Deaths by Force on August 16

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Thomas Jefferson

Male, age 53 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 16, 1921 · 105 years ago

In a tragic sequence of events, a young man lost his life in Tulsa, Oklahoma, leading to a homicide investigation and the subsequent arrest of two suspects. The victim was identified as 26-year-old Mitchell Jefferson. The incident began when police responded…

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Alhassane Barry

Male, age 29 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of Sunday, August 16, 2026, Alhassane Barry, a 29-year-old off-duty Philadelphia police officer, was shot and killed outside an after-hours lounge in the Elmwood Park neighborhood of the city. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. on the 7200…

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Amauri Ainsworth

Male, age 20 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

In the late morning of a summer Sunday in Jackson, Mississippi, a park on South Drive was filled with the sights and sounds of a large gathering. On August 16, 2026, approximately 200 people were present when the lively atmosphere was shattered by the sound…

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Andy Brazil

Male, age 32 · Millville, New Jersey

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

In the predawn hours of August 16, 2026, the quiet of Millville, New Jersey, was shattered by the sound of gunfire. When police responded to the area of a gas station on North High Street at approximately 3:40 a.m., they discovered a tragic scene. Inside a…

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Antoine Etienne

Male, age 40 · Hollywood, Florida

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

In the late hours of a Sunday in Hollywood, Florida, the creative hum of a recording studio was tragically silenced by the eruption of gunfire. It was August 16, 2026, when 40-year-old Antoine Etienne was fatally shot in a home on the 2700 block of Arthur…

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Ashley Brown

Female, age 32 · Millville, New Jersey

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

In the predawn hours of Sunday, August 16, 2026, the city of Millville, New Jersey, was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the lives of two individuals. Ashley Brown, a 32-year-old resident of Millville, and Andy Steven Brazil, 32, of the…

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Billy Wooten III

Male, age 25 · Fairmont, West Virginia

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

Billy Eugene Wooten III, a 25-year-old White/Caucasian man from Fairmont, West Virginia, was fatally shot on the morning of August 16, 2026. Fairmont police were called at approximately 8 a.m. to a residence on McKinney Street, where Wooten had been shot in…

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Curt Sims Jr.

Male, age 19 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

Curt Sims, Jr., a 19-year-old man, died after he was shot in Dayton, Ohio, on the night of August 16, 2026. The fatal encounter unfolded near the intersection of McCabe and Groveland avenues, where residents encountered a disturbing scene shortly before 9…

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Dawn Kriskewic

Female, age 52 · Vero Beach, Florida

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

On a quiet Sunday morning in Vero Beach, Florida, the life of 52-year-old Dawn Kriskewic was tragically cut short. On August 16, 2026, she was found lying in the roadway in front of her home with a gunshot wound. First responders rushed to the scene and…

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James Randall Myers

Male, age 43 · Brunswick, Georgia

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

In the late summer of 2026, the historic coastal city of Brunswick, Georgia, was rocked by a sudden act of violence that claimed the life of 43-year-old James Randall Myers of Richmond Hill. On the night of Sunday, August 16th, the sounds of celebration and…

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Jayden Christman

Male, age 18 · Desoto, Texas

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

Jayden Christman, an 18-year-old man, died on August 16, 2026, after being shot inside a residence in DeSoto, Texas. The shooting occurred Sunday afternoon at a home in the 1300 block of Sequoia Court. At approximately 4:30 p.m., a witness called 911 and…

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Jesus Ugalde

Male, age 21 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

In the predawn hours of a Sunday in August, the quiet of a Henrico, Virginia, apartment complex was shattered by the sound of gunfire, leaving a young man's life abruptly ended. Twenty-one-year-old Jesus Ugalde was found deceased in the parking lot of the…

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Joseph Texidor

Male, age 32 · Hartford, Connecticut

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of Sunday, August 16, 2026, the life of 32-year-old Joseph Texidor of Newington, Connecticut, was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. The incident unfolded around 1:40 a.m. outside the SoulBaila nightclub on Wethersfield Avenue in…

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Kamaar Robinson

Male, age 25 · Hampton, Virginia

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of Sunday, August 16, 2026, the Newmarket Square shopping center in Hampton, Virginia, became the scene of a fatal shooting. The life of 25-year-old Kamaar Robinson was cut short by gun violence in the parking lot of the commercial…

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Laterius Ragston

Male, age 25 · Brenham, Texas

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of Sunday, August 16, 2026, the quiet of Brenham, Texas, was shattered by violence that claimed the life of 25-year-old Laterius Ragston. At approximately 2:00 a.m., Brenham Police responded to reports of a weapons-related incident in the…

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Marc L. Taylor

Male, age 18 · Lorain, Ohio

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of August 16, 2026, the life of 18-year-old Marc L. Taylor of Elyria, Ohio, was tragically cut short. He was a recent high school graduate with a bright future ahead of him, just days away from starting classes at Lorain County Community…

