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Acorian King

Male, age 17 · Bessemer, Alabama

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a tragic August evening in 2021, a 17-year-old Black male named Acorian Marquette King was fatally shot in Bessemer, Alabama. The incident occurred on August 17 at the Stop N Go convenience store on Dartmouth Avenue, where King, a student at Bessemer City…

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Hernando Retion McJunkins

Male, age 39 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 17, 2021, a fatal encounter unfolded outside the King's Inn on Third Avenue North in Birmingham, Alabama, forever altering the lives of those involved. Hernando Retion McJunkins, a 39-year-old man, was shot and killed in…

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Quaii Jerrice Snider

Male, age 37 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 17, 2021, the life of 37-year-old Quaii Jerrice Snider, a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short in a shooting in Portland, Oregon. The incident occurred around 7:50 a.m. in the Kenton neighborhood, near a…

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Destinee Thompson

Female, age 27 · Arvada, Colorado

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In August of 2021, a 27-year-old woman of Hispanic and Native American descent, Destinee Thompson, was fatally shot by police in Arvada, Colorado. The mother of three was also pregnant at the time of her death. The incident unfolded when Arvada police…

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Raymond Terry Ray Jr.

Male, age 24 · Fowler, Colorado

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the summer of 2021, a young man's disappearance would unravel a grim tale of violence that stretched across county lines. Raymond Terry Ray Jr., a 24-year-old White / Caucasian male from Pueblo, Colorado, was reported missing on July 28, 2021. For weeks…

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Juan Llamas

Male, age 22 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a summer evening in Las Vegas on August 17, 2021, a violent encounter on a pedestrian bridge cut short the life of 22-year-old Juan Llamas. That day, a group of teenagers had gathered near Douglas A. Selby Park to drink beer. An altercation broke out…

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Varney Kennedy

Male, age 16 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a Tuesday afternoon, August 17, 2021, 16-year-old Varney Kennedy Jr., a Black male from Golden Valley, was fatally shot while sitting in a parked car outside an African market in Brooklyn Park, a suburb of Minneapolis. The incident occurred around 3:45…

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Adrian Brown

Male, age 34 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Adrian Brown was a 34-year-old Black man and a father of one living in Oklahoma City. His life was cut short during a violent encounter on a Tuesday evening in the summer of 2021. On August 17, 2021, just before 11 p.m., police were called to the American…

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Lucas Luke Carl Sanders

Male, age 42 · Locust Grove, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the quiet town of Locust Grove, Oklahoma, the life of Lucas 'Luke' Carl Sanders, a 42-year-old man, was brutally cut short on August 18, 2021. A member of the Muscogee Nation, Sanders was a lifetime resident of the area and known as a hardworking man who…

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Charles Allen

Male, age 45 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late summer of 2021, the life of Charles A. Allen III, a 45-year-old Black male from Indianapolis, was tragically cut short. On the evening of Tuesday, August 17, violence erupted in the 3800 block of West Michigan Street on the city's west side. It…

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Colin Perry

Male, age 32 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

On the night of August 17, 2021, Colin Perry, a 32-year-old man, was tragically killed in a shooting in Baltimore, Maryland. The incident, which also left two other individuals wounded, unfolded at approximately 10:22 p.m. in the 2000 block of West Pratt…

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Jason McNair

Male, age 45 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In August of 2021, a welfare check on a residence in the 1400 block of Aisquith Street in Baltimore, Maryland, led to a grim discovery. Inside, officers found 45-year-old Jason McNair unresponsive with trauma to his body. He was pronounced dead at the scene.…

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Jhosy Gerson Portillo Argumedo

Male, age 15 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the warm afternoon of Tuesday, August 17, 2021, the life of 15-year-old Jhosy Gerson Portillo Argumedo was tragically cut short on a street in Southeast Baltimore. The young man was in the vicinity of East Baltimore Street and North Highland Avenue at…

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John Vallejo

Male, age 32 · Bronx, New York

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the summer of 2021, a dispute between two men in the Bronx escalated into deadly violence, leaving one man dead and the other facing serious criminal charges. The incident, which unfolded on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at approximately 1:37 p.m., resulted in…

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Rahmier Stevenson

Male, age 23 · Selkirk, New York

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the quiet town of Selkirk, New York, a memorial gathering at Henry Hudson Park on a late summer evening in 2021 turned into a scene of violence and tragedy, claiming the life of 23-year-old Rahmier S. Stevenson. Stevenson, a Black male from Albany, was…

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Theodore Tolliver

Male, age 48 · San-francisco, California

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Theodore Tolliver, a 48-year-old resident of San Francisco, was tragically killed on August 17, 2021, in the city's Tenderloin neighborhood. Tolliver was attacked by three suspects in the early morning hours on the 800 block of Larkin Street. During the…

