Deaths by Force on August 27

Deaths by Force (548)

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Michael L Huffman

Male, age 45 · Champaign, Illinois

Killed Aug 27, 2025 · 1 year ago

Michael L. Huffman, 45, a Black male from Champaign, was found near the railroad tracks by North State Street between Tremont and Maple just after sunrise on August 27, 2025. Officers were dispatched at approximately 6:14 a.m., and Michael L. Huffman, 45, was…

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Erica Bevitt

Female, age 42 · Topeka, Kansas

Killed Aug 27, 2025 · 1 year ago

Erica E. Bevitt, a 42-year-old White/Caucasian woman, was found dead on August 27, 2025, in the Montara subdivision just south of Topeka, Kansas. Deputies were dispatched for a welfare check late that morning, arriving to a quiet block on SW Briarmeade Lane…

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Fletcher Merkel

Male, age 8 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Aug 27, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a late summer morning, the peace of a Minneapolis community was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 8-year-old Fletcher Merkel, a White/Caucasian male. The tragic events unfolded on August 27, 2025, within the sacred walls of…

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Harper Moyski

Male, age 10 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Aug 27, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the heart of Minneapolis, a bright and joyful 10-year-old girl named Harper Moyski was tragically killed on August 27, 2025, in a senseless act of violence that unfolded at Annunciation Catholic School. The incident occurred during a morning Mass, a…

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Jermaine Jabaar Typray Barker

Male, age 35 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Aug 27, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early hours of August 27, 2025, a violent encounter in downtown Minneapolis claimed the life of 35-year-old Jermaine Jabaar Typray Barker, a Black male from Rochester. The incident unfolded around 2 a.m. near the intersection of 8th Street North and…

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William Billy Earl Morris

Male, age 33 · Brandon, Mississippi

Killed Aug 27, 2025 · 1 year ago

William Billy Earl Morris, a 33-year-old White male from Brandon, Mississippi, was found deceased in his home on Highway 80 on the morning of August 27, 2025. An obituary celebrating his life noted he was born on Christmas Day in 1991. Rankin County Sheriff's…

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Sean Booth

Male, age 44 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Aug 27, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of August 27, 2025, the life of 44-year-old Sean Lamar Harvey Booth was tragically cut short in a wooded area of Blue Valley Park in Kansas City, Missouri. A male victim, later identified as Booth, was discovered by police officers…

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Robin Wright

Female, age 69 · New York, New York

Killed Aug 27, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late summer of 2025, a beloved 69-year-old grandmother, Robin Wright, became an innocent victim of senseless violence in her East Harlem neighborhood. On the afternoon of August 27th, Wright, who used a walker to get around, was enjoying a walk with…

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Ryan Mooch Hines

Male, age 37 · Bronx, New York

Killed Aug 27, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of Wednesday, August 27, 2025, a fatal shooting shattered the quiet of a Bronx apartment building, leaving one man dead and two others wounded. The deceased was identified as 37-year-old Ryan Hines, a dedicated porter who had worked…

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Anthony Shearin

Male, age 24 · Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina

Killed Aug 27, 2025 · 1 year ago

Anthony Shearin, 24, male, Black/African American, died on August 27, 2025, after a midday shooting at the New Dixie Mart gas station—long known locally as Presto—on Julian R. Allsbrook Highway in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. Police said officers were…

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Dasean L. Banks

Male, age 19 · Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina

Killed Aug 27, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the afternoon of August 27, 2025, Dasean L. Banks, 19, Black male, was found dead outside the New Dixie Mart—known locally as Presto—on Julian R. Allsbrook Highway in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. Police said they were called to the store around 1 p.m.…

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Omarion Scott

Male, age 21 · Lexington, North Carolina

Killed Aug 27, 2025 · 1 year ago

On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, 21-year-old Omarion Scott, a Black/African American male from Lexington, North Carolina, was found fatally wounded inside a warehouse at Johnson Concrete Products on Burgin Drive. Officers who responded around 5:30 p.m.…

