Deaths by Force on December 18

Deaths by Force (433)

Death by Force10th anniversary

Sheena Shakia Horne

Female, age 31 · Harper Heights, West Virginia

Killed Dec 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet community of Harper Heights, West Virginia, the life of Sheena Shakia Horne, a 31-year-old Black/African American woman, was tragically cut short on December 18, 2016. On that day, she became a victim of gun violence, a stark event that left her…

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Jason Laack

Male, age 22 · Portage, Wisconsin

Killed Dec 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the evening of December 18, 2016, a 22-year-old Caucasian male named Jason Laack was killed at the Cattail Lodge on New Pinery Road in Portage, Wisconsin. The incident that led to his death began as a drug transaction that went horribly wrong. Laack was at…

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Jacquelyn Massengale

Female, age 67 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Dec 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In December of 2016, a quiet Tulsa, Oklahoma neighborhood was shaken by a tragic event that unfolded within the home of Jacquelyn and Ronald Massengale. The incident, which left both husband and wife deceased, brought a somber end to what neighbors described…

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Lakim Booker

Male, age 21 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Dec 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the winter of 2016, the life of 21-year-old Lakim Lakeith Booker was tragically cut short. On the evening of Sunday, December 18, 2016, in Richmond, Virginia, Booker was shot, marking a grim milestone as the city's 60th homicide of the year. The incident…

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Sean Tremayne Clinton

Male, age 33 · Newport-news, Virginia

Killed Dec 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the evening of December 18, 2016, in Newport News, Virginia, 33-year-old Sean Tremayne Clinton was shot and killed. The incident occurred at approximately 6:15 p.m. in the 4600 block of Marshall Avenue. When police arrived at the scene, they discovered two…

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Kaiyon Stanfield

Male, age 20 · Laurel, Maryland

Killed Dec 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on a December afternoon in 2016, 20-year-old Kaiyon Stanfield, a male resident of Columbia, Maryland, was fatally shot in what police described as a drug-related incident in Laurel. The shooting occurred on December 18 in the 9400…

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Deshonne Mitchell

Male, age 19 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Dec 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, a young man's life was cut tragically short on a Sunday afternoon. Deshonne Mitchell, a 19-year-old male, was fatally shot on December 18, 2016, just steps away from his own home on East 52nd Street. The incident…

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Ignacio Mendoza Calmo

Male, age 32 · Oakland, California

Killed Dec 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

Ignacio Mendoza Calmo, a 32-year-old resident of Oakland, California, tragically lost his life on December 18, 2016. He was fatally shot outside the Iglesia de Dios, or Church of God, in East Oakland. On that fateful day, Ignacio was taking a break from…

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Jesus Rios

Male, age 17 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jesus Rios, a 17-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on December 18, 2016, in Pacoima, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Jesus was fatally shot on that fateful Sunday. The incident occurred on Eustace Street…

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Tristian Martinez

Male, age 20 · Visalia, California

Killed Dec 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

Tristian Martinez, a 20-year-old resident of Visalia, California, tragically lost his life on December 17, 2016. The incident occurred during a large altercation involving approximately 30 individuals. When law enforcement arrived at the scene, they…

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Deborah Lynn Stephens

Female, age 59 · Metropolis, Illinois

Killed Dec 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

Deborah Lynn Stephens, a 59-year-old white female, passed away on December 18, 2016, at her home in Metropolis, Illinois. Born on August 26, 1957, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, Deborah, known as Debbie, was a dedicated nurse who worked for nearly 40 years in…

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Demarcus Heard

Male, age 18 · Mansfield, Ohio

Killed Dec 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

Demarcus D. Heard, an 18-year-old male from Mansfield, OH, tragically died on December 18, 2016, after being shot in the shoulder. He was taken to OhioHealth Mansfield Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. The incident occurred as Demarcus was on his…

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Kenneth Klotz

Male, age 36 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the winter of 2016, the life of Kenneth 'Bear' Klotz III, a 36-year-old Caucasian male from Norwood, Pennsylvania, came to an unexpected end. On December 18, 2016, Klotz died suddenly. While his passing was officially noted as sudden, one source tragically…

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Nicole Volmer

Female, age 40 · Austin, Texas

Killed Dec 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

Nicole Regina Volmer, a 40-year-old woman of Caucasian ethnicity, tragically died on December 18, 2016, in Austin, Texas. She was fatally shot in her home on Walton Heath Circle in the Onion Creek neighborhood. The incident occurred during an argument with…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Dayon Barnes

Male, age 27 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Dec 18, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the early hours of a Sunday morning in December 2011, tragedy struck in Baltimore, Maryland, when 27-year-old Dayon Barnes was found slain. A male victim of violence, Barnes was discovered inside a car on North Smallwood Street, having been shot multiple…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Scott Groats

Male, age 30 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Dec 18, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the early morning hours of a cold December day in 2011, a night out in Detroit for 30-year-old Scott Groat turned into a fatal encounter. A talented tattoo artist from the downriver community of Wyandotte and a doting father to a one-year-old daughter…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Thelonius Lee

Male, age 29 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 18, 2011 · 15 years ago

