Deaths by Force on August 22

Deaths by Force (510)

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Jacoby Broadway

Male, age 20 · Merigold, Mississippi

Killed Aug 22, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a quiet afternoon along a rural roadside in Merigold, Mississippi, the body of 20-year-old Jacoby Broadway of Renova was discovered on Friday, August 22, 2025. Deputies with the Bolivar County Sheriff's Department were called to the scene on Bayou Road…

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Tahj Johnson

Male, age 27 · Pascagoula, Mississippi

Killed Aug 22, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the morning of August 22, 2025, a fatal shooting shattered the routine at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Tahj Johnson, a 27-year-old Black male from Prichard, Alabama, was shot and killed while working his shift aboard a U.S. Navy vessel…

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Carlos Ochoa

Male, age 22 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Aug 22, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of a Friday night in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a dispute over something as trivial as a parking space escalated into a tragedy that ended the life of 22-year-old Carlos Ochoa. On August 22, 2025, Ochoa had driven a group of young women to the…

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James Gaines

Male, age 46 · Bronx, New York

Killed Aug 22, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early evening of a late summer day in the Bronx, a burst of violence shattered the neighborhood's calm and claimed the life of a longtime resident. On Friday, August 22, 2025, 46-year-old James Gaines was fatally shot just steps from his own front…

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Matthew Slavetskas

Male, age 41 · Conklin, New York

Killed Aug 22, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late summer of 2025, a quiet corner of Conklin, New York, became the scene of a tragic family dispute that ended in a murder-suicide. The victim was 41-year-old Matthew Slavetskas, a male described by loved ones as a kind and helpful man with a quick…

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Timothy Philbeck

Male, age 61 · Gastonia, North Carolina

Killed Aug 22, 2025 · 1 year ago

Timothy Philbeck, age 61, male, left home on the evening of August 22, 2025, to help a friend whose vehicle was stuck off Goble Street near Huffman Road, just south of Gastonia. As the two men struggled to free the vehicle along the wooded trail, gunfire…

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Yadiel Flecha

Male, age 17 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Aug 22, 2025 · 1 year ago

Yadiel Flecha, 17, male, was fatally shot on the night of Friday, August 22, 2025, in Cleveland's Central neighborhood. Police were called around 9:36 p.m. to the 4200 block of Bohn Road, where officers found the teen inside an apartment with a gunshot wound.…

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JoKayne Carter

Male, age 19 · Columbia, South Carolina

Killed Aug 22, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the summer of 2025, the life of 19-year-old JoKayne Carter was tragically cut short in Columbia, South Carolina. On the afternoon of Friday, August 22nd, deputies from the Richland County Sheriff's Department responded to a report of a shooting at The…

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Albert Sturgill

Male, age 63 · Crossville, Tennessee

Killed Aug 22, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late summer of 2025, the small city of Crossville, Tennessee, became the scene of a fatal confrontation that highlighted deep-seated community values and simmering tensions. Albert Darrell Sturgill Jr., a 63-year-old White/Caucasian male known for his…

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Antonio Sykes

Male, age 18 · Cordova, Tennessee

Killed Aug 22, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late afternoon of Friday, August 22, 2025, the life of 18-year-old Antonio Sykes, a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short in a Cordova, Tennessee, parking lot. Around 5:40 p.m., deputies from the Shelby County Sheriff's Office were…

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Buell Cody Thomason

Male, age 39 · Copperhill, Tennessee

Killed Aug 22, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a late Friday evening in Copperhill, Tennessee, a domestic dispute escalated into a fatal tragedy. Buell Cody Thomason, a 39-year-old male, was shot and killed on August 22, 2025, at a residence on Grassy Creek Road. The events of that night stemmed from a…

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Sherman Mays

Male, age 22 · Jackson, Tennessee

Killed Aug 22, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late summer afternoon of Friday, August 22, 2025, the sound of gunfire shattered the peace on the 200 block of Roosevelt Parkway in Jackson, Tennessee. When police arrived just after 1:30 p.m., they discovered 22-year-old Sherman Mays suffering from…

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Teddy Toler

Male, age 47 · Hanover, West Virginia

Killed Aug 22, 2025 · 1 year ago

Teddy Wade Toler was a 48-year-old White male from Hanover, West Virginia, whose life ended in a fatal shooting on Friday, August 22, 2025. Although some earlier reports had listed him as 47, his obituary gives his birth date as March 31, 1977, confirming…

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Caesar Tijerina

Male, age 20 · Laredo, Texas

Killed Aug 22, 2025 · 1 year ago

Caesar Tijerina, 20, male, was named by San Antonio police as one of the suspects in the April 16, 2025 killing of 14-year-old Simon Cuevas near Brewer Academy. In mid-August, investigators said an arrest warrant for capital murder had been issued for Caesar…

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NaBryan Adams

Male, age 20 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a summer evening in Birmingham, Alabama, the life of 20-year-old NaBryan Darrell Key Adams was tragically cut short. On August 21, 2024, in the Germania Park community, Adams and a companion, 28-year-old Kayla Alexandria Warren, were at a residence in the…