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Monte Gakin

Male, age 29 · Rapid City, South Dakota

Killed Aug 27, 2025 · 1 year ago

In Rapid City, South Dakota, a 29-year-old Hispanic and Latino man named Monte Gakin was tragically killed on the evening of August 27, 2025. Remembered by loved ones for his selfless nature and a heart of gold, he was a father of two who could light up any…

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Thomas Harper

Male, age 33 · San Antonio, Texas

Killed Aug 27, 2025 · 1 year ago

Thomas Ray Harper, 33, a male, White/Caucasian, was shot near a VIA bus stop outside a Walgreens on Southwest Military Drive near South Zarzamora Street in San Antonio on the evening of August 27, 2025. Police and medical examiner records indicate he was…

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Jesse Benich

Male, age 53 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Aug 27, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 27, 2024, a grim discovery was made in a west Phoenix alleyway that brought a violent end to the life of 53-year-old Jesse Mayo Benich. It was around 6:50 a.m. when Phoenix police officers responded to a call for a welfare…

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Ryan Edward Brean

Male, age 43 · Tucson, Arizona

Killed Aug 27, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late evening of August 27, 2024, a dispute at a gas station in Midtown Tucson escalated into a fatal encounter for Ryan Edward Brean. The 43-year-old White / Caucasian male was found by police behind the business at 5151 E. Speedway Blvd. just after…

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D’Arrion Johnson

Male, age 25 · Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Killed Aug 27, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 27, 2024, the life of 25-year-old D'Arrion Johnson, a Black male, was cut short in a fatal shooting in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The incident occurred just before 1:00 AM at the Camelot Apartments located at 4001 Old Warren…

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James Darnell Jerome Dukes

Male, age 29 · Miami, Florida

Killed Aug 27, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 27, 2024, a fatal shooting occurred in the Goulds neighborhood of Miami-Dade County, Florida. The victim, identified as 29-year-old James Darnell Jerome Dukes, was shot multiple times outside his residence. According to the police, the incident…

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Jabreia Burston

Female, age 24 · Columbus, Georgia

Killed Aug 27, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a Tuesday evening in late August, the sense of normalcy at the Grove Park Apartments in Columbus, Georgia, was shattered by the sound of gunfire. On August 27, 2024, just before 9 p.m., police received a call about a shooting at the complex. When they…

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Aaron Myles

Male, age 26 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Aug 27, 2024 · 2 years ago

Aaron Myles was a 26-year-old Black man from Cincinnati, Ohio. On the evening of August 27, 2024, his life was cut short in the city’s Bond Hill neighborhood. Around 6:42 p.m., Cincinnati Police Department officers were dispatched to the 1700 block of Garden…

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Mahlyk Williams

Male, age 22 · Beachwood, Ohio

Killed Aug 27, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 27, 2024, Mahlyk Williams, a 22-year-old resident of Beachwood, Ohio, was fatally shot outside a gas station located across from Warrensville Heights High School. The incident occurred in the early hours of the day, prompting an immediate response…

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Drequan Draco Brumfield

Male, age 23 · Mccomb, Mississippi

Killed Aug 27, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late summer afternoon of August 27, 2024, a grim discovery was made in the city of McComb, Mississippi. The body of 23-year-old Drequan “Draco” Brumfield, a male resident of McComb, was found lying in a ditch near the intersection of North Cherry…

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Brian Amari Still

Male, age 17 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed Aug 27, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late afternoon of August 27, 2024, tragedy struck in the city of Camden, New Jersey, forever altering the lives of a local family. That day, Brian Amari Still, a 17-year-old Black male with a bright and adventurous spirit, was fatally shot. The…

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Frank DeLucia

Male, age 63 · Henrietta, New York

Killed Aug 27, 2024 · 2 years ago

In a quiet Syosset, New York neighborhood, a family dispute over an inheritance culminated in a horrific act of violence that claimed the life of 69-year-old Frank DeLucia and four other family members. The tragedy unfolded just two days after the funeral of…

