Deaths by Force on December 20

Deaths by Force (451)

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Milton Richie

Male, age 20 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Dec 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

A tragic sequence of events unfolded in southwest Louisville on the afternoon of Saturday, December 20, 2025, resulting in the death of 20-year-old African American Milton Richie. Police officers from the Louisville Metro Police Department were dispatched to…

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Monica E. Fry

Female, age 48 · Auburn, Indiana

Killed Dec 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

On December 20, 2025, a tragic sequence of events unfolded in Auburn, Indiana, claiming the life of 48-year-old Monica E. Fry. A resident of nearby Garrett, she had traveled to a home in the 900 block of Ensley Avenue in Auburn to visit 74-year-old Lonnie…

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Nadia Swanson

Female, age 30 · Mesquite, Texas

Killed Dec 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the morning of December 20, 2025, a violent sequence of events began in the Lake Highlands area of Dallas, ultimately claiming the life of Nadia Swanson, a 30-year-old female. Officers from the Dallas Police Department were dispatched at approximately…

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Raejaun Jones

Male, age 26 · South Bend, Indiana

Killed Dec 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of December 20, 2025, a violent incident occurred in South Bend, Indiana, claiming the life of a young man. Around 9:10 p.m., the South Bend Police Department received a ShotSpotter alert indicating gunfire in the 500 block of West Indiana…

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Roger Swint

Male, age 62 · Cordele, Georgia

Killed Dec 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of Saturday, December 20, 2025, a violent disturbance erupted in the quiet streets of Cordele, Georgia. Just before 2:00 a.m., local law enforcement received urgent calls reporting a shooting in the 500 block of West 15th Avenue.…

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Samir Canales Molina

Male, age 18 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Dec 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the predawn hours of December 20, 2025, gunfire shattered the quiet along the 800 block of Farmhurst Drive in Charlotte’s Steele Creek Division. Samir Canales Molina, 18, a Honduran male, was one of two teenagers struck in the same burst of violence, shot…

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Shyla Powell

Female, age 22 · Adelanto, California

Killed Dec 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the night of December 20, 2025, deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department responded to a medical aid call that led to a tragic discovery at a residence in Adelanto, California. At approximately 9:40 p.m., authorities arrived at the home…

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Thomas Pheasant Jr

Male, age 23 · Cherokee, North Carolina

Killed Dec 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

A 23-year-old male resident of Cherokee, North Carolina, identified as Thomas Pheasant Jr., was the victim of a violent homicide that shook the local community in late December 2025. The events surrounding his death began to unfold after the Cherokee Indian…

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Zachary Wilson Cash

Male, age 40 · Lexington, North Carolina

Killed Dec 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

On December 20, 2025, a tragic incident occurred on private property near Lexington, North Carolina, resulting in the untimely death of 40-year-old Zachary Wilson Cash. A male resident of the area, Cash was participating in a deer hunting expedition with a…

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Anthony Michael Russo

Male, age 52 · Running-springs, California

Killed Dec 20, 2024 · 2 years ago

Anthony Michael Russo, a 52-year-old former deputy sheriff with the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, tragically took his own life on December 20, 2024, at his home in Running Springs (Arrowbear Lake), California. The San Bernardino County Coroner's…

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Beverly Green Harmon

Female, age 58 · Altadena, California

Killed Dec 20, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 20, 2024, Beverly Green Harmon, aged 58, and her husband, 62-year-old Wendell Harmon, were found deceased in their Altadena, California home. Both had suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and their deaths have been classified as homicides. The…

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Tyree Jones III

Male, age 52 · Stockton, California

Killed Dec 20, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the evening of December 20, 2024, at approximately 8:20 p.m., Stockton police officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 400 block of East Bianchi Road. Upon arrival, they discovered 52-year-old Tyree Jones III, an Oakland resident, suffering from…

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Wendell Harmon

Male, age 62 · Altadena, California

Killed Dec 20, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 20, 2024, 62-year-old Wendell Harmon and his wife, 58-year-old Beverly Harmon, were found deceased in their Altadena, California home. Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Altadena station responded to a welfare check at the…

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Jamie Dejurnett

Female, age 43 · Biloxi, Mississippi

Killed Dec 20, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet neighborhood located in the 2300 block of Arbor Drive in Biloxi, Mississippi, a domestic tragedy unfolded on the evening of Friday, December 20, 2024. Inside a home, Jamie Dejurnett, a 43-year-old female, was fatally shot in what authorities have…

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Brandy Nicole Olson

Female, age 42 · Lumberton, North Carolina

Killed Dec 20, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 20, 2024, at approximately 3:45 p.m., 42-year-old Brandy Nicole Olson was fatally shot while waiting in line at the Woodforest National Bank inside the Walmart Supercenter on Fayetteville Road in Lumberton, North Carolina. Upon arrival, officers…

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Jane Payton

Female, age 57 · Masury, Ohio

Killed Dec 20, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 20, 2024, 57-year-old Jane Payton was tragically killed in her home on Lucy Street in Masury, Ohio. The incident began around 9:52 a.m. when Payton contacted authorities, reporting that her ex-boyfriend, 57-year-old Andrew Reedy, who had been…

