Death by Force

Mark D. Henning

Male, age 48 · Dearborn-heights, Michigan

Killed Dec 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Mark D. Henning, a 48-year-old male, died on December 17, 2015, in a violent confrontation inside the Dearborn Heights Justice Center in Michigan. On that Thursday morning, at approximately 8:45 a.m., Henning entered the building which houses both the 20th…

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Naji Everett

Male, age 26 · West Orange, New Jersey

Killed Dec 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of Thursday, December 17, 2015, the quiet of a West Orange, New Jersey neighborhood was shattered by violence. On Joyce Street, just over the border from the neighboring city of Orange, a young man's life was tragically cut short.…

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Jerode Cursey

Male, age 24 · Gary, Indiana

Killed Dec 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the winter of 2015, the life of 24-year-old Jerode Cursey, a male resident of Gary, Indiana, came to a violent and tragic end. On Thursday, December 17, 2015, authorities were called to a grim scene where a van was discovered engulfed in flames within a…

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Christopher Fletcher

Male, age 24 · Modesto, California

Killed Dec 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Christopher Fletcher, a 24-year-old resident of Modesto, California, tragically lost his life on December 17, 2015. The incident occurred when Modesto Police Department officers, including Tom Fara and Brent Salyer, approached Fletcher on the 800 block of…

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Douglas Blasher

Male, age 47 · Ventura, California

Killed Dec 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Douglas Blasher, a 47-year-old resident of Ventura, California, tragically lost his life on December 17, 2015. Blasher was the victim of a homicide that occurred in his home at the Todd Ranch condominium complex. The incident unfolded early in the morning…

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Jasmine Samuel

Female, age 25 · Orlando, Florida

Killed Dec 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Jasmine Samuel, a 25-year-old woman from Orlando, Florida, tragically lost her life on December 17, 2015. The events leading to her death began when she was abducted by her ex-boyfriend, David Payne. On the night of her abduction, Jasmine managed to call 911…

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Tony Clark Jr.

Male, age 35 · Daytona-beach, Florida

Killed Dec 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Tony Clark Jr., a 35-year-old resident of Daytona Beach, Florida, was tragically found dead on December 17, 2015. His body was discovered in his car, which was still running, on Division Street near Orange Avenue. Clark had been shot twice in the head, and…

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Tyler Lord

Male, age 17 · Saint-petersburg, Florida

Killed Dec 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Tyler Lord, a 17-year-old boy from Saint Petersburg, Florida, was tragically shot to death on December 17, 2015. The incident occurred just after midnight in a dark alley along the 1800 block of 16th Street South. Tyler, who was home-schooled and enjoyed…

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Jarvis West

Male, age 23 · Macon, Georgia

Killed Dec 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the evening of December 17, 2015, a tragedy unfolded at the Pine Ridge Apartments on Clinton Road in Macon, Georgia, that would cut short the life of 23-year-old Jarvis Ronte' West. An argument escalated to violence, resulting in West being shot multiple…

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Lawrence Pitts

Male, age 37 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Lawrence Pitts, a 37-year-old African American male from Chicago, IL, died on December 17, 2015, following a violent incident. Pitts was involved in a home invasion in the Little Village neighborhood on December 16, 2015. During the invasion, Pitts and his…

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Sherman Jumper

Male, age 72 · Belleville, Illinois

Killed Dec 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Sherman Jumper, a 72-year-old African American male, passed away on December 16, 2015, in Belleville, Illinois. He was a retired East St. Louis police captain who had dedicated nearly three decades of his life to serving the community. His death was the…

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Douglas Yon

Male, age 25 · Kent, Ohio

Killed Dec 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Douglas Yon, a 25-year-old male, died on December 17, 2015, in Kent, Ohio. He was shot and killed by Kent police officers who responded to a call about a domestic dispute. According to reports, Yon's cousin called 911 to report that Yon, who didn't live at…

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Zaevion William Dobson

Male, age 15 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed Dec 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the evening of December 17, 2015, in Knoxville, Tennessee, 15-year-old Zaevion William Dobson, a male sophomore and football player at Fulton High School, was on a porch with friends when gunfire erupted in their Lonsdale neighborhood. In a selfless act of…

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Drequan L Archie

Male, age 20 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

Drequan L. Archie, aged 20, was fatally shot on December 17, 2014, in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago. He was helping a friend change a tire near Clyde Avenue and 79th Street when the shooting took place. Witnesses reported that two men wearing ski…

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Matthew L Jr. Dowdell

Male, age 42 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

Matthew L. Jr. Dowdell, a 42-year-old male, was fatally shot on December 17, 2014, in Chicago, Illinois. His death added to the alarming homicide count for the city that year, which saw hundreds of violent deaths. In 2014, Chicago faced significant challenges…

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Omar Flores

Male, age 21 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

Omar Flores, aged 21, was fatally shot on December 17, 2014, in Chicago. His homicide took place in the midst of a particularly violent year for the city, which struggled with numerous incidents of gun violence, especially in areas with prevalent gang…

