Deaths by Force on August 8

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Deandre Keon Howard

Male, age 37 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of Sunday, August 8, 2021, a dispute outside a Birmingham, Alabama, gentlemen's club escalated to fatal violence, claiming the life of 37-year-old Deandre Keon Howard. The incident occurred at the Empire Gentleman's Club located on…

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LeBriel Davis

Male, age 15 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late hours of a Sunday evening in Birmingham, Alabama, the life of 15-year-old Le'Breil Shamar Davis was tragically cut short. On August 8, 2021, the young Black male was fatally wounded in a shooting that occurred around 11:05 p.m. in the 700 block of…

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LeBreil Davis

Male, age 15 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a warm summer evening in Birmingham, Alabama, the life of a young man was tragically cut short. LeBreil Shamar Davis, a 15-year-old Black male, was fatally shot on the night of August 8, 2021. The incident occurred at approximately 11:05 p.m. in the 700…

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Arthur Serrano Parra

Male, age 47 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the summer of 2021, the life of 47-year-old Arthur Serrano Parra, a Hispanic male, was cut short in an act of gun violence in Phoenix, Arizona. On the evening of Sunday, August 8th, Parra was discovered inside a vehicle, having sustained a fatal gunshot…

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Bob Yen-Ho Chen

Male, age 31 · Tempe, Arizona

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

Bob Yen-Ho Chen, a 31-year-old Asian male, was a prominent swimming coach in the Phoenix area, leading Chandler High School’s swim team and the Rio Salado Swim Club and coaching athletes who reached the U.S. Olympic Trials. Born in Taipei and later raised in…

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Juan Bautista Garcia

Male, age 17 · Hartford, Connecticut

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

On the afternoon of August 8, 2021, a promising young Hispanic male's life was cut tragically short on Martin Street in Hartford, Connecticut. Seventeen-year-old Juan Bautista Garcia, an up-and-coming rapper known by his stage name "YNT Juan," was discovered…

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Tyishoun Matheney

Male, age 27 · Hamden, Connecticut

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early moments of August 8, 2021, a verbal dispute at the intersection of Goodrich and Butler streets in Hamden, Connecticut, escalated into fatal violence. Shortly after midnight, 27-year-old Tyishoun Matheney, a male resident of New Haven, was shot…

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Stephanie Marie Weis

Female, age 30 · Kingwood, West Virginia

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a summer day in August 2021, the life of 30-year-old Stephanie Marie Weis, a White female from Kingwood, West Virginia, was tragically cut short. On August 8th, she was fatally shot in a residence on Pleasantdale Road. The circumstances of her death would…

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Adrian Anastacio Richardson

Male, age 44 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

On August 8, 2021, a tragic incident occurred on a Trimet bus in Southeast Portland, Oregon, resulting in the death of 44-year-old Adrian Anastacio Richardson. The incident was classified as a homicide after Richardson was found to have died from gunshot…

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Miguel Sanchez

Male, age 25 · Holyoke, Massachusetts

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late evening of Sunday, August 8, 2021, the life of 25-year-old Miguel Sanchez, a Mixed Race male from Holyoke, Massachusetts, was tragically cut short. Emergency services received a 9-1-1 call around 9:24 p.m. reporting a shooting in the vicinity of…

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Carl L Putmon Jr

Male, age 50 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a summer evening in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the life of 50-year-old Carl L. Putmon Jr., a Black male, was tragically cut short. On August 8, 2021, at the intersection of 12th Avenue South and East Lake Street, Putmon sustained multiple gunshot wounds.…

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Darryl Wells Jr

Male, age 25 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

On the evening of August 8, 2021, a dispute inside a business on the 1800 block of Glenwood Avenue North in Minneapolis escalated into a fatal shooting. Darryl Wells Jr., a 25-year-old Black man, was shot multiple times. Minneapolis police responded to…

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Dalton Morrow II

Male, age 42 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early moments of a Sunday morning in Louisville, Kentucky, the life of 42-year-old Dalton Morrow II was brought to a tragic and heroic end. On August 8, 2021, Morrow was in the Taylor Berry neighborhood when he was fatally shot. The Louisville Metro…

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Kennedy Wilson

Female, age 24 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late summer of 2021, the life of a young woman from Jackson, Mississippi, was tragically cut short, leaving a family and a young child to grapple with the sudden and violent loss. Kennedey Wilson, a 23-year-old female, was fatally shot on August 8…

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Delray Lloyd

Male, age 27 · Benton-harbor, Michigan

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

Delray Lloyd, a 27-year-old Black male, tragically lost his life on Sunday, August 8, 2021, in his former hometown of Benton Harbor, Michigan. Though he had relocated to Indianapolis, Indiana, at a young age with his mother, he was back in the city on that…

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Nyles Benjamin Hopkins

Male, age 19 · Flint, Michigan

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

Nyles Benjamin Hopkins, a 19-year-old male, was fatally shot on August 8, 2021, in Flint, Michigan. The incident occurred at an intersection near Mott Community College. Hopkins, who was from Saginaw, was in Flint visiting friends at the time of his death.…

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Raymond Leonard Harbert Jr.

