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Turae Maurice Wright

Male, age 26 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

Turae Maurice Wright, 26, a Black male, died on August 17, 2017, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Obituary notices record his full name and age, and memorialize him as a young man with deep family ties, born on January 31, 1991, whose death left loved ones…

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Jeriamy Edwards

Male, age 19 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the waning hours of a summer evening in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a young life was tragically cut short. On August 17, 2017, 19-year-old Jeriamy Edwards, an African American male, was found lifeless on Shemp Way in the city's Middle Hill district.…

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Quintrius Lee Jackson

Male, age 25 · Bessemer, Alabama

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a summer evening in Bessemer, Alabama, the life of Quintrius Lee Jackson, a 25-year-old Black / African American man from the nearby city of Brighton, was tragically cut short. On August 17, 2017, Jackson was fatally shot in the parking lot of a gas…

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Gregory White

Male, age 43 · Helena, Arkansas

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late summer of 2017, the community of Helena, Arkansas, was shaken by a violent event that resulted in the death of Gregory White, a 43-year-old man. On August 17, 2017, White was tragically killed in a shooting that stemmed from what was described as…

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Henry Vargas

Male, age 26 · Brockton, Massachusetts

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the warm evening of August 17, 2017, in Brockton, Massachusetts, the life of 26-year-old Hispanic male, Henry Vargas, was tragically cut short. A former basketball standout at Brockton High School and a loving father to two young daughters, Vargas was…

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Marcus A Roberts

Male, age 33 · New Bedford, Massachusetts

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 17, 2017, the city of New Bedford was disturbed by the sound of gunfire. At approximately 2:44 a.m., police responded to a notification from the ShotSpotter gunshot detection system in the vicinity of 1669 Acushnet Avenue…

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Orasio Flores

Male, age 27 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

Orasio Flores, 27, a male of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, was shot in Denver in the early hours of August 17, 2017, after gunfire erupted near East Lowry Boulevard and Alton Way in the Lowry neighborhood. Responding officers found a gravely wounded victim; he…

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Brandon Browne

Male, age 15 · Kansas City, Kansas

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the warm evening of August 17, 2017, in Kansas City, Kansas, a devastating event unfolded that would forever alter a family already acquainted with tragedy. Brandon Browne, a 15-year-old Black/African American male, was sitting on the porch of a residence…

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Chelsie Lynn Kirschten

Female, age 23 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late hours of a Thursday in Jackson, Mississippi, the life of 23-year-old Chelsie Lynn Kirschten, a white female, was tragically cut short. On August 17, 2017, Kirschten was behind the wheel of her white Pontiac G6, waiting at a traffic light at the…

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Eric Blackshear

Male, age 27 · Newport-news, Virginia

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late hours of a Thursday in August 2017, the life of 27-year-old Eric Blackshear was tragically cut short. On August 17th, at approximately 9:57 p.m., Newport News police were called to the 7400 block of River Road following reports of a shooting. Upon…

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Christopher King

Male, age 22 · Independence, Missouri

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the night of August 17, 2017, a violent confrontation unfolded in Independence, Missouri, resulting in the untimely death of 33-year-old Christopher L. King. Officers from the Independence Police Department were dispatched to a residence in the 1500 block…

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Leon Hinckley

Male, age 28 · Sedalia, Missouri

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On August 17, 2017, a violent confrontation unfolded at the Sunset Village Trailer Park, located just west of Sedalia, Missouri, which ultimately claimed the life of 28-year-old Leon Thomas Hinckley. A resident of Windsor, Missouri, Leon had been visiting the…

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Steven Pettit

Male, age 49 · Hillsboro, Missouri

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late summer of 2017, the quiet community of Hillsboro, Missouri, was disturbed by the violent death of one of its own. Steven D. Pettit, a 49-year-old male, was found deceased in his home on August 17th, a victim of gun violence. The circumstances of…

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Nadrian Darneil Benbow

Male, age 28 · Florence, South Carolina

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a late summer evening in Florence, South Carolina, tragedy struck the life of Nadrian Darneil Benbow. On August 17, 2017, the 28-year-old Black male was fatally shot on Handy Lane in Florence County. The incident, which also left another individual…

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Coree White Jr

Male, age 19 · Middletown, New York

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late hours of August 17, 2017, 19-year-old Coree White Jr., a male from Middletown, New York, was shot on Wallkill Avenue. He was transported to Orange Regional Medical Center in a private vehicle, where he ultimately succumbed to his injuries during…

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Joseph Smith III

Male, age 46 · White-plains, New York

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

A fatal encounter in a Greenburgh, New York, apartment building on an August evening in 2017 claimed the life of 46-year-old Joseph Smith III. The tragic chain of events was set in motion earlier that day when the son of Smith's fiancée was reportedly robbed…