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Donatello Herrera

Male, age 35 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

Donatello Herrera, age 35, was shot and killed on December 17, 2014, while waiting for a bus on the 1200 block of South Western Avenue in Chicago. The incident occurred at around 1:15 a.m. when a dark-colored SUV drove past and opened fire, striking Herrera.…

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Yvonne Augustus

Female, age 47 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

Yvonne Augustus, a 47-year-old resident of Chicago, was found dead on December 17, 2014. According to reports, she was pronounced dead in her home at approximately 7:59 p.m. The circumstances of her death involved violence within her own residence, marking a…

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Jose Hernandez

Null, age 17 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

Jose Hernandez, aged 17, was killed on December 17, 2014, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred during a period marked by elevated violence across Chicago, where numerous young lives were lost due to ongoing issues with gang-related activity and the…

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Antonio Mitchell

Male, age 48 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a late Sunday evening in Detroit, Michigan, tragedy struck 36-year-old Anthony Mitchell. It was November 27, 2010, at approximately 11:15 p.m. when his life was abruptly ended. He was leaving a liquor store situated on the 1600 block of West Grand…

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Lewis Browning

Male, age 61 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a cold December day in Buffalo, New York, the life of 61-year-old Lewis Browning, a Black/African American male, was brought to a brutal and tragic end. On December 17, 2014, Browning was viciously attacked on Titus Street. The assault was carried out by…

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Jordan Kearney

Male, age 20 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Stanton Heights, Pittsburgh, the grim discovery of a young man’s body shattered the morning calm on December 17, 2014. Twenty-year-old Jordan Kearney, a male resident of the area, was found deceased in his blue Saturn in the…

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Dana Mayo

Male, age 51 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, the life of 37-year-old Dana Rodriegus Mayo, an African American man from Nashville, Tennessee, was tragically cut short. On December 15th, Mayo left his home around 4:00 p.m., telling his mother he would be right back. He never…

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Christopher Rhea Reese

Male, age 25 · Notus, Idaho

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 17, 2014, Christopher Reese, a 25-year-old Caucasian male, was working the overnight shift at the Jacksons convenience store in the small town of Notus, Idaho. A father to a young daughter, Reese had moved to Idaho from…

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Betty Jo Chapman

Female, age 86 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

Betty Jo Chapman was an 86-year-old woman from Little Rock, Arkansas, whose long life began far from the apartment where it would end so suddenly in December 2014. Born in McGehee in the summer of 1928, she grew up in the Smith family and later worked as a…

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Leslie Nicole Nikki Ewing

Female, age 39 · Paris, Arkansas

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

Leslie Nicole “Nikki” Ewing, 35, female, White/Caucasian, died on December 17, 2014, in Paris, Arkansas. Around midday, deputies were dispatched to a home just north of Paris, where they found her dead inside the residence. Outside on the back patio they…

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Lisa Rochelle Minor

Female, age 60 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, in Little Rock, Arkansas, a devastating event cut short the life of 60-year-old Lisa Rochelle Minor. On December 17th, she was found deceased, a victim of gun violence. The incident also claimed the life of another woman, 86-year-old…

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Gerald Maxwell

Male, age 28 · Rand, West Virginia

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

Gerald Martin Maxwell, a 28-year-old Black man, was shot inside an apartment on Starling Drive in Rand, West Virginia, on the morning of December 17, 2014. At approximately 9:00 a.m., Kanawha County emergency dispatchers received a report of a shooting in the…

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Winston Thomas

Male, age 47 · Charleston, West Virginia

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

Winston Thomas, a 47-year-old Black/African American man, was fatally shot on the morning of December 17, 2014, outside his home on Hunt Avenue on Charleston’s West Side. The shooting erupted at about 10:20 a.m. near the intersection of Hunt and Central…

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William Davis

Male, age 20 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a winter afternoon in Boston, a terrible event shattered the day. William Davis, a 20-year-old Black/African American male, was on Dudley Street in Roxbury on December 17, 2014, when his life was cut short. At approximately 1:38 P.M., near the intersection…

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Andrew Junqueria

Male, age 22 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

On December 17, 2014, Andrew Junqueria, a 22-year-old from Albuquerque, New Mexico, lost his life in a tragic incident that shocked the community. The circumstances surrounding his death were marked by violence and led to a significant investigation. The…

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Matthew Paul Maffei

Male, age 23 · Saint Paul, Minnesota

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early hours of December 17, 2014, a tragic and violent series of events began to unfold at a rest stop in a suburb of Minneapolis. Matthew Paul Maffei, a 23-year-old Caucasian male, was discovered at the Elm Creek Rest Area off Interstate 94 in Maple…

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Albert Coomer

Male, age 85 · Dunmor, Kentucky

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet community of Dunmor, Kentucky, a sad event unfolded on December 17, 2014, involving 85-year-old Albert Jehiel Coomer. On that day, Mr. Coomer, a male, was found deceased in his home alongside his 84-year-old wife, Nancy. Both had suffered from…

