Deaths by Force on August 1

Deaths by Force (557)

Death by Force60th anniversary

Harry Walchuk

Male, age 38 · Austin, Texas

Killed Aug 1, 1966 · 60 years ago

Harry Walchuk, a 38-year-old male of European descent, was a doctoral student at the University of Texas in Austin. On August 1, 1966, he was fatally shot in the chest by Charles Whitman during the infamous University of Texas tower shooting. Walchuk had been…

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Death by Force60th anniversary

Karen Joan Griffith

Female, age 17 · Austin, Texas

Killed Aug 1, 1966 · 60 years ago

Karen Joan Griffith, a 17-year-old female student at Lanier High School in Austin, Texas, tragically lost her life on August 1, 1966. She was one of the victims of the University of Texas Tower Shooting, a horrific event that took place on the campus of the…

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Death by Force60th anniversary

Marguerite Gabour Lamport

Female, age 56 · Austin, Texas

Killed Aug 1, 1966 · 60 years ago

Marguerite Gabour Lamport, a 56-year-old woman from Austin, Texas, tragically lost her life on August 1, 1966. She was one of the victims of the infamous Texas Tower Sniper, Charles Whitman. On that fateful day, Marguerite, along with her family, was visiting…

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Death by Force60th anniversary

Martin Jerome Mark Gabour

Male, age 16 · Austin, Texas

Killed Aug 1, 1966 · 60 years ago

Martin Jerome Mark Gabour, a 16-year-old male of Venezuelan ethnicity, tragically lost his life on August 1, 1966, in Austin, Texas. He was one of the 17 victims of the infamous Texas Tower Sniper, Charles Whitman, who carried out a mass shooting from the…

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Death by Force60th anniversary

Billy Paul Speed

Male, age 23 · Austin, Texas

Killed Aug 1, 1966 · 60 years ago

Billy Paul Speed, a 23-year-old male police officer with the Austin Police Department, tragically lost his life on August 1, 1966. He was born on February 22, 1943, in San Antonio, Texas. Officer Speed was a U.S. Army veteran who had served in the Vietnam War…

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Death by Force60th anniversary

Paul Bolton Sonntag

Male, age 18 · Austin, Texas

Killed Aug 1, 1966 · 60 years ago

Paul Bolton Sonntag, an 18-year-old male of White ethnicity, tragically lost his life on August 1, 1966, in Austin, Texas. He was a recent graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School and had been accepted to the University of Colorado for the upcoming term. At…

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Death by Force60th anniversary

Roy Dell Henry Schmidt

Male, age 29 · Austin, Texas

Killed Aug 1, 1966 · 60 years ago

Roy Dell Henry Schmidt, a 29-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, was an electrician for the City of Austin. He was born on September 18, 1936, in Manor, Texas, and was married to Nancy Rose Schmidt, with whom he had a daughter named Kimberly Dawn Schmidt.…

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Death by Force60th anniversary

Thomas Aquinas Ashton

Male, age 22 · Austin, Texas

Killed Aug 1, 1966 · 60 years ago

Thomas Aquinas Ashton, a 22-year-old male, was tragically killed on August 1, 1966, in Austin, Texas. Ashton, who was born on June 1, 1944, in San Francisco, California, had grown up in Redlands, California. He graduated Cum Laude from the University of…

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Death by Force60th anniversary

Thomas Eckman

Male, age 18 · Austin, Texas

Killed Aug 1, 1966 · 60 years ago

Thomas Frederick Eckman, an 18-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, tragically lost his life on August 1, 1966, in Austin, Texas. He was one of the victims of the infamous University of Texas tower shooting carried out by Charles Whitman. On that fateful…

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Death by Force60th anniversary

Thomas Ray Karr

Male, age 24 · Austin, Texas

Killed Aug 1, 1966 · 60 years ago

Thomas Ray Karr, a 24-year-old male from Spur, Texas, was one of the 15 victims killed by Charles Whitman, the University of Texas sniper, on August 1, 1966. Karr was a student at the University of Texas at Austin and was born on July 29, 1942. He was on…

