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Ruhjanae Gibbs

Female, age 21 · Hollywood, South Carolina

Killed Aug 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the late hours of August 8, 2019, or the early morning of August 9, 2019, a tragic series of events unfolded in Hollywood, South Carolina, culminating in the death of 21-year-old Ruhjanae Gibbs. Gibbs was discovered with a gunshot wound on the side of…

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Tyson Angelo Anderson

Male, age 19 · Columbia, South Carolina

Killed Aug 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Tyson Angelo Anderson was a 19-year-old Black male from the Irmo area of Columbia, South Carolina, remembered by his family as a loving, full-of-spirit young man who lit up every room with his smile. He was born on November 9, 1999, and had earned his GED…

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Anthony Michael Tafoya Ortiz

Male, age 24 · Pasadena, California

Killed Aug 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Anthony Michael Tafoya Ortiz, a 24-year-old resident of Los Angeles, was tragically shot on August 9, 2019, in Pasadena, California. The incident occurred on the 100 block of Painter Street, a residential area where Ortiz was found suffering from a gunshot…

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Jonathan McCoy

Male, age 18 · Holiday, Florida

Killed Aug 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Jonathan McCoy, an 18-year-old male from Holiday, Florida, was tragically killed on August 7, 2019. The incident occurred at his home on Holiday Lake Drive, where he was found with gunshot wounds to his chest and head. Despite being transported to the…

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Terry Thompson

Male, age 52 · Loxahatchee, Florida

Killed Aug 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Terry Thompson, aged 52, was found dead on August 9, 2019, in his home in Loxahatchee, Florida. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office responded to a domestic incident at the residence, where they discovered Terry Thompson's unresponsive body in the living…

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Wydeldric Denson

Male, age 26 · Milledgeville, Georgia

Killed Aug 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the late summer of 2019, the life of 26-year-old Wydeldric 'Mel' Denson was tragically cut short in what authorities believe was a burglary that took a fatal turn. On the evening of August 9th, Denson was inside his apartment located on the 1900 block of…

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Rachel Faye McFarland

Female, age 36 · Mattoon, Illinois

Killed Aug 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Rachel Faye McFarland, a 36-year-old woman from Mattoon, Illinois, tragically passed away on August 9, 2019. Rachel, who was born on July 20, 1982, in Salem, Illinois, was a dedicated mother and a beloved member of her community. She was known for her sweet…

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Desmond Myles Jenkins

Male, age 18 · Raleigh, North Carolina

Killed Aug 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Desmond Myles Jenkins, an 18-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on August 9, 2019, in Raleigh, North Carolina. Desmond was a recent graduate of Sanderson High School and was set to attend Vance-Granville Community College to play…

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Leontay Trevon Bryant

Male, age 23 · Rocky-mount, North Carolina

Killed Aug 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Leontay Trevon Bryant, a 23-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on August 9, 2019, in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. On that fateful day, at approximately 12:53 PM, the Rocky Mount Police Department received a distress call reporting a…

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Rocio Gonzalez

Female, age 49 · Burlington, North Carolina

Killed Aug 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Rocio Gonzalez, a 49-year-old Hispanic woman, tragically lost her life on August 9, 2019, in Burlington, North Carolina. The incident occurred in the parking lot of the East Village Shopping Center on North Church Street. Police received a call around 4:10…

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Sebastian Acosta-Bayona

Male, age 19 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Aug 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Sebastian Acosta-Bayona, a 19-year-old male, was tragically shot and killed on August 9, 2019, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The incident occurred at the Sharon Point Apartment Homes located on Amity Pointe Road. The call for service came in at 8:39 p.m. as…

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Yusefiman Wright

Male, age 46 · New-bern, North Carolina

Killed Aug 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Yusefiman Wright, a 46-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on August 9, 2019, in New Bern, North Carolina. Wright was shot at the Beech Grove Mobile Home Park on Washington Post Road. The incident occurred just after midnight, and…

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Epifanio Hernandez

Male, age 69 · Houston, Texas

Killed Aug 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Epifanio Fidel Fernandez, also known as Hernandez, was a 69-year-old Hispanic man who tragically lost his life on August 9, 2019, in Houston, Texas. The circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of significant investigation and legal scrutiny.…

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Jacob Cole Thompson

Male, age 17 · Beeville, Texas

Killed Aug 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Jacob Cole Thompson, a 17-year-old male from Beeville, Texas, tragically lost his life on August 9, 2019. He was a student at A.C. Jones High School and was known for his love of baseball and football. Jacob was shot and killed near the intersection of Nimitz…

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Jakebrian Jones

Male, age 30 · Carthage, Texas

Killed Aug 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

Jakebrian Keke Jones, a 30-year-old male of African American ethnicity, tragically died on August 9, 2019, in Carthage, Texas. The circumstances surrounding his death were initially unclear, leading to a thorough investigation by local authorities. As the…

