Death by Force

Robert Gaskin

Male, age 34 · Gary, Indiana

Killed Aug 19, 2025 · 1 year ago

On an August evening in Gary, Indiana, a fatal encounter unfolded at the Thumbs Up Bar, ending the life of 34-year-old Robert Gaskin Jr. Around 9:30 p.m. on August 19, 2025, police responded to reports of a shooting at the establishment located in the 600…

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Melinda Leigh Doolin

Female, age 61 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Aug 19, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of August 19, 2025, the sense of security at the Avenue Plaza Apartments in downtown Louisville was shattered. Melinda Leigh Doolin, a 61-year-old white female, was found deceased inside her third-floor apartment from a gunshot…

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Stephanie Keeling

Female, age 48 · Lebanon, Kentucky

Killed Aug 19, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the pre-dawn hours of a Tuesday in August, the quiet of a home on Hourigan Lane in Lebanon, Kentucky, was shattered by violence. It was there that Stephanie Keeling, a 48-year-old White/Caucasian woman, was shot and killed in what authorities would later…

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Jaril Verde Murillo

Male, age 17 · Silver Spring, Maryland

Killed Aug 19, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a late Tuesday evening in Silver Spring, Maryland, 17-year-old Jaril Verde Murillo was walking with two friends along a path near the Foxhall Apartments. It was around 11:30 p.m. on August 19, 2025, when, without warning, an unknown assailant opened fire…

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Leon Grant

Male, age 39 · Columbia, Maryland

Killed Aug 19, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the late summer evening of August 19, 2025, the tranquility of Columbia, Maryland's Merriweather District was shattered by gunfire. Leon Grant Jr., a 39-year-old Black male from Salisbury who had been staying in Columbia, was fatally shot at approximately…

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Jerome Mason Jr.

Male, age 26 · Saint Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 19, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the afternoon of August 19, 2025, a violent incident disrupted the Walnut Park East neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. Around 5:10 p.m., the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department received distress calls reporting a shooting near the intersection of…

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Trevon Bledsoe

Male, age 31 · Saint Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 19, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of a Tuesday in St. Louis, tragedy struck a group of friends gathered to mourn a life lost just hours earlier. Just before 10:50 p.m. on August 19, 2025, gunfire erupted near North Broadway and Pope Avenue in the North Riverfront…

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Jameek Joyner

Male, age 20 · Clinton, North Carolina

Killed Aug 19, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jameek Joyner, 20, a male, Black/African American, died on August 19, 2025, after gunfire shattered a late-summer evening on Margaret Street in Clinton, North Carolina. Police were called at approximately 8:37 p.m. to the area near 502 Margaret Street, where…

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Marco Antonio Salazar Cano

Male, age 62 · Winston Salem, North Carolina

Killed Aug 19, 2025 · 1 year ago

Marco Antonio Salazar Cano, a 62-year-old Hispanic man from Winston-Salem, was found shot on Tuesday night, August 19, 2025, on the 300 block of Gregory Street, near Salem Parkway and Peters Creek Parkway. Responding officers arrived around 9:59 p.m. and…

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Michael Christian

Male, age 60 · Huntington, West Virginia

Killed Aug 19, 2025 · 1 year ago

Michael Christian, a 60-year-old White/Caucasian male from Huntington, West Virginia, was killed on the morning of August 19, 2025, in a daylight shooting outside his residence on Sixth Avenue. Huntington police were dispatched at approximately 9:44 to 9:45…

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William Brantley

Male, age 32 · Houston, Texas

Killed Aug 19, 2025 · 1 year ago

William Brantley, 32, a Black male, was shot during the late afternoon on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, in the parking lot of a business at 4020 Synott Road in west Houston. Patrol officers responding to the call found him with multiple gunshot wounds; paramedics…

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Antonio Tatum

Male, age 37 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 19, 2025 · 1 year ago

Antonio Tatum, a 37-year-old Black/African American man, was killed in a late-night shooting in Milwaukee on Tuesday, August 19, 2025. The gunfire was reported near North 2nd Street and West Wright Street, on the city’s north side. Milwaukee police said the…