On December 18, 2011, Thelonius Lee Jr., a 29-year-old male, was killed in a violent incident in St. Louis, Missouri. The fatal event occurred during the early morning hours, marking a tragic end to the young man's life. He was discovered having suffered from…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Morris Peoples

Male, age 50 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Dec 18, 2011 · 15 years ago

On December 18, 2011, 50-year-old Morris "Man" Peoples was fatally shot in Columbus, Ohio. The incident took place near Peoples' home, and he was pronounced dead at the scene by authorities. The investigation by Columbus Police Department revealed that the…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Robert Paillet

Male, age 45 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Found Dec 18, 2011 · 15 years ago

On December 18, 2011, Robert Paillet, a 45-year-old male, was found dead in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, becoming one of the many homicide victims during a particularly challenging time for the city. The period between 2000 and 2012 saw a surge in violent crime…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Stephen Coen

Male, age 29 · Topeka, Kansas

Killed Dec 18, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the winter of 2011, the life of a young White / Caucasian man, Stephen P. Coen, 29, was tragically cut short in Topeka, Kansas. On the evening of December 18th, Coen was fatally shot, leaving behind a grieving family, including a daughter and an expectant…

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Dontae Howard

Male, age 23 · Yorktown, Virginia

Killed Dec 18, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the winter of 2011, a life was tragically cut short in what began as a festive gathering. Dontae Jamar 'Teddy' Howard, a 23-year-old male from Yorktown, Virginia, was shot on December 18, 2011, while leaving a Christmas party at a hotel in Williamsburg. He…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Ghulam Ayobi

Male, age 53 · Sacramento, California

Killed Dec 18, 2011 · 15 years ago

Ghulam Rabani Ayobi, aged 53, was tragically shot to death on December 18, 2011, in Sacramento, California. The incident occurred while he was driving home with his wife, Shajia Ayobi, from a dinner party in the Natomas area. Initially, Shajia Ayobi reported…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Keira Holmes

Female, age 1 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Dec 18, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the days leading up to her second birthday, a young female child named Keira Holmes was fatally struck by a stray bullet in a tragic shooting on December 18, 2011, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Keira, who was just one year old at the time, was playing in the…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

William Skeet McClure

Male, age 47 · Marrero, Louisiana

Killed Dec 18, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 18, 2011, the life of William "Skeet" McClure, a 47-year-old Black / African American male, was cut short by gunfire in Marrero, Louisiana. The shooting occurred in the 1100 block of Cohen Street, a normally quiet…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

John David Dryer

Male, age 46 · East-washington, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 18, 2011 · 15 years ago

John David Dryer, a 46-year-old male, was a dedicated police officer with the East Washington Borough Police Department in Pennsylvania. On December 18, 2011, Officer Dryer was fatally shot during a routine traffic stop on Interstate 70 near East Beau Street…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

DeAngelo Harkness

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Dec 18, 2006 · 20 years ago

On December 18, 2006, 16-year-old DeAngelo Harkness was shot and killed in Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident occurred at 2829 Park Avenue in the Walnut Hills neighborhood. Harkness was found at the scene and was later pronounced dead at the hospital. His death…

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Tomarr Mitchell

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Dec 18, 2001 · 25 years ago

On December 18, 2001, Tomarr Mitchell, a 16-year-old, was tragically killed in Columbus, Ohio. He was found at approximately 1411 E. 24th Avenue in the city with multiple gunshot wounds throughout his body. The incident occurred in the early morning hours…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Voltaurus Parch

Male, age 22 · Forrest City, Arkansas

Killed Dec 18, 2001 · 25 years ago

Voltaurus Marquis Parchman, a 22-year-old Black/African American male, resided in Forrest City, Arkansas, where he worked as a store manager. Born on April 19, 1979, in Memphis, Tennessee, he was a father to a daughter named Briana. The circumstances…

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Death by Force50th anniversary

Sharon Ryan

Female, age 17 · Portland, Oregon

Found Dec 18, 1976 · 50 years ago

On a chilly evening in Portland, Oregon, just days before Christmas in 1976, 17-year-old Sharon Ryan, a Caucasian female known to her friends and family as Shen, was in high spirits, baking holiday cookies at her older sister's home. Realizing she was short…

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Death by Force95th anniversary

Henry Vaughn

Male, age 53 · Nyota, Alabama

Killed Dec 18, 1931 · 95 years ago

In the small mining community of Nyota, Alabama, a sense of duty and the perils of law enforcement converged in the life and untimely death of Special Deputy Sheriff Henry Clay Vaughn. At 53 years old, Vaughn had been specially appointed to police the mining…

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Jack Diamond

Male, age 34 · Albany, New York

Killed Dec 18, 1931 · 95 years ago

Jack “Legs” Diamond, a 34-year-old Irish-American white man, had built a reputation in the Prohibition era for living fast and outlasting violence that seemed certain to finish him. By late 1931, he was in New York’s Capital Region with the weight of recent…

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Faisal A Abukar

Male, age 33 · Saint Paul, Minnesota

Killed Dec 18, 2021 · 5 years ago

Faisal A. Abukar, aged 33, from Saint Paul, MN, tragically lost his life on December 18, 2021. The incident occurred at a Marathon gas station located near the Twin Cities Premium Outlets in Eagan, Minnesota. According to reports, Abukar was shot in the head…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Terrell Harberson

