Death by Force

Gary Kubasiak

Male, age 32 · Albany, New York

Killed Aug 30, 1982 · 44 years ago

On a late summer day, August 30, 1982, New York State Trooper Gary Kubasiak, a 32-year-old male, responded to a call in Dayton. A man, who was known to Trooper Kubasiak, had barricaded himself inside his residence on Route 62. A nine-year veteran of the State…

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Carl J Cookie Osborne

Male, age 33 · Marrero, Louisiana

Killed Aug 30, 1982 · 44 years ago

On an August evening in 1982, in Marrero, Louisiana, the life of 33-year-old Carl J. 'Cookie' Osborne was violently cut short. An African American man, he was at the home of his former girlfriend, Sheila Thomas, along with their four-year-old daughter…

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Shantel Marie Osborne

Female, age 4 · Marrero, Louisiana

Killed Aug 30, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the late summer of 1982, a wave of violence shattered the community of Marrero, Louisiana, forever changing the lives of one family. Among the victims was four-year-old Shantel Marie Osborne, a young girl whose life was tragically cut short on August 30th.…

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Henry Travers

Male, age 73 · Salem, New Hampshire

Killed Aug 30, 1980 · 46 years ago

On the night of August 30, 1980, Henry Travers Jr., a 73-year-old male from Derry, New Hampshire, was working his shift as the night clerk at the Fireside Motel on Route 28 in Salem. The motel, which is now the site of a Home Depot, became the scene of a…

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Frank Cash

Male, age 21 · St. Louis, Illinois

Killed Aug 30, 1979 · 47 years ago

On August 30, 1979, Frank Cash, a 21-year-old male, was fatally shot during a robbery at an auto parts store in East St. Louis, Illinois. During the incident, Cash pleaded for his life but was ultimately killed. The perpetrators of this crime were Girvies L.…

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Quellas Vasser

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Aug 30, 1977 · 49 years ago

On August 30, 1977, Quellas Vasser, a 27-year-old resident of Columbus, Ohio, was found deceased at his residence located at 4314 Dresden Street. The incident involved a fire, and Vasser was pronounced dead upon arrival by emergency responders. The…

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Ray Vasser

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Aug 30, 1977 · 49 years ago

On August 30, 1977, Ray Vasser, a five-year-old boy from Columbus, Ohio, died in a tragic fire that occurred at his residence on Dresden Street. Emergency responders rushed Ray to Riverside Hospital, but unfortunately, he was pronounced dead on arrival. The…

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Jacob M Jake Surber

Male, age 12 · Lincoln, Nebraska

Killed Aug 30, 1975 · 51 years ago

On a late summer day, August 30, 1975, a 12-year-old White/Caucasian male named Jacob Surber vanished from the Nebraska State Fair in Lincoln. What began as a day of youthful excitement turned into a parent's worst nightmare. Nine days later, his body was…

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Jon Simpson

Male, age 13 · Lincoln, Nebraska

Killed Aug 30, 1975 · 51 years ago

On a late summer day in Lincoln, Nebraska, what began as a youthful adventure to the Nebraska State Fair for two boys ended in a tragedy that would haunt the community for years. Thirteen-year-old Jon Simpson, a Caucasian male, and his twelve-year-old friend…

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Herbert Jones

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Aug 30, 1970 · 56 years ago

On August 30, 1970, Herbert Jones was found murdered in Dayton, Ohio. The homicide took place in Montgomery County, and it is considered an unsolved cold case. Herbert Jones was killed at an unspecified location in the city, and no suspects have been…

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William Bowling

Male, age 58 · London, Kentucky

Killed Aug 30, 1970 · 56 years ago

William Bowling, a 58-year-old man from the London, Kentucky, area, died on August 30, 1970, after arriving at Marymount Hospital in serious respiratory distress. Online accounts of the case describe Bowling as having difficulty breathing when he was brought…

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James B. Johnson

Male, age 38 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 30, 1903 · 123 years ago

On August 30, 1903, James B. Johnson, a 38-year-old white male motorman employed by the Chicago City Railway Company, was fatally shot during a violent robbery at the company's car barn located at 61st and State Streets in Chicago. In the early hours of the…

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Frank Stewart

Male, age 38 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 30, 1903 · 123 years ago

Frank Stewart, a 20-year-old white male, was shot and killed during a robbery at the Chicago City Railway Company office at 61st and State Streets on August 30, 1903. Stewart, who was employed as a night receiver, was balancing the day's receipts when a group…

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Dzale Murrel

Male, age 18 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Aug 30, 2026 · this year

