Deaths by Force on August 23

Deaths by Force (504)

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Christopher Hailes

Male, age 25 · Laurel, Mississippi

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late summer of 2015, a violent encounter in Laurel, Mississippi, tragically cut short the life of a young man. On the evening of August 23rd, 25-year-old Christopher Hailes, a Black male, was at a Mini-Mart located on Chantilly Street. It was there…

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Isaiah Charles Neiderhiser

Male, age 3 · Hardy, Virginia

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet community of Hardy, Virginia, a heartbreaking story unfolded around the life and untimely death of three-year-old Isaiah Charles Neiderhiser. The young, White/Caucasian boy's life was tragically cut short on August 23, 2015. His death was the…

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Rashamella Willingham

Female, age 26 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the summer of 2015, the life of a young mother from Richmond, Virginia, was tragically cut short, leaving a community in mourning and a case that remains a somber mystery. Rashamella Willingham, a 26-year-old female, was killed on the evening of Sunday…

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William White

Male, age 31 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late summer of 2015, the life of William S. White Sr., a 31-year-old male, was tragically cut short. On or around August 23rd or 24th, he was killed in a shooting that took place in the 700 block of North 35th Street in Richmond, Virginia. This act of…

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Trevion Gill

Male, age 20 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

On August 23, 2015, the life of Trevion Gill, a 20-year-old Black male resident of St. Louis, Missouri, was abruptly cut short in a violent incident that shook his community. Known to his friends and family as a young man with potential who had recently…

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Williams Simmons

Male, age 61 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late summer of 2015, the quiet life of William Paul Simmons, a 61-year-old male resident of Kansas City, Missouri, came to a tragic and violent end. On August 23rd, emergency responders were called to his home in the 300 block of Oakley Avenue, which…

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Alvin Johnson

Male, age 35 · Loris, South Carolina

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late morning quiet of a Sunday in Loris, South Carolina, the tranquility was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 35-year-old Alvin J. Johnson. On August 23, 2015, at approximately 11:30 a.m., Johnson, a Black/African American male…

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Rashard Sean Scott

Male, age 23 · North-charleston, South Carolina

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late summer of 2015, the life of a young man was cut short in North Charleston, South Carolina, leaving a family and community to grapple with the tragedy. On August 23, 2015, Rashard Sean Scott, a 23-year-old male, was fatally shot in an act of gun…

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Korian Peterson

Male, age 21 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late summer of 2015, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet of a Brooklyn neighborhood, leaving a young man's life cut tragically short. Korian Peterson, a 21-year-old male, was shot and killed on Sunday, August 23, 2015, in the East Flatbush section…

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Zachary McGee

Male, age 25 · Modesto, California

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

Zachary McGee, a 25-year-old resident of Modesto, California, tragically passed away on August 23, 2015. Born on June 22, 1990, Zachary was a professional barber who enjoyed spending time with his family. His sudden death left the community in shock and…

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Ernestine Hines

Female, age 59 · Green-cove-springs, Florida

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

Ernestine Griner Hines, a 59-year-old African American woman from Green Cove Springs, Florida, tragically lost her life on August 23, 2015. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, around 4:10 a.m., when she was shot while sitting in the front…

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Lorenzo Marcus Thomas

Male, age 21 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

Lorenzo Marcus Thomas, a 21-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on August 23, 2015, in Jacksonville, Florida. The incident occurred during a planned confrontation at the Deerpointe mobile-home park located at 9380 103rd Street. The…

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Saderris Tarver

Male, age 22 · Leesburg, Florida

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

Saderris Tarver, a 22-year-old from Orlando, Florida, tragically lost his life on August 23, 2015, in a shooting incident at Jesse Black's Saloon in Leesburg, Florida. The fatal event occurred during the early hours of the morning, following an argument…

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David Caston

Male, age 30 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

David Caston, a 30-year-old African American male, was fatally shot on August 23, 2015, in the Gage Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, and Caston was pronounced dead at the scene. The circumstances…

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SjonTre Thompson

Male, age 22 · Joliet, Illinois

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

SjonTre Thompson, a 22-year-old African American male, was tragically shot to death on August 23, 2015, in Joliet, Illinois. Thompson was found dead on Englewood Avenue early that Sunday morning. He was sitting in a car with a 28-year-old woman when they were…

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Corey Muse

Male, age 28 · Greensburg, Louisiana

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late summer of 2015, the community of Greensburg, Louisiana, was rocked by the violent death of one of its own. Corey Muse, a 28-year-old male, was discovered lifeless on a Sunday, the victim of a fatal shooting. The discovery, made on August 23rd…

