Deaths by Force on August 5

Deaths by Force (542)

Death by Force5th anniversary

Juan Manuel Ochoa

Male, age 35 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

Juan Manuel Ochoa, a 35-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on August 5, 2021, in Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Ochoa was fatally shot near Alameda and East 83rd streets in the…

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Lester Virgil

Male, age 45 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Lester Scott Virgil, a 45-year-old operations supervisor at Los Angeles International Airport, was tragically shot and killed on August 5, 2016, in the Westmont area of Los Angeles. Virgil was at a friend's house, watching his son practice basketball drills…

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Antonio L. Jones

Male, age 23 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Aug 5, 2006 · 20 years ago

On Saturday, August 5, 2006, a violent series of events in Indianapolis, Indiana, claimed the life of 23-year-old Antonio L. Jones. The incident occurred during a chaotic weekend in the city that saw multiple shootings and fatalities. Jones, a male, was in…

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Richard Taylor

Male, age 18 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Aug 5, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the summer of 2006, a wave of violence swept through Indianapolis, leaving a trail of grief in its wake. Among the victims was 18-year-old Richard Taylor, a young man whose life was cut short in a burst of gunfire in the early morning hours of Saturday…

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Jeremiah Antonetty

Male, age 23 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Aug 5, 2006 · 20 years ago

Jeremiah Antonetty, a 23-year-old male from Charlotte, NC, tragically lost his life on August 5, 2006. The circumstances surrounding his death were both shocking and deeply saddening. Jeremiah was shot at point-blank range in the parking lot of a shopping…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Oscar Ray Hunter

Male, age 24 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 5, 1991 · 35 years ago

Oscar Ray Hunter, a 24-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically passed away on August 5, 1991. His death was a significant event that drew attention due to the circumstances surrounding it. Oscar was found deceased in Los Angeles County, and…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Payton Beroit

Male · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 5, 1991 · 35 years ago

Payton Beroit was tragically killed on August 5, 1991, in Los Angeles, California. He was shot three times while sitting in a white Toyota Supra parked outside a car wash on South Central Avenue. This incident was part of a broader pattern of gang violence in…

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Billy Wayne Smith

Male, age 53 · Warren, Arkansas

Killed Aug 5, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of August 5, 2026, the quiet community of Warren, Arkansas, was disturbed by a grim discovery that would set in motion a homicide investigation. Billy Wayne Smith, a 53-year-old man, was found lying on the ground outside an…

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Da’Vione Armand Adams

Male, age 24 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Aug 5, 2026 · this year

In the summer of 2026, a burst of gunfire shattered the evening quiet at a Birmingham, Alabama apartment complex, leaving a young man's life cut tragically short. Da’Vione Armand Adams, a 24-year-old male, was shot on the evening of Wednesday, August 5, 2026.…

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DeQuaviyan Whatley

Male, age 18 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Aug 5, 2026 · this year

In the summer of 2026, the life of 18-year-old DeQuaviyan Whatley was tragically cut short in a wave of violence that unfolded on a Wednesday night in Atlanta, Georgia. On the evening of August 5th, Whatley was inside a residence on Eason Street when a heated…

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Drayden Quiroz

Male, age 20 · San Antonio, Texas

Killed Aug 5, 2026 · this year

In a senseless act of violence that shattered a San Antonio community, 20-year-old Drayden Quiroz and his 11-year-old brother, Maliki Perales, were tragically killed on the evening of August 5, 2026. The brothers were in their family's vehicle, backing out of…

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Gabriel Kaine Duncan

Male, age 35 · Parsons, Kansas

Killed Aug 5, 2026 · this year

On August 5, 2026, the life of 35-year-old Gabriel Kaine Duncan was tragically cut short in his Parsons, Kansas, home. The day unfolded like any other until approximately 1:30 p.m., when the Parsons Police Department received a report of a shooting in the…

