Death by Force

Alexander Benitez-Hernandez

Male, age 23 · Asheboro, North Carolina

Killed Aug 30, 2025 · 1 year ago

Alexander Benitez-Hernandez, 23, a Hispanic/Latino male, was shot and killed on the evening of August 30, 2025, in the parking lot of the Marshalls at 1418 East Dixie Drive in Asheboro, North Carolina. Police said a verbal altercation that began inside the…

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Jah’Breel Russell

Male, age 24 · Salisbury, North Carolina

Killed Aug 30, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jah'Breel Russell, 24, a Black/African American male, died on August 30, 2025, in Salisbury, North Carolina. In the pre-dawn hours, police were called to a reported home invasion and shooting in the 300 block of Klumac Road. Responding officers arrived around…

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Jayden Bonner

Male, age 17 · Maple Heights, Ohio

Killed Aug 30, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jayden Bonner, 17, male, Black/African American, was killed on August 30, 2025, after gunfire broke out in a Maple Heights neighborhood on a late-summer Saturday night. Police were called around 10 p.m. to the 5200 block of Thomas Street, where two boys with…

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Holden Lavita

Male, age 18 · Harriman, Tennessee

Killed Aug 30, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of Saturday, August 30, 2025, a party at a vehicle and boat detailing business in Harriman, Tennessee, turned fatal. Holden Howse Lavita, an 18-year-old male from Lenoir City, was shot in the head and later pronounced deceased at…

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Shereca M. Waters

Female, age 50 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Aug 30, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of a Saturday night in Nashville, a dispute simmering with anger boiled over into a tragedy that would end the life of 50-year-old Shereca M. Waters, a Black/African American woman. The evening of August 30, 2025, found Waters outside a…

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Christopher Barlow

Male, age 47 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Aug 30, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late summer of 2025, a violent act shattered the peace of a Richmond, Virginia neighborhood, leaving a family to grapple with a sudden and devastating loss. On the evening of August 30th, residents of the 1900 block of Sussex Street were startled by…

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Angel Garcia

Male, age 17 · Houston, Texas

Killed Aug 30, 2025 · 1 year ago

Angel Garcia, 17, a Hispanic male from Houston, was shot and killed late on the night of August 30, 2025, during a sprawling outdoor party in the 14700 block of Waldine Street in east Harris County. Deputies said the gathering drew roughly 200 people to an…

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Dortae Jarmal Ross

Male, age 21 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Aug 30, 2025 · 1 year ago

Just after 3 a.m. on August 30, 2025, Dallas police were sent to the 2400 block of 52nd Street in the Cedar Crest area of East Oak Cliff, where they found 21-year-old Dortae Jarmal Ross, a male, lying mortally wounded from a gunshot. He was pronounced dead at…

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Glenda Maria Aguilera Rubio

Female, age 21 · Fort Worth, Texas

Killed Aug 30, 2025 · 1 year ago

Glenda Maria Aguilera Rubio, 21, a female from Fort Worth, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head in the early hours of Saturday, August 30, 2025, inside a home on the 2600 block of Yeager Street while her two young children slept nearby. Authorities…

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Julian Guzman

Male, age 11 · Houston, Texas

Killed Aug 30, 2025 · 1 year ago

Julian Guzman, 11, a Hispanic/Latino male, spent the last Saturday night of August playing a familiar prank with friends in east Houston: ring a doorbell and run. Around 10:55 p.m. on August 30, 2025, after he knocked and fled from a house near the 9700 block…

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Tyler Gamez

Male, age 23 · Victoria, Texas

Killed Aug 30, 2025 · 1 year ago

Tyler Gamez, 23, a male of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, was shot in the early morning hours of August 30, 2025, in the 2100 block of Lone Tree Road in Victoria, Texas. According to police statements reported by local outlets, a fight erupted in the parking lot…

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Keith Davis

Male, age 22 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 30, 2025 · 1 year ago

