Death by Force

Anthony Rogers

Male, age 21 · Pontiac, Michigan

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the winter of 2018, a violent incident shattered the peace of a Pontiac, Michigan home. On December 22nd, 21-year-old Anthony Rogers was at his residence in the 700 block of Auburn with his family when he was fatally shot. The sudden and tragic event left…

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Kemon Dermarie Battle

Male, age 12 · Portsmouth, Virginia

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the days leading up to Christmas in Portsmouth, Virginia, the life of 12-year-old Kemon Dermarie Battle was tragically cut short. On December 22, 2018, the young male was playing outside on Lexington Drive when he was shot in the head. Rushed to the…

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Larry Hartwell

Male, age 44 · Newport-news, Virginia

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the winter of 2018, a fatal shooting in Newport News, Virginia, claimed the life of 44-year-old Larry Hartwell Vick Jr. The incident unfolded in the early afternoon of December 22, at the intersection of 22nd Street and Oak Avenue. Emergency services…

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Cornell Reed

Male, age 30 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

A verbal altercation that started inside a Kansas City liquor store ultimately led to the shooting death of 30-year-old Cornell A. Reed, a male resident of the city. The fatal encounter unfolded on the evening of December 22, 2018, near the intersection of…

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John Watson

Male, age 33 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the winter of 2018, a Black / African American man named John Watson, 33, became a victim of the violence that plagued St. Louis. On the evening of Saturday, December 22nd, his life was tragically cut short. Police discovered his body around 7:40 p.m. in a…

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Brian Scott Nunn

Male, age 42 · Little-river, South Carolina

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

On a quiet Saturday just before Christmas, the community of Little River, South Carolina, was unsettled by a grim discovery. On December 22, 2018, 43-year-old Brian Scott Nunn, a male resident of Shallotte, North Carolina, was found deceased in his vehicle in…

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Jerry Lorenzo Scott

Male, age 55 · Gresham, South Carolina

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the quiet woods of Marion County, South Carolina, a day of hunting turned into a tragedy on December 22, 2018, ending the life of 55-year-old Jerry Lorenzo Scott. A Black/African American male from the nearby community of Gresham, Scott was an avid…

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Lamar Johnson

Male, age 41 · Burton, South Carolina

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the quiet community of Burton, South Carolina, a grim discovery was made on the morning of December 22, 2018. The body of 41-year-old Lamar Johnson was found on the side of Billy Hill Road by a local resident. Deputies from the Beaufort County Sheriff's…

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Christopher Reyes

Male, age 37 · Merced, California

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

Christopher Reyes, aged 37, tragically lost his life on December 22, 2018, in Merced, California. Reyes was shot multiple times at an apartment complex on Loughborough Drive. The incident was a shocking event for the local community, as Reyes was well-known…

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Deansae Levine

Male, age 27 · Pittsburg, California

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

Deansae Levine, a 27-year-old resident of Pittsburg, California, tragically lost his life on December 22, 2018. Levine was found with a gunshot wound to the head at the El Pueblo Housing Complex. Despite being transported to the hospital, he succumbed to his…

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Dionte Floyd

Male, age 31 · San-diego, California

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

Dionte Floyd, a 31-year-old father from San Diego, California, tragically lost his life on December 22, 2018, in a shooting incident that occurred in the Mid-City neighborhood. Floyd was shot outside a popular Vietnamese restaurant in a small shopping center…

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Doretha Brewer

Female, age 56 · Sacramento, California

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

Doretha Brewer, a 56-year-old resident of Sacramento, California, tragically lost her life on December 22, 2018. Brewer was the victim of a robbery that escalated into a fatal shooting. The incident occurred along the 4700 block of Florin Road, where Brewer…

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Justin Kierman

Male, age 31 · Riverside, California

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

Justin Kierman, a 31-year-old resident of Riverside, California, was tragically killed on December 22, 2018. The incident occurred in Jurupa Valley, where Kierman was found inside a vehicle near the Indian Hills Golf Club. He had been shot multiple times…

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Luis Velasquez-Mejia

Male, age 26 · San-francisco, California

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

Luis Velasquez-Mejia, a 26-year-old resident of San Francisco, tragically lost his life on December 22, 2018, in a fatal shooting incident. The events leading to his death unfolded on a Saturday night in the Excelsior neighborhood of San Francisco.…

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Nancy Stanecki

Female, age 79 · Polk-city, Florida

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

Nancy Stanecki, aged 79, tragically passed away on December 22, 2018, in Polk City, Florida. The circumstances surrounding her death were deeply distressing and involved a murder-suicide. According to reports, Nancy was shot in the head by her husband, Henry…

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Nathan Julien

Male, age 63 · North-miami-beach, Florida

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

Nathan Julien, a 63-year-old restaurant owner from North Miami Beach, Florida, was tragically shot and killed on December 22, 2018. Julien, a Haitian immigrant, operated a restaurant inside the Styx Sports Bar and Grill located at 153rd Street and West Dixie…

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Thomas Gordon Jr.

