Deaths by Force on August 6

Deaths by Force (543)

Death by Force50th anniversary

Rick Johnston

Male, age 17 · Norwood Park Township, Illinois

Killed Aug 6, 1976 · 50 years ago

Rick Louis Johnston, a 17-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on August 6, 1976, in Norwood Park Township, Cook County, Illinois. Rick was one of the victims of John Wayne Gacy, a notorious serial killer and sex offender who was responsible for the…

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Death by Force60th anniversary

Mark Dunnam

Female, age 15 · Everman, Texas

Killed Aug 6, 1966 · 60 years ago

On August 6, 1966, 15-year-old Marcus Dunnam was visiting his cousin, Robert Brand, in Alvarado, Texas. Marcus, who enjoyed playing the drums, had been visiting his grandmother in Fort Worth. That evening, Marcus and Robert drove to Everman to visit Robert's…

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Death by Force60th anniversary

Robert Brand

Male, age 17 · Everman, Texas

Killed Aug 6, 1966 · 60 years ago

Robert Brand, a 17-year-old Caucasian male from Everman, Texas, tragically lost his life on August 6, 1966. He was visiting his girlfriend, Louise Sullivan, and his cousin, Marcus Dunnam, at a baseball field in Everman when they were all kidnapped by Kenneth…

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Death by Force60th anniversary

Mark Dunman

Male, age 15 · Waco, Texas

Killed Aug 6, 1966 · 60 years ago

Mark Dunman, a 15-year-old male, tragically lost his life on August 6, 1966, in what became known as the "Broomstick Murders." Mark was visiting his cousin, Robert Brand, in Texas when he, Robert and Robert’s girlfriend, Edna Louise Sullivan were abducted by…

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Death by Force60th anniversary

Edna Sullivan

Female, age 16 · Johnson County, Texas

Killed Aug 6, 1966 · 60 years ago

Edna Louise Sullivan, a 16-year-old Caucasian female, tragically lost her life on August 6, 1966, in Johnson County, Texas. She was abducted and murdered by Kenneth Allen McDuff, a notorious serial killer. Sullivan was with her friends, Robert Hugh Brand and…

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Death by Force70th anniversary

Donald Lee Baker

Male, age 13 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Aug 6, 1956 · 70 years ago

Donald Lee Baker, a 15-year-old White male, disappeared on August 6, 1956, in the San Gabriel Canyon area of Los Angeles County, California. He was last seen riding his bicycle near the reservoir alongside Brenda Howell, a 12-year-old White female. Despite…

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Death by Force75th anniversary

Anthony Tony Brancato

Male · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 6, 1951 · 75 years ago

Anthony "Tony" Brancato, a notorious figure in the American underworld, met a violent end on August 6, 1951, in Los Angeles, California. Brancato, originally from Kansas City, Missouri, had a long history of criminal activities, including armed robbery, drug…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Abraham Villasano

Male, age 27 · Northridge, California

Killed Aug 6, 2021 · 5 years ago

Abraham Villasano, a 27-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on August 6, 2021, in Northridge, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Villasano was shot near 19600 Plummer Street. The incident occurred on…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Roosevelt Billups

Male, age 53 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 6, 2021 · 5 years ago

Roosevelt Billups, 53, was stabbed to death on a sidewalk in the 200 block of North Karlov Avenue in West Garfield Park, on Chicago's West Side, on the afternoon of Friday, August 6, 2021. The Chicago Police Department investigated his death. According to…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Kashaad James

Male, age 20 · Paterson, New Jersey

Killed Aug 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of a summer Saturday in Paterson, New Jersey, the life of Kashaad James was tragically cut short. On August 6, 2016, the 20-year-old man was gunned down in a shooting that also left two other men wounded. The incident unfolded…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Antoine Christopher St. Lawrence

Male, age 20 · Hampton, Virginia

Killed Aug 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the night of August 6, 2016, Antoine Christopher St. Lawrence, a 20-year-old man, ended up in the roadway at the intersection of Milford Avenue and Bright Street in Hampton, Virginia, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Officers had been dispatched…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Anthony Gonzalez