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Kayla Marie Stewart

Female, age 33 · Mobile, Alabama

Killed Aug 5, 2026 · this year

In the quiet early morning hours of August 5, 2026, a tragedy unfolded on Glen Acres Drive in Mobile, Alabama, that would cut short the life of 33-year-old Kayla Marie Stewart. Responding to a call about a shooting at approximately 12:45 a.m., Mobile Police…

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Kristie Ann Miltimore

Female, age 41 · Mill City, Oregon

Killed Aug 5, 2026 · this year

In the quiet, early morning hours of August 5, 2026, the small city of Mill City, Oregon, became the backdrop for a sorrowful event that would leave more questions than answers. Kristie Ann Miltimore, a 41-year-old woman from Bend, was discovered lifeless in…

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Maliki Perales

Male, age 11 · San Antonio, Texas

Killed Aug 5, 2026 · this year

In a quiet neighborhood on the far West Side of San Antonio, a normal Tuesday evening in August was shattered by an act of sudden and senseless violence that claimed the lives of two brothers. On August 5, 2026, 11-year-old Maliki Perales and his 20-year-old…

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Richard Williams

Male, age 20 · Hartford, Connecticut

Killed Aug 5, 2026 · this year

In the late hours of August 5, 2026, the Blue Hills neighborhood of Hartford, Connecticut, was shattered by the sound of gunfire. Responding to a ShotSpotter notification at approximately 10:17 p.m., Hartford Police officers arrived at the 100 block of North…

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Trinity Divine Harper

Male, age 25 · Roanoke, Virginia

Killed Aug 5, 2026 · this year

On a Wednesday in Roanoke, Virginia, the afternoon of August 5, 2026, was shattered by violence. In the 3700 block of Grandview Avenue NW, what began as a physical altercation between two men spiraled into an exchange of gunfire. When police officers arrived…

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Victor Armani Arias Rivera

Male, age 20 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Aug 5, 2026 · this year

In the late morning of August 5, 2026, a brazen and fatal shooting shattered the daily rhythm on Blue Hill Avenue in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood. Twenty-year-old Victor Armani Arias Rivera was shot multiple times and staggered into an apartment building…

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Adonis Kane Tucker

Male, age 1 · Huntsville, Alabama

Killed Aug 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a tragic event that unfolded in Huntsville, Alabama, one-year-old Adonis Kane Tucker lost his life on August 5, 2025. Emergency services were called to a house fire on Retlaw Street just before 3:00 p.m. Upon extinguishing the flames and entering the…

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Kirby Jones

Male, age 32 · Maplesville, Alabama

Killed Aug 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

A visit with a friend on a Tuesday in Chilton County, Alabama, ended in tragedy for Kirby Tyler Leon Jones. On August 5, 2025, the 31-year-old man from Clanton was shot and killed. The incident occurred at a residence on County Road 324. Jones was at his…

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Devonta Bazemore

Male, age 29 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of a Tuesday night in Washington, D.C., the sound of gunfire shattered the calm on a residential street. On August 5, 2025, at approximately 11:19 p.m., 29-year-old Devonta Bazemore, a male resident of Northwest, D.C., was shot and killed in…

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Brandon Stennett

Male, age 36 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Aug 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Brandon Stennett, a 36-year-old male of Black/African American ethnicity, was shot before dawn on August 5, 2025, in Los Angeles’ Westlake district near MacArthur Park. Shortly after 3 a.m., Los Angeles police officers from the Rampart Division responded to…

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Edgar Silva

Male, age 37 · Compton, California

Killed Aug 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Edgar Silva, 37, died on August 5, 2025, after being shot in a riverbed area along the 2800 block of East Del Amo Boulevard near Santa Fe Avenue, on the border of Carson and unincorporated Rancho Dominguez by Compton, California. The Los Angeles County…

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Stephanie Lawrence

age 42 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Aug 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Stephanie Lawrence, 42, a Black woman from Los Angeles, was found in a truck on August 5, 2025. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner identified her and assigned case number 2025-12472. Records reported through local dispatches state the manner of death was…