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Abel Her

Male, age 15 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Dec 20, 2024 · 2 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on the evening of December 20, 2024, a shooting in a Northwest Oklahoma City neighborhood claimed the life of 15-year-old Abel Her. The incident also left his 14-year-old sister injured. The young male victim, Abel, was a beloved…

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Joseph Joey Anderson

Male, age 21 · Bonanza, Oregon

Killed Dec 20, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the small community of Bonanza, Oregon, a young man's life was tragically cut short in what authorities are investigating as a homicide. Joseph Joey Anderson, a 21-year-old White/Caucasian male, died on December 20, 2024, leaving a void in the lives of…

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Ralph Russell Langley

Male, age 74 · Bonanza, Oregon

Killed Dec 20, 2024 · 2 years ago

A sense of unease settled over the rural communities of Bonanza and Bly Mountain on the afternoon of December 20, 2024, when the Klamath County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to investigate a report of two brothers, whose family had grown concerned over the…

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Giovano Cruz

Male, age 17 · Cypress, Texas

Killed Dec 20, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 21, 2024, the body of 17-year-old Giovano Cruz was discovered in the backyard of a residence in the Yaupon Ranch subdivision of Cypress, Texas. Authorities responded to the scene around 10:30 a.m. after a resident reported finding the deceased…

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Jason Wills

Male, age 46 · Oakland, California

Killed Dec 20, 2024 · 2 years ago

Jason Markel Wills, a 46-year-old man from Oakland, California, tragically lost his life on December 20, 2024, in a fatal shooting incident. The circumstances surrounding his death were linked to a heated child custody dispute that escalated into violence.…

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Nathanuel Wills

Male, age 48 · Oakland, California

Killed Dec 20, 2024 · 2 years ago

Nathanuel Jamar Wills, a 48-year-old African American man, tragically lost his life on December 20, 2024, in Oakland, California. His death was the result of a fatal shooting that occurred during a heated child custody dispute. The incident took place on…

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Robert Beltran

Male, age 31 · Reno, Nevada

Killed Dec 20, 2024 · 2 years ago

Robert G. Beltran, a 31-year-old man, was fatally shot in Reno, Nevada, on December 20, 2024. The incident occurred near the intersection of Kietzke Lane and Gentry Way, where Reno police responded to reports of gunfire around 4:30 p.m. Upon arrival, officers…

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Robert Anthony Rodgers Jr.

Male, age 51 · Clifton, New Jersey

Killed Dec 20, 2024 · 2 years ago

Robert Anthony Rodgers Jr., a 51-year-old male, was shot and killed in Clifton, New Jersey, on the night of December 20, 2024, in what authorities have described as a road rage incident. A lifelong resident of Clifton before recently moving to Elmwood Park…

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Leopoldo Luna

Male, age 31 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Dec 20, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early evening hours of December 20, 2024, a dispute in northwest Oklahoma City turned fatal, claiming the life of 31-year-old Leopoldo Luna. A Hispanic male, Luna was found with a gunshot wound, lying on the side of the road near the intersection of…

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Gary Frantz

Male, age 71 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Dec 20, 2024 · 2 years ago

Gary Frantz, a 71-year-old man, was fatally shot on December 20, 2024, inside a Subway restaurant located in StoneRidge Plaza, Gahanna, Ohio. Frantz, who had lived in the area for 25 years, was a retired General Motors employee and was known for his passion…

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Juan Tierney Hall

Male, age 42 · Hoover, Alabama

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On a late Wednesday evening in Hoover, Alabama, the life of 42-year-old Juan Tierney Hall, a male Tuscaloosa County detention officer, came to a tragic and violent end. On December 20, 2023, Hall was fatally shot during an exchange of gunfire at The Lory of…

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Tristan Decedric Clark

Male, age 24 · Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the waning days of 2023, a traffic stop in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, ended in a fatal encounter that left a family seeking answers and a community questioning the use of force. On the evening of December 20th, 24-year-old Tristan Decedric Clark, a male, was a…

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Claire Flynn

Female, age 61 · North Providence, Rhode Island

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the quiet town of North Providence, Rhode Island, the life of a retired nurse was brought to a tragic and violent end in the days leading up to Christmas. Claire Flynn, a 61-year-old Caucasian woman, was found deceased in her Centredale Avenue home on…

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Terry Holstein

Male, age 32 · Sumerco, West Virginia

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

Terry Wayne Holstein, a 32-year-old White / Caucasian male from Alkol, West Virginia, died on December 20, 2023, after a shooting in Lincoln County. What began as a Wednesday morning emergency call in the Sumerco area quickly turned into a fatal…

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Dejon Helms

Male, age 21 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the winter of 2023, the life of 21-year-old Dejon Helms was tragically cut short in Little Rock, Arkansas. On the evening of December 20th, Helms, along with 20-year-old Modesti Devon Allmon, was the victim of a fatal shooting. The incident unfolded…