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Death by Force60th anniversary

Kathleen Kathy Whitman

Female, age 23 · Austin, Texas

Killed Aug 1, 1966 · 60 years ago

Kathleen Frances “Kathy” Whitman, a 23-year-old white female, was tragically murdered on August 1, 1966, in Austin, Texas. Born on July 12, 1943, in Velasco, Brazoria County, Texas, she was the only daughter of Raymond and Florence Leissner. Kathy was known…

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Death by Force60th anniversary

Margaret Whitman

Female, age 43 · Austin, Texas

Killed Aug 1, 1966 · 60 years ago

Margaret Elizabeth Whitman, a 43-year-old white female, was tragically murdered on August 1, 1966, in Austin, Texas. Born on October 26, 1922, in Savannah, Georgia, Margaret had recently separated from her husband, Charles Adolphus Whitman Jr., just months…

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Death by Force115th anniversary

Clarence Peck

Male, age 38 · Pasadena, California

Killed Aug 1, 1911 · 115 years ago

Clarence E. Peck, a 38-year-old police officer from Pasadena, California, tragically lost his life due to an accidental gunshot wound on August 1, 1911. Officer Peck and another officer were responding to a domestic disturbance at a residence on North…

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Death by Force120th anniversary

Ben C. Collins

Male, age 31 · Colbert, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 1, 1906 · 120 years ago

In an act of retaliatory violence, Police Officer Ben C. Collins was shot and killed outside of his own home in Oklahoma. The fatal encounter was witnessed by his wife. Officer Collins was targeted by a hitman in retribution for a prior incident where he had…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Mason Alexander Lopez

Male, age 5 · Long Beach, California

Killed Aug 1, 2021 · 5 years ago

Mason Alexander Lopez was five years old when he died on Sunday, August 1, 2021. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma, and the place of death was recorded near 5979 California Avenue in Long…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Lionel Elam

Male, age 53 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Aug 1, 2021 · 5 years ago

Lionel Elam was 53 years old when he died on Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Chatsworth, at the northwestern edge of the San Fernando Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds near the 19800 block of Nordhoff Place.…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Erik Kelly

Male, age 26 · Bladensburg, Maryland

Killed Aug 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a summer afternoon in Bladensburg, Maryland, events unfolded that would end the life of 26-year-old Erik Anthony Kelly. On August 1, 2016, at approximately 12:30 p.m., officers from the Bladensburg Police Department were dispatched to the 4600 block of Red…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Brandon Davis

Male, age 21 · Compton, California

Killed Aug 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

Branden Marcel Davis, a 21-year-old man from Compton, California, was tragically shot and killed on August 1, 2016. The incident occurred in the 500 block of North Sloan Avenue, where Davis was found lying in his driveway with multiple gunshot wounds.…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Michael Brown

Male, age 16 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 1, 2011 · 15 years ago

Michael Brown was 16 years old when he was killed in the city of St. Louis on Monday, August 1, 2011. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated his death. The Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis through…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Dane Garrett

Male · Chesapeake, Virginia

Killed Aug 1, 1986 · 40 years ago

In August of 1986, Dane Garrett, a male, was found deceased in a vehicle on Rotunda Avenue in Chesapeake, Virginia. His death was the result of a gunshot wound and has been classified as a homicide. The case of Dane Garrett's death remains an open and…

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Alliyah White

Female, age 18 · Rock Hill, South Carolina

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

In the quiet early morning hours of August 1, 2026, the life of 18-year-old Alliyah White was tragically cut short in Rock Hill, South Carolina. A recent graduate of South Pointe High School, Alliyah was on the cusp of her future, having just enrolled at York…

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Ashley Garibay

Male, age 23 · Twin Falls, Idaho

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

On August 1, 2026, a vibrant 23-year-old woman's life was tragically cut short in what should have been an ordinary Saturday afternoon at a newly opened In-N-Out Burger in Twin Falls, Idaho. Ashley Garibay, a dedicated employee from Stockton, California, was…

