,' was with a friend, Daniel Mallett, when they were confronted by…

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Angela Lynette Johnson

Female, age 43 · District-heights, Maryland

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet suburban landscape of Prince George's County, a domestic dispute escalated into a tragedy that claimed three lives. On a late Friday afternoon, August 15, 2014, police were called to a home on Addison Road in District Heights, Maryland, for a…

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Zonita Monia Roberts

Female, age 42 · District-heights, Maryland

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on a summer afternoon in District Heights, Maryland, a 42-year-old Black female named Zonita Monia Roberts from Georgia lost her life in a violent encounter. On August 15, 2014, police responded to a report of a shooting at a…

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Edward Franklin Grayson

Male, age 28 · East-los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

Edward Franklin Grayson, a 28-year-old Black male, tragically lost his life on August 15, 2014, in East Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Grayson was shot near 4836 Colonia de Los Pinos. The…

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Juan Pablo Sanchez

Male, age 34 · Logan-heights, California

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

Juan Pablo Sanchez, a 34-year-old resident of Logan Heights, California, tragically lost his life on August 15, 2014. The incident occurred in the south alley of the 2100 block of Ocean View Boulevard. According to reports, Sanchez was shot multiple times in…

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Sook Mi Oh

Female, age 55 · Salinas, California

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

Sook Mi Oh, a 55-year-old resident of Salinas, California, tragically lost her life on August 15, 2014, during a violent robbery at the Hot Stop convenience store on Williams Road. On that fateful night, two masked men entered the store and demanded money…

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Wilmer Irias

Male, age 41 · Miami, Florida

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

Wilmer Irias, a 41-year-old Honduran man, was tragically killed on August 15, 2014, in Miami, Florida. On that fateful night, Irias was at the Marlins Bar on Southwest 17th Avenue in Little Havana. He stepped out to retrieve something from his car when he was…

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Afolabi Odifa

Male, age 36 · Norcross, Georgia

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late hours of a Friday evening in Norcross, Georgia, 36-year-old Afolabi Odifa, a Black male taxi driver, was found slumped over the wheel of his cab, the engine still running. Residents of the Spring Lakes Apartments on Chase Common Drive initially…

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Eric Alexander Reese

Male, age 46 · Statesboro, Georgia

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the summer of 2014, a life was tragically cut short in Statesboro, Georgia. Eric Alexander Reese, a 46-year-old male, was fatally shot on the evening of Friday, August 15th. The incident occurred at the Park Place Apartments on Lanier Drive, where an…

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Torrez Rice

Male, age 36 · College-park, Georgia

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a Friday afternoon, August 15, 2014, 36-year-old Torrez Rice, an African American male, had just purchased a new car and pulled into an Exxon gas station on Roosevelt Highway in College Park, Georgia, with a passenger. Moments later, two men approached the…

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William DaVitte

Male, age 55 · Martinez, Georgia

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

William Rountree 'Bill' DaVitte, a 55-year-old male from Martinez, Georgia, was fatally shot on Thursday, August 14, 2014, in a violent and tragic encounter that also left his wife injured. The couple had gone to Marvin United Methodist Church in Martinez to…

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Glenn Haynes

Male, age 71 · Shelby, North Carolina

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

Glenn Haynes, a 71-year-old male from Shelby, NC, passed away on August 15, 2014, at his home. The obituary mentions that Glenn was a native of Tennessee and the son of the late Hubert and Helen Thurston Haynes. However, there is no information available…

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Linda Haynes

Female, age 68 · Shelby, North Carolina

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

Linda Haynes, a 68-year-old woman from Shelby, North Carolina, passed away on August 15, 2014. Her death was part of a tragic event that also involved her husband, Glenn Haynes. The couple was found deceased at their home in what was later determined to be a…

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Paul McKernan

Male, age 27 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

Paul McKernan, a 27-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, tragically died on August 15, 2014, in Philadelphia, PA. He was fatally shot outside a Chinese restaurant in the Overbrook section of the city after an argument escalated into violence. McKernan, who…

