Death by Force

Michael Morgan

Male, age 29 · Chesapeake, Virginia

Killed Aug 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late hours of a summer evening in Chesapeake, Virginia, a party on Shady Lane took a tragic turn, ending the life of 29-year-old Michael Morgan. On August 20, 2023, the Suffolk man, a Black / African American, was at a gathering when an argument broke…

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Rapheal Sumner

Male, age 31 · Norfolk, Virginia

Killed Aug 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 20, 2023, the life of 31-year-old Rapheal S. Sumner was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire in Norfolk, Virginia. Police responded to a call of a gunshot victim in the 700 block of E. 29th Street around 6:00 a.m.…

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Robert Adams

Male, age 63 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On a summer evening in the Greater Ville neighborhood of St. Louis, tragedy struck, leaving a community in mourning. Sixty-three-year-old Robert Adams, a male resident of the city, became the victim of a brutal and senseless act of violence on August 20…

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Alec Rouse

Male, age 31 · Rochester, New York

Killed Aug 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning of August 20, 2023, the life of 31-year-old Alec Rouse was tragically cut short in Rochester, New York. A Black / African American male known affectionately as 'Coach Al,' Rouse was a beloved father of three and a dedicated youth football…

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Joshtiers Mora

Male, age 22 · Bronx, New York

Killed Aug 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning hours of Sunday, August 20, 2023, a young man's life was tragically cut short on a street corner in the Soundview section of the Bronx. Joshtiers Mora, a 22-year-old male, was discovered by police with a gunshot wound to his torso at the…

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Lashawn Andrews

Female, age 24 · Bronx, New York

Killed Aug 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late evening of August 20, 2023, a violent dispute in the Bronx tragically cut short the life of 24-year-old Lashawn Andrews. The young mother of two was outside an apartment building in the vicinity of East 178th Street and Park Avenue at…

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Darnell Luther Hamilton

Female, age 19 · Greensboro, North Carolina

Killed Aug 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On August 20, 2023, at approximately 6:15 p.m., Greensboro police responded to a reported shooting in the 3700 block of Lakefield Drive. Upon arrival, officers discovered 19-year-old Darnell Luther Hamilton suffering from a gunshot wound. Hamilton was…

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Freddie Lee Byrd

Male, age 57 · Gastonia, North Carolina

Killed Aug 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On August 20, 2023, at approximately 2:59 p.m., Gastonia Police Department officers responded to a shooting at Faith, Hope, and Love Ministries, located at 418 N. Oakland Street in Gastonia, North Carolina. Upon arrival, they discovered 57-year-old Freddie…

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Alejandro Alcaraz Alex Juarez

Male, age 47 · Rio-linda, California

Killed Aug 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On August 20, 2023, the body of 47-year-old Alejandro Alcaraz, also known as Alex Juarez, was discovered in a U-Haul van in Rio Linda, California. The van was parked on I Street, near Elkhorn Boulevard and Dry Creek Road, close to Rio Linda High School. A…

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Andrea Vasquez

Female, age 19 · Whittier, California

Killed Aug 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

Andrea Vasquez, a 19-year-old woman from Whittier, California, was tragically killed on August 20, 2023. The incident began when Vasquez and her boyfriend were parked in a secluded area of Penn Park in Whittier. An armed assailant approached their vehicle and…

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Guillermo Kelly-Torres

Male, age 23 · Oakland, California

Killed Aug 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On August 20, 2023, at approximately 6:00 AM, the Oakland Police Department (OPD) responded to reports of a shooting in the 9200 block of E Street in Oakland, California. Upon arrival, officers discovered 23-year-old Guillermo Kelly-Torres suffering from…

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Scharhonda Baker

Female, age 49 · Denison, Texas

Killed Aug 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On August 20, 2023, 49-year-old Scharhonda Kay Baker was fatally shot in Denison, Texas. The incident, which also resulted in injuries to three other individuals, prompted an immediate investigation by the Denison Police Department. Authorities swiftly…

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Stephanie Dominique Ingram

Female, age 30 · Aubrey, Texas

Killed Aug 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On August 20, 2023, in Aubrey, Texas, 30-year-old Stephanie Dominique Ingram was tragically killed in a domestic violence incident. Her boyfriend, 32-year-old Anthony Jontrell Thornton, fatally shot her before turning the gun on himself in an apparent…

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Jamari Smith

Male, age 22 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 20, 2022, the life of Jamari Rashaad Smith, a 22-year-old Black/African American male, was tragically cut short in Birmingham, Alabama. At approximately 12:39 a.m., the sound of gunfire pierced the night in the 4400 block…

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Jamari Rashaad Smith

Male, age 22 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

An 18-year-old male, Jamari Smith, passed away on a Wednesday afternoon in May. Smith, an incoming freshman football player for the University of Alabama at Birmingham, was looking forward to starting his college career. On the day of his death, he was with…