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Carl Washington

Male, age 48 · Anchorage, Alaska

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the morning of August 22, 2024, gunfire rattled a camp just off the 1000-block of East 5th Avenue in Anchorage. Responding around 10:15 a.m., officers found 48-year-old white Carl Washington, male, down with a gunshot wound to his upper body; he was…

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Terrance Lewis

Male, age 30 · Midland-city, Alabama

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late summer of 2024, a gathering of friends and acquaintances at the Midtown Apartments in Midland City, Alabama, took a tragic turn, ending in the death of 30-year-old Terrance Lewis Jr. On the night of August 22nd, what began as a social event…

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Ariana Chavez

Female, age 35 · Rexburg, Idaho

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late hours of August 22, 2024, the life of a 35-year-old Hispanic mother of four, Ariana Chavez, was tragically cut short in her Rexburg, Idaho, home. A vibrant woman known for her infectious positivity and radiant spirit, she was a devoted mother who…

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Brooks Thomas Wilson

Female, age 5 · Santaquin, Utah

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet town of Santaquin, Utah, a day of sorrow dawned on August 22, 2024, with the tragic death of Brooks Thomas Wilson, a 5-year-old Caucasian boy. The young boy's life was cut short in what authorities have described as an accidental, self-inflicted…

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Calvin Bruce

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

Calvin Bruce, a 28-year-old resident of Chicago, Illinois, lost his life to gun violence on August 22, 2024. The incident occurred in the South Shore area of Chicago, a neighborhood known for its diverse community but also for its struggles with crime. As of…

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Joseph JoJo Cook

Male, age 29 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

Joseph "JoJo" Cook, aged 29, tragically lost his life to gun violence on August 22, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. He was fatally shot during an argument in the Hyde Park neighborhood. This incident underscores the persistent issue of gun violence affecting the…

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Helen Nicki Rudnicki

Female, age 60 · Los Ojos, New Mexico

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet expanse near Los Ojos, New Mexico, the life of Helen Nicki Rudnicki, a 60-year-old White/Caucasian woman, was tragically cut short on August 22, 2024. Known affectionately as Nicki to her friends and family, her death is being investigated as a…

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Christopher Andexler

Male, age 41 · Valley View, Ohio

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

Christopher Andexler, a 41-year-old White man, was fatally shot during a traffic altercation in Valley View, Ohio, on the morning of August 22, 2024. The incident took place just before 10 a.m. on the Brecksville Road overpass above Granger Road. Police…

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Christopher Potter

Male, age 41 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

Christopher M. Potter, a 41-year-old man from Cincinnati, Ohio, tragically lost his life on August 22, 2024, in a shooting incident at a bar called The Office on Springdale Road in Colerain Township. The incident occurred just after midnight, resulting in a…

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Marquan Payton

Male, age 18 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 22, 2024, a tragic incident occurred in Columbus, Ohio, resulting in the death of 18-year-old Marquan Payton. The shooting took place near Dodge Park in the Franklinton neighborhood of Columbus. According to reports, Payton approached a vehicle in…

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Michael Corrigan

Male, age 55 · Fairborn, Ohio

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 22, 2024, at approximately 9 p.m., Beavercreek police responded to a residence in the 1800 block of Maple Lane, where they discovered 55-year-old Michael Corrigan deceased from an apparent gunshot wound to the head. Family members, concerned after…

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Ronald Anthony Carroll Jr.

Male, age 46 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

Ronald Anthony Carroll Jr., a 46-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in Baltimore, Maryland, in the summer of 2024. In the early hours of Thursday, August 22, 2024, a Shot Spotter alert brought Baltimore Police Department patrol officers to the 1900 block of…

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John E. Davis

Male, age 73 · Meridian, Mississippi

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

John E. Davis, a 73-year-old Black male, was tragically killed on August 22, 2024, in a shooting that also left his wife critically injured in Meridian, Mississippi. The incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. in the 1600 block of 37th Avenue. Both Davis and his…

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Davion Jessup

Male, age 20 · Greensboro, North Carolina

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the evening of August 22, 2024, at approximately 9:10 p.m., Greensboro Police Department officers responded to reports of an assault in the 2800 block of Spring Garden Street, near the Campus Crossing Apartments in Greensboro, North Carolina. Upon arrival…

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Nijel La’te Hitchcock

Male, age 24 · Concord, North Carolina

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the morning of August 22, 2024, at approximately 8:45 a.m., 24-year-old Nijel La’te Hitchcock of Charlotte, North Carolina, was fatally shot in the parking lot of Danny’s Place, a restaurant located on Church Street North in Concord. The assailant…

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Zahquan Thyzee Stewart

Male, age 18 · Laurinburg, North Carolina

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the evening of August 22, 2024, in Laurinburg, North Carolina, 18-year-old Zahquan Thyzee Stewart was fatally shot while riding an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) with two younger teenagers, aged 13 and 14, along Deluca Street. As they passed by two individuals…

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James Wisniewski

Male, age 18 · Katy, Texas

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 22, 2024, at approximately 11:06 PM, the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office responded to a reported shooting at a residence in the 3000 block of Bent Grass Drive in Katy, Texas. Upon arrival, deputies discovered 18-year-old James Wisniewski deceased…

