Death by Force10th anniversary

Gregory Thomas Huser

Male, age 66 · San Diego, California

Found Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

On December 12, 2016, Gregory Thomas Huser, age 66, was found dead in Balboa Park, San Diego. He was discovered at around 2:00 a.m. on the 3000 block of Park Boulevard, lying in a grassy area near the road. The preliminary investigation indicated that Huser…

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Joshua Sherrod

Male, age 23 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the fading light of a December evening in Atlanta, tragedy befell a young man with a future seemingly full of promise. On December 12, 2016, 23-year-old Joshua Sherrod, an African-American male, was fatally shot outside a recording studio in the city's…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Lawrence Matchem

Male, age 49 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

Lawrence Matchem, age 49, was shot and killed on December 12, 2016, while shoveling snow in the Oakland neighborhood of Chicago. The incident occurred in the 800 block of East 40th Street when an unknown assailant approached him and shot him in the head.…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Anthony T Shorter

Male, age 32 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

Anthony T. Shorter, age 32, was shot and killed on December 12, 2016, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred during a year when Chicago experienced a surge in homicides, reaching a peak not seen in nearly two decades. The city saw more than 760 homicides in…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Quenten J Wright

Male, age 53 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

Quenten J. Wright, a 53-year-old man, was tragically killed on December 12, 2016, in Chicago. His death occurred during a period of heightened violence in the city, which saw a sharp increase in homicides throughout 2016. While specific details about the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Robert Brewington

Male, age 24 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a cold December afternoon in 2016, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet of a Dorchester neighborhood, leaving a young African-American man dying on the pavement. Robert Brewington, a 24-year-old male, was shot in the vicinity of 39 Bullard Street on…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Tyhir Berry

Male, age 17 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the winter of 2016, just two weeks after celebrating his 17th birthday, Tyhir Berry's life was tragically cut short. A resident of North 20th Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the young man was killed on December 12, 2016. His death is listed by the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

John S. Moss

Male, age 39 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the winter of 2016, the life of John S. Moss Jr., a 39-year-old man from Nashville, Tennessee, was tragically cut short. On the evening of December 12th, Moss was fatally wounded in a shooting. The incident prompted an investigation by the Metro Nashville…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Israel Gonzalez

Male, age 32 · Houston, Texas

Found Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

On December 12, 2016, Israel Gonzalez, a 32-year-old from Houston, was shot and killed following a road rage incident on the Southwest Freeway. Gonzalez was returning home with his fiancée, Maribel Cavazos, after celebrating a joint bachelor and bachelorette…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Eric Webb

Male, age 24 · Houston, Texas

Found Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

On December 12, 2016, Eric Webb, 24, was found fatally shot in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred late at night, and Webb was pronounced dead at the scene. The Houston Police Department's Homicide Division, which is responsible for investigating all…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jaime Hernandez

Male, age 20 · Houston, Texas

Found Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

On December 12, 2016, Jaime Hernandez, a 20-year-old man, was fatally shot in the parking lot of an IHOP located at 6888 Gulf Freeway in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred around 1:40 a.m. after Hernandez and a friend had cashed checks at a nearby…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Javier Medina

Male, age 20 · West Valley City, Utah

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

Javier Medina, a 20-year-old Hispanic male, was shot and killed on the late evening of December 12, 2016, in West Valley City, Utah. On that Monday night, at approximately 11:30 p.m., police were called to a home on Bendixon Drive after reports of a shooting.…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Cody Harris

Male, age 27 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

Cody Lee Harris, a 27-year-old Caucasian man, Marine Corps veteran, and father, was fatally shot in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on December 12, 2016. Born on December 23, 1988, Harris was affectionately known as “Rudy” to family and friends. His life ended just…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Aundre Reggie Clay

Male, age 19 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the fading light of a December evening in Birmingham, Alabama, the life of 19-year-old Aundre Reggie Clay was cut short by gunfire. On Monday, December 12, 2016, a day that began with the ordinary rhythms of life, ended in a tragedy that left a family and…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Christopher Butler

Male, age 26 · Charleston, West Virginia

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

On December 12, 2016, a tragic incident occurred in Cross Lanes, West Virginia, resulting in the death of Christopher Moses Butler, a 26-year-old man from Detroit. The incident took place at the Drexel Place apartments, a residential complex in the area.…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Gilberto Medina-Pena

Male, age 32 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a cold December day in 2016, the life of 32-year-old Gilberto Medina-Pena, a Hispanic male, was tragically cut short in Albuquerque, New Mexico. On December 12th, Medina-Pena was the victim of a fatal shooting, an act of gun violence that left a community…

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Melissa Westbrook

Female, age 22 · Farmington, New Mexico

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

She was Melissa Westbrook, a 22-year-old woman from Farmington, New Mexico, identified publicly as White/Caucasian. On the night of December 12, 2016, she was shot at a residence in the Crouch Mesa area outside Farmington. First responders moved quickly to…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Melanie Johnson

