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Tyrone Smith III

Male, age 6 · Rockford, Illinois

Killed Dec 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

Tyrone Smith III, a 6-year-old African American boy from Rockford, Illinois, tragically lost his life on December 20, 2014. Tyrone, along with his younger brother Tobias K. Smith, aged 4, and their mother Martia Flint, aged 24, were found shot to death in…

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Isaac King

Male, age 56 · Toledo, Ohio

Killed Dec 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

Isaac "Ike" King Jr., a 56-year-old African American man from Toledo, OH, was tragically shot and killed on December 20, 2014. He was coming home from a holiday party when he was shot five times in the back in front of his Danberry Street home. His death has…

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Shirema Middlebrooks

Female, age 17 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

On December 20, 2014, the city of Chester, Pennsylvania, was shaken by the tragic loss of 17-year-old Shirema Middlebrooks. Shirema fell victim to gun violence, a devastating event that left a profound impact on her family, friends, and the entire community.…

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Nathan Williams

Male, age 28 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Dec 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

On December 20, 2014, Nathan Williams, a 28-year-old male from Fort Worth, Texas, was found deceased under circumstances that have not been publicly detailed. Despite thorough searches of available public records and news archives, specific information…

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Terrance Garrett

Male, age 28 · Houston, Texas

Killed Dec 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

Terrance Garrett, a 28-year-old man from Houston, Texas, tragically lost his life on December 20, 2014. He was pronounced dead at the scene of a shooting incident at 16811 City View Place in Houston. The Houston Police Department's Homicide Division responded…

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Jeffrey Burkes

Male, age 27 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Dec 20, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the winter of 2013, a Black / African American man named Jeffrey Burkes Jr. tragically lost his life at the age of 28. On the evening of December 20th, in Birmingham, Alabama, Burkes was fatally wounded by gunfire. The incident occurred in the West End…

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Jeffery Anderson

Male, age 29 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 20, 2013 · 13 years ago

On December 20, 2013, Jeffery Anderson, aged 29, was killed in Chicago, Illinois. The incident took place in the vicinity of the 5000 block of South Washington Park Court. The circumstances surrounding his death involved an alleged robbery, where Anderson was…

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Shafeeq Greene

Male, age 35 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 20, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the winter of 2013, a surge of violence gripped the city of Philadelphia, and among the lives tragically cut short was that of Shafeeq Greene. An African-American male, Greene was 35 years old at the time of his death. On December 20, 2013, he became a…

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Shawn Merritt

Male, age 26 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Dec 20, 2013 · 13 years ago

Shawn Merritt, a 26-year-old male, was fatally shot in a double shooting incident on December 20, 2013, in the Overbrook neighborhood of Philadelphia. The shooting occurred at around 8:36 p.m. on the 5500 block of Lansdowne Avenue. Merritt was struck in both…

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John Chakalos

Male, age 87 · Windsor, Connecticut

Killed Dec 20, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the quiet town of Windsor, Connecticut, the holiday season of 2013 was shattered by a brutal act of violence. On the morning of December 20th, John Chakalos, an 87-year-old White male and successful real estate developer, was discovered deceased in his…

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Reginald T. Evans

Male, age 21 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Dec 20, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early hours of a December morning in Milwaukee, a young Black / African American man's life was tragically cut short. Reginald T. Evans, a 21-year-old male, was working as a cook at a George Webb restaurant on the east side on December 20, 2013. A…

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Cuauhtemoc Estrada

Male, age 50 · Bellwood, Illinois

Killed Dec 20, 2013 · 13 years ago

Cuauhtemoc "Temo" Estrada, a 50-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity, was an Investigator II with the Cook County Sheriff's Office in Illinois. On December 20, 2013, while attending a Christmas party at the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall in Bellwood, Estrada…

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Jeffrey Anderson

Male, age 29 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 20, 2013 · 13 years ago

Jeffrey Anderson, a 29-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on December 20, 2013, in Chicago, IL. The circumstances surrounding his death were both shocking and deeply unsettling for the community. Jeffrey was found with multiple gunshot…

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RayCharles Adams Jr

Male, age 31 · Monroe, Louisiana

Killed Dec 20, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the winter of 2013, the life of RayCharles Adams Jr., a 31-year-old man from Monroe, Louisiana, was tragically cut short. On December 20th, Adams became a victim of gun violence in his hometown. The circumstances surrounding his death remain largely…

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Robert Carey Deckard Jr.