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David Bennett

Male, age 65 · Martinsburg, West Virginia

Killed Aug 19, 2024 · 2 years ago

David Scott Bennett, a 65-year-old White/Caucasian male, was shot on the evening of August 19, 2024, at the Economy Inn at 1620 Winchester Avenue in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Online reports said Bennett was an Inwood resident, and that Berkeley County…

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Keith Bryan Poole

Male, age 44 · Pompano-beach, Florida

Killed Aug 19, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 19, 2024, Keith Bryan Poole, a 44-year-old resident of Pompano Beach, Florida, was fatally shot outside his home. The incident occurred at approximately 4:44 p.m. on the 1500 block of Northeast 28th Street. Responding to a shooting call, Broward…

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Vonte Martin

Male, age 19 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 19, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the evening hours of August 19, 2024, a burst of gunfire shattered the late summer calm on Stanton Road in Southeast Washington, D.C. When the chaos subsided, two men were found with gunshot wounds. One of them, 19-year-old Vonte Martin, a male resident of…

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Emmanuel Daniels

Male, age 32 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 19, 2024 · 2 years ago

Emmanuel Daniels, a 32-year-old resident of Chicago, Illinois, lost his life to gun violence on August 19, 2024. He was born on November 20, 1991, and his death occurred in the city where he lived his entire life. The incident that led to his death involved…

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Jason Fontaine Harvey Jr.

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 19, 2024 · 2 years ago

Jason Fontaine Harvey Jr., a 25-year-old resident of Chicago, Illinois, lost his life to gun violence on August 19, 2024. The incident occurred in a South Chicago alley, where he was found shot to death. The circumstances surrounding his death are tragic and…

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Juan Salgado

Male, age 17 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 19, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 19, 2024, 17-year-old Juan Salgado was fatally shot while driving in the 3800 block of West 26th Street in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago. Salgado, a student at Juarez Community Academy, was just one week away from starting his senior…

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Robert Little

Male, age 33 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 19, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 19, 2024, Robert Little, a 33-year-old man from Chicago, was fatally shot in the Austin neighborhood. The incident occurred around 10:23 p.m. in the 4800 block of West West End Avenue near Cicero Avenue. Robert Little was found with multiple gunshot…

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Brandon Lerez Groves

Male, age 40 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Aug 19, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late summer afternoon of August 19, 2024, the life of 40-year-old Brandon Lerez Groves, a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short in Indianapolis, Indiana. Police were dispatched to the 4100 block of West Vermont Street shortly after 2…

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Nathaniel Lee Thomas

Male, age 21 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Aug 19, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 19, 2024, emergency responders in Indianapolis, Indiana, were dispatched to a reported shooting on the city's near west side. The incident occurred shortly before 2:00 p.m. in the 3600 block of West Michigan Street, near the intersection with Tibbs…

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Nicole Danielle Beason

Female, age 41 · Fort-wayne, Indiana

Killed Aug 19, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early hours of a Monday morning, a quiet road in Leo-Cedarville became the scene of a tragedy that cut short the life of Nicole Danielle Beason, a 41-year-old White female from the Fort Wayne, Indiana area. First responders were dispatched to Tonkel…

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Lorenzo Miranda

Male, age 50 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Aug 19, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the evening of August 19, 2024, in the Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood of Southeast Portland, a tragic event unfolded that would cut a man's life short. Lorenzo U. Miranda, a 50-year-old Hispanic male, was in the parking lot of the Division Center, a…

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Janet Riley

Female, age 71 · Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Killed Aug 19, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a tragic Monday morning, August 19, 2024, in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, 71-year-old Janet Riley was fatally shot in the parking lot of the Hardin County Justice Center. She was at the courthouse to support her 37-year-old daughter, Erica Riley, who was also…

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Courtney Aundra Grogan

Female, age 39 · Lake-charles, Louisiana

Killed Aug 19, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 19, 2024, the life of Courtney Aundra Grogan, a 39-year-old female from Lake Charles, Louisiana, was tragically cut short. Responding to a call for assistance, Lake Charles Police officers discovered a grim scene inside an…

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Cyrille Mitchel Jr.