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Alize Agresor-Ayala

Female, age 24 · Honolulu, Hawaii

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Alize Agresor-Ayala was a 24-year-old Asian and Pacific Islander woman from Honolulu whose family shared that she was four months pregnant when her life was taken. On the night of August 19, 2022, she was at a bus stop in Chinatown near the corner of Hotel…

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Tunis Lomax

Male, age 36 · Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 20, 2022, the life of 36-year-old Tunis Sando Lomax, a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Responding to reports of a gunshot around 2 a.m., police discovered Lomax outside…

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Braylen A Johnson

Male, age 14 · Wilmington, Delaware

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Braylen Johnson, a 14-year-old Black / African American male from Wilmington, Delaware, died on August 20, 2022, the same day he was celebrating his birthday. Family and obituary information identified him as Braylen “Bray” Ahmed Johnson, born on August 20…

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Dominic Battle

Male, age 24 · Hartford, Connecticut

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a late summer evening in Hartford, Connecticut, the life of 24-year-old Hispanic male, Dominic Battle of Manchester, was tragically cut short. On August 20, 2022, just before midnight, the sound of gunfire pierced the air on Maple Avenue, prompting a…

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John Rivera

Male, age 29 · Springfield, Massachusetts

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

John Rivera, a 29-year-old Hispanic man from Springfield, Massachusetts, was a father and a manager at a local Sonic. Described by loved ones as loving, caring, and funny, he had just received a promotion and was in a celebratory mood on the night he was…

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Isaiah Zay Miguel Rosales

Male, age 13 · Longmont, Colorado

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a Saturday afternoon in Longmont, Colorado, the life of 13-year-old Isaiah 'Zay' Miguel Rosales was tragically cut short. On August 20, 2022, he was at Kensington Park with his 15-year-old cousin, enjoying a game of basketball. What began as a typical day…

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Jordan Isaiah Hurtado

Male, age 27 · Granite Falls, Washington

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a Saturday morning, August 20, 2022, in Granite Falls, Washington, 27-year-old Jordan Isaiah Hurtado, a Hispanic male, was shot and killed. The incident, which was later ruled a homicide, occurred in the 21100 block of Gun Club Road. The Snohomish County…

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Brandon Allen Johnson

Male, age 40 · Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Brandon Allen Johnson, aged 40, tragically lost his life on August 20, 2022, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Johnson, who was born on August 19, 1982, in East Chicago, Indiana, was a devoted father and a respected member of his community. He worked as an…

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Francisco Garcia

Male, age 31 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a late Saturday night in Milwaukee, the life of 31-year-old Hispanic male, Pedro Francisco García Sierra, was tragically cut short in what police have described as a road rage incident. The fatal encounter unfolded around 11:30 p.m. on August 20, 2022…

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Deshawn Patterson

Male, age 17 · Ypsilanti, Michigan

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the late summer of 2022, the Ypsilanti community was shaken by the violent death of 17-year-old Deshawn Lamar Patterson. On August 20, 2022, the young man's life was cut short by gunfire. Born on May 12, 2005, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, Patterson was a local…

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Nadir Al-Jahi Key

Male, age 29 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the late hours of a summer night in Newark, New Jersey, the life of 29-year-old Nadir Al-Jahi Key was tragically cut short. On Saturday, August 20, 2022, Key was the victim of a fatal shooting, a violent end to a young life that prompted an immediate…

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Mahdi H. Holland

Male, age 25 · Roanoke, Virginia

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the late summer of 2022, the life of Mahdi H. Holland, a 25-year-old Black man from Roanoke, Virginia, was tragically cut short. On the morning of August 20th, Holland was brought to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital with severe gunshot wounds. Despite…

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Marie D Covington

Female, age 40 · Norfolk, Virginia

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the summer of 2022, the life of 40-year-old Marie D. Covington was tragically cut short. A resident of Virginia Beach, Virginia, she was a mother to four children and a beloved employee at a local Wawa convenience store, known for a smile that could…

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Rasheed Talley

Male, age 27 · Suffolk, Virginia

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 20, 2022, the life of Rasheed Asun Talley, a 27-year-old male, was tragically cut short in Suffolk, Virginia. Known affectionately as 'Peso,' Rasheed was a father to two children, Asun Rasheed Talley and A'Lani Noelle…

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Demetrius Taye-Shaun Harbour

Male, age 17 · Lake-station, Indiana

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Demetrius Taye-Shaun Harbour, a 17-year-old male, passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2022. A student at Edison Jr./Sr. High School in Lake Station, Indiana, he was known to friends and family as 'Meeci'. The evening of his death, authorities responded to an…

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Que’Aundre Johnson

Male, age 19 · Muncie, Indiana

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early hours of August 20, 2022, a sense of shock and sorrow descended upon a neighborhood near Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Que’Aundre Johnson, a 19-year-old male from Marion, found his life tragically cut short by gunfire. The incident…