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Nancy B. Coomer

Female, age 84 · Dunmor, Kentucky

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet community of Dunmor, Kentucky, a sad discovery was made on December 17, 2014. Nancy B. Coomer, an 84-year-old White female, was found deceased in her home. She was not alone; her husband, 85-year-old Albert Jehiel Coomer, was also found deceased…

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Marlon Williams

Male, age 23 · Parkland, Washington

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a cold December morning in Parkland, Washington, the life of a young man was tragically cut short. Marlon Williams, a 23-year-old male, was found dead on December 17, 2014, in an apartment building. The initial call to the Woodmark apartments at 2 a.m. was…

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Adam Abraham

Male, age 30 · St-clair-shores, Michigan

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the evening of December 17, 2014, a dispute over money tragically cut short the life of 30-year-old Adam Abraham, a male resident of Eastpointe, Michigan. The fatal encounter occurred at a residence in St. Clair Shores, on the 22000 block of 10 Mile Road.…

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Jaime Walker

Male, age 18 · Irvington, New Jersey

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, the life of 18-year-old Jaime Walker was cut short on a street in Irvington, New Jersey. On the evening of December 17th, Walker was walking down Orange Avenue with his friend, Davon Arrington, when gunfire erupted. Walker was fatally…

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Juan Ramirez

Male, age 24 · Poughkeepsie, New York

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the city of Poughkeepsie, New York, a young man's life was cut tragically short in an act of violence that remains unresolved. Juan A. Ramirez, a 24-year-old male, was fatally shot on the evening of December 17, 2014. The incident occurred at approximately…

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Julio Cesar Betanco Jr.

Male, age 20 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

Julio Cesar Betanco Jr., a 20-year-old Latino, was tragically shot and killed on December 17, 2014, in the 8900 block of Helms Place in Mid-City, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, the incident occurred shortly after 9 a.m.…

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Ryan Bolden

Male, age 23 · College-park, Georgia

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, a promising life was tragically cut short in College Park, Georgia, over a dispute that began with childish innocence and ended in violence. Ryan Bolden, a 23-year-old male and a former first-round draft pick for the Los Angeles Angels…

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Holly Martez Lyons

Male, age 25 · Durham, North Carolina

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

Holly Martez Lyons, a 25-year-old man from Durham, NC, was tragically shot and killed on December 17, 2014. Lyons was found inside a silver Nissan SUV at the intersection of Concord and Cecil streets in Durham. The incident occurred early in the morning, and…

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Martha Campuzano Cisneros

Female, age 32 · Raliegh, North Carolina

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

Martha Campuzano Cisneros, a 33-year-old woman from Raleigh, North Carolina, passed away on December 17, 2014. Her death was the result of a tragic incident that occurred in her home. Martha was found shot to death inside her residence, and her husband…

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Calvin Jackson

Male, age 37 · Garfield-heights, Ohio

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

Calvin Jackson, a 37-year-old male from Garfield Heights, OH, tragically died on December 17, 2014. The circumstances surrounding his death were determined to be a homicide. Rodney Roberts, Calvin's 30-year-old cousin, was identified as the primary suspect in…

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Marcus Turner

Female, age 32 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the night of December 17, 2014, 32-year-old Marcus Turner, a Black man from Memphis, Tennessee, pulled up to his home with his girlfriend after an evening visiting his grandmother. They expected a quiet return to their shared house in southwest Memphis…

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Walker Briggs

Male, age 19 · Georgetown, Texas

Killed Dec 17, 2014 · 12 years ago

Walker Joseph Briggs, a 19-year-old male from Georgetown, Texas, was born on September 9, 1995, to parents William "Joey" Briggs and Francie Briggs-Golden. He attended Jarrell Independent School District and Gateway Tech School. Professionally, Walker worked…

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Andre Wilkes

Male, age 29 · Phoenix, Arizona

Found Dec 17, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the winter of 2013, a life was abruptly cut short in Phoenix, Arizona. On the afternoon of Sunday, December 8th, 29-year-old Andre Wilkes was in the driveway of a residence at 1250 E. Bell Road when he was shot. After being wounded, Wilkes ran into the…

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Christopher Ramirez

Male, age 16 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 17, 2013 · 13 years ago

Christopher Ramirez, a 16-year-old from Chicago, was fatally shot on December 17, 2013, in the South Lawndale neighborhood. The incident occurred in the street, adding to the ongoing struggles with gun violence that have plagued South Lawndale and similar…

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Charles Gholdoian

Male, age 46 · Reno, Nevada

Killed Dec 17, 2013 · 13 years ago

On a Tuesday afternoon in Reno, Nevada, the bustling calm of a medical clinic was shattered by an act of premeditated violence that claimed the life of Dr. Charles Gholdoian, a respected 46-year-old male urologist. The events of December 17, 2013, unfolded…

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