Keith Davis, a 22-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on the night of August 30, 2025, on Milwaukee’s northwest side. Milwaukee police were called to the area of North 61st Street and West Congress Street at approximately 9:28 p.m. after gunfire was…

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Michael Lee

Male, age 37 · Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 30, 2025 · 1 year ago

Michael Lee, a 37-year-old Asian man from Eau Claire, Wisconsin, was killed on the afternoon of August 30, 2025, inside a residence on Sunset Drive. Shortly after 2 p.m., Eau Claire police received a 911 call reporting that someone had been shot. Officers and…

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Wesley Fowler Jr

Male, age 41 · Bessemer, Alabama

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

On an evening in late August, what was likely a routine stop at a local gas station tragically became the final moments for Wesley Fowler Jr. The 41-year-old man was caught in a burst of gunfire on August 30, 2024, at a Citgo gas station in his hometown of…

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Christopher Eddins

Male, age 25 · Bessemer, Alabama

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

The life of Christopher Dajuan Eddins, a 25-year-old Black man from Bessemer, Alabama, was violently cut short on the night of Friday, August 30, 2024. The tragedy unfolded at a Citgo gas station on 4th Avenue North in a triple homicide that also claimed the…

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Ronald Dixon

Male, age 20 · Bessemer, Alabama

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a tragic Friday night in Bessemer, Alabama, the life of 20-year-old Ronald Demetrius Dixon Jr. was violently cut short. He, along with two other men, Christopher Dajuan Eddins, 25, and Wesley Fowler Jr., 40, were fatally shot at a gas station on Fourth…

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April Rosella Barton

Female, age 48 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late evening hours of Friday, August 30, 2024, the life of 48-year-old April Rosella Barton was tragically cut short in a fatal hit-and-run incident in Birmingham, Alabama. The female pedestrian was attempting to cross the street at the intersection of…

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Alfredo Rodriqez Ruiz

Male, age 41 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late summer of 2024, tragedy struck the Inglenook community of Birmingham, Alabama, forever altering the life of Alfredo Rodriqez Ruiz. On a day in late August, the 41-year-old man was discovered wounded on the front porch of a residence, the victim of…

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Christopher Dajuan Eddins

Male, age 25 · Bessemer, Alabama

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a late summer evening in Bessemer, Alabama, the life of 25-year-old Christopher Dajuan Eddins, a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short. The date was August 30, 2024, when gunfire erupted at a Citgo gas station on 4th Avenue North…

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Ronald Demetrius Dixon Jr

Male, age 20 · Bessemer, Alabama

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a late summer evening in Bessemer, Alabama, the life of 20-year-old Ronald Demetrius Dixon Jr. was tragically cut short. The young Black man was one of three individuals killed in a brazen shooting at a Citgo gas station on August 30, 2024. The violent…

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Andres Wilkes

Male, age 20 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 30, 2024, a dispute at a convenience store in Phoenix, Arizona, escalated into a fatal encounter that left two young men dead. Andres Wilkes, a 20-year-old male, was identified as one of the individuals who lost his life…

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Jesus Erlandson-Gonzales Jr.

Male, age 22 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 30, 2024, Phoenix police were called to reports of gunfire at a Circle K convenience store near 17th Avenue and Van Buren Street, just west of downtown. Officers arrived around 12:30 a.m. to find Jesus Erlandson-Gonzales…

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Paul Myron

Male, age 54 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of Friday, August 30, 2024, the body of 54-year-old Paul Myron was discovered under an overpass in Phoenix, Arizona. A passerby alerted police to a deceased male on a pedestrian walkway near 3500 West Grand Avenue at approximately…

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Kavon Campbell

Male, age 20 · Davenport, Iowa

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the evening of August 29, 2024, the life of 20-year-old Kavon Campbell, a Black/African American male from Davenport, Iowa, was tragically cut short. At approximately 9:07 p.m., Davenport police were dispatched to the 7500 block of Northwest Boulevard…

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Kewhan Jerome Landrum Sr.