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Shavez Avieon Waage

Male, age 22 · Columbia, Missouri

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the late afternoon of August 20, 2022, a fatal encounter unfolded in the parking lot of a Moser's Grocery Store on Keene Street in Columbia, Missouri, claiming the life of 22-year-old Shavez Avieon Waage. Emergency services were dispatched to the scene…

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Trever Heyward

Male, age 27 · Charleston, South Carolina

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 20, 2022, the life of 27-year-old Trever Heyward Jr. was tragically cut short in a violent encounter on James Island, South Carolina. Responding to reports of gunfire at a bar on Grimball Road around 2 a.m., Charleston…

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Delaney Simmons

Male, age 38 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early hours of a summer morning in Baltimore, a fatal encounter unfolded that would end the life of 38-year-old Delaney Simmons. On August 20, 2022, police responded to a shot spotter alert around 12:39 a.m. in the 500 block of Bentalou Street.…

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Vincent Omalu

Male, age 46 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Vincent Omalu, a 46-year-old Nigerian immigrant who had recently become a United States citizen, was shot and killed in a residential neighborhood in Baltimore, Maryland, on the night of August 20, 2022. The incident occurred just before midnight on East…

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Justin Woodford

Male, age 16 · Fort-valley, Georgia

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 20, 2022, the life of 16-year-old Justin Woodford was tragically cut short in Fort Valley, Georgia. An African American male from the nearby city of Perry, Woodford was in the vicinity of 1207 Edward Street when the fatal…

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Kevin Blackwell

Male, age 28 · Duluth, Georgia

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 20, 2022, the life of Kevin Blackwell, a 28-year-old African American man from Duluth, Georgia, was tragically cut short. The incident unfolded in the parking lot of the Sportstime Bar & Grille located on Satellite…

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Nakendrick Dewayne Glover

Male, age 29 · Augusta, Georgia

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 20, 2022, the life of 29-year-old Nakendrick Dewayne Glover, a Black male from Augusta, Georgia, was tragically cut short by gun violence. The Richmond County Sheriff's Office responded to a call on Vanderbilt Circle…

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James Jackie Johnson

Male, age 18 · Saint-francisville, Louisiana

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the quiet town of Saint Francisville, Louisiana, the evening of Saturday, August 20, 2022, was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 18-year-old James 'Jackie' Johnson. The male teenager was fatally wounded in a shooting that occurred…

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Andres Martinez Vargas

Male, age 29 · Winston-salem, North Carolina

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Andres Martinez Vargas, a 29-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically passed away on August 20, 2022, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. According to reports, he was shot on the 2500 block of Sink Street early in the morning. Before police arrived at…

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Jeffery Penaloza Quiterio

Male, age 19 · Winston-salem, North Carolina

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Jeffery Penaloza Quiterio, a 19-year-old male from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, tragically lost his life on August 20, 2022. The incident occurred on East Devonshire Street, where officers from the Winston-Salem Police Department responded to a report of a…

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Jaleel Sthillaire

Male, age 28 · Allentown, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

On August 20, 2022, Jaleel Akiel Sthillaire, a 28-year-old man from Allentown, PA, was fatally shot in a double-shooting incident. The incident occurred around 2 a.m. near South 15th Street and Union Street. Officers responding to the scene found Sthillaire…

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Willie Edward Dawkins

Male, age 32 · Monaca, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Willie Edward Dawkins, a 32-year-old African American male from Monaca, PA, tragically died on August 20, 2022, from multiple gunshot wounds. Dawkins was involved in a dispute with a contractor, Wesley Deaderick, over a home improvement project. The argument…

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Dennis Leon Sharp

Male, age 27 · Houston, Texas

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Dennis Leon Sharp, a 27-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on August 20, 2022, in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred at approximately 2:10 a.m. at the Redford Apartments located in the 1300 block of Redford Street. According to…

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Gustavo Lopez Estrada

Male, age 27 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Gustavo Lopez Estrada, a 27-year-old Hispanic male, was found fatally shot inside his vehicle in Downtown Dallas on August 20, 2022. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, around 3:15 a.m., when officers were called to the 2300 block of…

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Justin Newby

Male, age 32 · Sherman, Texas

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Justin Clay Newby, a 32-year-old man from Van Alstyne, Texas, tragically passed away on August 20, 2022. Justin was known for his love of painting and motorcycles, and he was deeply cherished by his family and friends. He is survived by his siblings, Stacy…

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Luis Rosales

Female, age 39 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Luis Rosales, a 39-year-old Hispanic male, was found fatally shot on August 20, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas. The incident occurred in the 100 block of La Manda Boulevard, near the residence of his girlfriend, Monica Vasquez. Rosales was shot four times and…

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Oscar Roberto Santizo-Orozco AKA

Male · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Aug 20, 2022 · 4 years ago

Oscar Roberto Santizo-Orozco, also known as Oscar Santiossimon, was a male of Hispanic ethnicity who tragically lost his life on August 20, 2022, in San Antonio, Texas. He was fatally shot by Fabian Rodriguez, who was indicted by a Bexar County Grand Jury for…

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