Deaths by Force on August 2

Deaths by Force (486)

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Stephen John Jones

Male, age 56 · Silver Springs, Florida

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

Stephen John Jones, 56, a white male, was shot in Silver Springs, Florida, on the evening of Saturday, August 2, 2025. Deputies with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched around 6:40 p.m. to the 13800 block of NE 54th Place, where they found…

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Carl Johnson

Male, age 70 · Fresno, California

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

Carl Johnson, 70, a Black/African American male, was shot on the morning of August 2, 2025, in the backyard of a northwest Fresno home and died less than an hour later at Community Regional Medical Center. Officers were dispatched around 10:12 a.m. to a…

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Jesus Rodriguez-Rocha

Male, age 56 · La Puente, California

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jesus Rodriguez-Rocha, 56, a male resident of the La Puente area and identified as Latino, was shot late on Saturday, August 2, 2025, in the 100 block of South Shipman Avenue. Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded just before…

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Jadeon Andredeshawn Wilson

Male, age 23 · Kingsland, Georgia

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a summer evening in Kingsland, Georgia, the life of 23-year-old Jadeon Andredeshawn Wilson of Yulee, Florida, was cut short by gunfire. The male victim was at the Wellington Way Apartments on August 2, 2025, when the tranquil evening was shattered by the…

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Scott Foor

Male, age 19 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a grim Saturday afternoon, what should have been a routine shopping trip turned into a scene of violence and tragedy, ending the life of 19-year-old Scott Anthony Foor Jr. The young man was fatally shot on August 2, 2025, following a dispute that began…

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Davell Holden

Male, age 16 · South Holland, Illinois

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

Davell Holden, 16, who was Black/African American and male, left home on the evening of August 2, 2025, walking toward a friend's house in South Holland, Illinois. Just after 7 p.m., gunfire shattered the calm near 160th Place and Drexel Avenue. Responding…

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Edgar Arroyo

Male, age 30 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

Edgar Arroyo, 30, a Hispanic/Latino male, was fatally shot on the night of August 2, 2025, in Chicago’s Brighton Park neighborhood. He and a 57-year-old man were standing outside in the 3000 block of West 37th Place around 9 p.m. when a white car pulled up…

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Jimvonta Blossom

Male, age 24 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jimvonta Blossom, 24, a Black male, was shot late on Saturday, August 2, 2025, in Chicago’s West Town/Noble Square area after a street gathering spilled into the parking lot of Holy Trinity Polish Catholic Church at 1118 North Noble Street. Officers…

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Edward Parker

Male, age 52 · Lexington, Kentucky

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of August 2, 2025, a violent encounter outside the Northside Branch of the Lexington Public Library left two men dead. One of the victims was 52-year-old Edward Van Bert Parker, a resident of Lexington. The Fayette County Coroner's…

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Brandon Cayette

Male, age 40 · Donaldsonville, Louisiana

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a late summer afternoon in Modeste, Louisiana, a dispute over parking fees at a trail ride event escalated into a fatal encounter for Brandon Cayette, a 40-year-old man from Donaldsonville. The incident, which occurred on Saturday, August 2, 2025, near the…

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Johnjose Connor Welsh

Male, age 20 · Lake Charles, Louisiana

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of August 2, 2025, a sense of normalcy was shattered in Lake Charles, Louisiana, leaving a community to grapple with the sudden and tragic loss of a young life. Johnjose Connor Welsh, a 20-year-old male, found his life cut short by…

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Willy Francisco

Male, age 38 · New Iberia, Louisiana

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late evening hours of Saturday, August 2, 2025, the life of 38-year-old Willy Francisco of New Iberia, Louisiana, was tragically cut short. The incident that led to his untimely death unfolded in the 900 block of Ann Street, a residential area within…

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Leothis Daniels

Male, age 20 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of August 2, 2025, Leothis Daniels, a 20-year-old male, tragically lost his life in a shooting on Detroit's west side. The incident unfolded near Stoepel Park, where Daniels and a friend, Julian Hill, who was also 20 years old, had arranged to…

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Jermaine Williams Junior

Male, age 20 · Saint Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the summer of 2025, a young man's life was cut tragically short in St. Louis. Jermaine Williams Junior, a 20-year-old male from Florissant, was found deceased on Saturday, August 2nd. The discovery was made after police were called to the scene of a car…

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Rahmalle Ceasar

Male, age 30 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early evening of Saturday, August 2, 2025, a gathering in a parking lot at 53rd Street and Prospect Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, turned tragic. Amidst what was described as a party, gunfire erupted just before 7 p.m., shattering the lively…

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Vernon Bruce

Male, age 35 · Saint Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the warm evening of Saturday, August 2nd, 2025, a burst of gunfire shattered the peace on Julian Avenue in University City, a suburb of St. Louis. When police responded to the reports of shots fired around 5:30 p.m., they discovered 35-year-old Vernon…