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Julien Charles Griffin

Male, age 10 · Mckinney, Texas

Killed Aug 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

On August 9, 2019, Julien Charles Griffin, a 10-year-old boy from McKinney, Texas, tragically lost his life after being shot at the Atlantic McKinney Ranch apartment complex. Julien was transported to Medical City McKinney, where he later succumbed to his…

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Luis Baltazar

Male, age 19 · Houston, Texas

Killed Aug 9, 2019 · 7 years ago

On August 9, 2019, a tragic incident occurred on Interstate 10 in Houston, Texas, during the evening rush hour. A vehicle was deliberately struck by another car, causing it to spin out of control. Following the collision, two individuals exited the striking…

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Jill Lanette Robinson

Female, age 52 · Salt Lake City, Utah

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

Jill Robinson, a 52-year-old Caucasian woman, was a dedicated code enforcement officer for West Valley City, a suburb of Salt Lake City, Utah. On the morning of August 9, 2018, she was carrying out her duties, making a routine follow-up visit to a residence…

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Christopher Zamudio

Male, age 45 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the late summer of 2018, the city of Denver was jolted by the discovery of a grim scene tucked away from the bustling city life. On the morning of August 9th, the bodies of three individuals were found behind a building on South Broadway. Among them was…

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Jerome Coronado

Male, age 39 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the late summer of 2018, the life of 39-year-old Jerome Coronado was tragically cut short in Denver, Colorado. On the morning of August 9th, he, along with his wife Nicole Boston, 28, and another man, Christopher Zamudio, 45, were discovered shot to death…

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Nicole Boston

Female, age 28 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the late summer of 2018, the life of 28-year-old Nicole Boston was tragically cut short in Denver, Colorado. On the morning of August 9th, she, along with her husband Jerome Coronado, 39, and another man, Christopher Zamudio, 45, were found dead in a…

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Darian White

Male, age 21 · Junction City, Kansas

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 9, 2018, the sound of gunshots pierced the quiet of a Junction City, Kansas neighborhood. Responding to the call at approximately 1:48 a.m., police arrived at the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 700 block of W.…

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Lonzo Allen Washington

Male, age 28 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

Lonzo Allen Washington, aged 28, was fatally shot on the evening of August 9, 2018, in the 1000 block of Morgan Avenue North, Minneapolis. The incident occurred just after 8 p.m., and police officers responding to a report of shots fired found Washington with…

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Taylor Craig Fehlen

Male, age 37 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

Taylor Craig Fehlen, a 37-year-old Caucasian male, tragically lost his life on the night of August 9, 2018, in Seattle, Washington. Born in Toledo, Ohio, he had been a resident of West Seattle for the last three decades of his life. A passionate musician, he…

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Robert Taylor

Male, age 41 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the thick of a Milwaukee summer, a simmering August day turned deadly for 41-year-old Robert DaQuan “Quan” Taylor, a Black male. On August 9, 2018, a confrontation that had been brewing earlier in the day reached its violent end at a Citgo gas station…

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Evan Smutz

Male, age 20 · Keyport, New Jersey

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

On a summer afternoon in Keyport, New Jersey, a dispute erupted that tragically ended the life of 20-year-old Evan Smutz. The male victim, a graduate of Keyport High School where he had been a member of both the football and baseball teams, was fatally shot…

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Joseph Jones

Male, age 37 · Millville, New Jersey

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

On the evening of August 9, 2018, Joseph Lee Jones Sr., a 37-year-old male, was fatally shot in the parking lot of Lakeside Middle School in Millville, New Jersey. The incident occurred at approximately 8:15 p.m., just as a youth football practice had…

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Eyahlamar Davis

Male, age 19 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the warm summer night of August 9, 2018, the life of 19-year-old Eyahlamar L. Davis was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire in Richmond, Virginia. A recent graduate of Huguenot High School, the young Black man was found with a fatal gunshot wound in…

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Samuel Elijah Hill

Male, age 33 · Hampton, Virginia

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

On the warm evening of August 9, 2018, the life of 33-year-old Samuel Elijah Hill of Newport News, Virginia, was cut short by gunfire. The fatal encounter took place in Hampton, Virginia, just before 10 p.m. in the 300 block of Lincoln Street. Hill was in…

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Marshall Lyles Cooper

Male, age 26 · Blacksburg, South Carolina

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the early morning hours of August 9, 2018, the life of 26-year-old Marshall Lyles Cooper was tragically cut short in his Blacksburg, South Carolina, home. Three armed men, identified as Elijah Malik Thompson, Daniel Vaughn Eaton, and Dominique J'Vonne…

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Joey Boyd

Male, age 29 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the summer of 2018, the life of Joey Boyd, a 29-year-old Black man, was cut short by gunfire in Baltimore, Maryland. On the afternoon of August 9th, violence erupted in the 2100 block of Hollins Street, leaving Boyd with fatal injuries. The incident was…

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Ana Soto

Female, age 26 · Escondido, California

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

Ana Soto, a 26-year-old resident of Escondido, California, tragically lost her life on August 9, 2018. The circumstances surrounding her death were both shocking and heartbreaking. Ana was found in a burned SUV with multiple stab wounds and a gunshot wound to…