Female, age 15 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the winter of 2016, a senseless act of violence cut short the life of 15-year-old Melanie Johnson, an African American female living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On the evening of December 12th, Melanie was in the kitchen of her home near 35th Street and…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Emarjae Watkins

Male, age 13 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a snowy day in Detroit, Michigan, what began as a day of playful camaraderie between friends ended in a devastating tragedy. Thirteen-year-old Emarjae Watkins, a male, was spending his day off from school on December 12, 2016, at a friend's house on…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Ibn Perry

Male, age 16 · Willingboro, New Jersey

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a December evening in Willingboro, New Jersey, 16-year-old Ibn Perry was on the front porch of his Plumtree Lane home with two other teenagers when tragedy struck. It was around 8 p.m. on December 12, 2016, when a van reportedly pulled up, and two…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Christopher Grant

Male, age 46 · Newport-news, Virginia

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the winter of 2016, the life of 46-year-old Christopher Grant, a Black male from Newport News, Virginia, was tragically cut short. On the evening of Monday, December 12, 2016, Grant was the victim of a fatal shooting in his hometown. The incident left the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Michael Alan Sporleder

Male, age 69 · Columbus, Indiana

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

Michael Alan Sporleder, a 69-year-old male, passed away at his residence in Columbus, Indiana, on the morning of Monday, December 12, 2016. Born in Jennings County on December 31, 1946, he was a 1964 graduate of North Vernon High School. Following his…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Patrick Lee Domingo

Male, age 23 · Sacramento, California

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

Patrick Lee Domingo, a 23-year-old resident of Sacramento, California, tragically lost his life on December 12, 2016. The incident occurred at the Beacon Gas Station located on El Camino Avenue. According to reports, Sacramento County sheriff's deputies…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Santiago Avalos Sanchez

Male, age 28 · Soquel, California

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

Santiago Avalos Sanchez, a 28-year-old resident of Soquel, California, tragically lost his life on December 12, 2016. The incident occurred in the afternoon on North Rodeo Gulch Road at Soquel Drive, where Sanchez was one of the victims in a double shooting.…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Tyson Claros

Male, age 20 · Arcata, California

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

On December 12, 2016, 20-year-old Tyson Eduardo Claros was found with multiple gunshot wounds on Highway 255 between Peninsula Drive and Pacific Avenue in Manila, California. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Humboldt…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Alvin Parker

Male, age 22 · Miami, Florida

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

Alvin Parker, a 22-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on December 12, 2016, in Miami, Florida. The incident occurred around 8:00 p.m. when Alvin was driving eastbound on N.W. 46 Street. An unknown vehicle approached his car, and someone…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jamey Wolford

Male, age 34 · Cairo, Georgia

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of what was supposed to be the first day of his murder trial, 34-year-old Jamey Lynn Wolford was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in Cairo, Georgia. The discovery on Monday, December 12, 2016, brought a…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Blake Garnett

Male, age 32 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

Blake Garnett, a 32-year-old male, was fatally shot in an attempted robbery on a late Monday night in New Orleans, Louisiana. The incident, which occurred on December 12, 2016, cut short a life that was deeply embedded in the fabric of the local community.…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Eric Huff

Male, age 37 · Wilmington, North Carolina

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

Eric Eugene Huff, a 37-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on December 12, 2016, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Huff was one of two men shot in the area of Metting Road on that fateful Monday night. The Wilmington Police Department…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Clint Stephens

Male, age 48 · Barnesville, Ohio

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

Clint Allen Stephens, a 48-year-old man from Jerusalem, Ohio, tragically passed away on December 12, 2016. He was born on October 28, 1968, in Barnesville, Ohio. Clint was a heavy equipment operator for Westmoreland Coal Company and a member of the American…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Aaron P. Moore

Male, age 24 · Austin, Texas

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

Aaron Patrick Moore, a 24-year-old male from Austin, Texas, tragically died on December 12, 2016. Aaron was celebrating his 24th birthday at the time of his death. He was a young man with much to look forward to, being one semester away from graduating from…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Kewin Kaewprasit

Male, age 20 · Houston, Texas

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

Kewin Kaewprasit, a 20-year-old male of Asian ethnicity, tragically lost his life on December 12, 2016, in Houston, Texas. He was fatally shot during a carjacking incident at the Nottingham Village apartments in the Memorial area of west Houston. According to…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Thomas Niblo

Male, age 54 · Abilene, Texas

Killed Dec 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

Thomas Alexander Niblo, a 54-year-old Caucasian male from Abilene, Texas, was tragically shot and killed in his home on December 12, 2016. Niblo, a well-known real estate developer and rancher, was found in his bed with multiple gunshot wounds. His wife…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Elia Agapito-Anastacio

Female, age 42 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Dec 12, 2011 · 15 years ago

