Deaths by Force on August 17

Deaths by Force (515)

Death by Force10th anniversary

Oscar Colindres Garcia

Male, age 37 · Capitol-heights, Maryland

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

A hardworking father of five, 37-year-old Oscar Colindres Garcia, was shot and killed in the driveway of his home on Joplin Street in Seat Pleasant, Maryland, just before midnight on August 17, 2016. A native of El Salvador, Garcia was known for his…

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Steven Davis

Male, age 47 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, named Steven Burnell Davis, a 47-year-old male, became another victim of the city's ongoing violence. On the evening of August 17th, on the 200 block of South Ellicott Drive, Davis was discovered with…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Dontay Gordon

Male, age 17 · Bronx, New York

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, a promising young life was tragically cut short on a street in the Bronx. Dontay Gordon, a 17-year-old male, was killed in a drive-by shooting on the evening of August 17, 2016. The incident occurred around 9:15 p.m. near the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Edwin Charles Phillips

Male, age 67 · Redding, California

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Edwin Charles Phillips, aged 67, passed away on August 17, 2016, in Redding, California. He was found behind his auto shop on Bechelli Lane after reports of gunshots in the area. Phillips, who was known for his work in restoring hot rods and motorcycles, was…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Stephanie Faye Gawboy

Female, age 52 · Redway, California

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Stephanie Faye Gawboy, a 52-year-old resident of Redway, California, was found dead on August 17, 2016. Her body was discovered inside her residence on Redway Drive by a KMUD radio employee, Jordan Jumpshot, who occasionally stayed at her house. Upon entering…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Willie Oliver Hagan Jr.

Male, age 30 · Palm-bay, Florida

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Willie Oliver Hagan Jr., a 30-year-old African American male from Palm Bay, Florida, tragically lost his life on August 17, 2016. Hagan, known for his quick wit and ability to spread laughter, was a father of three with another child on the way. His life was…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Chavrone Finley

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Chavrone Finley, a 28-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on August 17, 2016, in Chicago, IL. The circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of extensive investigation and public interest. According to the Cook County…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Raymerio Lee

Male, age 15 · Bastrop, Louisiana

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late summer of 2016, the community of Bastrop, Louisiana, was rocked by the tragic death of 15-year-old Raymerio Lee, an African American male. The distressing chain of events began on August 17, 2016, when Lee was reported missing. A day later, a grim…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Donnell Edwin Murray Jr.

Male, age 28 · Shelby, North Carolina

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Donnell Edwin Murray Jr., a 28-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on August 17, 2016, in Shelby, North Carolina. He was found lying in the middle of Lincoln Street, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to his torso. Despite efforts to…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Matthew David Watson

Male, age 26 · Monroe, North Carolina

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Matthew David Watson, a 26-year-old male from Monroe, North Carolina, tragically lost his life on August 17, 2016. Matthew, who was a talented self-taught artist and a self-employed handyman, was known for his love of drawing and making rap music. He was the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Tashawna Gaines

Female, age 21 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Tashawna Gaines, a 21-year-old woman from Dayton, Ohio, tragically lost her life on August 17, 2016. Gaines was a passenger in a car that was shot at by an unknown assailant while it was stopped at the intersection of North Gettysburg Avenue and West Third…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Areli Brown

Female, age 52 · Carrollton, Texas

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Areli Brown, a 52-year-old woman from Carrollton, TX, tragically died on August 17, 2016. The incident was determined to be a murder-suicide. Areli Brown was killed by her husband, Roy Lee Brown, who then took his own life. The couple was found dead in their…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

David Thomas

Null, age 58 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

David Thomas, age 58, was fatally shot on August 17, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois. His death was part of a series of homicides that occurred during a particularly violent year for the city, which saw an overall rise in homicides and violent crime. The incident…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Ezell A Watson