Male, age 42 · Pensacola, Florida

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

Kewhan Jerome Landrum Sr. was a 42-year-old Black man from Pensacola, Florida. Born on June 26, 1982, his life was ended by gun violence in his home city on August 30, 2024. In the early hours of that Friday morning, at approximately 2:44 a.m., officers with…

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Tristan Manigault

Male, age 37 · Savannah, Georgia

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

Tristan Lamar Manigault, 37, a Black male, was killed in Savannah on August 30, 2024, after a night in the downtown entertainment district turned violent. Police said officers were sent to the 100 block of West Congress Lane at about 2:15 a.m. after reports…

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Katrina J. Brown

Male, age 49 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 30, 2024, a tragic incident occurred in the West Pullman neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, resulting in the death of 49-year-old Katrina J. Brown. The incident began around 9:30 p.m. when Brown was sitting on a porch in the 11800 block of South…

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Ahsan Lamar Simmons

Male, age 18 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the morning of August 30, 2024, 18-year-old Ahsan Lamar Simmons was found deceased in the 3700 block of Reading Road near Burton Avenue in Cincinnati's North Avondale neighborhood. Responding to reports of an unresponsive individual around 7:35 a.m.…

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DQuince Crowell Jr.

Male, age 18 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

D’Quince Crowell Jr., 18, a Black male, was shot just after 7 p.m. on August 30, 2024, near North 36th Street and West Burleigh Street in Milwaukee. Officers and first responders worked to save his life and rushed him to a hospital, where he died of his…

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Kara Welsh

Female, age 21 · Whitewater, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

Kara Welsh, a 21-year-old White woman from Plainfield, Illinois, was a beloved senior and standout gymnast at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. A management major, she was a celebrated member of the Warhawk gymnastics team, earning a national title on…

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Jarin Josiel Avila-Chirinos

Male, age 26 · Beaufort, South Carolina

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

In a quiet mobile home park in Beaufort, South Carolina, the discovery of a young man's body shattered the community's sense of peace. Jarin Josiel Avila-Chirinos, a 26-year-old male, was found deceased with a gunshot wound in the Hilanda Mobile Home Park.…

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James Jackson Jr.

Male, age 39 · Rochester, New York

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late afternoon of August 30, 2024, tragedy struck on Cuba Place in the city of Rochester, New York, forever altering the lives of those connected to James Jackson Jr.. The 39-year-old man was seated in his vehicle when he was ambushed and shot multiple…

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Joshua Jasmin

Male, age 30 · Brentwood, New York

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a late August evening in Brentwood, New York, a verbal dispute on a residential front lawn escalated into a fatal encounter for Joshua E. Jasmin. On August 30, 2024, the 30-year-old North Babylon man was shot and killed outside a home on Charter Oaks…

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Roy Lee Elkins

Male, age 50 · Burnsville, North Carolina

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 30, 2024, 50-year-old Roy Lee Elkins of the Prices Creek Community in Burnsville, North Carolina, was fatally shot on Prices Creek Road. The Yancey County Sheriff's Office, with assistance from the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation…

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Alexander Villegas

Male, age 18 · Royse-city, Texas

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 30, 2024, at approximately 11 p.m., Royse City Police Department officers responded to a reported accidental shooting at a residence in the 6100 block of County Road 2597 in Royse City, Texas. Upon arrival, they found 18-year-old Alexander Villegas…

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Amiri Franklin

Male, age 20 · Victoria, Texas

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 30, 2024, at approximately 5:00 p.m., Victoria Police responded to a shooting incident on East Allendale Street in Victoria, Texas. Upon arrival, they found 20-year-old Amiri Izaiah Franklin suffering from gunshot wounds. Emergency Medical Services…