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Blake M. Walsh

Male, age 23 · Peru, Indiana

Killed Aug 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet landscape of Miami County, Indiana, the life of 23-year-old Blake M. Walsh of Peru came to a tragic end on Tuesday, August 5, 2025. A male, he was discovered deceased in a field off State Road 19 near County Road 150 East. The preliminary…

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Joshua Taylor

Male, age 50 · Greensburg, Indiana

Killed Aug 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of a quiet August night in Greensburg, Indiana, concern for 50-year-old Joshua Mark Taylor began to grow. A male resident of the small town, he was known for his quick wit and infectious sense of humor. A graduate of Greensburg High School…

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Taylor Hendershot

Female, age 30 · Vincennes, Indiana

Killed Aug 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the summer of 2025, a bright and creative spirit was tragically extinguished in Vincennes, Indiana. Taylor Danielle Hendershot, a 30-year-old White/Caucasian female, was a devoted mother to her son, Waylon, and a talented artist known for her beautiful…

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Wesley Dancler

Male, age 17 · Mishawaka, Indiana

Killed Aug 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of Tuesday, August 5, 2025, a gathering of teenagers and adults at the Parkview Terrace Apartments in Mishawaka, Indiana, turned tragic. Seventeen-year-old Wesley Dancler, a male, was present at the gathering inside one of the…

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Kashmire Tisdale

Male, age 22 · Wichita, Kansas

Killed Aug 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early hours of August 5, 2025, the life of 22-year-old Kashmire Tisdale was tragically cut short in Wichita, Kansas. A Black / African American male, Tisdale was found behind a residence in the 600 block of North Poplar with a gunshot wound to his…

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Jason Blake

Male, age 39 · Mccomb, Mississippi

Killed Aug 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a tragic turn of events on August 5, 2025, McComb Police Sergeant Jason N. Blake, a 39-year-old male, lost his life in a violent encounter in Pike County, Mississippi. Even though he was off-duty, Blake was responding to a call for help at a residence near…

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Jayden Collins

Male, age 16 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Aug 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jayden Collins, 16, male, was shot and killed on the night of August 5, 2025, outside a home on the 5600 block of North Bonita Vista Street in the northwest Las Vegas Valley after a large house party spilled into the street. Officers arrived around 10 p.m. to…

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Joshua Smith-Cordoba

Male, age 19 · Greensboro, North Carolina

Killed Aug 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Joshua Smith-Cordoba, age 19, male, Hispanic/Latino, was shot on the night of August 5, 2025, in Greensboro, North Carolina. Police found Joshua Smith-Cordoba with a gunshot wound in the parking lot of a Citgo on West Friendly Avenue shortly after 9 p.m.; he…

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Tahj Bazemore

Male, age 25 · Merry Hill, North Carolina

Killed Aug 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Tahj Malik Bazemore, a 25-year-old male from Merry Hill, North Carolina, whose ethnicity was not publicly stated, died on August 5, 2025. According to local authorities, the shooting unfolded in the parking lot of a convenience store in the 700 block of NC-45…

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John Isome

Male, age 35 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Aug 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the night of August 5, 2025, in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood, John Joshua Isome, 35, male, was found gravely wounded inside a vehicle near Mohawk Place and West McMicken Avenue. Responding officers reported gunshot wounds to his head and chest…

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Andrew Mozart Maka

Male, age 41 · Salt Lake City, Utah

Killed Aug 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late hours of a Monday evening in Salt Lake City, a gathering of men at an apartment in the Glendale neighborhood took a tragic turn, ending the life of 41-year-old Andrew Mozart Maka. On August 5, 2024, Maka, along with three other men, were drinking…

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Devon Anderson

Male, age 38 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Aug 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late hours of August 5, 2024, a dispute in a College Park, Georgia, parking lot turned fatal, ending the life of 38-year-old Devon Anderson. An off-duty Atlanta Police Department officer, Melvin Potter, was identified as the individual who shot and…

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Taywyn T Mason Jr.