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Abraheem Daniels

Male, age 21 · Dawson, Georgia

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late summer of 2021, the community of Dawson, Georgia, was shaken by the violent death of a young man. Abraheem Daniels, a 21-year-old male, was killed by gunfire on August 17, 2021. Known to his friends and family as 'Chop,' he was a former student of…

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Elijah Alexander

Male, age 30 · Moultrie, Georgia

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late summer of 2021, the community of Moultrie, Georgia, was struck by a tragedy that left a family grieving and a case shrouded in unanswered questions. Elijah Javaris Alexander, a 30-year-old male, was found deceased on August 17, 2021. His death was…

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Yemi Ezekiel Mabiaku

Male, age 22 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late afternoon of August 17, 2021, a drug transaction in the Orchard Park shopping center on Dunwoody Club Drive in Sandy Springs, Georgia, turned violent, ending the life of 22-year-old Yemi Ezekiel Mabiaku. During the course of the transaction, which…

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Arion McNeary

Male, age 22 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Arion J. McNeary, a 22-year-old African American male from Chicago, Illinois, was tragically killed on August 17, 2021. The incident occurred while he was in his car on Harlem Avenue in Oak Park. According to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office, McNeary…

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Denise Huguelet

Female, age 67 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Denise Huguelet, a 67-year-old white woman from Orland Park, Illinois, tragically lost her life on August 17, 2021. Huguelet, a retired special education teacher, was fatally shot while traveling on the Dan Ryan Expressway in Chicago. The incident occurred…

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Broderick Jackson

Male, age 34 · Lake-charles, Louisiana

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In a quiet Lake Charles neighborhood, the life of 34-year-old Broderick Jackson, a male resident, was tragically cut short on a Tuesday in August. On August 17, 2021, Jackson became the victim of a homicide, a violent end to a life that prompted an immediate…

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Cedric Fuller

Male, age 45 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late summer of 2021, a domestic dispute in Shreveport, Louisiana, escalated to a tragic conclusion, leaving one brother dead and the other facing a lifetime behind bars. Cedric Fuller, a 45-year-old male, was shot and killed on August 17, 2021, at his…

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Daniel Brown

Male, age 27 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the summer of 2021, a life was tragically cut short in Shreveport, Louisiana. Daniel C. Brown, a 27-year-old male, was killed on Tuesday, August 17, 2021. The incident that led to his untimely death unfolded in the evening hours, and when authorities…

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Jermale L. Payton

Male, age 35 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

On August 17, 2021, Jermale L. Payton, a 35-year-old Black male, was tragically shot and killed in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred around 1:15 a.m. at the Southpark Apartments in South Franklinton. When officers arrived at the scene, they found Payton…

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Ernest Adams

Male, age 39 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Ernest Adams, a 39-year-old male from Pittsburgh, was killed on the morning of August 17, 2021, inside a duplex on Malden Street in the city’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood. Pittsburgh police were first drawn to the 1300 block of Malden Street shortly after…

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Simone-Monea Rogers

Female, age 15 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

On August 17, 2021, 15-year-old Simone-Monea Rogers was tragically shot while playing basketball with her brother and friends at Jerome Brown Playground in Philadelphia, PA. She was struck twice in the head by gunfire and was rushed to Temple University…

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Daylan Burns

Male, age 22 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Daylan Burns, a 22-year-old man from Dallas, Texas, was fatally shot on August 17, 2021, while sitting in his vehicle at the Extended Stay America hotel in the 9000 block of Vantage Point Drive in Lake Highlands. When officers arrived at the scene, they found…

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Keith Long

Male, age 29 · Houston, Texas

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Keith Dale Long, a 29-year-old male of unspecified ethnicity, tragically passed away on August 17, 2021, in Houston, TX. Keith was born on August 27, 1991, in Houston, Texas, to Christi Cook and Brian Long. He spent part of his childhood in Birmingham…

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Michael Lee Tucker

Male, age 29 · Tyler, Texas

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Michael Lee Tucker, a 29-year-old man from Tyler, Texas, tragically passed away on August 17, 2021. He was involved in a car crash that morning, which resulted in his death at the scene. However, it was later revealed by the Tyler Police Department that…

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Valeesha Duncan

Female, age 31 · Houston, Texas

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Valeesha Duncan, a 31-year-old African American woman, was tragically killed on August 17, 2021, in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning as she returned home from her job at a gentlemen's club in the Galleria area. Upon…