Male, age 40 · Lake-charles, Louisiana

Killed Aug 19, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 19, 2024, the lives of Cyrille Mitchel Jr., a 40-year-old male, and Courtney Grogan, 38, were tragically cut short in a brutal act of violence at an apartment on Bradley Street in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The couple was…

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Carlton Thomas

Male, age 32 · Greenville, Mississippi

Killed Aug 19, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a Monday evening in Greenville, Mississippi, chaos erupted near Highway 82 and Cedar Street as gunfire shattered the night, leaving two men wounded. Both victims were quickly transported to Delta Health Systems by a private vehicle. One of the men…

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Marvin Jackson

Male, age 54 · Newport-news, Virginia

Killed Aug 19, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late summer evening of August 19, 2024, tragedy struck in Newport News, Virginia, ending the life of 54-year-old Marvin Jerome Jackson. A longtime resident of the city, Jackson was known by friends and neighbors as a loving and selfless man with a big…

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Xavier J. Johnson

Male, age 20 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Aug 19, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late hours of a summer night in Nashville, Tennessee, a young man's life was tragically cut short in what police have described as a calculated and brutal setup. Xavier J. Johnson, a 20-year-old from Clarksville, was fatally shot on August 19, 2024…

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Aaron Neal

Male, age 19 · Hesperia, California

Killed Aug 19, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 19, 2024, at approximately 6:48 a.m., deputies from the Hesperia Station responded to a report of suspicious circumstances in a dirt field near the intersection of Sultana Street and Escondido Avenue in Hesperia, California. Upon arrival, they…

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DaVon Lamar Collins

Male, age 29 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Aug 19, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 19, 2024, 29-year-old DaVon Lamar Collins tragically lost his life in a shooting incident in Fort Worth, Texas. The event occurred in the early hours at a residence in the 2400 block of Ross Avenue, where officers responded to reports of gunfire.…

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Timothy Evans

Male, age 31 · Dillingham, Alaska

Killed Aug 19, 2023 · 3 years ago

31-year-old male Alaskan Native Timothy Evans was found dead on the morning of August 19, 2023, in Dillingham, Alaska, along with 32-year-old female Jennifer Gardiner. Their bodies were discovered in a residence near Dillingham's airport after a local…

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Lamont Slaughter

Male, age 33 · Omaha, Nebraska

Killed Aug 19, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late evening of August 19, 2023, a tragedy unfolded in a northeast Omaha neighborhood that claimed the life of 33-year-old Lamont Slaughter, a Black male. Having just returned home with groceries for his family, Slaughter was gunned down in the doorway…

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Chase Dunphy

Male, age 28 · Tempe, Arizona

Killed Aug 19, 2023 · 3 years ago

On a warm evening in Tempe, Arizona, on August 19, 2023, a dispute that began over the volume of music tragically escalated, ending the life of 28-year-old Chase Dunphy. The male victim was at his residence near McClintock and Watson Drives, a home he shared…

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Casandra Peña Romero

Female, age 27 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Aug 19, 2023 · 3 years ago

In Little Rock, Arkansas, the life of Casandra Peña Romero, a 27-year-old female emergency medical dispatcher, was cut tragically short in August of 2023. On the evening of August 19th, as she was leaving her job at the Metropolitan Emergency Medical Services…

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Tiffany Sherman

Female, age 18 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Aug 19, 2023 · 3 years ago

Tiffany Sherman, 18, a Black woman, was shot in the early hours of August 19, 2023, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Officers first responded to Arkansas Children’s Hospital, where they spoke with Sherman as she was treated for an apparent gunshot wound; despite…

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Tyler Watkins

Male, age 29 · West Memphis, Arkansas

Killed Aug 19, 2023 · 3 years ago

Tyler R. Watkins, a 29-year-old man from Crittenden County, was the subject of an intense manhunt in mid-August 2023 after he failed to appear in a West Memphis courtroom and removed his ankle monitor. He faced charges filed in 2022, including rape and…