Male, age 31 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Dec 20, 2013 · 13 years ago

Robert Carey Deckard Jr., a 31-year-old male police officer with the San Antonio Police Department, tragically died on December 20, 2013. He was shot in the head on December 8, 2013, while pursuing armed robbery suspects. Deckard, who was highly respected and…

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Christopher Thomas

Male, age 33 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Dec 20, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the summer of 2015, a weekend of violence in Detroit claimed the life of 38-year-old Christopher Thomas, an African-American man. On Sunday, August 23, 2015, Thomas became a victim of homicide in the city, his death marking another grim statistic in a city…

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Joseph Lester

Male, age 27 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Dec 20, 2012 · 14 years ago

On a cold December evening in Buffalo, New York, the life of 27-year-old Joseph Lester, a male resident of Donovan Drive, was tragically cut short. On December 20, 2012, just before 7 p.m., gunfire erupted on Woodlawn Avenue near Masten Avenue, shattering the…

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Uel Sanchez

Null, age 25 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Dec 20, 2012 · 14 years ago

Manuel Sanchez, a 25-year-old resident of Philadelphia, was killed on December 20, 2012, in what was part of one of the bloodiest weekends that the city had seen that year. During this violent weekend, six people lost their lives in various incidents across…

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Izel Junious

Male, age 23 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 20, 2012 · 14 years ago

Izel Junious was a 23-year-old Hispanic/Latino male from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, whose death on December 19, 2012, left behind a painful silence in the public record and, more importantly, an emptiness in the lives of the people who knew him. The…

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Devaria Scott

Male, age 16 · Houston, Texas

Found Dec 20, 2012 · 14 years ago

Devaria Scott, aged 16, was tragically shot and killed on December 20, 2012, in Houston, Texas. According to available records, the incident occurred in a neighborhood in southwest Houston, where Devaria was shot multiple times. The Houston Police…

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Jearmar Oswald Lee

Male, age 31 · Glassmanor, Maryland

Killed Dec 20, 2012 · 14 years ago

Jearmar Oswald Lee, a 31-year-old Black man, was fatally shot during an armed robbery in the 700 block of Neptune Avenue in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Shortly after 10:00 p.m. on December 20, 2012, Prince George’s County police officers were dispatched to the…

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Samuel Shelby

Male, age 32 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Dec 20, 2010 · 16 years ago

Samuel Arthur Shelby, a 32-year-old Black man from Birmingham, Alabama, died in the earliest hours of Monday, December 20, 2010, when a night that should have ended quietly turned violent in Ensley. After a call came in about shots fired around 2:30 a.m.…

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Julian Tarver

Male, age 32 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Dec 20, 2010 · 16 years ago

Julian Edward Tarver, a 32-year-old Black man from Birmingham, Alabama, was killed in the earliest hours of Monday, December 20, 2010, in what police described as a double homicide that left a quiet corner of Ensley feeling suddenly exposed and watched. When…

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Aderagaw Teklehaiot

Male, age 48 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Dec 20, 2010 · 16 years ago

Aderagaw Teklehaimanot, a 48-year-old Black man, spent his last day at a small business on Denver’s busy East Colfax Avenue, an address that sits in a stretch of modest retail storefronts and apartments at 6622 East Colfax. On the evening of December 20…

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Varick Hines

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 20, 2010 · 16 years ago

Varick Hines, age 26, was fatally shot on December 20, 2010, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the Roseland neighborhood, a part of the city that has often experienced elevated levels of violence and gun-related crimes. Varick was found with…

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Jerome Johnson

Null, age 39 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 20, 2010 · 16 years ago

Jerome Johnson, aged 39, was fatally shot on December 20, 2010, in Chicago, Illinois. His homicide took place in an area of Chicago that had been struggling with elevated levels of violence. The circumstances of his death are part of the broader pattern of…

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Jerome Michaels

Male, age 39 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 20, 2010 · 16 years ago

On December 20, 2010, Jerome Michaels, aged 39, was fatally shot in Chicago, Illinois. The homicide took place in the Englewood neighborhood, a part of the city that has struggled with high rates of gun violence and other forms of crime. Michaels was found…

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Andre Joseph

Male, age 37 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Dec 20, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the cool of a New Orleans evening on December 20, 2010, the life of Andre Dion Joseph, a 37-year-old Black / African American male, was tragically cut short. Known to his loved ones as "Dre All Day," he was a devoted member of the St. Raymond Catholic…

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Christian Francis

Male, age 21 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Dec 20, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans, a young man's life was cut tragically short in the winter of 2010. Christian J. Francis, a 21-year-old male, was found shot to death on a Monday morning, December 20th. His body was discovered in the 3600 block of…

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Edward Mitchell

Male, age 22 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Dec 20, 2010 · 16 years ago

On December 20, 2010, a violent incident occurred in Detroit, Michigan, resulting in the untimely death of Edward Mitchell. The 22-year-old Black male was discovered at a residence on the 14500 block of Marlowe Street, located on the city's west side. The…

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Vickie Webb

Female, age 19 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Dec 20, 2010 · 16 years ago

Nineteen-year-old Vickie Webb, a young woman from Nashville, Tennessee, was living in an apartment along Murfreesboro Pike when her life was abruptly and violently cut short in December 2010. In the weeks leading up to her death, contact between Vickie and…

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Obataiye Edwards

Male, age 19 · Oakland, California

Killed Dec 20, 2010 · 16 years ago

Obataiye Edwards, a 19-year-old from Oakland, California, was fatally shot by police officers on December 20, 2010. The incident occurred following a high-speed chase that began when police received a tip about a planned gang-related shooting. Edwards was…

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Jerome Man Man Hampton

Male, age 25 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Dec 20, 2010 · 16 years ago