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Markier Mark S. Castile

Male, age 24 · Sandusky, Ohio

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

In the late hours of a summer evening in Sandusky, Ohio, a party's lively atmosphere on East Parish Street was shattered by the sound of gunfire. On August 16, 2026, 24-year-old Markier Mark S. Castile was shot, sustaining critical injuries. Another man was…

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Rainalyz Caraballo

Female, age 19 · Springfield, Massachusetts

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

In the pre-dawn hours of a Sunday morning in Springfield, Massachusetts, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet. On August 16, 2026, 19-year-old Rainalyz Caraballo of Holyoke was fatally wounded in a shooting that occurred around 4:15 a.m. on the 3100 block…

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Ronald C. Hill

Male, age 35 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

Ronald C. Hill, a 35-year-old male, was fatally shot shortly after midnight on August 16, 2026, on Chicago’s West Side. The shooting occurred at approximately 12:02 a.m. in the 4200 block of West Cermak Road in the North Lawndale neighborhood, near the area…

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Silas Henry

Male, age 17 · Lorain, Ohio

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Lorain, Ohio, the life of 17-year-old Silas Henry was tragically cut short. On August 16, 2026, at approximately 3 a.m., police responded to a call of shots fired at a residence on Washington Avenue. Inside the home…

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Sofronie Hartzog

Female, age 33 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

On a summer night in Brooklyn, New York, a dispute escalated into deadly violence, claiming the life of 33-year-old Sofronie Hartzog. The incident occurred in the early morning hours of Sunday, August 16, 2026, near Bergen Street and Howard Avenue in Crown…

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Vincent Patrick Collier

Male, age 34 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

In the late hours of a Sunday evening in Indianapolis, a sequence of events unfolded that would end in the tragic death of 34-year-old Vincent Patrick Collier. On August 16, 2026, officers with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department were dispatched…

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Yolanda Chaytor

Female, age 30 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 16, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Chicago, a city already wrestling with the persistent specter of violence, the life of a young mother was tragically cut short. Yolanda Chaytor, a 30-year-old woman, was fatally shot on August 16, 2026, following a…

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Michael DeJuan Foster

Male, age 49 · Mobile, Alabama

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late summer of 2025, the life of Michael DeJuan Foster, a 49-year-old man from the Mobile, Alabama area, was brought to a tragic and abrupt end. On the evening of Saturday, August 16, 2025, in Prichard, a city in Mobile County, an argument escalated to…

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Martha Lassiter Barber

Female, age 82 · Beebe, Arkansas

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

Martha Lassiter Barber, an 82-year-old white female from Beebe, Arkansas, was found deceased in her home on Kamak Drive on the evening of August 16, 2025. A retired school teacher, she was discovered by police who were dispatched to her residence at…

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Joel German Mercado

Male, age 16 · Covina, California

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

Joel German Mercado, 16, a Hispanic/Latino male, was spending a summer Saturday night at a back-to-school house and pool party in Covina on August 16, 2025, when the gathering unraveled into chaos. Shortly after 10 p.m., shots rang out and panicked teens fled…

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Juan Marquez

Male, age 41 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

Juan Luis Marquez, 41, a male Latino from Los Angeles, stepped into the narrow alley behind his family's home in the 8000 block of South Hooper Avenue on the night of August 16, 2025, after a car alarm split the quiet around 9:20 p.m. He and another family…

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Juan Gonzalez

Male, age 56 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

Juan Gonzalez, 56, a male Latino, was found mortally wounded just after 2:24 a.m. on August 16, 2025, in an alley off the 5000 block of Whittier Boulevard near Fraser/Woods Avenue in unincorporated East Los Angeles. Deputies from the East Los Angeles…

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Richard Anthony Smith

Male, age 30 · Rialto, California

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of August 16, 2025, 30-year-old Hispanic male Richard Anthony Smith was caught in violence that broke the quiet of a wash just north of Third Street and west of Palm Lane in San Bernardino. Deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's…

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Sung Yang

Female, age 73 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

Sung Yang, a 73-year-old woman and North East Asian was fatally shot on August 16, 2025, in Los Angeles after an argument turned violent in the Harvard Heights neighborhood near the 1300 block of South St. Andrews Place. Officers responded around 10:30 p.m.…

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Adrian Anthony Montiel

Male, age 38 · Bakersfield, California

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

Adrian Anthony Montiel, 38, was shot just before midnight on August 15, 2025, in the 2900 block of Edison Highway in Bakersfield. Deputies from the Kern County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a man with a gunshot wound and found Adrian Anthony…

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Billy Day

Male, age 31 · Crestview, Florida

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

Billy Day, 31, a white male from Crestview, Florida, died on August 16, 2025, after an officer-involved shooting following a prolonged standoff in the parking lot of the Tidal Wave Auto Spa on South Ferdon Boulevard. Police say they encountered Billy Day…

