Deaths by Force on August 31

Deaths by Force (535)

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Juan Diego Cisneros

Male, age 25 · Grand Rapids, Michigan

Killed Aug 31, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of August 31, 2026, the life of 25-year-old Juan Diego Cisneros was tragically cut short in a shooting that occurred in Kentwood, a suburb of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Known to his friends and family as "Jhonny," Cisneros was a…

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Leotis Phillips

Male, age 16 · Juneau, Alaska

Killed Aug 31, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of August 31, 2026, in Juneau, Alaska, the lives of two families were irrevocably altered. At approximately 5:52 a.m., 16-year-old Leotis R. Phillips, an Alaska Native male, was reported missing from his home on Kanata Street. A few…

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Logan D. Moss

Male, age 34 · Paulding, Ohio

Killed Aug 31, 2026 · this year

In the late hours of a Monday evening in Paulding County, Ohio, a violent encounter irrevocably altered the course of several lives. On August 31, 2026, deputies were dispatched to a home in Washington Township around 10:30 p.m. following a report of a…

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Lola Hurt

Female, age 55 · Lynchburg, South Carolina

Killed Aug 31, 2026 · this year

In the quiet, close-knit community of Lynchburg, South Carolina, a grim discovery shattered the late summer peace. On the evening of September 2, 2026, the bodies of 55-year-old Lola Hurt and her 41-year-old daughter, Melony Johnson, were found at their home…

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Melony Johnson

Female, age 41 · Lynchburg, South Carolina

Killed Aug 31, 2026 · this year

In the late summer of 2026, a quiet community in Lynchburg, South Carolina, was unsettled by a grim discovery that marked the end of two lives. Melony Johnson, a 41-year-old woman, was found deceased at her residence on Pudding Swamp Road. She was not alone…

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Nalyn Reeves

Female, age 19 · Montgomery, Alabama

Killed Aug 31, 2026 · this year

In the late summer of 2026, the life of 19-year-old Nalyn Reeves was tragically cut short in Montgomery, Alabama. On the morning of August 31st, she and a friend, 25-year-old Undrea Willis, were fatally shot inside a residence in the 1800 block of Gibbs…

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Nicholas Christopher Grove

Male, age 52 · Anderson, South Carolina

Killed Aug 31, 2026 · this year

On what began as a routine Monday morning, the quiet of a new subdivision under construction in Anderson, South Carolina, was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 52-year-old Nicholas Christopher Grove. On August 31, 2026, Grove, a…

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Preston Fabers

Male, age 18 · North Charleston, South Carolina

Killed Aug 31, 2026 · this year

On the morning of August 31, 2026, in North Charleston, South Carolina, 18-year-old Preston Fabers was fatally shot while riding a CARTA public transportation bus. The incident occurred around 10:40 a.m. at a bus stop located in the 2900 block of Carner…

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Ronette Adams Bonnell

Female, age 66 · Boone, Iowa

Killed Aug 31, 2026 · this year

In the late summer of 2026, the community of Boone, Iowa, was shaken by the tragic death of 66-year-old Ronette Adams Bonnell. A beloved mother and a vibrant presence in her community, Ronette's life was cut short on August 31, 2026, in what was later…

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Silvia Bahena-Mota

Female, age 37 · Tooele, Utah

Killed Aug 31, 2026 · this year

On the night of August 31, 2026, in Tooele, Utah, the life of 37-year-old Silvia Bahena-Mota, a Hispanic mother of four, was brought to a tragic and violent end. Just before midnight, the sound of gunshots echoed through the neighborhood around Kings Landing…

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Tyrone Shorty

Male, age 20 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Aug 31, 2026 · this year

Tyrone Shorty, a 20-year-old man, was fatally shot during the early morning hours of August 31, 2026, in the heart of New Orleans’ French Quarter. At about 1:24 a.m., New Orleans Police Department officers were sent to the 400 block of Bourbon Street, between…