Male, age 34 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

Ezell A. Watson, aged 34, was shot and killed on August 17, 2011, in Chicago. Watson's death was part of a year marked by significant violence throughout the city, which recorded an increase in homicides compared to previous years. The Chicago Police…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Daryl Taylor

Male, age 45 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Killed Aug 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the late summer of 2011, the community of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was shaken by the violent death of a local man known for his dual passions: painting houses and spinning records. Daryl Taylor, a 45-year-old African-American man, was a familiar and…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Andrae J Davis

Male, age 31 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Aug 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

Andrae J. Davis, a 31-year-old father of three, was tragically killed on August 17, 2011, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. On the evening of his death, Andrae had returned home with his fiancé and children after spending time at a local park. They lived at the…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Stephon Smith

Male, age 14 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Found Aug 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

Stephon Smith, a 14-year-old from the Larimer neighborhood of Pittsburgh, was tragically shot and killed on August 17, 2011. The shooting occurred behind an apartment building on Meadow Street. Stephon was found with multiple gunshot wounds, and he was…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Vanessa Klien

Female, age 24 · Scottsdale, Arizona

Killed Aug 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the summer of 2011, a promising life was tragically cut short in Scottsdale, Arizona. On August 17th, 24-year-old Vanessa Smith Klein, a female who had moved from Fayetteville, North Carolina, was killed in a violent encounter that stunned the community.…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Brenda Williams

Female, age 42 · Weaverville, North Carolina

Killed Aug 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

Brenda Williams, a 42-year-old woman from Weaverville, NC, was tragically killed on August 17, 2011. Brenda, who was of African American descent, was shot by her former boyfriend, Danny Dale Gosnell, a man from Campobello, South Carolina. The incident…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Kenneth Cunningham

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Aug 17, 2006 · 20 years ago

Kenneth Cunningham, a 55-year-old resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, was fatally shot on August 17, 2006. The incident occurred at his home located at 2350 Henrianne Court in the East Westwood neighborhood. Reports indicate that Kenneth walked in on a burglary in…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Sally Iris Mirafghan

Female, age 35 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Aug 17, 2001 · 25 years ago

On August 17, 2001, the life of Sally Iris Mirafghan came to an abrupt and tragic end in the city of Los Angeles. She was a thirty-five-year-old Hispanic woman whose death was determined by authorities to be a homicide. Despite the conclusive determination by…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

George Taylor Smith

Male, age 64 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Aug 17, 2001 · 25 years ago

George Taylor Smith was 64 years old when he died on Friday, Aug. 17, 2001, in Jefferson Park, a neighborhood of South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 3419 S. 11th Ave. His death was ruled a…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Jack Robinson

Male, age 65 · Columbia, South Carolina

Killed Aug 17, 1996 · 30 years ago

On a warm summer evening in Columbia, South Carolina, 65-year-old Jack Robinson, a Caucasian male and retired Air Force veteran, drove his car to the Rosewood Boat Landing on August 17, 1996. Witnesses later reported seeing him there around 6:00 p.m., engaged…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Jimmie Lamar Haynes

Male, age 40 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 17, 1991 · 35 years ago

On August 17, 1991, Jimmie Lamar Haynes, a 40-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life in Chicago, Illinois. Haynes was a dedicated officer with the Chicago Housing Authority Police Department , having served for just over a year. On the night…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Lynn Vaughn

Male, age 30 · Laurel County, Kentucky

Killed Aug 17, 1991 · 35 years ago

On a humid August night in 1991, Harry Lynn “Lynn” Vaughn, a 30-year-old man from Laurel County, Kentucky, joined friends and relatives at a modest house on White Oak Church Road for what was supposed to be an ordinary gathering. The home belonged to Robert…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Charmaine Sabrah

Female, age 26 · Sacramento, California

Killed Aug 17, 1986 · 40 years ago

Charmaine Sabrah, a 26-year-old woman, tragically lost her life in 1986 under circumstances linked to a serial killer known as the 'I-5 Strangler'. Sabrah was a working single mother residing in Sacramento, California. On the day of her disappearance, she and…