On a December day in 2010, the life of Jerome 'Man Man' Hampton was violently cut short in a brazen attack in New Orleans. The 25-year-old African American male was inside a vehicle with local rapper Renetta 'Magnolia Shorty' Lowe on December 20th when they…

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Renetta Yemika Lowe-Bridgewater

Female, age 28 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Dec 20, 2010 · 16 years ago

On a day that should have been filled with the vibrant energy of New Orleans bounce music, 28-year-old African American female Renetta Yemika Lowe-Bridgewater, known to many as Magnolia Shorty, was tragically silenced. On December 20, 2010, the prominent…

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Amy Dianne Teague Rainey

Female, age 37 · Sweetwater, Texas

Killed Dec 20, 2010 · 16 years ago

Amy Dianne Teague Rainey, a 37-year-old woman from Sweetwater, Texas, tragically passed away on December 20, 2010. Her death was the result of a murder-suicide committed by her estranged husband, James Elmer Rainey. On the day of the incident, James drove to…

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Bonnie Ruth Hays

Female, age 71 · Pine-springs, Texas

Killed Dec 20, 2010 · 16 years ago

Bonnie Ruth Hays, a 71-year-old Caucasian woman, was found dead alongside her husband, Billy Boyd Hays, aged 68, in their home in Pine Springs, Texas, on December 20, 2010. The couple was discovered with gunshot wounds, leading to an initial investigation by…

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Margarita Santos-Najera

Female, age 44 · Arlington, Texas

Killed Dec 20, 2010 · 16 years ago

Margarita Santos-Najera, a 44-year-old woman of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically passed away on December 20, 2010, in Arlington, Texas. Her death was determined to be a result of an apparent murder-suicide. Margarita's 19-year-old daughter discovered her body…

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William Kendall Genoar

Male, age 47 · Salyer, California

Killed Dec 20, 2009 · 17 years ago

William Kendall Genoar, a 47-year-old resident of Salyer, California, was found dead on December 20, 2009. His body was discovered in a remote area near Salyer, and it was determined that he had been shot in the head. The body was badly decomposed by the time…

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Than Yim

Male, age 33 · Portland, Maine

Killed Dec 20, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 20, 2009, the life of 33-year-old Than Yim, an Asian/Pacific Islander male, was tragically cut short in Portland, Maine. Yim had been at the Thanh Thanh Bida Club on Read Street, attending a birthday party. A large…

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Clifford Jamar Williams

Male, age 22 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Dec 20, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the winter of 2009, just days before Christmas, the life of a young soldier was tragically cut short on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. Clifford Jamar Williams, a 22-year-old African-American male, was fatally shot on December 20, 2009. At the time of…

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Stephen Makia

Male, age 28 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Dec 20, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the winter of 2009, the city of Baltimore was grappling with a high number of homicides. Among the lives lost was that of 28-year-old Stephen Makia. On Sunday, December 20, 2009, Makia was found in the 500 block of Belle Avenue. His death was ruled a…

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Julian Rogers

Male, age 22 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Dec 20, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early, snow-swept hours of a December morning in 2009, the life of a young African-American man, Julian Rogers, was tragically cut short. At approximately 3:00 a.m. on December 20th, amidst a storm, police responded to a call at 35 Hammond Street in…

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Franklin Cecil

Male, age 16 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Dec 20, 2009 · 17 years ago

On December 20, 2009, Franklin Cecil, a 16-year-old from Columbus, Ohio, was tragically shot and killed. The incident occurred in the southern area of Columbus, and the homicide has remained unsolved since then. Franklin's death was one of many violent…

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Jean Davis

Female, age 54 · Gambier, Ohio

Killed Dec 20, 2009 · 17 years ago

Jean Davis, aged 54, was found dead on December 20, 2009, in the backyard of her residence on Dennis Church Road in Gambier, Ohio. Authorities were called to the scene around 10:54 AM that day, where they discovered that she had died from a gunshot wound to…

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Francisco Ramirez

Null, age 38 · Fort Worth, Texas

Found Dec 20, 2009 · 17 years ago

Francisco "Chico" Ramirez, age 38, died on December 20, 2009, in Fort Worth, Texas. Ramirez was described as a loving father, son, and brother, who was mourned by his close-knit family. His memorial service was held at Greenwood Chapel, and he was…

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Jose Gonzalez

Null, age 29 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 20, 2008 · 18 years ago

Jose Gonzalez, aged 29, was fatally shot on December 20, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred in a city that was grappling with high levels of violent crime, particularly gun-related homicides. Gonzalez's murder adds to the tragic toll of violence…

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Richard Harris

Null, age 22 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 20, 2008 · 18 years ago

On December 20, 2008, Richard Harris, age 22, was found fatally shot in Chicago. The homicide took place in a residential area during the late evening hours. Harris suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and by the time emergency responders arrived, he was…

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Gerald Fuller

Male, age 23 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Dec 20, 2008 · 18 years ago

On December 20, 2008, Gerald Fuller, age 23, was fatally shot in Columbus, Ohio. The circumstances of Fuller’s death remain unclear, and despite ongoing investigative efforts, the case remains unsolved. His homicide is listed among Ohio’s cold cases, and the…

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