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Alvis Perez-Liriano

Male, age 33 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of a Saturday night, the vibrant energy of Newark's Bloomfield Avenue was shattered by a barrage of gunfire. Just before midnight on August 2, 2025, a chaotic scene unfolded that would claim the life of 33-year-old Alvis Jottanael…

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Tyler Webb

Male, age 29 · Pittstown, New Jersey

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a quiet home on Upper Kingtown Road in Pittstown, New Jersey, the lives of two people were tragically cut short in what was later determined to be a double murder-suicide. Tyler Webb, a 29-year-old male from Forked River, was found deceased alongside his…

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Lauren T Semanchik

Female, age 33 · Pittstown, New Jersey

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet community of Pittstown, New Jersey, a story of escalating fear and a tragic end unfolded for Lauren T. Semanchik, a 33-year-old female veterinarian known for her compassion. Her life was violently cut short on August 1, 2025, a consequence of…

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Shane Sanchez

Male, age 23 · Bronx, New York

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of a Saturday in the Bronx, a young man's life was cut short by gunfire. Shane Sanchez, a 23-year-old male, was fatally shot outside his apartment building in the Throgs Neck neighborhood. The incident occurred just before 2 a.m. at…

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Alan Lopez

Male, age 18 · Winston Salem, North Carolina

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

Alan Lopez, 18, a Hispanic male, was found shot outside a home in the 900 block of Cameron Avenue in Winston-Salem just before 1:40 a.m. on August 2, 2025. Responding officers and EMS pronounced Alan Lopez, 18, male, dead at the scene alongside two others…

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Destiny Quiterio Avila

Female, age 17 · Winston Salem, North Carolina

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

Destiny Quiterio-Avila, 17, a female from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was shot and killed on August 2, 2025. Police were called just before 1:40 a.m. to the 900 block of Cameron Avenue and found three people lying outside a home with gunshot wounds; all…

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Jaron Burris

Male, age 32 · Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jaron Burris, 32, a Black male, was shot and killed in the early hours of Saturday, August 2, 2025, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Officers were dispatched around 1 a.m. to the area of Queens Court off Stokes Street, where they found Burris in a parking area…

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Jose Roberto Ferreira

Male, age 37 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jose Roberto Ferreira, 37, a male of Hispanic / Latino ethnicity, spent the final hours of August 2, 2025 inside an apartment at The Brook complex off Johnston Road in the Charlotte area when violence shattered the evening. Officers were dispatched around 6…

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Kelsea Perkins

Female, age 23 · Winston Salem, North Carolina

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

Kelsea Perkins, 23, a Black/African American woman from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, was shot and killed on August 2, 2025. Police were called just before 1:40 a.m. to the 900 block of Cameron Avenue, where officers found three victims—among them Kelsea…

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Stephen Jerome Carroll

Male, age 39 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

Stephen Jerome Carroll II, 39, a Black/African American male, was shot just before midnight on August 2, 2025, along the 6200 block of South Boulevard near Archdale Drive in south Charlotte. Officers from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded…

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Surtonia Burton

Female, age 51 · Statesville, North Carolina

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

Surtonia Burton, 51, a woman from Statesville, was found just after 1:30 p.m. on August 2, 2025, lying in front of a home in the 1000 block of Fifth Street with multiple gunshot wounds. First responders rushed her to a local hospital, where she died a short…

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Taijuan Johnson

Male, age 43 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

Taijuan Johnson, 43, a male from the Cincinnati area, was discovered in the early morning hours of August 2, 2025, after his vehicle crashed near Smiley Avenue and Hitchcock Drive in Forest Park. Officers responding to a 4:29–4:30 a.m. crash call found him in…

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Davon Smith-Mahdi

Male, age 26 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of August 2, 2025, a dispute at a Lawrenceville gas station in Pittsburgh escalated into a fatal shooting that claimed the life of 26-year-old Davon Smith-Mahdi. The incident unfolded at the A-Plus Sunoco on Butler Street, where…

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Edward E Willis

Male, age 50 · Columbia, South Carolina

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of August 2, 2025, the life of 50-year-old Edward E. Willis, a male resident of Columbia, South Carolina, was tragically cut short. Emergency medical services personnel made the grim discovery, finding Mr. Willis deceased inside a…

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Nevaeh Wilson

Female, age 20 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of a warm Saturday evening in East Nashville, a community block party on Oakwood Avenue, filled with the sounds of music and laughter, turned into a scene of tragedy. On August 2, 2025, amidst the celebration, gunfire suddenly erupted…

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Adam Turck

Male, age 35 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

Adam Turck, a 35-year-old male, was a celebrated actor in the Richmond, Virginia theater community, known for his talent and compassionate spirit. A native of Pennsylvania, Turck had spent over a decade building a life and career in Richmond, where he was not…

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Ty’el Daveon Jones

Male, age 25 · Lawrenceville, Virginia

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of a Saturday night in Lawrenceville, Virginia, a verbal dispute escalated into a fatal encounter that ended the life of 25-year-old Ty'el Daveon Jones. On August 2, 2025, deputies from the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office were called to…