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Death by Force55th anniversary

Reuben Watson Haney

Male, age 17 · Houston, Texas

Killed Aug 17, 1971 · 55 years ago

Reuben Watson Haney, a 17-year-old male, tragically lost his life on August 17, 1971, in Houston, Texas. He was one of the victims of Dean Corll, a notorious serial killer and sex offender who operated in Houston and Pasadena, Texas, between 1970 and 1973.…

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Death by Force55th anniversary

Sheri Lee Martin

Female, age 17 · Salt Lake City, Utah

Killed Aug 17, 1971 · 55 years ago

On a summer evening in Salt Lake City, Utah, 17-year-old Sheri Martin was working at a Winchell's Donut Shop. It was August 17, 1971, and what began as a routine night would tragically become her last. Two men, Sherman McCrary and his son-in-law Carl Taylor…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Richard AZ Slick Garcia

Male, age 25 · Tempe, Arizona

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late summer of 2016, a fatal encounter unfolded outside a Tempe, Arizona sports bar, forever altering the lives of those involved. Richard 'AZ Slick' Garcia, a 25-year-old male and a member of the predominantly Latino Mongols Motorcycle Club, was shot…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Michael Angel Sambrano

Male, age 28 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Michael Angel Sambrano, a 28-year-old resident of San Pedro, Los Angeles, was tragically shot and killed on August 17, 2016. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning near Third and Mesa streets. According to reports, a vehicle approached…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Mihran Ashikyan

Male, age 27 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

Mihran Ashikyan, a 28-year-old Armenian man, was tragically shot and killed on August 17, 2011, in East Hollywood, Los Angeles. The incident occurred around 4:20 p.m. when Ashikyan was walking to his vehicle on North Oxford Avenue. A black sport utility…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Yvanh Boonprasert

Female, age 32 · Bowling-green, Kentucky

Killed Aug 17, 1996 · 30 years ago

I am unable to provide a synopsis detailing the death of Yvanh Boonprasert in Bowling Green, KY. A comprehensive search of online sources did not yield any information regarding the circumstances of her death, any arrests made, or suspects identified. While…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Rodney Vaughn

Male, age 39 · Laurel County, Kentucky

Killed Aug 17, 1991 · 35 years ago

On a summer evening in August of 1991, in Laurel County, Kentucky, Rodney Vaughn, a male, was at a gathering at a home on White Oak Church Road with ten other adults and five children. An argument erupted between Vaughn and another guest, Robert Foley, which…

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Death by Force60th anniversary

Daniel Ulinski

Male, age 47 · Glasgow, Delaware

Killed Aug 17, 1966 · 60 years ago

On Wednesday, August 17, 1966, Daniel R. Ulinski—a white male, age 47—stepped into the Glasgow Arms Liquor Store in Glasgow, Delaware, and crossed an invisible threshold into a crime already in motion. The store was being robbed. In that charged instant, the…

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Austen Guin

Male, age 21 · Lithonia, Georgia

Killed Aug 17, 2026 · this year

On August 17, 2026, 21-year-old Austen Guin was found deceased in Lithonia, Georgia. His death was the result of gun violence. Law enforcement officials with the DeKalb County Police Department discovered Guin's body outside an apartment building in the 2700…

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Dequaiseon D. Evans

Male, age 21 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 17, 2026 · this year

Dequaiseon D. Evans was a 21-year-old Black man from Milwaukee whose life ended in a double shooting inside a recording studio on Milwaukee’s north side on August 17, 2026. Evans, who performed in Milwaukee’s rap scene under the name Ym LilShiesty or Lil…

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Dysean Russell

Male, age 19 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Aug 17, 2026 · this year