The current time in Denver, Colorado is 12:58 PM on Thursday, November 13, 2025. The sun will rise at 6:49 AM and set at 4:46 PM. The moon will rise at 10:25 PM and set at 12:51 PM. The weather is 52°F and clear. The wind is from the west-northwest at 6 mph.…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Leon Dea Kyne

Male, age 17 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 12, 2011 · 15 years ago

On December 12, 2011, Leon Dea Kyne, a 17-year-old, was fatally shot in Chicago, Illinois. His death came during a year that saw significant numbers of homicides across the city, reflecting ongoing struggles with violence that affected many of Chicago's…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Mamie Scott

Female, age 76 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Dec 12, 2011 · 15 years ago

Mamie Jiles Scott, 76, a Black female from Indianapolis, Indiana, died on December 12, 2011, and the first public notice of her passing centered on the quiet logistics that follow a loss: a visitation scheduled for December 19 at Stuart Mortuary, and…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Milton Sweat

Male, age 60 · Virginia-beach, Virginia

Killed Dec 12, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the winter of 2011, the community of Virginia Beach was shaken by the violent and untimely death of 60-year-old Milton Sweat. On the evening of December 12th, what began as an ordinary day ended in a tragedy that left friends and family grappling with a…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Peter Figoski

Male, age 47 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Dec 12, 2011 · 15 years ago

On a cold December morning in 2011, a decorated 22-year veteran of the New York City Police Department, Officer Peter Figoski, responded to a report of a break-in at a basement apartment in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn. The 47-year-old officer, a…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Harold Ward

Male, age 69 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Dec 12, 2011 · 15 years ago

Harold Ward was 69 years old when he was killed in Atlanta on Monday, December 12, 2011. The Atlanta Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Atlanta from 2007 through 2017, lists it as a…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Samuel Hughes

Male · Akron, Ohio

Killed Dec 12, 2006 · 20 years ago

On December 12, 2006, Samuel Hughes, a 31-year-old resident of Akron, Ohio, was found dead inside his home located on Dayton Street. The Akron Police Department was called to the scene around 2:15 p.m., where they found Hughes unresponsive. After further…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Tory Marandos

Male, age 30 · New Bedford, Massachusetts

Killed Dec 12, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 12, 2006, a violent rampage unfolded at the Foxy Lady strip club in New Bedford, Massachusetts, leaving three men dead, including the club's 30-year-old manager, Tory Marandos. A male shooter, identified as Scott…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Labria Fogle

Female · Laurel, Maryland

Killed Dec 12, 2006 · 20 years ago

On December 12, 2006, in Laurel, Maryland, Labria Fogle, a nine-month-old Black female, was killed in a shooting that also claimed the life of her mother, 22-year-old Lisa Laverne Brown. The violence unfolded inside the home where they were staying on…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Lisa Laverne Brown

Female, age 22 · Laurel, Maryland

Killed Dec 12, 2006 · 20 years ago

On a tragic afternoon in Laurel, Maryland, the lives of 22-year-old Lisa Laverne Brown and her infant daughter were cut short. On December 12, 2006, both mother and child were found shot to death in an upstairs bedroom of their boarding house on Engleman…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Gregory McRoberts

Male, age 24 · Midland County, Michigan

Killed Dec 12, 1991 · 35 years ago

In the winter of 1991, a young man named Gregory McRoberts, aged 24, found himself in a predicament that would ultimately lead to his untimely death in Midland County, Michigan. On the evening of December 12th, after his car broke down, he was last seen…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Patrick Joseph Pollock

Male, age 30 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Dec 12, 1986 · 40 years ago

In the winter of 1986, a dedicated 30-year-old male Denver Police Officer named Patrick Joseph Pollock was tragically killed in the line of duty. On December 12th, what began as a lunch break for Officer Pollock and his partner quickly turned into a fatal…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Michael Wayne Ritchie

Male, age 23 · East-baton-rouge-parish, Louisiana

Killed Dec 12, 1981 · 45 years ago

In the early morning hours of Saturday, December 12, 1981, a 23-year-old man named Michael Wayne Ritchie, a Corporal with the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's Office, stopped at a convenience store on Lavey Lane in Baker, Louisiana, for a cup of coffee on…

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Death by Force50th anniversary

Teresa Allen

Female, age 18 · Cochran, Georgia

Killed Dec 12, 1976 · 50 years ago

On a Sunday afternoon in Cochran, Georgia, eighteen-year-old Teresa Carol Allen began her part-time shift at the Majik Market. It was December 12, 1976. Later that evening, the convenience store was discovered empty, its cash register and safe open and…

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Death by Force50th anniversary

Gregory Godzik

Female, age 17 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 12, 1976 · 50 years ago

Gregory John Godzik, a 17-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on December 12, 1976. He was one of the victims of John Wayne Gacy, a notorious serial killer and sex offender who operated in Illinois. Gacy was responsible for the rape, torture, and…

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