Male, age 28 · Covington, Georgia

Killed Aug 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the summer of 2024, a life was tragically cut short in Covington, Georgia. Taywyn T. Mason Jr., a 28-year-old Black male, was fatally shot on the afternoon of Monday, August 5, 2024. The incident unfolded near a vape shop at the intersection of Almon and…

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Alvin Stanton

Male, age 34 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

Alvin Stanton Jr., a 34-year-old individual, lost his life due to gun violence on August 5, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in a city that has been plagued by high rates of gun violence. There is no detailed information available regarding…

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Deevon Jalen Graves

Male, age 28 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Aug 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

On August 5, 2024, at approximately 5 p.m., a double shooting occurred in the 3200 block of Bishop Street near the University of Cincinnati in Corryville. Officers arrived to find two male victims: one with non-life-threatening injuries, who was transported…

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Travontae Greene

Male, age 16 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a summer evening in Milwaukee, the life of 16-year-old Travontae Greene, a Black male, was tragically cut short. On August 5, 2024, at approximately 5:30 p.m., gunfire erupted near the intersection of 21st and Lloyd Street. Greene was struck by the bullets…

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Tyron Colbert

Male, age 10 · Salisbury, Maryland

Killed Aug 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet city of Salisbury, Maryland, a heartbreaking story unfolded on the evening of August 5, 2024. Ten-year-old Tyron Marque Colbert, Jr., a young male, was inside his home on Clay Street with his mother and two other young children when tragedy…

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Alile Young

Male, age 17 · Spartanburg, South Carolina

Killed Aug 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 5, 2024, tragedy struck in Spartanburg, South Carolina, claiming the life of 17-year-old Alile I'xavious Young. A student at Spartanburg High School, the young Black man was fatally shot at the Pine Lake Village apartments…

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Jaheem Farmer

Male, age 22 · Dillon, South Carolina

Killed Aug 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 6, 2024, the quiet of the Riverdale community in Dillon County, South Carolina, was shattered. Just after midnight, deputies responded to a call on Joe Drive concerning a gunshot victim. Upon their arrival, they discovered…

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Kejuan Collins

Male, age 25 · Andrews, South Carolina

Killed Aug 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

Kejuan Shamar Collins, a 25-year-old man, was fatally shot on August 5, 2024, in the parking lot of his workplace, Safe Rack, located on Highway 521 near Andrews, South Carolina. Reports indicate that Collins had been involved in an ongoing disagreement with…

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Juan Ortiz

Male, age 31 · North Bergen, New Jersey

Killed Aug 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a summer morning in North Bergen, New Jersey, the life of 31-year-old Juan Ortiz was tragically cut short. Shortly after 9 a.m. on Monday, August 5, 2024, police responded to reports of an injured man near the intersection of Meadowview Avenue and 61st…

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Dyamund Shields Jr

Male, age 31 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Aug 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 5, 2024, Dyamund Shields Jr., a 31-year-old male, was serving customers from his popular food truck, Chicken Macaroni & Cheese, at a large gathering near 70th Street and Prospect Avenue in Kansas City. Known for his…

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Terrance Sherrils

Male, age 28 · Independence, Missouri

Killed Aug 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 5, 2024, the life of Terrance Sherrils, a 28-year-old Black male, was tragically cut short. The events unfolded in a wooded area behind a business off U.S. 40 Highway in Kansas City, Missouri, a place known to be a…

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Zhyshawn Jahmel Tariq Owens

Male, age 22 · Jacksonville, North Carolina

Killed Aug 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

Zhyshawn Jahmel Tariq Owens, a 22-year-old resident of Jacksonville, North Carolina, tragically passed away on Monday, August 5, 2024, at his residence. The young man's life was cut short due to gun violence, as reported by multiple sources. The circumstances…

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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.