Male, age 27 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 6, 2006 · 20 years ago

Anthony Gonzalez, a 27-year-old Latino male, was tragically shot and killed on August 5, 2006, in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Gonzalez succumbed to his injuries on the same day. The incident occurred in a…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Juan Manuel Flores

Male, age 25 · Pasadena, California

Killed Aug 6, 2006 · 20 years ago

Juan Manuel Flores was 25 years old when he died on Sunday, Aug. 6, 2006, in Pasadena, a city in the western San Gabriel Valley northeast of downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 360…

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Antwone Goodman Jr

Male, age 18 · Grand Rapids, Michigan

Killed Aug 6, 2026 · this year

On a summer evening in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the life of 18-year-old Antwone Goodman Jr. was tragically cut short. On August 6, 2026, police responded to reports of a shooting near the intersection of Plymouth Avenue and Mason Street. Arriving at the scene…

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Arvontai Equadrius Owens

Male, age 28 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Aug 6, 2026 · this year

In the late summer evening of August 6, 2026, a burst of gunfire shattered the peace in Louisville's historic Smoketown neighborhood. When the echo of the shots faded, two lives had been tragically cut short. Arvontai Equadrius Owens, a 28-year-old man, was…

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Chad Hawkins

Male, age 53 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Killed Aug 6, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of August 6, 2026, the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was disturbed by an act of violence that claimed the life of 53-year-old Chad Hawkins. The incident took place in the 7400 block of Plank Road, a street that would become the…

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Dadrianna Elliot

Female, age 31 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Aug 6, 2026 · this year

A tragic incident of gun violence on August 6, 2026, claimed the life of 31-year-old Dadrianna Elliot in the Smoketown neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. The shooting, which also resulted in the death of 28-year-old Arvontai Owens, unfolded on a Thursday…

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Dangealo Applewhite

Male, age 28 · Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Killed Aug 6, 2026 · this year

On the night of August 6, 2026, a verbal dispute in the front yard of a residence on the 200 block of Jesse Brown Street in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, escalated to a fatal conclusion. In the ensuing violence, 28-year-old Dangealo Applewhite of Bassfield was…

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Drequan Gross

Male, age 25 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 6, 2026 · this year

On a summer evening in Baltimore, Maryland, the life of a young man was tragically cut short. Drequan Gross, a 25-year-old Black male, was found shot on August 6, 2026, in the Pigtown neighborhood of the city. The incident occurred at approximately 5:31 p.m.…

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Henry James

Male, age 50 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Aug 6, 2026 · this year

Henry James, a 50-year-old Black/African American man from Richmond, Virginia, was fatally shot on the evening of August 6, 2026, in the city’s East End. At about 8:45 p.m., Richmond Police officers were sent to the 1300 block of North 19th Street after a…

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Jamari Sharpe

Male, age 21 · Durham, North Carolina

Killed Aug 6, 2026 · this year

Jamari Yamar Sharpe, a 21-year-old male from Morrisville, North Carolina, was fatally shot in Durham on August 6, 2026. Durham police were called at approximately 4:19 p.m. after receiving a report that someone had suffered a gunshot wound. Officers…

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Jeremiah Jacorey Tolliver

Male, age 18 · Rock Hill, South Carolina

Killed Aug 6, 2026 · this year

On a late summer evening in Rock Hill, South Carolina, the life of 18-year-old Jeremiah Jacorey Tolliver came to a violent and unexpected end. On Thursday, August 6, 2026, police responded to calls of gunfire around 10:41 p.m. on Springdale Road. Upon…

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John Flores Jr.