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Undrea Willis

Female, age 25 · Montgomery, Alabama

Killed Aug 31, 2026 · this year

In the late summer of 2026, the life of 25-year-old Undrea Willis was tragically cut short in Montgomery, Alabama. On the morning of Monday, August 31, 2026, police and paramedics were called to the 1800 block of Gibbs Circle within the Gibbs Village public…

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Venel Emile

Male, age 33 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Aug 31, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of August 31, 2026, a violent encounter in an apartment on Bayside Drive in Indianapolis brought a tragic end to the life of 33-year-old Venel Emile. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department officers were dispatched to the residence…

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Vincent Anthony Siqueiros

Male, age 42 · Tucson, Arizona

Killed Aug 31, 2026 · this year

In the late summer of 2026, the city of Tucson, Arizona, was shaken by a senseless act of violence that cut short the life of 42-year-old Vincent Anthony Siqueiros. In the early hours of August 31st, just after midnight, Siqueiros and a friend, 33-year-old…

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Zoey Clark

Female, age 16 · Juneau, Alaska

Killed Aug 31, 2026 · this year

On the morning of August 31, 2026, in Juneau, Alaska, the families of 16-year-old Zoey Clark, a Caucasian female, and 16-year-old Leotis Phillips began their day with a sense of unease that would soon turn to tragedy. Phillips was reported missing from his…

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Kristy Denise Harrison

Female, age 35 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Tarrant, Alabama, a Labor Day weekend gathering turned into a scene of tragedy, claiming the life of 35-year-old Kristy Denise Harrison. A resident of nearby Birmingham, Harrison was visiting friends on Ford Avenue on the evening…

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Brandon Goldberg

Male, age 44 · Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late afternoon of Sunday, August 31, 2025, the quiet of a Pine Bluff, Arkansas neighborhood was disturbed by the discovery of a homicide. Brandon Goldberg, a 44-year-old male, was found deceased inside a passenger vehicle. The car was parked in the…

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Eliseo Valverde

Male, age 17 · Cerritos, California

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

Seventeen-year-old Eliseo “Cheo” Sandoval Valverde, a Hispanic male from Cerritos, was killed in the early morning hours of August 31, 2025, after gunfire ripped through the south parking lot of Don Knabe Community Regional Park on Bloomfield Avenue.…

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Jonathan Derek Bush

Male, age 21 · Carmichael, California

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jonathan Derek Bush, 21, a Black male, was found shot to death on the morning of August 31, 2025, inside the Lance Apartments on the 4800 block of El Camino Avenue in Carmichael. Deputies were called around 7 a.m. after a family member requested a welfare…

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Jose Tellez

Male, age 21 · Cerritos, California

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jose Tellez, 21, a Hispanic male from Cerritos, was one of two people struck down just after 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 31, 2025, when gunfire erupted in the south parking area of Don Knabe Community Regional Park, in the 19700 block of Bloomfield Avenue.…

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Jessica Lillo

Female, age 36 · Sarasota, Florida

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jessica Lillo, 36, a Black woman, was walking with friends in Sarasota when the night turned chaotic just before 3:15 a.m. on Sunday, August 31, 2025. Near the 1100 block of North Washington Boulevard by Princeton Street—outside a cluster of late-night…

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Grace Choi

Female, age 15 · Duluth, Georgia

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a quiet suburban neighborhood in Johns Creek, Georgia, the life of a talented and beloved teenager, 15-year-old Grace Choi, was tragically cut short in what police have described as a domestic-related murder-suicide. Grace, a gifted violinist and a…

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Myoung Hee Choi

Female, age 52 · Duluth, Georgia

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a tragic event that unfolded in a quiet, upscale neighborhood, 52-year-old Myoung Choi, a woman of Korean ethnicity, was found deceased in her home in Duluth, Georgia. The somber discovery was made by police on Sunday, August 31, 2025, after they were…