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Henry Dwayne Stone

Male, age 27 · Sanford, North Carolina

Killed Aug 27, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 27, 2024, 27-year-old Henry Dwayne Stone was found deceased from a gunshot wound at a residence on Blackberry Lane in Sanford, North Carolina. Responding to a call at approximately 7:40 a.m., Lee County Sheriff's deputies discovered Stone…

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Khaalid Fleetwood

Male, age 27 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 27, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the afternoon of August 27, 2024, a tragic discovery was made inside a residence on the 5900 block of Callowhill Street in Philadelphia. Responding to a call at approximately 12:26 p.m., Philadelphia Police officers found 27-year-old Khaalid A. Fleetwood…

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Charmaine Goodloe

Female, age 34 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Aug 27, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late hours of a Monday night in Nashville, Tennessee, the life of 34-year-old Charmaine Goodloe was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. On August 26, 2024, Goodloe was sitting in a breezeway with a friend at the Overlook Ridge Apartments on…

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Jerod Robb

Male, age 19 · Antioch, Tennessee

Killed Aug 27, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late hours of August 27, 2024, the life of 19-year-old Jerod Ramez Robb was cut tragically short in Antioch, Tennessee. The young man, a Black / African American male, was discovered just after midnight in the parking lot of an apartment complex on…

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William Robinson

Male, age 27 · Oakland, California

Killed Aug 27, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 27, 2024, William Robinson, a 27-year-old Oakland High School graduate, was fatally shot while working in East Oakland. Robinson was known for selling cell phone services to low-income customers from a tent in a busy parking lot on International…

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Cassandra Jaramillo

Female, age 31 · Kemah, Texas

Killed Aug 27, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 27, 2024, 31-year-old Cassandra Jaramillo was fatally shot in Kemah, Texas. The incident occurred in the 1900 block of East Winn Street, where a dispute over a wrecked car escalated into violence. During the altercation, Jaramillo sustained fatal…

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Patrick King

Male, age 69 · Plano, Texas

Killed Aug 27, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 27, 2024, at approximately 6:30 p.m., Plano Police and Fire-Rescue personnel responded to a residence in the 4600 block of Bending Oak Trail in Plano, Texas, following a report of a deceased individual. Upon arrival, they discovered 69-year-old…

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Darius Wood

Male, age 18 · Phenix-city, Alabama

Killed Aug 27, 2023 · 3 years ago

Black 18-year-old male Darius Underwood was shot on the night of August 27, 2023, in Phenix City, Alabama, in violence that left more questions than answers in its immediate wake. The details that surfaced first were stark: he had suffered a gunshot wound…

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Khiya King

Female, age 19 · Demopolis, Alabama

Killed Aug 27, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late summer evening of August 27, 2023, the life of 19-year-old Khiya King was tragically cut short in Demopolis, Alabama. A Black female, King was inside a residence at 908 South Glover Street when gunfire erupted at approximately 8:26 p.m. Responding…

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Ophelia Leffler

Female, age 57 · Boulder, Montana

Killed Aug 27, 2023 · 3 years ago

On a Sunday afternoon in the quiet town of Boulder, Montana, a grim discovery was made inside a residence on Garden Drive, marking a tragic end to the lives of a mother and her son. Ophelia Leffler, a 57-year-old Caucasian woman, was found deceased on August…

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Jason Trujillo

Male, age 36 · Pueblo, Colorado

Killed Aug 27, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late summer of 2023, the community of Pueblo, Colorado, was shaken by a violent incident that resulted in the death of 36-year-old Jason Trujillo. On the night of August 27th, a shooting broke out in the 1200 block of Berwind Avenue, an area near the…

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Johnny Ray Barnes

Male, age 26 · Bridgeport, Connecticut

Killed Aug 27, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 27, 2023, the life of 26-year-old Johnny Ray Barnes, a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short by gun violence in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The incident unfolded outside the V.I.P. Lounge on Pembroke Street…