Male, age 25 · Grand-rapids, Michigan

Killed Dec 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet, early morning hours of December 18, 2016, in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the life of 25-year-old Terrell Harberson was tragically cut short. Police were called to a residence on Dickinson Street SE just before 2 a.m. where they made a grim…

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Jose Trigueros

Male, age 21 · Carson, California

Killed Dec 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jose Guadalupe Trigueros, a 21-year-old Latino, was tragically shot and killed on December 18, 2016, in Carson, California. The incident occurred at approximately 12:43 p.m. while Trigueros was walking east near his home in a gated community of apartments and…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Baby Boy Ortega

Male · Watts, California

Killed Dec 18, 2006 · 20 years ago

On December 18, 2006, the life of Baby Boy Ortega came to a tragic and abrupt end in the Watts neighborhood of South Los Angeles. Identified as a Hispanic male infant who was zero years old, the child died on that winter day under circumstances that…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Rodolfo Jaime Ruiz

Male, age 26 · Azusa, California

Killed Dec 18, 2006 · 20 years ago

Rodolfo Jaime Ruiz was 26 years old when he died on Monday, December 18, 2006, in Azusa, in the San Gabriel Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 311 N. Alameda Ave. His death was ruled a homicide, and…

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Alvin Echols

Male, age 47 · Westland, Michigan

Killed Dec 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of December 18, 2025, the community of Westland, Michigan, was shaken by a violent incident at a local Kroger grocery store located at 36430 Ford Road. Alvin Leon Echols, a 47-year-old male, was volunteering as a bell ringer for the Salvation…

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Cole Anargyros Mantas

Male, age 26 · Athens, Georgia

Killed Dec 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of December 18, 2025, the life of 26-year-old Cole Anargyros Mantas was tragically cut short in downtown Athens, Georgia. Police responded to a "person down" call near the intersection of West Broad Street and Pulaski Street at…

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Corey Howell

Male, age 37 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Dec 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of Thursday, December 18, 2025, a violent incident occurred on the west side of Indianapolis, Indiana, resulting in the untimely death of 37-year-old Corey Lynn Howell. The male victim was discovered by law enforcement officers who were…

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Damien Powell

Male, age 27 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of December 18, 2025, Damien Powell, a 27-year-old White male from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, became the victim of a fatal shooting in the city's Carrick neighborhood. The incident unfolded around 5:15 p.m. in the 1200 block of Linnview Avenue.…

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David Vaughter

Male, age 52 · Lynchburg, Virginia

Killed Dec 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of December 18, 2025, a violent incident unfolded in Lynchburg, Virginia, claiming the life of 52-year-old David L. Vaughter Jr. The shooting occurred on Campbell Avenue, prompting an immediate response from the Lynchburg Police Department.…

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Erin LaJames Graham

Male, age 28 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Dec 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of December 18, 2025, a family’s commute home in Dallas, Texas, turned into a tragedy at the 8th & Corinth DART station. Erin LaJames Graham, a 28-year-old male, was waiting at the station with his fiancée and her three children after they had…

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Kaiyon T Watson

Male, age 21 · Norfolk, Virginia

Killed Dec 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of December 18, 2025, in the Young Terrace neighborhood of Norfolk, Virginia, a violent incident claimed the life of 21-year-old Black male Kaiyon T. Watson. Just before 6:00 p.m., residents in the area were startled by the sound of gunfire…

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Levi Wells

Male, age 22 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Dec 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a Thursday morning in mid-December 2025, violence erupted near the intersection of Ensley Avenue and Pike Road in Birmingham, Alabama, claiming the life of 22-year-old Levi Wells. The incident began as a shooting into an occupied vehicle, leaving Wells…

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Quaziah Jones

Male, age 23 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of Thursday, December 18, 2025, violence erupted in the Carrick neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, claiming the life of Quaziah Jones, a 23-year-old African American male from McKeesport. Around 5:15 p.m., the tranquility of the 1200…

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Tatyana Remley

Female, age 44 · San Diego, California

Killed Dec 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

On December 18, 2025, the turbulent life of Tatyana Natasha Remley, a 44-year-old female and former equestrian figure, came to a tragic end in the bustling Little Italy neighborhood of San Diego, California. Witnesses reported seeing Remley outside the…

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William John Lydon Jr.

Male, age 60 · Lenox, Tennessee

Killed Dec 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

The rural community of Lenox in Dyer County, Tennessee, was the scene of a violent domestic tragedy on the morning of December 18, 2025, that resulted in the death of 60-year-old male William John Lydon Jr. Deputies from the Dyer County Sheriff's Office were…

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Yasmany Rodriguez Fernandez

Male · Miami Gardens, Florida

Killed Dec 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of December 18, 2025, a domestic dispute at a residence in Miami Gardens, Florida, escalated into a fatal shooting. Police officers responded to reports of gunfire in the 3300 block of Northwest 177th Terrace shortly after 7:00 p.m., where they…

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