Male, age 24 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

Thomas Elehue Gordon Jr., a 24-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on December 22, 2018, in Jacksonville, Florida. Born on July 9, 1994, Thomas was known for his vibrant personality and his ability to light up any room with his smile. He…

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Whitney Holley

Male, age 32 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

Whitney Holley, a 32-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on December 22, 2018, in Chicago, Illinois. Holley was fatally shot while leaving a nightclub in the West Englewood neighborhood. The incident occurred around 4:35 a.m. in the 2000…

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Isaac Jermaine Hawk

Male, age 31 · Corapeake, North Carolina

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

Isaac Jermaine Hawk, a 31-year-old African American male from Corapeake, NC, was found shot to death outside his home on Adams Swamp Road on December 22, 2018. Gates County deputies responded to the scene early that Saturday morning and discovered Hawk's…

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Jared T. Massiatte

Male, age 32 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

Jared T. Massiatte, a 32-year-old white male, was tragically killed on December 22, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. He was shot at 73 S. Wayne Ave. and later succumbed to his injuries at OhioHealth Grant Medical Center. The incident occurred around 5:04 p.m., and…

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Michael Turner

Male, age 27 · Lorain, Ohio

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

Michael M. Turner, a 27-year-old male from Lorain, OH, tragically died on December 22, 2018. He was identified as the victim of a shooting incident in Elyria Township. The Lorain Police Department launched an investigation into his death, seeking information…

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Amanuel Adane

Male, age 20 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

On December 22, 2018, 20-year-old Amanuel Adane, a male of Ethiopian descent, was fatally shot in the parking lot of a KFC in Bellevue, Nashville, TN. Adane was found in the driver's seat of his silver Mercedes Benz with multiple gunshot wounds. He was…

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Eric Thomas

Male, age 36 · Conroe, Texas

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

Eric Thomas, a 36-year-old man from Conroe, Texas, tragically died on December 22, 2018. He was found shot in the chest while sitting behind the wheel of his wrecked car in the Tamina community. Despite being rushed to Memorial Hermann Hospital in critical…

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Octavias Lamont Williams

Male, age 33 · Orange, Texas

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

Octavias Lamont Williams, also known as "Whoodi," was a 37-year-old African American man from Orange, Texas. He tragically died on December 22, 2018, from a single gunshot wound to the torso. Williams was found dead in his apartment in the 300 block of 2nd…

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Rosa Canales

Female, age 57 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Dec 22, 2018 · 8 years ago

Rosa Canales, a 57-year-old woman from San Antonio, Texas, tragically died on December 22, 2018. She was shot in the head by her son, Matthew Canales, who was 20 years old at the time. The incident occurred in their apartment at the Sundance Apartments on…

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James Martinez

Male, age 54 · Oakland, California

Found Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

James Martinez, a 54-year-old Oakland resident, was killed on December 22, 2017, in what was part of a violent year for the city. Oakland recorded 71 homicides in 2017, as the city struggled with gun violence and other forms of violent crime. Martinez’s case…

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Damond Carpenter

Male, age 18 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a cold December evening in Detroit, Michigan, just days before Christmas in 2017, the life of 18-year-old Damond Carpenter was tragically cut short. A freshman at Western Michigan University and a member of the cheerleading squad, he was home for the…

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Derrick Calhoun

Male, age 36 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

Derrick Calhoun, 36, a Black man from Detroit, was killed on December 22, 2017, after a tense encounter at the M T Elliott-Charlevoix Market on the city’s east side. What began as a verbal clash inside the store hardened into something more deliberate. In the…

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Dominique Lewis

Female, age 24 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

On December 22, 2017, the life of Dominique Lewis, a 24-year-old Black woman from St. Louis, Missouri, was tragically cut short in a violent incident that shook the Fairground neighborhood. Dominique, who had aspirations of becoming an English teacher and was…