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Peter Arjon

Male, age 44 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Aug 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Peter Arjon was 44 years old when he died on Tuesday, August 17, 2021, in Echo Park. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma near the intersection of Sunset and North Rampart boulevards. His…

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James Griffin

Male, age 58 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a summer day in Birmingham, Alabama, a well-known and beloved figure of the city’s downtown area was found dead, bringing a tragic end to a life lived on the city's streets. James William Griffin, a 58-year-old Black man affectionately known as 'Street…

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$Edwin \Eddie\ Phillips - Redding, California$

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Edwin \Eddie\ Phillips

Male, age 67 · Redding, California

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Edwin "Eddie" Phillips, 67, was tragically shot on the night of August 17, 2016, in Redding, California. The incident occurred around 11:16 p.m. near 3032 Bechelli Lane. Responding officers discovered Phillips with multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported…

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Steven Burnell Davis

Male, age 47 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

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

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Antron Muse

Male, age 35 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a summer evening in Baltimore, Maryland, the life of Antron Muse, a 35-year-old Black male, was cut short by gun violence on August 17, 2016. In the quiet of an alley tucked away in the 1700 block of Malvern Street, Muse was fatally shot, becoming another…

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Erol Cizmo

Male, age 29 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 17, 2016, a resident of St. Louis, MO, named Erol Cizmo, a 29-year-old white male, was found shot multiple times. The discovery was made at approximately 2:00 a.m. in the 2800 block of Mount Pleasant Street. Cizmo was…

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Sherry Wounded Foot

Female, age 50 · Whiteclay, Nebraska

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Sherry Wounded Foot, a 50-year-old Native American woman from the Oglala Sioux tribe, was found unconscious behind the Lakota HOPE Ministry building in the border town of Whiteclay, Nebraska, on August 5, 2016. A mother and grandmother, she was known by her…

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Danielle Greene

Female, age 25 · Violet Township, Ohio

Found Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

On August 17, 2016, 25-year-old Danielle Greene was last seen in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. She lived and worked in the area of Parsons and Reeb Avenues on the south side of the city. Nearly three months later, on November 5, 2016, her partially skeletonized…

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Basil Bellinger

Male, age 21 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late afternoon of a summer day in Philadelphia, violence erupted at the corner of 18th and Wingohocking Streets in the Nicetown neighborhood, forever altering the lives of two families. On August 17, 2016, Basil Bellinger, a 21-year-old male from the…

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Adam Smith

Male, age 22 · Houston, Texas

Found Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

On August 17, 2016, 22-year-old Adam Smith was found fatally shot in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning at an address near North Freeway. Officers from the Houston Police Department responded promptly to reports of…

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Elroy Mcguin

Male, age 47 · Houston, Texas

Found Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

On August 16, 2016, Elroy McGuin, aged 47, was fatally stabbed at his residence in the Greens Parkway area of Houston, Texas. The incident occurred during an altercation between McGuin and a juvenile female family member. The altercation escalated, leading to…

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James William Griffin

Male, age 58 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, the city of Birmingham, Alabama, lost a man who, though without a permanent home, had found a place in the hearts of many. James William Griffin, a 58-year-old man known affectionately as 'Street James,' was a familiar and beloved…

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Matthew Self-Phillips

Male, age 29 · Paris, Arkansas

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late summer of 2016, the community of Paris, Arkansas, was shaken by the violent and untimely death of one of its own. On August 17, 29-year-old Matthew Jay Self-Phillips, a White/Caucasian male, was discovered deceased in the front yard of a residence…

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Terry Credit

Male, age 50 · Conway, Arkansas

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet community of Conway, Arkansas, the life of 50-year-old Terry Credit was abruptly ended on a summer night, leaving a void in the lives of his family and friends. On August 17, 2016, just five days after celebrating his 50th birthday, the male…

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Donald Williams

Male, age 30 · Smithville, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet town of Smithville, Oklahoma, a tragedy shattered the community on August 17, 2016. Donald Jack “Donny” Williams, a 30-year-old man, was killed by gunfire in an event that is being investigated as a homicide. Authorities have released few details…

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Christopher Shane Satterfield

Male, age 25 · Greenville, South Carolina

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, a young man's life was tragically cut short in Greenville, South Carolina, following a dispute that began over an online sale. Christopher Shane Satterfield, a 25-year-old White male, was found deceased on the evening of August 17…

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Jamel Lydell Thompson

Male, age 27 · Spartanburg, South Carolina

Killed Aug 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late summer of 2016, a violent disturbance erupted at the Norris Ridge Apartments in Spartanburg, South Carolina, claiming the life of a young man and injuring several others. On August 17, Jamel Lydell Thompson, a 27-year-old Black / African American…

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