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Nelson Reynolds Crenshaw

Male, age 46 · Macon, Georgia

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late morning of a Sunday in Macon, Georgia, the life of 46-year-old Nelson Reynolds Crenshaw III was tragically cut short. On August 31, 2025, Bibb County deputies responded to a call around 9:30 a.m. concerning a shooting in the vicinity of the 6000…

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Cedrick Hicks

Male, age 33 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

Cedrick Hicks, a 33-year-old male, Black / African American, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of August 31, 2025, inside a home on the 6300 block of South Elizabeth Street in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. Police said the shooting happened…

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Dejah Manning

Female, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

Dejah Manning, 26, a Black/African American woman, stepped into the last evening of August 31, 2025, in Chicago’s Far South Side with an ordinary night ahead of her. By day’s end, her name would be added to the city’s toll of lives cut short. In Riverdale’s…

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Morgan Alaniz

Male, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

He was 18 years old, male, and his name was Morgan Alaniz. On Sunday night, August 31, 2025, as the heat of Labor Day weekend settled over Little Village, Chicago police were called to the 2400 block of South Drake Avenue around 8:30 p.m. They found the…

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Pedro Pepe Toledo Catalan

Male, age 57 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

Pedro “Pepe” Toledo Catalan, a 57-year-old male, was walking through Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood in the early hours of August 31, 2025, when gunfire erupted near the intersection of 17th Street and Wolcott Avenue. According to police and witnesses, a party…

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Cameron Ballentine

Male, age 17 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of a summer night in Shreveport, Louisiana, tragedy struck a family and a community. On August 31, 2025, 17-year-old Cameron Ballentine, a male, was fatally shot in the Martin Luther King neighborhood. The incident, which marked the 25th…

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Frederick Stevens

Male, age 18 · Eunice, Louisiana

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a late summer evening in Eunice, Louisiana, the life of 18-year-old Frederick Stevens Jr. was tragically cut short. The male teenager was fatally shot on Sunday, August 31, 2025. That night, at approximately 10:00 p.m., police received a report of about…

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Jimiah Lambert

Male, age 31 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, August 31, 2025, the life of 31-year-old Jimiah Lambert, a Black male, was tragically cut short by gun violence in New Orleans. The shooting occurred around 12:30 a.m. at the intersection of Chef Menteur Highway and Downman…

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Karine Asatryan

Female, age 35 · Watertown, Massachusetts

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a tragic day in late August of 2025, the quiet community of Watertown, Massachusetts, was shaken by a devastating event that unfolded within a home on Boyd Street. It was here that 35-year-old Karine Asatryan, a White female, lost her life in a violent act…

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Major Kip Smith

Male, age 61 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

Major Kip Smith, a 61-year-old Black/African American man, was shot and killed in Baltimore, Maryland, on the afternoon of Sunday, August 31, 2025. The incident occurred in broad daylight around 3:15 p.m. in the 5000 block of Palmer Avenue, within the Central…

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Nadia Alciyan Abrahamian

Female, age 80 · Watertown, Massachusetts

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

An Armenian woman, Nadia Alciyan Abrahamian, age 80, was tragically found deceased on August 31, 2025, in her Watertown, Massachusetts, home. Her life was cut short by gunfire in what authorities have described as a deeply troubling murder-suicide. The…

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Maritza Ferman Sorto

Female, age 35 · Gaithersburg, Maryland

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Gaithersburg, Maryland, the life of 35-year-old Maritza Ferman Sorto was tragically cut short. On August 31, 2025, at approximately 2:42 a.m., the sound of gunfire shattered the quiet of the 9000 block of Centerway…

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Jessie Lathan Jr

Male, age 41 · Greenwood, Mississippi

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jessie Lathan Jr., a 41-year-old Black male, tragically lost his life to gun violence on August 31, 2025, in Greenwood, Mississippi. His death occurred over the Labor Day weekend, a time typically marked by celebration, but which became a period of mourning…