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Lumumba Sayers

Male, age 23 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Aug 19, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late hours of a summer night in Denver, tragedy struck at the intersection of 28th and Welton streets, a place that would become a memorial to a life cut short. On August 19, 2023, Lumumba Sayers Jr., a 23-year-old man, was fatally shot in a violent…

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Sheila Harris

Female, age 54 · New Haven, Connecticut

Killed Aug 19, 2023 · 3 years ago

Sheila Renee Harris, a 54-year-old Black / African American female, died following a tragic series of events that unfolded in New Haven, Connecticut. Hours before her death, on the night of August 19, 2023, Sheila Harris contacted the New Haven Police…

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Antoine Eugene Joe Jr.

Male, age 26 · Miami, Florida

Killed Aug 19, 2023 · 3 years ago

Antoine Joe, a 26-year-old former basketball player from St. Thomas University, and his friend Tyler Bradley Royal, 24, were fatally shot in Miami on August 19, 2023. The incident occurred around 4 p.m. on Sunday when someone opened fire on the vehicle they…

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Carolina Adriana Romero Garcia

Female, age 20 · Orlando, Florida

Killed Aug 19, 2023 · 3 years ago

Carolina Adriana Romero Garcia, a 20-year-old, was fatally shot on August 19, 2023, in Orlando, Florida. The incident occurred inside a car, resulting in her death and injuries to two other individuals. The details of the event suggest a violent and tragic…

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Tyler Bradley Ty Royal

age 24 · Miami, Florida

Killed Aug 19, 2023 · 3 years ago

Tyler Bradley Royal, a 24-year-old man from Miami, Florida, was fatally shot on August 20, 2023. He was killed along with his friend, Antoine Eugene Joe, Jr., 26, in a vehicle they were in. The incident occurred around 4 p.m. near the intersection of…

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Allan Andre Howard

Male, age 34 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 19, 2023 · 3 years ago

Allan Andre Howard, 34, was fatally shot on August 19, 2023, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the West Pullman neighborhood, where he sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Despite efforts to save him, Howard succumbed to his injuries at the scene.…

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Caden Jay Thomas

Male, age 15 · Pekin, Illinois

Killed Aug 19, 2023 · 3 years ago

Caden Jay Thomas, a 15-year-old from Marquette Heights, Illinois, passed away on August 19, 2023, following an unintentional gunshot wound to the head. The incident occurred on Saturday evening around 9:24 P.M. in the area of Lincoln Street and Rogers Street…

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Maurice Smoke Bomb Young

Male, age 42 · Peoria, Illinois

Killed Aug 19, 2023 · 3 years ago

Maurice Laveil Young, fondly known as "Smoke Bomb," was a 42-year-old African American man who tragically lost his life in a shooting on August 19, 2023, in Peoria, Illinois. Born on September 12, 1980, Maurice Young was a beloved son, father, brother, and…

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Sunny Dwayne Gilbert

Male, age 47 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Aug 19, 2023 · 3 years ago

On a summer afternoon in Indianapolis, the life of 47-year-old Sunny Dwayne Gilbert was tragically cut short. The incident occurred on Saturday, August 19, 2023, at an auto shop located in the 2300 block of East 38th Street, near North Keystone Avenue. What…

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Janet Ramos-Hernandez

Female, age 22 · Salem, Oregon

Killed Aug 19, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 19, 2023, the life of 22-year-old Hispanic female Janet Ramos-Hernandez was tragically cut short. Hailing from Gresham, Oregon, she was discovered deceased inside a room at the Shilo Inn on Market Street Northeast in…

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Drapper Anthony

Male, age 44 · New Iberia, Louisiana

Killed Aug 19, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 19, 2023, the life of Drapper Levar Anthony Sr., a 44-year-old African American man, was tragically cut short. His body was discovered by Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office deputies around 3:00 a.m. on the back porch of a…

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