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Eulius Williams

Male, age 32 · North Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

Eulius Williams, 32, male, was found late on the night of December 20, 2023, lying in the parking lot of the Rose City Shopping Center at 4109 East Broadway in North Little Rock after suffering at least one gunshot wound. Moments earlier, around 11:41 p.m.…

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Randall Moon

Male, age 53 · Durango, Colorado

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the winter of 2023, a fatal shooting shattered the quiet of a residence in the High Flume Canyon area, south of Durango, Colorado. On the afternoon of December 20th, law enforcement received a report of a shooting at a home on Rancho Durango Road. Inside…

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Antwan Delvinere Hampton

Male, age 18 · Miami, Florida

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On December 20, 2023, 18-year-old Antwan Delvinere Hampton was fatally shot in the Little Haiti neighborhood’s Little River area of Miami, Florida. Police officers found him lying on the front lawn at 6847 NW 2 Court after receiving a Shot Spotter alert at…

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Dwayne Kat Barbour Sr.

Male, age 39 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the waning days of 2023, a beloved family man from Washington, D.C., became another victim of gun violence in the city. On the evening of December 20th, at approximately 8:55 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting in the 2900 block of Knox Place…

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Lance Anthony Holmes

Male, age 65 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early evening of Wednesday, December 20, 2023, the life of 65-year-old Lance Anthony Holmes, a Black male, was cut short by gunfire in Washington, D.C. Sixth District officers responded to a report of a shooting at approximately 6:40 p.m. and…

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Bernadette Quasie

Female, age 48 · Joliet, Illinois

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

Bernadette "Bernie" Quasie, a 48-year-old resident of Joliet, Illinois, was fatally shot on December 20, 2023. The incident occurred at her home on Langsford Lane, which has a Plainfield mailing address. The perpetrator of the crime was identified as her…

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Edward Fontaine Creamer

Male, age 53 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On December 20, 2023, Edward Fontaine Creamer, a 53-year-old security guard from Calumet City, was fatally shot while confronting a group of thieves at a shopping center in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago. The incident occurred around 1 p.m. at the DTLR…

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Alvin Huttsell

Male, age 36 · New-washington, Indiana

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the small community of New Washington, Indiana, the life of 36-year-old Alvin Huttsell was cut short on the night of Wednesday, December 20, 2023. The fatal encounter unfolded in the parking lot of Sweathogs Bar and Grill, a local establishment where…

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Shon Hudson

Male, age 43 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early evening of December 20, 2023, on the far east side of Indianapolis, a burst of gunfire shattered the calm in the 4000 block of Brentwood Drive. When officers from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department arrived at the scene near East 42nd…

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Brian Rolen

Male, age 46 · Boring, Oregon

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the quiet community of Boring, Oregon, a tragedy unfolded on December 20, 2023, ending the life of 46-year-old Brian Lee Rolen. Responding to a shooting at a home in the early hours of the morning, Multnomah County sheriff's deputies discovered a grim…

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Diane M. Psaros

Female, age 42 · Boring, Oregon

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early hours of December 20, 2023, a tragedy unfolded in the quiet community of Boring, Oregon, ending the life of 43-year-old Diane Marie Psaros. A woman known for her bright smile and kind nature, she was a dedicated teacher, a talented artist, and a…

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Javaun Johnson

Male, age 17 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early moments of December 20, 2023, a tragedy unfolded in Portland’s Nob Hill neighborhood that cut short the life of 17-year-old Javaun R. Johnson, a male resident of Beaverton. The incident occurred just after midnight, shattering the quiet of…

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Colby Mitchell

Male, age 38 · Lafayette, Louisiana

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In a quiet neighborhood in Lafayette, Louisiana, a verbal dispute on November 27, 2023, tragically escalated, leading to the death of 38-year-old Colby Mitchell. The male victim was involved in an argument with another man outside a home in the 200 block of…

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James David Brady

Male, age 55 · Ovett, Mississippi

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the small community of Ovett, Mississippi, James David Brady, a 55-year-old man, passed away at his home on Wednesday, December 20, 2023. His life was one of quiet passions and connections to his family and the familiar landscapes of his home state. He…

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Ismael A Rodriguez

Male, age 21 · Summerville, South Carolina

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the quiet community of Summerville, South Carolina, a tragic event unfolded on December 20, 2023, forever altering the lives of two families. Ismael A. Rodriguez, a 21-year-old male, was found dead in what authorities would soon classify as a double…

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Jose Uel Nieto Jr.

Male, age 15 · Summerville, South Carolina

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the quiet community of Summerville, South Carolina, the life of 15-year-old Jose Manuel Nieto Jr. was tragically cut short in a shocking act of violence. On the morning of December 20, 2023, the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office responded to reports of…

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James Pops Carter

Male, age 84 · Norfolk, Virginia

Killed Dec 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the city of Norfolk, Virginia, a man known as a pillar of his community, 84-year-old James 'Pops' Carter, was fatally shot on the evening of December 20, 2023. Carter, a male, was the owner of Triple C Convenience store on Lindenwood Avenue, a place where…

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