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Jake P Walter

Male, age 30 · San-jose, California

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jake P. Walter, a 30-year-old probationary firefighter from Oakland, was tragically killed on August 17, 2017, in San Jose, California. Walter, along with a fellow firefighter, was off-duty and enjoying a night out in San Jose's Japantown when the incident…

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Michael Dykes

Male, age 30 · Augusta, Georgia

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a summer evening in Augusta, Georgia, the life of 30-year-old Michael Dykes, a Black male, was tragically cut short. On August 17, 2017, Dykes was a victim of fatal gun violence. The shooting reportedly occurred at the Olmstead Homes apartment complex, a…

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Jywuan Butler

Male, age 20 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a summer evening in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the life of 20-year-old Jywuan Rakeem Butler was tragically cut short. On August 17, 2017, two masked men, dressed in black, forced their way into an apartment on Sherwood Hollow Court through an unlocked window.…

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Daquain Blackwell

Male, age 17 · Winston-salem, North Carolina

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

Daquain Blackwell, a 17-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on August 17, 2017, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The incident occurred when Blackwell was seated in the right front passenger seat of a vehicle with three other occupants…

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Marcus Lester Fisher

Male, age 39 · Coats, North Carolina

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

Marcus Lester Fisher, a 39-year-old male from Dunn, North Carolina, was found dead on August 17, 2017, in the backyard of a home located at 2028 Bailey Road in Coats, North Carolina. The Harnett County Sheriff's Office responded to a disturbance call at the…

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Donshae Gentry

Male, age 25 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

Donshae Lamar Gentry, a 25-year-old male from Cincinnati, Ohio, tragically passed away on August 17, 2017. He was born on October 8, 1991, and his death was the result of a gunshot wound. Gentry was found in a vehicle that had crashed into a telephone pole at…

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Jeremy Edwards

Male, age 19 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late summer evening of August 17, 2017, the life of 19-year-old Jeremy Edwards, a Black male from Pittsburgh, was tragically cut short. He was discovered on Shemp Way in the city's Middle Hill District, having sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the…

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Veronica Warren

Female, age 30 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Aug 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late summer of 2017, the life of Veronica Marie Warren, a 30-year-old woman from Nashville, Tennessee, came to a tragic and violent end. Known to her loved ones as 'Ronnie,' she was a mother to five daughters. Her life, however, was marked by a…

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Alexander Elizares

Male, age 31 · Oakland, California

Found Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

On August 17, 2015, Alexander Elizares, a 31-year-old man from Oakland, California, was shot multiple times near the intersection of 45th Avenue and Bancroft in East Oakland. Despite the violent attack, Elizares managed to make it a few blocks away before…

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Judith Katchen

Female, age 78 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet University Hills neighborhood of Denver, a native Denverite named Judith Katchen, a 78-year-old female, lived a life marked by her love for bridge and a sharp understanding of the stock market. She was a mother and grandmother, described as…

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William Andrews

Male, age 37 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

William Andrews, aged 37, was fatally shot on August 17, 2015, in Chicago. Andrews' death occurred during a period marked by an increase in violent crime across the city, particularly in neighborhoods struggling with socio-economic challenges. His homicide…

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Tavaris Hightie

Male, age 32 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

On August 17, 2015, Tavaris Hightie, a 32-year-old man, was shot and killed in Chicago. The incident occurred during a year when the city was experiencing significant challenges with violent crime. Chicago's homicide rate was notably high during 2015…

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Paul Hilroy Passley

Male, age 58 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of a Monday morning in Baltimore, Maryland, the life of Paul Hilroy Passley, a 58-year-old Black male, was tragically cut short. On August 17, 2015, in the Penrose area of the city, Passley was the victim of a fatal shooting that police…

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Nicholas Phillips

Male, age 20 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

In August of 2015, the life of 20-year-old Nicholas Phillips of Detroit, Michigan, was tragically cut short. Born on February 12, 1995, his death at such a young age left a void in the lives of his family and friends. Details surrounding the specific…

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Issac Johnson

Male, age 28 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

On August 17, 2015, Isaac Johnson, a 30-year-old African American male, was fatally shot in St. Louis, Missouri. The incident occurred during a violent overnight span in the city that left several individuals injured in separate shootings. Johnson was…

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Hipolito Reyes-Perez

Male, age 32 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of August 17, 2015, a grim discovery was made in a residence in the 600 block of S. 11th Street in Las Vegas. There, 32-year-old Hispanic male Hipolito Reyes-Perez was found deceased, the victim of an apparent homicide. A female who came…