Male, age 29 · Center-line, Michigan

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early hours of August 8, 2021, the life of 29-year-old Raymond Leonard Harbert, Jr., a White/Caucasian male, was tragically cut short in Center Line, Michigan. A father of three from Clinton Township, Harbert was shot multiple times following a…

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Diamonte Malik Brown

Male, age 22 · Williamsburg, Virginia

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the quiet community of Williamsburg, Virginia, the life of 22-year-old Diamonte Malik Brown was tragically cut short on the evening of August 8, 2021. Known affectionately as “D,” Brown was a well-known and loved figure in both the Williamsburg and York…

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Rodgeric Antonio Johnson

Male, age 45 · Newport-news, Virginia

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a late summer evening in Newport News, Virginia, the life of 45-year-old Rodgeric Antonio Johnson, a Black male, was tragically cut short. On August 8, 2021, at approximately 10:52 p.m., police responded to a call of a shooting at the Denbigh Trace…

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Jessica Meyer

Female, age 46 · Corydon, Indiana

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late summer of 2021, the community of Corydon, Indiana, was shaken by the tragic death of Jessica Jurine 'Jay' Meyer, a 46-year-old woman known for her generous spirit and diverse talents. On Sunday, August 8, 2021, police were called to an apartment…

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Fred Brewster

Male, age 18 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the summer of 2021, a life was tragically cut short in a south Kansas City hotel. Fred Brewster, an 18-year-old male, was fatally shot on Sunday, August 8, 2021. The incident occurred before 1 p.m. inside a room at the Extended Stay hotel situated in the…

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Nigel Scott Alexander Batts

Male, age 23 · Sumter, South Carolina

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 8, 2021, a life was tragically cut short in Sumter, South Carolina. Nigel Scott Alexander Batts, a 23-year-old male, was fatally shot outside a bar on Peach Orchard Road. Following the incident, he was rushed to Prisma…

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Robin Johnson

Male, age 61 · Vance, South Carolina

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the quiet town of Vance, South Carolina, a gathering of friends and family at a party took a tragic turn, ending in the untimely death of Robin Johnson. On August 8, 2021, the 61-year-old man was fatally shot, leaving a community in shock and mourning. The…

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Jermaine Dixon

Male, age 41 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 8, 2021, the life of 41-year-old Jermaine Dixon was tragically cut short in Baltimore, Maryland. His body was discovered around 8:40 a.m. on the 3500 block of Springdale Avenue. Investigators determined that the cause of…

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Donald Nash

Male, age 32 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the warm, late-night hours of August 8, 2021, a gathering in an East New York, Brooklyn backyard turned into a scene of chaos and tragedy. Donald Nash, a 32-year-old Black man, was among those present when gunfire suddenly erupted, shattering the night's…

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Nicholas Palmer

Male, age 36 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early hours of a Sunday in August 2021, the sounds of a party at a Brooklyn event space were tragically interrupted by gunfire. When the violence subsided, 36-year-old Nicholas Palmer and another man, Novada Bailey, also 36, were dead, and three other…

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KevVion Schrubb

Male, age 22 · Fresno, California

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

Kev'Vion Ray Ni'Ke Schrubb, a 22-year-old resident of Fresno, California, tragically lost his life on August 8, 2021. The incident occurred just after midnight when Fresno Police responded to a call regarding a gunshot victim at the intersection of Maple and…

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Shannon Betz

Female, age 52 · Vista, California

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

Shannon Betz, a 52-year-old resident of Vista, California, was tragically found dead on August 8, 2021. The cause of death was determined to be a gunshot wound to the head, and the manner of death was ruled as homicide. Betz's body was discovered by his…

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Elias Nassah

Female, age 35 · Orlando, Florida

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

Elias Nassah, a 35-year-old male security guard, tragically lost his life on August 8, 2021, in Orlando, Florida. Elias Nassah was working as a security guard at the Days Inn near the Orange County Jail when the incident occurred. On the night of the…

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John Henry Rembert Jr

Male, age 42 · Hollywood, Florida

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

John Henry Rembert Jr., a 42-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on August 8, 2021, in Hollywood, Florida. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning in West Park, a neighborhood in Broward County. According to reports…

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Nigel Lamar Brown

Male, age 9 · Albany, Georgia

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the quiet of a late Sunday evening in Albany, Georgia, on August 8, 2021, a devastating act of violence shattered the peace of a family and a community. Inside his home on West Gordon Avenue, 9-year-old Nigel Lamar Brown was asleep in his bed when gunfire…

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Kenneth Kenny Harvey

Male, age 42 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

Kenneth "Kenny" Harvey, a 42-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on August 8, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, a community that has seen its share of violence. Harvey was fatally shot…