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Juan Carlos Rodriguez Jr

Male, age 18 · Brookshire, Texas

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

Juan Carlos Rodriguez Jr., an 18-year-old resident of Brookshire, Texas, tragically lost his life on August 30, 2024. The incident occurred at the Willow Springs Apartments, located in the 4400 block of 5th Street in Brookshire. At approximately 7:03 PM, the…

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Zion Hodges

Male, age 20 · Arlington, Texas

Killed Aug 30, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 30, 2024, at approximately 1:20 a.m., Arlington Police Department officers responded to reports of gunshots near a car wash in the 2500 block of Brown Boulevard. Upon arrival, they discovered 20-year-old Zion Hodges lying unresponsive on the…

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Jacob Jake Presley Ford

Male, age 38 · Montgomery, Alabama

Killed Aug 30, 2023 · 3 years ago

On a late summer day, the life of Jacob 'Jake' Presley Ford, a 38-year-old Caucasian male, was tragically cut short. On August 30, 2023, in Montgomery, Alabama, Ford was fatally shot at the Tin Top RV Park. The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office responded to…

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Marquavious Morris

Male, age 21 · West Memphis, Arkansas

Killed Aug 30, 2023 · 3 years ago

Marquavious Kentrell Morris, 21, a Black male from West Memphis, was shot to death on the afternoon of August 30, 2023, inside an apartment at The Ridge Apartments on West Jackson Avenue. Officers were dispatched at 3:41 p.m. and found Morris and a woman with…

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Maurice Taggart

Male, age 43 · Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Killed Aug 30, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 30, 2023, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, a domestic disturbance at the home of Maurice Taggart, a 43-year-old former local official, escalated into a fatal encounter. The incident involved Taggart and his 26-year-old son…

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Frankie Montoya

Male, age 34 · Pueblo, Colorado

Killed Aug 30, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late summer of 2023, the life of 34-year-old Frankie Adan Montoya of Pueblo, Colorado, was tragically cut short. Sources indicate he died from gun violence on August 30, 2023, while his formal obituary recorded his passing on September 2, 2023. A…

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Kenneth Jackson

Male, age 35 · Sanford, Florida

Killed Aug 30, 2023 · 3 years ago

On August 30, 2023, a 35-year-old man named Kenneth Jackson was shot and killed in Sanford, Florida. The incident occurred in the area of 14th Street and Oleander Avenue, where police found Jackson suffering from a gunshot wound. He was discovered in the…

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Jamal Andre Walton

Male, age 25 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 30, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late summer of 2023, the life of 25-year-old Jamal Andre Walton of Northwest, D.C., was tragically cut short. On Wednesday, August 30th, in the 2300 block of Ainger Place, Southeast, a burst of gunfire shattered the day. Walton was struck by the…

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Charles Watson Jr.

Male · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Aug 30, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late summer evening of August 30, 2023, a tragedy unfolded in Atlanta, Georgia, that claimed the life of 6-month-old Charles Watson Jr. The infant, his 27-year-old mother, and 23-year-old father were inside their vehicle at the Hills at Greenbriar…

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Edan Johnson

Male, age 5 · Gary, Indiana

Killed Aug 30, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late summer of 2023, a heart-wrenching incident unfolded in Gary, Indiana, leading to the untimely death of 5-year-old Edan Oliver Johnson. The young boy was visiting relatives at a home in the 2400 block of Filmore Street on August 30th when the…

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Justin Andrew Do

Male, age 39 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Aug 30, 2023 · 3 years ago

Justin Andrew Do, a 39-year-old male of Vietnamese heritage, died on August 30, 2023, following a shooting at a Menards store on the northeast side of Indianapolis. The incident, which also resulted in the death of 24-year-old Olajawon Malik Cowherd, stemmed…

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Olajawon Malik Cowherd

Male, age 24 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Aug 30, 2023 · 3 years ago

On the evening of August 30, 2023, a violent confrontation occurred at a home improvement store in Indianapolis, Indiana, resulting in the tragic loss of 24-year-old Black male Olajawon Malik Cowherd. Cowherd was employed as a security guard at the Menards…

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