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Anthony Scott

Male, age 64 · Willis, Texas

Killed Aug 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

Anthony Scott, 64, a Black/African American man, was found shot to death inside a home in Willis, Texas, in the predawn hours of August 2, 2025. Deputies with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and officers from the Willis Police Department had been…

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Francis Thomas tom Th

Male, age 57 · Pine Ridge, South Dakota

Killed Aug 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the warm evening air of the Oglala Lakota Nation Wacipi and Fair in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, a beloved member of the community, Francis Thomas “Tom” Thunder Hawk Jr., a 57-year-old male, found himself in the midst of a fatal confrontation. On August 2…

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Richard Rick E.

Male, age 51 · Poland, Maine

Killed Aug 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the evening of August 2, 2024, a fatal shooting occurred at a residence on White Oak Hill Road in Poland, Maine, resulting in the death of 51-year-old Richard "Rick" E. Tayman Jr. of Oxford. The incident, which took place at approximately 7:50 p.m.…

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Michael Morgan

Male, age 18 · Casa-grande, Arizona

Killed Aug 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

In Casa Grande, Arizona, a tragic incident unfolded on the evening of August 2, 2024, leading to the death of 18-year-old Michael Morgan, a Black / African American male. The event took place at an apartment located near Trekell and Rodeo Roads. Responding to…

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Hunter Hall

Male, age 19 · Macon, Georgia

Killed Aug 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

In a quiet residential neighborhood in east Macon, Georgia, the life of 19-year-old Hunter Hall was tragically cut short on the evening of Friday, August 2, 2024. The young man was in the yard of a home on Dorothy Street when gunfire erupted, leaving him with…

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Shonda Rose Parker

Female, age 35 · Corbin, Kentucky

Killed Aug 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet town of Corbin, Kentucky, the life of 35-year-old Shonda Rose Parker was tragically cut short on Friday, August 2, 2024. The female victim was discovered in a car situated in the parking lot of a local hospital, the scene of what authorities are…

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Bradley Joseph Swint

Male, age 42 · Homer, Louisiana

Killed Aug 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late summer of 2024, the quiet rural landscape of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, became the backdrop for a grim discovery. On the morning of Friday, August 2, the Claiborne Parish Sheriff's Office received a report of a possible shooting on Maddry Road.…

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Tobias Ray Smith

Male, age 55 · Kelso, Washington

Killed Aug 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 2, 2024, the quiet community of Kelso, Washington, was disturbed by an act of violence that claimed the life of a local man. Tobias Ray Smith, a 55-year-old Caucasian male, was fatally shot in an incident that is currently…

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Forrest Ingerson

Male, age 68 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Aug 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

In what was later determined to be a murder-suicide, 68-year-old Forrest Ingerson, a White male, was found deceased in a southwest Oklahoma City residence. The tragic discovery was made by police on August 2, 2024, at a home near Southwest 25th and S Miller…

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Richard McKinnon

Male, age 54 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Aug 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late hours of a Friday night in Richmond, Virginia, the life of 54-year-old Richard McKinnon was tragically cut short. On August 2, 2024, in the historic neighborhood of Shockoe Bottom, McKinnon was found unresponsive in the 100 block of North 20th…

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Miguel Cruz

Male, age 47 · Bronx, New York

Killed Aug 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the evening of August 2, 2024, Miguel Cruz, a 47-year-old male, was fatally shot in the Bronx. The incident occurred at approximately 6:31 p.m. in front of an apartment building at 1600 Sedgwick Avenue in the Morris Heights section of the borough. Officers…

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Gregory Lee

Male, age 62 · Durham, North Carolina

Killed Aug 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 2, 2024, a family gathering in Durham County, North Carolina, ended in tragedy when 62-year-old Gregory Lee was fatally shot by his cousin, 59-year-old Alton Antonio Wall, who then took his own life. The incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. during an…

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Sherice Dangelo McClain

Male, age 51 · Raleigh, North Carolina

Killed Aug 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the morning of August 2, 2024, Raleigh police responded to a shooting incident on Briarmont Court, near Sunnybrook Road. Upon arrival, officers discovered two individuals with gunshot wounds: 51-year-old Sherice D'Angelo McClain and his wife, Yalanda…

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Jordan Nathan Ross Geiger

Male, age 18 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a late afternoon in August, the life of 18-year-old Jordan Nathan Ross Geiger was cut short in what police describe as a targeted shooting in the parking lot of a Giant Eagle in Ohio Township, a suburb of Pittsburgh, on August 2, 2024. Geiger, a recent…

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Richard A. Costello

Male, age 65 · Allentown, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late summer of 2024, a sense of unease settled over a quiet neighborhood in Salisbury Township, Pennsylvania. The concern began when family members were unable to reach 65-year-old Richard A. Costello. This worry prompted them to contact the police and…

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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.