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Bella Orona

Female, age 17 · Abilene, Texas

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of August 1, 2026, the life of 17-year-old Izabella "Bella" Orona was tragically cut short. A shooting at a residence on the 2000 block of North 16th Street in Abilene, Texas, left the teenager with a severe gunshot wound. First…

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Bilal Mbeirick

Male, age 32 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

On a summer day in Louisville, Kentucky, the community was shaken by the discovery of a young man's body in McNeely Lake Park. On August 1, 2026, just before 12:30 p.m., officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department responded to a report of human…

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Byron Starks

Male, age 23 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

A verbal dispute between brothers on a summer evening in Shreveport, Louisiana, ended in tragedy, leaving one dead and the other facing a murder charge. On the night of August 1, 2026, 23-year-old Byron Starks was shot in the abdomen at a residence in the…

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Christopher Claunch

Male, age 59 · Twin Falls, Idaho

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

On a summer day in Twin Falls, Idaho, the community was shattered by a senseless act of violence that claimed the life of 59-year-old Christopher Claunch. On August 1, 2026, Claunch was one of three fatalities in a mass shooting that unfolded at a newly…

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D’Sean Jones

Male, age 24 · Martinsville, Virginia

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

In the pre-dawn hours of Saturday, August 1, 2026, the city of Martinsville, Virginia, was rocked by a burst of gunfire that left a young man dead and two women wounded. The life of 24-year-old D'Sean Jones of Danville was cut tragically short in the…

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Dale Schultz

Male, age 66 · Twin Falls, Idaho

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

A journey to a family reunion on a summer afternoon turned into a scene of unimaginable tragedy for Dale George Schultz, a 66-year-old man from Salt Lake City, Utah, and his wife, Reinette. The couple had stopped at a Tesla charging station situated behind a…

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Devan Calbert

Male, age 32 · Toledo, Ohio

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of Saturday, August 1, 2026, the life of 32-year-old Devan Calbert was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire outside a South Toledo bar. The incident unfolded at approximately 1:57 a.m. in the parking lot of the Recovery Room…

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Elizabeth Ortega

Female, age 50 · Lucie, Florida

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

On the evening of August 1, 2026, a domestic dispute in Port St. Lucie, Florida, ended in a tragic murder-suicide. Elizabeth Ortega, a 50-year-old woman and a respected dispatcher for the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, was fatally shot by her long-term…

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Jaylin Dabney

Male, age 21 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

In the warm evening of August 1, 2026, the life of 21-year-old Jaylin Dabney was tragically cut short in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Gunshots shattered the peace at an apartment complex located in the 1800 block of Ryder Drive, off Staring Lane. Responding to the…

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Johnny Johnson

Male, age 32 · Cornelius, North Carolina

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

In a quiet neighborhood in Cornelius, North Carolina, a violent family tragedy shattered the calm of a Saturday afternoon. On August 1, 2026, 32-year-old Johnny Johnson was shot and killed. The incident unfolded around 2 p.m. on Meridian Street, a place that…

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Juan Alejandro Sanchez

Male, age 59 · San Antonio, Texas

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

On a warm summer afternoon in San Antonio, Texas, on August 1, 2026, a 911 call shattered the tranquility of a Southwest Side warehouse district. The caller reported hearing a man in distress, followed by the sharp crack of a gunshot. Police were dispatched…

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Kenderrick Varner

Male, age 33 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of Saturday, August 1, 2026, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet of the Oakland City neighborhood in southwest Atlanta, leaving one man dead and another wounded. The deceased was identified as 33-year-old Kenderrick Varner. The shooting…

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Knowledge Dewayne Johnson

Male, age 21 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

Knowledge Dewayne Johnson, a 21-year-old Black man, was fatally shot during the early morning hours of August 1, 2026, at an apartment complex in northeast Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. At approximately 3:08 a.m., Oklahoma City police officers were dispatched to…

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Laura Smith

Female, age 49 · Lake Havasu City, Arizona

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

In a tragic turn of events stemming from a domestic dispute, 49-year-old Laura Smith was killed in her Lake Havasu City, Arizona, home on Saturday, August 1, 2026. The incident, which has been classified by authorities as a murder-suicide, also resulted in…

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Mary Lippold

Female, age 87 · Saint Augustine, Florida

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

In the quiet community of St. Augustine Shores, Florida, a tragedy unfolded within the walls of a home on Como Court, forever altering the lives of a family and leaving a neighborhood in disbelief. On the morning of August 1, 2026, 87-year-old Mary Lippold…

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Maurice Tyrell Isaac Jr.