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Gustavo Gomez

Male, age 24 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the summer of 2014, a domestic disturbance in a Memphis, Tennessee, home escalated into a tragedy that claimed the lives of a father and two of his children. On August 15, 24-year-old Gustavo Gomez was fatally shot by his father, Abel Gomez. The violent…

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Lupita Gomez

Female, age 6 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

A domestic argument in a Memphis, Tennessee, home on August 15, 2014, ended in a tragic loss of life. Six-year-old Lupita Gomez was a female who found her life cut short that Friday. The young girl, along with her 24-year-old brother Gustavo Gomez, became the…

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Travis Donald Wegener

Male, age 28 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed Aug 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a tragic evening in Knoxville, Tennessee, the life of Travis Donald Wegener, a 28-year-old male, was cut short. On August 15, 2014, Wegener was at the home of his friends, the Womack family, on Inskip Road. The night took a horrifying turn when Michael…

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Olivia Muteba

Female, age 23 · Oakland, California

Found Aug 15, 2013 · 13 years ago

On August 15, 2013, 23-year-old Olivia Muteba was shot and killed in Oakland, California. The homicide took place amidst a climate of rising gun violence in the city, where Oakland was grappling with increasing numbers of shootings and violent incidents…

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Dequantay A Bingmon

Male, age 29 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 15, 2013 · 13 years ago

Dequantay A. Bingmon, a 29-year-old man, was fatally shot on August 15, 2013, in Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood. He was riding a bicycle on East 120th Place when an unknown assailant approached on foot and opened fire, striking him multiple times. The…

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Bradley Kneitinger

Male, age 43 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Aug 15, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the summer of 2013, the life of a 43-year-old Caucasian male, Bradley Kneitinger, was tragically cut short in Buffalo, New York. On August 15, 2013, Kneitinger became the victim of a homicide. The specific details surrounding the circumstances of his death…

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James Eddie Delando Hill

Male, age 38 · Portsmouth, Virginia

Killed Aug 15, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the summer of 2013, James Eddie Delando Hill, a 38-year-old man, was standing with friends outside a house at 2402 Acorn Street in Portsmouth, Virginia, on the evening of August 15th. In an instant, his life was cut short by gunfire. The incident left the…

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Johana Nunez

Female, age 35 · Golden-gate, Florida

Killed Aug 15, 2013 · 13 years ago

Johana Nunez, a 35-year-old woman, was tragically killed on August 15, 2013, in Golden Gate, FL. The incident occurred inside her home at 3032 50th St. S.W., where she and her 18-year-old son, Joseph Suazo, were found dead. Both victims had been shot multiple…

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Joseph Suazo

Male, age 18 · Golden-gate, Florida

Killed Aug 15, 2013 · 13 years ago

Joseph Suazo, an 18-year-old resident of Golden Gate, FL, tragically lost his life on August 15, 2013. The incident occurred within the confines of his family home, where he was fatally shot multiple times by his father, Jose Suazo. The tragic event also…

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Marvin Eugene Perry III

Male, age 22 · Decatur, Illinois

Killed Aug 15, 2013 · 13 years ago

Marvin Eugene Perry III, a 22-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on August 15, 2013, in Decatur, Illinois. The circumstances surrounding his death were both shocking and heartbreaking for his family and the community. Marvin…

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Carlos L

Male, age 38 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 15, 2012 · 14 years ago

Carlos Marshall, a 38-year-old resident of Chicago, was a victim of homicide on August 15, 2012. His death occurred during a particularly violent year for the city, which saw a significant rise in homicides and shootings. Marshall was one of over 500…

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Louis LC Charles Robinson III

Male, age 39 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 15, 2012 · 14 years ago