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Steven J. Vincent

Male, age 44 · Lake-charles, Louisiana

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a Sunday afternoon in August 2015, Senior Trooper Steven J. Vincent, a 44-year-old male, was carrying out his duties in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. He responded to a report of a reckless driver and located the suspect vehicle, a Dodge pickup truck, in a…

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Blake Brewer

Male, age 54 · Lake-charles, Louisiana

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late summer of 2015, the community of Lake Charles, Louisiana, was rocked by a series of tragic events that began with the death of a state trooper and led to the discovery of a second victim, Blake Lavern Brewer. A 54-year-old male resident of the…

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Kaneesha Robinson

Female, age 23 · Kinston, North Carolina

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

Kaneesha Nicole Robinson, a 23-year-old African American woman, tragically lost her life on August 23, 2015, in Kinston, North Carolina. Kaneesha was walking with friends on Hyman Avenue when she was fatally wounded during a drive-by shooting. The incident…

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Brionna Boddy

Female, age 20 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

Brionna Boddy, a 20-year-old woman from Cleveland, OH, tragically lost her life on August 23, 2015, when she was shot on a party bus at East 86th Street and Kenmore Avenue. The incident occurred around 3:15 a.m., and although two other individuals, aged 21…

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Fredrick McIntosh

Male · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

Fredrick McIntosh, a male of unspecified ethnicity, tragically lost his life on August 23, 2015, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was fatally shot during a robbery and shooting incident. The incident occurred when Fredrick McIntosh and Annjeanette Bailey were in a…

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Shaka McGhie

Male, age 24 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a late Sunday night in August 2015, a dispute that began over drug money escalated into a fatal encounter on the Parkway East in the Churchill area of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, claiming the life of 24-year-old Shaka McGhie. The Forest Hills man was a…

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Dwayne Weathers

Male, age 32 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

On August 23, 2014, police were called to a residence on the west side of Detroit, Michigan, following reports of a homicide. The incident occurred at a home located at 8574 Prest Street, a residential area near the intersection of Joy Road and Greenfield…

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Rodney Antonio Hopkins

Male, age 36 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

Rodney Antonio Hopkins, a 36-year-old African American male, was killed on August 26, 2014. While he maintained strong ties to St. Louis, Missouri, where much of his family resided, his death occurred across the river in East St. Louis, Illinois. The incident…

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Haywood Downey

Male, age 34 · Durham, North Carolina

Found Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

Haywood Jabbar Downey, age 34, was fatally shot on August 23, 2014, in Durham, North Carolina. The shooting occurred near the intersection of North Duke Street and Horton Road. Police responded to the scene where Downey was found dead after suffering gunshot…

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Cornigel Murray

Male, age 20 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

Cornigel Lafayette Murray, a 20-year-old Black male from Birmingham, Alabama, was killed on August 23, 2014, after a late-night confrontation at the Kangaroo Express on Robert Jemison Road turned deadly. What began as a tense encounter at the gas pumps ended…

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Marcellus Brown

Male, age 41 · Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a Saturday evening in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the life of Marcellus Lee Brown, a 41-year-old male, was tragically cut short. On August 23, 2014, while inside the Easy Money establishment on McFarland Boulevard East, Brown was shot in the chest. The shooting…

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Celio Antonio Posada

Male, age 35 · Waterloo, Iowa

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late hours of August 22, 2014, a sense of normalcy filled the air at a bar in Waterloo, Iowa, where 35-year-old Celio Antonio Posada was spending time with his fiancée. The couple had been seated for about twenty-five minutes when another man, Rodolfo…

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Dawnn Jaffier

Female, age 26 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a summer morning in Boston, 26-year-old Dawnn Jaffier, a Black woman with a passion for her community, was tragically killed on August 23, 2014. She was caught in the crossfire of a violent dispute while participating in the city's annual Caribbean…

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Marcus Hill

Male, age 33 · Lauderdale, Mississippi

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late summer of 2014, a family dispute in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, escalated to a fatal conclusion, leaving a nephew dead and his uncle facing a murder charge. On the morning of Saturday, August 23, 2014, 33-year-old Marcus James Hill was at a…

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Daron Powell

Male, age 20 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the summer of 2014, a young man's life was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire in a north St. Louis park. Daron Powell, a 20-year-old male, was in Rumbold Park on the evening of Saturday, August 23, 2014, when he was fatally shot. The incident added…

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Herman Scott

Male, age 33 · Anderson, South Carolina

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late summer of 2014, the life of 33-year-old Herman Leon 'Ox' Scott came to a sudden and violent end in Anderson, South Carolina. On the evening of August 23rd, events unfolded that resulted in Scott being fatally shot. According to the Anderson County…