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Melvin Harris

Male, age 31 · Vicksburg, Mississippi

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

In Vicksburg, Mississippi, a life was abruptly cut short on a Sunday afternoon, leaving a community in search of answers. Melvin Harris, a 31-year-old male, was fatally shot on August 31, 2025, outside a local convenience store, an event that shattered the…

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Reginald Brown

Male, age 23 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late summer evening of August 31, 2025, tragedy struck in Jackson, Mississippi, ending the life of 23-year-old Reginald Renaird Brown, Jr. He was fatally shot in the 5800 block of Ridgewood Road and was pronounced dead at the scene. The incident marked…

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Eric Baker

Male, age 21 · Saint Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of a Sunday over Labor Day weekend, the life of 21-year-old Eric Baker, a Black male from St. Louis, was tragically cut short. On August 31, 2025, at approximately 11:35 p.m., the sound of gunfire pierced the night in the 2100 block of…

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Jesse Dalton Hensley

Male, age 19 · Farmington, New Mexico

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jesse Dalton Hensley, a 19-year-old White male from Farmington, New Mexico, died in the early hours of August 31, 2025, after gunfire erupted near East Murray Drive and Camina Entrada. Police said a group had gathered there shortly before 2 a.m. when an…

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Lamar White

Male, age 15 · Farmington, New Mexico

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of August 31, 2025, a dispute that began at a party escalated into a fatal shooting in Farmington, New Mexico, leaving two teenagers dead, including 15-year-old Lamar White. The incident, which police do not believe was a random act…

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Calvin Akeem Ellis

Male, age 36 · Nashville, North Carolina

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

Calvin Akeem Ellis, a 36-year-old man from Nashville, North Carolina, was shot on a late-summer Sunday and died soon after at a hospital. Officers with the Nashville Police Department were dispatched around 2:45 p.m. to a home on Smith Street, where they…

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Joseph Kincaid Byrd

Male, age 76 · Morganton, North Carolina

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

Joseph Kincaid Byrd Jr., 76, male, White/Caucasian, of Morganton, North Carolina, died on August 31, 2025, after a house fire on Swink Street in the Antioch community revealed a far darker crime. Investigators and local media later confirmed that the fire…

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Michael Curtis Hallyburton

Male, age 63 · Morganton, North Carolina

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

Michael Curtis Hallyburton, a 63-year-old White male from Morganton, North Carolina, was killed on August 31, 2025, in what authorities ultimately classified as a double homicide on Swink Street in Burke County’s Antioch community. The first sign of trouble…

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Bemnet Deresse

Male, age 27 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

Bemnet Deresse, 27, a man of Ethiopian origin, died on August 31, 2025, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was found after an afternoon burst of gunfire in the 1500 block of Beacon Avenue, where officers arrived around 1:30 p.m. to a scene with four people shot. Two…

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Eden Adugna

Female, age 22 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

Eden Adugna, a 22-year-old woman of Ethiopian origin, died on August 31, 2025, in Cincinnati's Mount Washington neighborhood after a shooting inside an apartment on Beacon Avenue. She was with her 20-year-old sister, Feven Adugna, and their friend…

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Feven Adugna

Female, age 20 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

Ethiopian immigrant Feven Adugna, age 20 and female, was shot and killed on the afternoon of August 31, 2025, in Cincinnati’s Mount Washington neighborhood. Police were called around 1:30 p.m. to the 1500 block of Beacon Avenue and found four people with…

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Melinda Green

Female, age 45 · Lorain, Ohio

Killed Aug 31, 2025 · 1 year ago

Melinda Green, 45, a White/Caucasian female, was found fatally wounded in her West 24th Street apartment in Lorain, Ohio, on Sunday morning, August 31, 2025. Police were dispatched around 6:45–7:00 a.m. for reports of an unresponsive woman and discovered her…

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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.