D’zale Murrel, an 18-year-old male, was tragically killed in a shooting on Sunday, August 30, 2026, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The incident occurred in the driveway of a home on Atascadero Creek Court, near South Jones Boulevard and West Warm Springs Road, where a…

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Juarez Corbitt Sr

Male, age 40 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Killed Aug 30, 2026 · this year

In the late hours of Sunday, August 30, 2026, the city of Baton Rouge was marred by violence that claimed the life of 40-year-old Juarez Corbitt Sr. The incident unfolded around 11:48 p.m. in the 1200 block of North Ardenwood Drive, where police responded to…

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Antonio Collins

Male, age 38 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the evening of August 30, 2024, law enforcement officers in Kansas City, Missouri, were dispatched to a reported shooting near the intersection of East 22nd Street and U.S. Highway 71. Upon arriving at the scene around 7:50 p.m., police entered a wooded…

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Michael McNack

Male, age 38 · Union-city, California

Killed Aug 30, 2023 · 3 years ago

On August 30, 2023, at approximately 10:30 p.m., Union City police responded to a shooting in the 33500 block of Seventh Street. Upon arrival, officers discovered 38-year-old resident Michael McNack suffering from life-threatening injuries. He was transported…

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Clinton Bowser

Male, age 59 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 30, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the late hours of a summer Tuesday in Baltimore, Maryland, tragedy struck the life of Clinton Bowser, a 59-year-old man. On August 30, 2022, Bowser was found deceased inside a residence at 2300 Edgemont Avenue. Authorities had been called to the location…

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Andrew Hill

Male · Boston, Georgia

Killed Aug 30, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the late summer of 2022, a tragic event unfolded in the small community of Boston, Georgia, culminating in the death of Andrew Hill. On Tuesday, August 30, 2022, law enforcement from the Thomas County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a residence in…

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Dysaun Kershaw

Male, age 38 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 30, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the morning hours of August 30, 2022, a violent scene unfolded at a gas station on North Broad Street in Philadelphia. It was there that 38-year-old Dysaun Kershaw, a male resident of the city, was fatally wounded in a sudden and targeted attack. The…

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Roger Lane Qualls

Male, age 63 · Westminster, South Carolina

Killed Aug 30, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a late summer afternoon in Westminster, South Carolina, the life of Roger Lane Qualls, a 63-year-old white male, was brought to a violent and unexpected end. On Sunday, August 30, 2020, authorities received a distressing call around 2:15 p.m. reporting…

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Robert Burrows

Male, age 64 · East-st-louis, Illinois

Killed Aug 30, 2020 · 6 years ago

Robert Burrows, a 64-year-old man from East St. Louis, IL, tragically died on August 30, 2020. He was found shot in the pelvis at the Orr Weathers Housing Complex on Missouri Avenue. The incident occurred on July 24, 2020, and Burrows succumbed to his…

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Corey Tribble

Male, age 34 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 30, 2020 · 6 years ago

Corey Tribble, a 34-year-old Black male, tragically lost his life on August 30, 2020, in Philadelphia, PA. He was found on the sidewalk in the 1700 block of North 24th Street, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to his chest and upper body. Despite the…

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Edwin Martinez

Male, age 31 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Aug 30, 2018 · 8 years ago

Edwin Martinez, a 31-year-old male, was fatally shot on August 30, 2018, in Cleveland, Ohio. The incident occurred outside a local high school, where Martinez suffered a fatal gunshot wound. Details surrounding the circumstances of the shooting, including the…

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Alan Neal

Male, age 51 · Houston, Texas

Killed Aug 30, 2017 · 9 years ago

Alan Neal, a 51-year-old male from Houston, Texas, passed away on August 30, 2017. His death was the result of a fatal shooting that occurred in east Houston. On the evening of August 30, 2017, Houston police responded to a shoot-out in the 800 block of…

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Clayton Benoit

Male, age 51 · Whitehorse, Yukon

Killed Aug 30, 2017 · 9 years ago

Clayton Benoit, a 51-year-old man, died in Whitehorse, Yukon, on August 30, 2017, after suffering injuries that authorities later determined were the result of a homicide. Emergency Medical Services transported Benoit to Whitehorse General Hospital at…

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Anthony Stallworth

Male, age 34 · Tonawanda, New York

Killed Aug 30, 2015 · 11 years ago

Anthony Stallworth, a 34-year-old man from Buffalo, was shot and killed late on the night of August 30, 2015, in the Town of Tonawanda, New York, on a stretch of residential roadway where sudden violence was not something most neighbors expected to hear…

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Timothy Goodwin

Male, age 28 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Aug 30, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a late summer day in Buffalo, New York, the life of 28-year-old Timothy Goodwin was tragically cut short. On August 30, 2015, Goodwin, a male, was shot and killed on Crossman Avenue. His death prompted an investigation by the Buffalo Police Department that…