Male, age 33 · Big Spring, Texas

Killed Aug 6, 2026 · this year

In the late evening of Thursday, August 6, 2026, the city of Big Spring, Texas, was disturbed by an altercation that ended in the tragic death of 33-year-old John Flores Jr. Known affectionately to his friends and family as "JJ," Flores was a man remembered…

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Kenneth Queen

Male, age 60 · Fenton, Missouri

Killed Aug 6, 2026 · this year

A quiet evening in Fenton, Missouri, was shattered by violence on August 6, 2026, leaving two men dead and a community searching for answers. One of the victims was 60-year-old Kenneth Queen, a male resident of Fenton. The night's tragic events began to…

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Malcolm King

Male, age 41 · Hyattsville, Maryland

Killed Aug 6, 2026 · this year

Malcolm King, a 41-year-old man from Silver Spring, Maryland, was fatally shot on August 6, 2026, during an encounter in the Landover area of Prince George’s County. Although initial descriptions of the incident referenced the Hyattsville area, subsequent…

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Miles Perez

Male, age 24 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Aug 6, 2026 · this year

In the late summer of 2026, the life of a young man, Miles Perez, was tragically cut short in Los Angeles, California. On August 6, 2026, the 24-year-old White/Caucasian male died at his residence. The initial reports from the Los Angeles County coroner's…

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Reginald Foreman

Male, age 51 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Aug 6, 2026 · this year

In the Hyde Park neighborhood of South Los Angeles, 51-year-old Reginald Foreman, a Black man known for his dedication to community activism, was shot and killed on the afternoon of August 6, 2026. Foreman was working on a fencing project near Crenshaw…

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Merlin Ortiz

Male, age 32 · Pueblo, Colorado

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early hours of a summer morning in Pueblo, Colorado, the life of 32-year-old Merlin Ortiz was tragically cut short. On August 6, 2025, Ortiz, a male, was killed in an act of gun violence. The unexpected nature of his death sent shockwaves through his…

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Ethan Christensen

Male, age 18 · Frederica, Delaware

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

Ethan Christensen, an 18-year-old White male from Frederica, Delaware, was found fatally shot on the night of August 6, 2025, after troopers were called for a welfare check to Lorna Drive in the Highpoint Mobile Home Park. Responding units arrived around…

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Linda Hyman

Female, age 81 · Frederica, Delaware

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of August 6, 2025, in the quiet Highpoint Mobile Home Park in Frederica, Delaware, a welfare check led to a grim discovery that shattered the community's sense of peace. Responding to a call just before 11 p.m., Delaware State Police troopers…

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Anthony Lopez-Rodriguez

Male, age 37 · Hesperia, California

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

Anthony Lopez-Rodriguez, 37, a male of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, died after a shooting on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, in Hesperia, California. Deputies were dispatched at 5:21 p.m. to the 9800 block of Third Avenue, where they found Anthony Lopez-Rodriguez…

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Luis Parra Estrada

Male, age 44 · Carson, California

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

Luis Parra Estrada, 44, male, Hispanic/Latino, was found shot to death on August 6, 2025, near Compton Creek by the Long Beach Freeway after first responders were called to the riverbed area in the evening; though some listings record the death under Carson…

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Robert Denardes Whittle Jr

Male, age 30 · Miami, Florida

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

Thirty-year-old Black man Robert Denardes Whittle Jr. was shot on the evening of August 6, 2025, inside Ike's Food Center at 3374 Douglas Road in Miami's Coconut Grove. Officers responded to the scene after reports of gunfire, and paramedics rushed Whittle to…

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Shannon Kampman

Female, age 54 · Kimberly, Idaho

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late summer of 2025, the community of Twin Falls County was unsettled by the discovery of a deceased woman south of the city. On the evening of August 6, the body of Shannon Kampman, a 54-year-old female, was found by law enforcement at the Dry Gulch…

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Franklin Hiram Scudder

Male, age 46 · Thomasville, Georgia

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late summer of 2025, a domestic disturbance in Thomasville, Georgia, ended in the tragic death of 46-year-old Franklin Hiram Scudder. The incident, which occurred on August 6, 2025, led to the arrest of his own son, Tristin Hiram Scudder, who was 24 at…