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Kenneth Antwan Jones

Male, age 36 · Oxon-hill, Maryland

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

In a turn of events that shattered a late summer evening, 36-year-old Kenneth Antwan Jones, a male resident of Washington D.C., was fatally shot in Oxon Hill, Maryland. On the night of August 23, 2014, Prince George's County police responded to a call about a…

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Benjamin Gerald

Male, age 31 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on a summer evening in Buffalo, New York, the life of 31-year-old Benjamin Gerald was cut short by gun violence. On August 23, 2014, Gerald was a passenger in a vehicle on May Street when it was fired upon. The vehicle subsequently…

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Deverin White

Male, age 30 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the morning of August 23, 2014, in Buffalo, New York, 30-year-old Deverin White was fatally shot in a violent encounter. White, along with 31-year-old Benjamin Gerald, were passengers in a vehicle near May and Doat Streets when another man opened fire on…

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Daryl Gatewood

Male, age 27 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

Daryl Eugene Gatewood, a 27-year-old man, was tragically shot and killed on August 23, 2014, in the Central-Alameda neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. when Gatewood and another man were riding motorized bicycles on…

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Henry Lorenzo Haynes

Male, age 46 · Florida-city, Florida

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

Henry Lorenzo Haynes, a 46-year-old African American man, was tragically found dead on August 23, 2014, in Florida City, FL. Haynes, a local musician and owner of Billion Dollar Haynes Music LLC, was discovered by his wife, Toya Edgecomb Haynes, who worked as…

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Samantha Zapata

Female, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

Samantha Zapata, a 26-year-old woman, was found shot to death on the morning of August 23, 2014, inside a residence in the 8300 block of South Archer Avenue in Willow Springs, a southwest suburb of Chicago. According to the Cook County medical examiner, her…

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Gary Andrus

Male, age 51 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late summer of 2014, the community of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, mourned the loss of Gary Charles Andrus, a 51-year-old man who had made the city his home. A native of Church Point, he passed away on Saturday, August 23, 2014. His death was felt by his…

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Gerhonda Elphage

Female, age 25 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a summer night in New Orleans, the lives of two young women were tragically cut short. Gerhonda Elphage, a 25-year-old Black female, and her friend, 18-year-old Irielle T. King, were found shot to death on August 23, 2014. The initial investigation into…

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Irielle King

Female, age 18 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late summer of 2014, the life of 18-year-old Irielle T. King, an African American female, was tragically cut short in New Orleans, Louisiana. On August 23rd, her body was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds, a violent end to a young life that…

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Edmond Rasheen Lane

Male, age 33 · Wilmington, North Carolina

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

Edmond Rasheen Lane, a 33-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on August 23, 2014, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Lane was fatally shot in the chest, and his death was confirmed at the New Hanover Regional Medical Center. The incident…

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Eldon Kitson (Kit) Vanderwal

Male, age 71 · Seagrove, North Carolina

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet, artistic community of Seagrove, North Carolina, where pottery is not just a craft but a way of life, tragedy struck on August 23, 2014. Eldon Kitson "Kit" Vanderwal, a 71-year-old male potter, was found dead after a devastating fire engulfed his…

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Haywood Jabbar Downey

Male, age 34 · Durham, North Carolina

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

Haywood Jabbar Downey, a 34-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on August 23, 2014, in Durham, North Carolina. The incident occurred early in the morning near the intersection of North Duke Street and Horton Road. According to reports…

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DeAngelo Dewberry

Male, age 25 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

DeAngelo Dewberry, a 25-year-old male of African American ethnicity from Dayton, OH, tragically passed away on August 23, 2014. He was shot multiple times by David Henderson, a 31-year-old man from Dayton. The incident occurred on Stratsburg Drive in Dayton…

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Dollie Evans

Female, age 67 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

Dollie Evans, a 67-year-old African American woman, tragically lost her life on August 23, 2014, in Philadelphia, PA. She was affectionately known as "Grandma" in her neighborhood and was well-regarded for her kindness and willingness to help those in need.…

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Ruby Nell Thomas

Female, age 57 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

Ruby Nell Thomas, a 57-year-old woman, tragically lost her life on August 23, 2014, in Philadelphia, PA. She was visiting her friend Dollie Evans, 67, at her home on the 4700 block of Vista Street in the Holmesburg section of the city. Both women were found…

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Michael Anthony Pimentel

Male, age 64 · Elmendorf, Texas

Killed Aug 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

Michael Anthony Pimentel, aged 64, was the Chief of Police for the Elmendorf Police Department in Texas. He was born on May 15, 1950, and had a long and distinguished career in law enforcement. Pimentel served in various police departments across Texas…

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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.