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Daniel Gurrola

Male, age 41 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 30, 2015 · 11 years ago

Daniel Guzman Gurrola, a 41-year-old Latino, tragically lost his life on August 30, 2015, in Los Angeles, California. The incident occurred around 11:15 p.m. in the 8700 block of Woodman Avenue in Arleta. According to reports, Gurrola was standing outside an…

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Daniel Orozco Garcia

Male, age 56 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 30, 2015 · 11 years ago

Daniel Orozco Garcia Sr., a 56-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on August 30, 2015, in Wilmington, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Garcia was fatally shot, marking a violent end to his life. The incident…

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Wenda Nicole Gunnels

Female, age 40 · Rome, Georgia

Killed Aug 30, 2015 · 11 years ago

Wenda Nicole Gunnels, a 40-year-old female from Kingston, Georgia, which is near Rome, passed away on Monday, August 30, 2015. A native of Cherokee County, she died at Floyd Hospital. Her passing was mourned by a loving family and a community of friends. She…

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Stephen Johnson

Male, age 56 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Aug 30, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the upscale Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, a series of events unfolded that culminated in the death of 56-year-old Stephen Johnson on August 30, 2014. The situation began the day before, on a Friday, when Seattle police were called to Johnson's home…

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Raphael Robert Taylor

Male, age 27 · Meridian, Mississippi

Killed Aug 30, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late summer of 2014, the life of 27-year-old Raphael Robert Taylor, a male resident of Meridian, Mississippi, was tragically cut short. In the early hours of Saturday, August 30, 2014, a 911 call was made by a woman who reported a man being hit by a…

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Christopher Richards

Male, age 23 · Bronx, New York

Killed Aug 30, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late hours of a summer night in the Bronx, tragedy struck a young man, leaving a community in search of answers. On Saturday, August 30, 2014, Christopher Richards, a 23-year-old male, was fatally shot in the Wakefield section of the borough. The…

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John Andrew Gancarz

Male, age 46 · Virginia-beach, Virginia

Killed Aug 30, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 30, 2013, the Chimney Hill area of Virginia Beach was disturbed by the sound of gunshots. When police arrived at the scene around 6:40 a.m., they discovered the body of 46-year-old John Andrew Gancarz, a male resident of…

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Agata Filipska Vellotti

Female, age 43 · Raleigh, North Carolina

Killed Aug 30, 2012 · 14 years ago

Agata Filipska Vellotti, a 43-year-old woman from Raleigh, North Carolina, tragically lost her life on August 30, 2012. Agata, originally from a small farm town outside of Krakow, Poland, had moved to the United States in 2007 after marrying Mario Vellotti in…

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Tedmund Dean Hall

Male, age 47 · Tujunga Canyons, California

Killed Aug 30, 2009 · 17 years ago

On the afternoon of Sunday, August 30, 2009, catastrophic conditions unfolded across the Angeles National Forest as the rapidly advancing Station Fire threatened lives and installations in the rugged mountains north of Los Angeles. At Camp 16 on Mount…

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Walter Perez Lopez

Male, age 17 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Aug 30, 2000 · 26 years ago

Walter Perez Lopez was 17 years old when he died on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2000, in the Westlake district west of downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 1527 W. 7th St. His death was ruled a…

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Myrtle Griffin

Female, age 44 · Marrero, Louisiana

Killed Aug 30, 1982 · 44 years ago

On a tragic day in Marrero, Louisiana, August 30, 1982, a violent outburst shattered the lives of a family. Myrtle Griffin, a 44-year-old female, was killed in her home alongside four other people. The devastating event stemmed from a troubled relationship…

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Owen Griffin

Male, age 45 · Marrero, Louisiana

Killed Aug 30, 1982 · 44 years ago

On a late afternoon in Marrero, Louisiana, the sound of gunshots shattered the calm of a neighborhood where 45-year-old Owen Griffin was playing cards with friends in a nearby vacant lot. It was August 30, 1982, and the shots were coming from his own home.…

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Sheila Thomas

Female, age 27 · Marrero, Louisiana

Killed Aug 30, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the late afternoon of August 30, 1982, a horrifying scene unfolded inside a home in Marrero, Louisiana, ending the life of 27-year-old Sheila Thomas, an African American female and a Jefferson Parish deputy sheriff. The tranquility of the neighborhood was…

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Brian Warford

Male, age 17 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Aug 30, 1982 · 44 years ago

Brian Warford, a 17-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on August 30, 1982, on the campus of Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio. His death was part of a series of racially motivated shootings carried out by Frank Spisak, a Nazi…

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