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Tyeler Jackson

Male, age 19 · Fairburn, Georgia

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a quiet subdivision in Fairburn, Georgia, the evening of August 6, 2025, was shattered by the sound of gunfire, leaving 19-year-old Tyeler Jackson, a Black male, clinging to life on a residential street. Police and emergency crews were dispatched to…

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Julian Keith Flowers

Male, age 24 · Fort Wayne, Indiana

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the predawn hours of August 6, 2025, the life of 24-year-old Julian Keith Flowers was tragically cut short in a shooting at the Willow Creek Crossing Apartments in Fort Wayne, Indiana. A Black/African American male, Flowers was discovered by Fort Wayne…

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Brandon Oman

Male, age 38 · Glenwood, Iowa

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet town of Glenwood, Iowa, a dispute between neighbors culminated in a tragic series of events on the evening of August 6, 2025. Brandon Oman, a 38-year-old White male, was fatally shot outside a residence in the 400 block of North Grove Street. The…

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Stevie Oman

Female, age 35 · Glenwood, Iowa

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet town of Glenwood, Iowa, a neighborhood dispute on August 6, 2025, escalated into a tragic event that claimed the lives of a married couple. Stevie Oman, a 35-year-old Caucasian female, and her 38-year-old husband, Brandon Oman, were shot outside…

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Gregory K. Travis Jr

Male, age 27 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

Gregory K. Travis Jr, a male from Chicago, was found shot around 10 p.m. on August 6, 2025, in the Bronzeville neighborhood, in the 3500 block of South Rhodes Avenue. Responding officers discovered the 27-year-old with a gunshot wound to the head, lying…

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Kayshawn Wilkerson

Male, age 18 · Great Lakes, Illinois

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

Kayshawn Wilkerson, 18, a Black/African American male, died on August 6, 2025, at Naval Station Great Lakes in Lake County, Illinois, after sustaining a gunshot wound at the base’s firing range. Emergency responders were called to Building 7315, the USS…

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Drew Davis

Male, age 42 · Topeka, Kansas

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the night of August 6, 2025, just after 11:15 p.m., police were called to the 100 block of NW Kendall Avenue in Topeka, Kansas. There, officers found Drew L. Davis, 42, suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds. Medical personnel pronounced Drew…

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Robert Dyden

Male, age 25 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of August 6, 2025, the life of 25-year-old Robert Lavon Dyden Jr. was tragically cut short in a violent intrusion into a Louisville, Kentucky home. Responding to a call at approximately 5:45 a.m. in the Buechel neighborhood, police…

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Jaylen Smith

Male, age 16 · Paulina, Louisiana

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the small community of Paulina, Louisiana, the life of 16-year-old Jaylen Smith was tragically cut short by gun violence on August 6, 2025. A student at Lutcher High School, Jaylen's death left his family and the local community in mourning. Details…

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Andre Matthews

Male, age 43 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of August 6, 2025, a life was tragically cut short on a Las Vegas street. Andre Matthews, a 43-year-old Black / African American man, was found lying in the roadway on Sahara Avenue near Interstate 15 with a fatal gunshot wound to his neck.…

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Braisen Cain

Female, age 42 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a tragic evening in Kansas City, Missouri, the life of 42-year-old Braisen Cain was brought to a violent end in her own front yard. On August 6, 2025, police were called to the 4000 block of Morrell Avenue around 7:50 p.m. for a reported shooting. Upon…

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Chrishonda Ciera Wynn

Female, age 34 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

Chrishonda Ciera Wynn, a Black woman, was 34 years old when gunfire tore through Over-the-Rhine on the night of August 6, 2025. Around 9:10–9:15 p.m., as she walked along Republic Street near Green, a shooter unleashed a barrage—at least 15 rounds, by police…

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Matthew Rackley

Male, age 17 · Athens, Tennessee

Killed Aug 6, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late summer evening of August 6, 2025, in Athens, Tennessee, the life of 17-year-old Matthew 'Matt Matt' Devon Isaiah Rackley, a male, was tragically cut short by gun violence. The shooting, which authorities later described as a targeted attack, also…

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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.