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Chris Charles

Male, age 21 · Orlando, Florida

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

Chris Charles, a 21-year-old resident of Orlando, Florida, tragically lost his life on August 9, 2018. The incident occurred in the Pine Hills neighborhood, where Charles was found shot inside a wrecked Infiniti SUV at the intersection of Pine Hills Road and…

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Willie Bell

Male, age 60 · Cairo, Georgia

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the late afternoon of Thursday, August 9, 2018, the quiet of a Cairo, Georgia neighborhood was broken by a grim discovery. Willie Bell, a 60-year-old male, was found in the yard of his residence in the 600 block of 15th Street SW. The initial call led the…

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Derric Baltimore

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

Derric Baltimore, a 28-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on August 9, 2018, in Chicago, IL. The incident occurred around 9:25 p.m. in the 3500 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue in the South Side's Oakland neighborhood. Derric…

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Brenda Ann Herbin

Female, age 61 · High-point, North Carolina

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

Brenda Ann Herbin, a 61-year-old African American woman, tragically lost her life on August 9, 2018, in High Point, North Carolina. Her death was the result of a shooting incident that occurred in the early hours of the morning. Police were called to the…

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Jerry Vinson Hayes

Male, age 77 · Taylorsville, North Carolina

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

Jerry Vinson Hayes, a 77-year-old man from Taylorsville, NC, passed away unexpectedly on August 9, 2018. He was born on May 17, 1941, in Iredell County and was known for his love of hunting and the outdoors. Hayes was a devoted family man, leaving behind five…

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Christian B. Smith

Male, age 15 · Barberton, Ohio

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

Christian Blake Smith, a 15-year-old male from Barberton, Ohio, tragically passed away on August 9, 2018. Christian was born to Rachelle Owens and the late Ryan Smith. He was known for his vibrant personality and was well-loved by his family and friends.…

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Richard Warn

Male, age 59 · Beachwood, Ohio

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

Dr. Richard Warn, a 59-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, was a well-respected podiatrist in the Cleveland area for over 30 years. On August 9, 2018, he was tragically found dead in his Beachwood, OH home from five to six gunshot wounds. His wife, Jane…

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Jesse Renteria

Male, age 25 · Houston, Texas

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

Jesse Renteria, a 25-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically lost his life on August 9, 2018, in Houston, Texas. He was fatally shot during a home invasion in the Mount Houston area. According to reports, Renteria's girlfriend awoke to gunfire around…

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Sohail Khan

Male, age 32 · Houston, Texas

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

Sohail Khan, a 32-year-old convenience store owner originally from Pakistan, was tragically shot and killed on August 9, 2018, in Houston, Texas. Khan was ambushed outside his store, the Gulf gas station at 3810 Liberty Rd in the Fifth Ward area, while he was…

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Thomas Sheppard

Male, age 26 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Aug 9, 2018 · 8 years ago

On August 9, 2018, 26-year-old Thomas Sheppard was found deceased in San Antonio, Texas. His body was discovered hidden between air conditioning units at an East Side apartment complex. The circumstances surrounding his death indicated he was a victim of gun…

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David Edward Deporis

Male, age 40 · Oakland, California

Found Aug 9, 2017 · 9 years ago

David Edward Deporis, a 40-year-old musician from Oakland, California, was tragically killed on August 9, 2017. Deporis was well-known in the local music scene for his heartfelt songwriting and performances. The incident occurred in the middle of the day when…

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Wali Rasheed Hardy

Male, age 42 · Oakland, California

Found Aug 9, 2017 · 9 years ago

Wali Rasheed Hardy, aged 42, was shot and killed on August 9, 2017, in Oakland, California. The incident occurred during a year when Oakland was experiencing a significant number of homicides, with a total of 71 reported for 2017. Hardy's death was part of…

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Jonathan Dwayne Brown

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 9, 2017 · 9 years ago

On August 9, 2017, Jonathan Dwayne Brown, a 25-year-old resident of Chicago, Illinois, lost his life in a tragic act of gun violence. He was killed in a drive-by shooting in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood, a predominantly residential area on the city’s…

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Thaddeus J Dean

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 9, 2017 · 9 years ago

Thaddeus J. Dean, a 26-year-old from Chicago, was killed on August 9, 2017. Dean's death was part of the ongoing wave of gun violence that plagued Chicago during this time. He was shot in an incident that underscored the challenges many neighborhoods faced in…

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Aristeo Soriano

Male, age 48 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 9, 2017 · 9 years ago

Aristeo Soriano, age 48, was shot and killed on August 9, 2017, while walking home from work in Chicago, Illinois. Soriano had been working at a local bakery, and his death took place in the Little Village neighborhood, a community often dealing with high…

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Eric Cole

Male, age 33 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Aug 9, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late summer of 2017, the life of 33-year-old Eric Cole was tragically cut short on the streets of New Orleans. On the evening of Wednesday, August 9, 2017, Cole was shot and killed in the Algiers neighborhood, a community across the Mississippi River…

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