On August 15, 2012, just after midnight, Louis L.C. Charles Robinson III, a 39 year old Black man, was standing on a South Shore sidewalk with a 59-year-old acquaintance when gunfire cracked through the quiet of the 7500 block of South Kingston Avenue. The…

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Donta L Gooden

Male, age 19 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 15, 2012 · 14 years ago

Donta L. Gooden, also known as Tiffany, was a 19-year-old transgender woman who was tragically murdered on August 15, 2012, in Chicago. Gooden was found stabbed to death in an abandoned building on the city’s West Side. Her death was the second killing of a…

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Lorenzo Wyley

Male, age 21 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 15, 2012 · 14 years ago

Lorenzo Wyley, aged 21, was fatally shot on August 15, 2012, in the West Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. The incident occurred in the street, a common setting for much of the violence that was taking place in this part of the city at that time. West…

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Shavon Davis

Female, age 24 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Aug 15, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the summer of 2012, a wave of violence gripped the city of Detroit, and among its many victims was a young mother named Shavon Davis. On August 15, the 24-year-old African-American woman's life was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. The events…

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Anthony Paul

Male, age 28 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Aug 15, 2012 · 14 years ago

On a cold December morning in Detroit, a 44-year-old Black man named Anthony Taylor Jr., a devoted father of five, was tragically killed. In the early hours of December 2, 2016, Taylor was returning to his father's home on Huntington Road after having dinner…

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Barry Dewane Avertt III

Male, age 28 · Omaha, Nebraska

Killed Aug 15, 2012 · 14 years ago

Barry Dewayne Averett III, 28, a Black man, was shot in the early hours of Wednesday, August 15, 2012, near 39th and Burdette Streets in Omaha. Officers responding to gunfire found him wounded in the street; he was rushed to a hospital, where he was…

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Terrence Gordon

Male, age 33 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 15, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the summer of 2012, tragedy struck a North Philadelphia community with the death of Terrence Gordon. On the afternoon of August 15th, police responded to a call at the Abbotsford Homes public housing complex in the East Falls neighborhood. There, on a…

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Johnny Frank Taylor

Male, age 34 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 15, 2010 · 16 years ago

Johnny Frank Taylor, aged 34, was fatally shot on August 15, 2010, in Chicago, Illinois. Taylor was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the 100 block of South Springfield Avenue, an area on the city's West Side known for frequent incidents of violence. He…

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Damien G Turner

Male, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 15, 2010 · 16 years ago

Damien G. Turner, 18, was fatally shot on August 15, 2010, in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood. Turner, a charismatic activist and co-founder of the grassroots group Fearless Leading by the Youth (FLY), was working to improve conditions at juvenile detention…

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Alvin Crosby

Male, age 25 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Aug 15, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the late summer of 2010 in New Orleans, Louisiana, the life of Alvin Joseph Crosby, Jr., a 25-year-old Black male, was tragically cut short. On Sunday, August 15, 2010, Crosby was killed, leaving behind a devastated family, including his two young…

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Darryl Miller

Male, age 20 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Aug 15, 2010 · 16 years ago

On a warm summer night in Detroit, what began as a birthday celebration ended in a senseless act of violence that claimed the life of 20-year-old Darryle Girard Miller Jr. In the early hours of August 15, 2010, Miller, a young man with a promising future, was…

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Willie Motley

Male, age 30 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Aug 15, 2010 · 16 years ago

On the morning of January 29, 2024, the life of 19-year-old Jason Motley was tragically cut short on the northeast side of Detroit. The young man was discovered fatally shot near Orleans and Lantz at approximately 6:00 a.m. The circumstances surrounding his…

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Ephriam R Prewiti

Male, age 29 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Aug 15, 2010 · 16 years ago

Ephriam Rendell “Tone” Prewitt, a 29-year-old man from Kansas City, Missouri, died on August 15, 2010. In the early hours of that Sunday morning, a call about gunfire drew Kansas City police to the 5500 block of Michigan Avenue. It was about 4:31 a.m. when…

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