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Yashreanna Bell-Young

Female, age 24 · Loves-park, Illinois

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

On August 8, 2021, Yashreanna Bell-Young, a 24-year-old African American woman from Loves Park, Illinois, was tragically shot and killed. The incident occurred just before 11 p.m. in the area of the 7700 block of Venus Street. When authorities arrived at the…

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Typolia Peters Jr

Male, age 21 · Bogalusa, Louisiana

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

On the morning of August 8, 2021, a 21-year-old male named Typolia Peters Jr. was fatally shot outside his apartment in the Lumberton Cove apartment complex, formerly known as Highland Park, in Bogalusa, Louisiana. For over a year, the investigation into the…

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Desha Franklin

Female, age 25 · Monroe, North Carolina

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

Desha Franklin, a 25-year-old African American woman, tragically lost her life on August 8, 2021, in Monroe, North Carolina. She was found shot along South Johnson Street near Maple Street and was immediately flown to a Charlotte hospital for treatment.…

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Markovia Lashawn Durham

Male, age 29 · Gastonia, North Carolina

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

Markovia Lashawn Durham, a 29-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on August 8, 2021, in Gastonia, North Carolina. The incident occurred when Durham's 2-year-old son accidentally shot him while playing with a gun. The child, who was…

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Aaron Lucas

Male, age 29 · Canton, Ohio

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

Aaron Lucas, a 29-year-old man from Canton, Ohio, tragically died on August 8, 2021. He was the father of Ace Lucas, a 1-year-old boy who was fatally shot in their home on July 22, 2020. Aaron Lucas was set to testify in the trial of Trejuan Johnson, who was…

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Elijah Jonathan Johnson

Male, age 20 · Easton, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

A promising young man’s life was cut short in the parking lot of a Target in Lower Nazareth, Pennsylvania, an event that shattered the peace of a Sunday afternoon and left a family mourning. Twenty-year-old Elijah Jonathan Johnson, a male with a passion for…

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Johnkelian ‘John John’ Mathis

Male, age 17 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

Johnkelian “John-John” Mathis, a seventeen-year-old male, was killed on Sunday, August 8, 2021, in Knoxville, Tennessee. A student at Austin-East High School, Mathis was preparing to enter his senior year where he was recognized as a Project Grad Scholar, had…

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Cynthia Lynette Jackson

Female, age 44 · Bryan, Texas

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

Cynthia Lynette Jackson, a 44-year-old woman from Bryan, TX, tragically died on August 8, 2021, from a gunshot wound. She was found non-responsive at the scene of a shooting in Brenham, TX, and despite immediate medical attention, she succumbed to her…

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Derek Johnson

Male · Houston, Texas

Killed Aug 8, 2021 · 5 years ago

Derek Jerell Johnson, a 32-year-old African American male, passed away on August 8, 2021, in Houston, Texas. His death has been the subject of significant investigation and legal scrutiny. Derek's untimely demise has left a profound impact on his family…

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John Hosey

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 8, 2016 · 10 years ago

On August 8, 2016, John Hosey, aged 28, was shot and killed in Chicago during a time of escalating violence in the city. August 2016 was particularly deadly for Chicago, with 90 homicides reported in that month alone, marking it as the deadliest month the…

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Cory H Hughes

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 8, 2016 · 10 years ago

Cory H. Hughes, a 28-year-old resident of Chicago, was fatally shot on August 8, 2016. The incident occurred in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, a community that has faced significant issues with crime and violence for many years. Hughes was found at the…

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Michael C Lucas

Male, age 61 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 8, 2016 · 10 years ago

Michael C. Lucas, aged 61, was fatally shot on August 8, 2016, while sitting on a porch on Chicago’s South Side. At the time of the shooting, Lucas was reportedly spending time with his young relatives. This tragic incident occurred during what was considered…

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Lee Martin

Male, age 43 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 8, 2016 · 10 years ago

Lee Martin, aged 43, was shot and killed on August 8, 2016, in Chicago. The incident took place in the South Side neighborhood of Auburn Gresham, an area that has seen a high incidence of violent crime over the years. Martin was found with multiple gunshot…

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Denzel A Mickiel

Male, age 24 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 8, 2016 · 10 years ago

Denzel A. Mickiel, a 24-year-old man from Chicago, was fatally shot on August 8, 2016, in a tragic incident that occurred in the South Shore neighborhood. Mickiel's death added to the growing number of homicides in Chicago during a year of heightened gun…

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Erik L Williams

Male, age 27 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 8, 2016 · 10 years ago

Erik L. Williams, aged 27, was shot and killed on August 8, 2016, in Chicago, during a period marked by a significant increase in gun violence throughout the city. His death contributed to one of Chicago's deadliest years in two decades, with August alone…

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William Villa

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 8, 2016 · 10 years ago

William Villa, aged 25, was fatally shot on August 8, 2016, in Chicago's West Town neighborhood. His death occurred during one of the most violent months in Chicago's recent history, which saw an alarming surge in gun violence that year. August 2016, in…

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