On the evening of August 17, 2026, a burst of gunfire shattered the night in a Cleveland, Ohio neighborhood, leaving a tragic scene in its wake. When the violence ceased, 19-year-old Dysean Russell and 17-year-old Hasani Reed were found dead, their lives…

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Eddie Lopez Jr

Male, age 33 · Tucson, Arizona

Killed Aug 17, 2026 · this year

In the summer of 2026, a deadly encounter in Tucson, Arizona, claimed the life of 33-year-old Eddie Lopez Jr. On the night of Monday, August 17th, police were called to a residence near Sahuara Avenue and East 29th Street following a report of a shooting.…

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Hasani Reed

Male, age 17 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Aug 17, 2026 · this year

A wave of violence on a summer night in Cleveland, Ohio, claimed the life of 17-year-old Hasani Reed on August 17, 2026. The shooting, which unfolded on Invermere Avenue, also resulted in the death of 19-year-old Dysean Russell and left two others, a…

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John Watts

Male, age 37 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 17, 2026 · this year

A sense of unease shattered the mid-afternoon calm of a late summer day in Washington, D.C. On Monday, August 17, 2026, the life of 37-year-old John Watts was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. The incident unfolded around 2:30 p.m. in the 5000 block…

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Juan Lopez

Male, age 33 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Aug 17, 2026 · this year

In the pre-dawn hours of August 17, 2026, a fatal encounter unfolded in Albuquerque, New Mexico, forever altering the lives of those involved. Juan Lopez, a 33-year-old man, was in the company of a female friend in the 100 block of San Pablo Street SE when…

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Louis Paniagua

Male, age 48 · Venice, California

Killed Aug 17, 2026 · this year

Based on the information available, there are conflicting reports regarding the death of an individual in Venice, California, on or around August 17, 2026. Online databases that track gun violence list Louis Paniagua, 48, as a victim of a fatal shooting in…

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Marcus Griffin

Male, age 31 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Aug 17, 2026 · this year

In the late afternoon of August 17, 2026, the life of 31-year-old Marcus Griffin was tragically cut short in Jackson, Mississippi. He was discovered on the edge of a driveway in the 3700 block of Douglas Avenue, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds. First…

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Minerva Hernandez Lopez

Female, age 44 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 17, 2026 · this year

Minerva Hernandez-Lopez, a 44-year-old Hispanic/Latina woman, was killed on August 17, 2026, after what investigators described as a road-rage confrontation on Milwaukee’s south side. The shooting unfolded near South 10th Street and West Lapham Boulevard…

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Nicole Karastury Elliott

Female, age 35 · Waverly Hall, Georgia

Killed Aug 17, 2026 · this year

In the late morning of August 17, 2026, the life of 35-year-old Nicole Karastury Elliott was tragically cut short in Waverly Hall, Georgia. A mother of three, she was found unresponsive in the front yard of her residence on Georgia Highway 208, the victim of…

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Quentene E. Williams

Male, age 33 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 17, 2026 · this year

Quentene E. Williams, a 33-year-old Black/African American man from Milwaukee, was killed on the afternoon of August 17, 2026, inside a recording studio in a commercial building near North 31st Street and West Cameron Avenue. Williams, who performed in…

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Raul Aballe

Male, age 41 · Miami, Florida

Killed Aug 17, 2026 · this year

Raul Aballe Salas, a 41-year-old man, was fatally shot on August 17, 2026, after what investigators described as a dispute in northwest Miami-Dade County. Aballe was born on December 29, 1984. At approximately 5:38 p.m., Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies…

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Reynaldo Johnson

Male, age 25 · Norfolk, Virginia

Killed Aug 17, 2026 · this year

In the quiet neighborhood of Chesterfield Heights in Norfolk, Virginia, the afternoon of August 17, 2026, was shattered by the sound of gunfire. Responding to a call around 1:00 p.m., police arrived at the 2800 block of Stanhope Avenue to a grim scene. Inside…

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