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Anthony Celious

Male, age 32 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Anthony Celious, a 32-year-old Black male from Philadelphia, was killed on August 17, 2015, after gunfire erupted outside a residence on the 200 block of West Nedro Avenue in the city’s Olney section. He lived on that same block, and the shooting unfolded…

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Kevin Carl

Male, age 49 · Theodore, Alabama

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the summer of 2015, the community of Theodore, Alabama, was unsettled by a quiet act of violence that ended the life of one of its residents. On Monday, August 17, 49-year-old Kevin Carl, a male, was found deceased. The discovery was made on San Marino…

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Keith Steele

Male, age 18 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late summer of 2015, an argument outside a Phoenix hotel escalated into a fatal encounter for 18-year-old Keith Steele. The young man and his 17-year-old girlfriend were at the La Quinta Inn near Interstate 17 and Thomas Road on a Monday when a dispute…

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Monica Tapia

Female, age 51 · Salt Lake City, Utah

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet of a West Valley City morning on August 17, 2015, a teenage boy awoke to a chilling discovery that would forever alter his life. A note, slipped under his bedroom door in his father's handwriting, held a simple, terrifying instruction: "Call…

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Stevan Ryan Chambers

Male, age 26 · Magna, Utah

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of August 17, 2015, the body of a 26-year-old White / Caucasian male, Stevan Ryan Chambers, was discovered lying in a street in Magna, Utah. A longtime resident of the area and a graduate of Kearns High School, he had been killed by a…

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Jose Morales

Male, age 24 · Hutchinson, Kansas

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

On August 17, 2015, a fatal encounter unfolded in a Hutchinson, Kansas, residence that resulted in the death of 24-year-old Hispanic male, Jose Morales. The incident, which took place at a home in the 300 block of East 7th, was the culmination of a drug…

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Jacques B. Gauthier

Male, age 45 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Jacques B. Gauthier, 45, a man from the Richmond area, was found in the street on August 17, 2015, after police were called to the 5400 block of Edgefield Street in Henrico County for what was reported as a firearm violation. When officers arrived, they…

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Michael Henderson

Male, age 21 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

On August 17, 2015, law enforcement officers in Indianapolis, Indiana, initiated a pursuit following reports of a robbery at a local restaurant on the city's North Side. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department had identified a vehicle believed to be…

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Isaac Johnson

Male, age 30 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

On August 17, 2015, the life of Isaac Johnson, a 30-year-old African American male from St. Louis, Missouri, was cut short in a violent incident that shook the local community. Authorities were alerted to a shooting in the northern part of the city…

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Anthony Barber

Male, age 25 · Valdosta, Georgia

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

In August of 2015, the body of 25-year-old Anthony Barber was discovered behind a vacant home in the 1700 block of Ricardo Street in Valdosta, Georgia. An investigation revealed that the male victim had sustained several gunshot wounds to his torso. The…

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Mushad Gary

Male, age 18 · Elizabeth-city, North Carolina

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Mushad Gary, an 18-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on August 17, 2015, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The incident occurred when Mushad was found with a gunshot wound to the head on the front porch of a house on Second Street, a…

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Jorge Luis Toro

Male, age 28 · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Jorge Luis Toro, also known as Jose, was a 28-year-old man from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was born on May 23, 1987, and was known for his adventurous and outgoing nature. On August 17, 2015, Jose tragically lost his life after being found with multiple…

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Ka’ron Spike Ingram

Male, age 23 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Ka’Ron Spike Ingram, a 23-year-old male from Chester, PA, tragically passed away on August 17, 2015, at Crozer Chester Medical Center. Known affectionately as "Spike," he was remembered fondly by family and friends for his positive demeanor and the joy he…

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Charles Williams

Male, age 69 · Mansfield, Texas

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Charles Williams, a 69-year-old male from Mansfield, Texas, passed away on August 17, 2015. His obituary describes him as a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother. A memorial service was held on Friday, August 21, 2015, at the First United…

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David Chavez

Male, age 24 · Houston, Texas

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

David Chavez, a 24-year-old male, was tragically killed on August 17, 2015, in Houston, TX. He and his girlfriend, Yvette Rodriguez, 26, were sitting in a car outside her home in southeast Houston when they were shot by an unknown assailant. Neighbors…

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Dwight Swearington

Male, age 26 · Houston, Texas

Killed Aug 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Dwight Swearington, a 26-year-old man from Houston, Texas, tragically lost his life on August 17, 2015. He was shot while exiting his vehicle in east Houston. The incident occurred in the evening, and despite immediate medical attention, Dwight succumbed to…

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