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Jeremiah Bobby Cavazos

Male, age 13 · Austin, Texas

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the evening of August 22, 2024, at approximately 8:35 p.m., Austin Police Department officers responded to a reported shooting in the 6300 block of Thurgood Avenue in East Austin. Upon arrival, they discovered 13-year-old Jeremiah Bobby Cavazos with an…

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Karen Miles

Female, age 61 · Missouri-city, Texas

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

Karen Miles, a 61-year-old African American woman from Missouri City, Texas, was last heard from on the night of August 21, 2024. She was known for her active involvement in the community, particularly with the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's Black…

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Ariana Ramos Chavez

Female, age 35 · Rexburg, Idaho

Killed Aug 22, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the night of August 22, 2024, in the city of Rexburg, Idaho, a domestic dispute escalated into a tragedy that claimed the life of 35-year-old Ariana Ramos Chavez. A mother of four, she was fatally shot multiple times in the upper body at her home on Lilac…

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Christopher M. Price

Male, age 39 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Aug 22, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning hours, the quiet of a Little Rock, Arkansas neighborhood was shattered by the sound of gunfire. Responding to a call at approximately 2:50 a.m., officers from the 12th Street Division of the Little Rock Police Department arrived at a…

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Erick Anthony Dervil

Male, age 27 · Orlando, Florida

Killed Aug 22, 2023 · 3 years ago

Erick Anthony Dervil, a 27-year-old man, died on Tuesday, August 22, 2023, in Orlando, Florida. He was originally from Los Angeles, California, but had been residing in Orlando at the time of his death. The incident occurred in the Pine Hills neighborhood of…

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Lucy Mimi Jacinta Williams

Female, age 70 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 22, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late summer afternoon of August 22, 2023, the quiet of the 200 block of N Street, Southwest in Washington, D.C. was shattered by a tragic event that claimed the life of 70-year-old Lucy Williams, a female resident of the neighborhood. Police responded…

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Darius Walker

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 22, 2023 · 3 years ago

On August 22, 2023, 25-year-old Darius Walker was fatally shot during a mass shooting on the 1500 block of South Trumbull Avenue in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood. The incident also injured a 15-year-old boy, a 27-year-old woman, and a 38-year-old man.…

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Deontae Riley

Male, age 27 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 22, 2023 · 3 years ago

Deontae Riley, a 27-year-old resident of Chicago, Illinois, lost his life to gun violence on August 22, 2023. The incident occurred in Chicago, a city that has struggled with high rates of gun violence. There are no detailed reports available from the sources…

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Quinton Hendricks

Male, age 30 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 22, 2023 · 3 years ago

Quinton Hendricks, a 30-year-old resident of Chicago, was tragically killed on August 22, 2023. The fatal shooting occurred in the West Pullman neighborhood, specifically on the 13000 block of South King Drive. Reports suggest the incident stemmed from a…

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Damion Dewion Cole

Male, age 45 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Aug 22, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late hours of a Tuesday in Indianapolis, 45-year-old Damion Dewion Cole, a Black man, was found with gunshot wounds in the parking lot of a hotel on the north side of the city. The discovery was made on August 22, 2023, marking a somber moment in the…

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Kaliya Harrington

Female, age 20 · Michigan-city, Indiana

Killed Aug 22, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late morning of August 22, 2023, a distressing discovery was made inside an apartment in Michigan City, Indiana, forever altering the lives of two families. A 911 call reporting an unconscious person led officers to the Normandy Village apartment…

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David Moore

Male, age 38 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Aug 22, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late summer afternoon of August 22, 2023, the life of 38-year-old David Moore, a Black male, was tragically cut short in Louisville, Kentucky. Responding to reports of a shooting around 2:30 p.m. in the Bon Air neighborhood, Louisville Metro Police…

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Travon D. Lowe

Male, age 24 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Aug 22, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning hours of Tuesday, August 22, 2023, a somber discovery was made in the Lyndon neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. A suspicious vehicle reported on Bridgeview Lane led Lyndon Police Department officers to the scene just after 7:30 a.m.…

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Lionel Wilson

Male, age 31 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Aug 22, 2023 · 3 years ago

On a summer evening in New Orleans, a burst of gunfire shattered the peace and ended the life of Lionel Wilson. The 31-year-old man was fatally shot on August 22, 2023, becoming another victim of the city's ongoing struggle with gun violence. Emergency…

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Antonio Heard

Male, age 38 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Aug 22, 2023 · 3 years ago

On August 22, 2023, at approximately 3:20 p.m., Trotwood police responded to a two-vehicle crash near Olive Road and Hoover Avenue. Upon arrival, officers discovered that both drivers, 38-year-old Antonio Heard and 44-year-old Crystal Lugo, had sustained…

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Crystal Lugo

age 44 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Aug 22, 2023 · 3 years ago

Crystal Lugo, a 44-year-old woman from Trotwood, Ohio, tragically lost her life on August 22, 2023, in what authorities initially believed to be a car crash but later investigated as a possible murder-suicide. Lugo, who worked at the Dayton Correctional…

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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.