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Rasheed Moore

Male, age 24 · Albany, Georgia

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late summer of 2025, the life of 24-year-old Rasheed Moore was cut short by gunfire in Albany, Georgia. On the night of August 16th, Moore was in the parking lot located at 107 N. Mock Road when the fatal shooting occurred. Born on August 2, 2001, his…

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Deegan Kirschke

Male, age 17 · Hampshire, Illinois

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the night of August 16, 2025, Deegan Kirschke, 17, a high-school senior and accomplished wrestler from Hampshire, Illinois, was shot inside a home on the 100 block of High Street around 11:30 p.m. Responding officers found the teen with a single gunshot…

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Gabriela Gaby Ochoa

Female, age 31 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

Gabriela “Gaby” Ochoa, 31, a woman from Chicago, was shot to death on the evening of August 16, 2025, in the Bridgeport neighborhood. A Hispanic/Latina victim, Gabriela “Gaby” Ochoa, 31, was outside in the 800 block of West 27th Street around 8:40 p.m. when a…

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Tyler Wheeler

Male, age 26 · Kansas City, Kansas

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of August 16, 2025, a burst of gunfire in Kansas City, Kansas, tragically cut short the life of 26-year-old Tyler Wheeler, a White/Caucasian male. The shooting, which occurred in the 1600 block of Washington Boulevard, also resulted in the…

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Victor Loza

Male, age 23 · Kansas City, Kansas

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of August 16, 2025, a burst of gunfire shattered the peace in the 1600 block of Washington Boulevard in Kansas City, Kansas, tragically cutting short the life of 23-year-old Victor Loza of Bonner Springs. Responding to the call shortly after 7…

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Jeremy Thomas

Male, age 48 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a quiet apartment complex in the St. Matthews suburb of Louisville, Kentucky, a domestic dispute escalated into a tragedy that claimed the life of 48-year-old Jeremy Thomas, a Black male. On the morning of Saturday, August 16, 2025, police responded to a…

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Kenneth Simms

Male, age 30 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of August 16, 2025, in New Orleans, Louisiana, the life of 30-year-old Kenneth Simms Jr. was tragically cut short. The male victim was killed by gun violence in what has been described as a homicide. The incident that led to his…

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Camilo Acosta

Male, age 21 · Moorhead, Minnesota

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the pre-dawn quiet of August 16, 2025, Moorhead officers were dispatched at 3:54 a.m. to an apartment building in the 1100 block of 2nd Avenue South after reports of gunfire. Inside, they found two people dead from gunshot wounds: 21-year-old Camilo…

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Levon Washington

Male, age 26 · Saint Paul, Minnesota

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the predawn hours of August 16, 2025, a gathering in the Frogtown neighborhood of Saint Paul was shattered by gunfire. Responding to a shooting report on the 300 block of Edmund Avenue shortly after 4 a.m., police officers discovered Levon T. Washington, a…

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Maedean Davin

Female, age 74 · Duluth, Minnesota

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

Maedean Davin, 74, a white woman from Duluth, Minnesota, was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound at her home on the 1500 block of North 9th Avenue East on Saturday, August 16, 2025. Police were called just before 2 p.m. and discovered Maedean Davin…

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Dameio Milton

Male, age 48 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of August 16, 2025, the life of 48-year-old Dameio Milton, a male resident of Jackson, Mississippi, was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. The fatal shooting occurred at Club Metro, a nightclub located on Martin Luther King…

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Sheila Mills

Female, age 64 · Saint Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Northwoods in St. Louis County, a concerned daughter's call for a welfare check on her mother unraveled a grim tragedy on the afternoon of August 16, 2025. When officers from the Northwoods Police Department arrived at the home of…

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Breanna Zhane Hunter

Female, age 28 · Winston Salem, North Carolina

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

Breanna Zhane Hunter, 28, a Black woman from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was found with a gunshot wound on the 1200 block of East Twenty-Fifth Street at about 7:19 a.m. on Saturday, August 16, 2025. Officers and EMS responded, but Breanna Zhane Hunter, 28…

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Heather Martinez

Female, age 32 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of August 16, 2025, a violent encounter in Tulsa near 36th and Yale tragically ended the life of 32-year-old Heather Martinez. The incident, which unfolded around 6:07 PM, also resulted in a 50-year-old man being hospitalized with gunshot…

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Jason Gary Cole

Male, age 43 · Alexander, North Carolina

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jason Gary Cole, 43, a male of White/Caucasian ethnicity from Weaverville, was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound in Alexander, North Carolina, on the night of August 16, 2025. Deputies with the Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched at 10:06…

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Violet Archuleta

Female, age 17 · Fairview, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 16, 2025 · 1 year ago

Violet Archuleta, a 17-year-old White/Caucasian female, was found fatally wounded alongside her father in the early minutes of Saturday, August 16, 2025, after a 12:45 a.m. 911 call drew Fairview police to a home near East State Road and Sylvia Street.…

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