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Aiden Hutchins

Male, age 10 · Waverly, Florida

Killed Aug 27, 2023 · 3 years ago

Aiden Hutchins, a 10-year-old boy, was supposed to start his fifth grade at Spruce Mountain Elementary School in Jay, Maine, on August 30, 2023. However, he never made it back to Maine from Florida, where he had been living with his mother, Brandy Hutchins…

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Gabrielle Griffin

Female, age 14 · Valdosta, Georgia

Killed Aug 27, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the quiet town of Valdosta, Georgia, the life of 14-year-old Gabrielle Griffin, a Black female, was tragically cut short on the evening of August 27, 2023. Just two weeks into her freshman year at Valdosta High School, Gabrielle, affectionately known as…

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Juan Angel Montes

Male, age 16 · Suwanee, Georgia

Killed Aug 27, 2023 · 3 years ago

On a Sunday evening in late August 2023, the tragic discovery of two bodies on the grassy shoulder of a busy Gwinnett County interstate would unravel a devastating story. A passerby who had pulled over with car trouble near the I-85/985 split in the vicinity…

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Maria Rosaria Montes Dorantes

Female, age 23 · Suwanee, Georgia

Killed Aug 27, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late summer of 2023, the life of a young mother, 23-year-old Maria Rosaria Montes Dorantes, was tragically cut short. She, along with her 16-year-old brother, Juan Angel Montes, were discovered deceased on the grassy shoulder of Interstate 85 near the…

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Racquel Mahone

Female, age 47 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Aug 27, 2023 · 3 years ago

A 47-year-old woman, Racquel Mahone, lost her life in a tragic shooting that unfolded in the parking lot of a Mexican restaurant in College Park, Georgia, during the late hours of August 26 or the early morning of August 27, 2023. Mahone was an unintended…

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Colby Banks

Male, age 35 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Aug 27, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 27, 2023, a night of revelry at the Southern Restaurant and Lounge in downtown Louisville turned into a scene of tragedy. Colby Banks, a 35-year-old male, was among the crowd at the restaurant's 'last rodeo' event when…

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Malik Sleet

Male, age 26 · Lexington, Kentucky

Killed Aug 27, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of August 27, 2023, the life of 26-year-old Malik Sleet, a Black male from Lexington, Kentucky, was tragically cut short by gunfire. The fatal incident unfolded in a parking lot situated in the 900 block of Winchester Road. Officers from…

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Ryan Edward Turner

Male, age 37 · Hazard, Kentucky

Killed Aug 27, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late summer of 2023, the community of Hazard, Kentucky, was shaken by the violent death of one of its own. Ryan Edward Turner, a 37-year-old Caucasian male, was found deceased on August 27, 2023. The discovery was made on Turner Ridge Road, where his…

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Terrance Bethel

Male, age 37 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Aug 27, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 27, 2023, a night of celebration turned into a scene of tragedy in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, ending the life of 37-year-old Terrance Bethel. The male victim was attending a 'last rodeo' party at the Southern…

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Alfred Bell

Male, age 24 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Aug 27, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late summer of 2023, the life of a young Shreveport man, Alfred Darnell Bell Jr., was cut short. On August 27, 2023, the 24-year-old male became a victim of gun violence in Shreveport, Louisiana. His death was the result of a shooting that occurred on…

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Andre Ardoin

Male, age 47 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed Aug 27, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning hours of a Sunday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a burst of violence shattered the quiet, leaving one man dead and two others wounded. Andre Ardoin, a 47-year-old male, was identified as the deceased victim in the triple shooting that…

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Aniyah Heno

Female, age 15 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Aug 27, 2023 · 3 years ago

A promising young life was cut short on a summer evening in New Orleans East. Aniyah Heno, a 15-year-old girl, was fatally wounded in a shooting that also left an 11-year-old boy injured on August 27, 2023. The incident unfolded just after 5:30 p.m. in the…

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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.