Male, age 20 · Sumter, South Carolina

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

In the late summer of 2026, a grim discovery was made in a wooded area of Sumter, South Carolina, that would unravel a story of brutal violence. On the afternoon of Saturday, August 1, the partially burned body of 20-year-old Maurice Tyrell Isaac Jr. was…

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Napoleon Curtis

Male, age 37 · Stone Mountain, Georgia

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

A simmering dispute over a merge on a busy Georgia highway tragically escalated into a fatal shooting on the afternoon of August 1, 2026, claiming the life of 37-year-old Napoleon Curtis from Stone Mountain. The incident unfolded around 3:20 p.m. on Highway…

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Nevada Mosley

Female, age 38 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

Nevada N. Mosley, a 38-year-old woman, was fatally shot on August 1, 2026, inside a residence on Agnes Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Police were dispatched to the home shortly before 7 a.m. after a report of gunfire. When officers entered the residence…

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Omari Chapple

Male, age 20 · Cotton Plant, Arkansas

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

On a tragic summer day in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, the life of 20-year-old Omari Chapple was cut short by gunfire. The fatal shooting occurred on Saturday, August 1, 2026, sending shockwaves through the small community. Two other individuals were also wounded…

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Richard Roberts

Male, age 55 · Paintsville, Kentucky

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

On a summer day in Paintsville, Kentucky, the life of 55-year-old Richard Roberts was tragically cut short. On August 1, 2026, Roberts was found unresponsive in the driveway of a residence on Main Camp Branch in Thealka. He had sustained a fatal gunshot…

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Sylvester Jenkins

Male, age 23 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

On a warm Saturday night in New Orleans, the vibrant life of 23-year-old Sylvester Jenkins was tragically cut short. On August 1, 2026, in the Central City neighborhood, Jenkins was fatally shot. The New Orleans Police Department reported that the shooting…

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Taylor Andrew William

Male, age 30 · Tacoma, Washington

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

In the late summer of 2026, the life of 30-year-old Taylor Andrew William was tragically cut short in Tacoma, Washington. The initial report of his death on August 1st of that year was attributed to gun violence, a stark entry in records that would only later…

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Triston Louis Coulter

Male, age 19 · Portage, Michigan

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of August 1, 2026, the life of 19-year-old Triston Louis Coulter of Kalamazoo, Michigan, was tragically cut short. The teenager was fatally wounded in a shooting that erupted shortly after midnight in the parking lot of an apartment complex…

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Willie Earl Jackson

Male, age 65 · Crestview, Florida

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of Saturday, August 1, 2026, a sense of unease settled over the quiet streets of Crestview, Florida. This feeling would soon be justified as the Crestview Police Department received a distressing 911 call shortly after 4:30 a.m.…

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Zahnia Barr

Female, age 14 · Rochester, New York

Killed Aug 1, 2026 · this year

Zah’nia Barr, a 14-year-old girl from Rochester, New York, was shot and killed in the early hours of August 1, 2026, during a chaotic night of violence along the city’s North Clinton Avenue corridor. Zah’nia was a student at Dr. Freddie Thomas Middle School…

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Nancy Lauretta Kelley

Female, age 64 · Anaconda, Montana

Killed Aug 1, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the small town of Anaconda, Montana, the morning of August 1, 2025, was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 64-year-old Nancy Lauretta Kelley, a White female, and three others. A retired nurse who had found a second calling as a…

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Dates are the day last seen (missing), the day of death, or when the date of death is unknown the day found or reported missing (deaths by force), the day found (unidentified and unclaimed), the victim's date of death (serial killers) and the day of the attack (mass murders). Solved, located, identified and claimed cases are not listed.