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Chanice White

Female, age 24 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 22, 2017, a tragic and violent event unfolded in the Fairgrounds neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, claiming the life of 24-year-old Chanice White and two of her friends. White, along with Dominique Lewis, 24, and…

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Dinora Ojeda

Female, age 24 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the winter of 2017, a young mother's life was tragically cut short in Kansas City. Dinora Ojeda, a 24-year-old woman, was discovered fatally shot inside a van on the evening of December 22nd. The vehicle was located at 45th Street and Spruce Avenue, where…

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Reeba Moore

Female, age 25 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 22, 2017, a tragic event unfolded in the Fairgrounds neighborhood of North St. Louis that claimed the lives of three young women, including 25-year-old Reeba Moore. The African-American woman and her friends, Dominique…

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Renee Simmons

Female, age 58 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a day just three days before Christmas, a sense of quiet concern led to a grim discovery in an eastern Las Vegas valley home. Renee Simmons, a 58-year-old Caucasian woman, and her partner, Thomas Dufault, 59, were found deceased inside their residence on…

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Tom Dufault

Male, age 59 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

On December 22, 2017 at approximately 10:40 a.m. LVMPD patrol officers were dispatched to the 4200 block of Vader Avenue to investigate the suspicious deaths of two individuals located by the Clark County Fire Department. Arriving officers were guided to a…

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James Johnson

Male, age 61 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

On December 22, 2017, James Virgil Johnson, aged 61, was found fatally shot in front of a building on the 2900 block of Cleveland Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. Columbus Police responded to the report of an unresponsive person at approximately 1:12 a.m. Upon…

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Estaban Dominges

Male, age 32 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the chill of a late December evening in Memphis, Tennessee, a family's life was irrevocably shattered. On Friday, December 22, 2017, Esteban Dominguez, a Hispanic male originally from Oaxaca, Mexico, was returning to his residence on Dunn Avenue near…

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Emily Hatfield

Female, age 24 · Raysal, West Virginia

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

Emily Nicole Hatfield, a 24-year-old resident of Raysal, West Virginia, passed away on December 22, 2017, at her home. Her death was not a natural one, but rather a result of a tragic and violent incident. The investigation into Emily Hatfield's death led to…

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Natasha Henry

Female, age 43 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a Friday afternoon in Las Vegas, just days before Christmas in 2017, the life of 43-year-old Natasha Henry, a Black female, was violently cut short. The house she shared with several roommates on Del Sol Drive was known in the neighborhood as a "problem…

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Benedict Gerard Frank

Male, age 19 · Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a cold December day in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, the life of 19-year-old Benedict Gerard Frank, a White/Caucasian male, was tragically cut short. On December 22, 2017, he was found deceased in the apartment he shared with his roommate. Those who knew Ben, as…

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Wayne Valliere

Male, age 25 · Mercer, Wisconsin

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the cold of late December 2017, the life of Wayne M. Valliere Jr., a 25-year-old male member of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, came to a brutal and violent end. He was last seen alive on December 22, a day that began with a…

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Cameron Kelly

Male, age 16 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the winter of 2017, the life of 16-year-old Cameron Kelly was tragically cut short in Jackson, Mississippi. On the evening of Friday, December 22nd, Kelly was fatally shot in the head. The promising young life of the Provine High School student and…

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Michael Garth

Male, age 27 · Columbus, Mississippi

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 22, 2017, a Christmas party for Zaxby's employees in Columbus, Mississippi, took a tragic turn, ending in the death of 27-year-old Michael Garth. The male victim was found with gunshot wounds outside the Motel 6 on…

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Blake Vansnepson

Male, age 27 · Beaverton, Michigan

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a cold December evening in 2017, the life of 27-year-old Blake VanSnepson was cut short in a violent confrontation in Hay Township, Michigan. A member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Blake was a father, son, and brother, known for his…

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Antwan Duval Tucker Jr.

Male, age 25 · Danville, Virginia

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the winter of 2017, the life of Antwan Duval Tucker Jr., a 25-year-old Black male from Danville, Virginia, was tragically cut short. On the night of Friday, December 22nd, just before 11 p.m., the Danville Police Department received calls reporting shots…

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Buckley Kuhn-Fricker

Female, age 43 · Reston, Virginia

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet, affluent suburb of Reston, Virginia, the holiday season of 2017 was shattered by a brutal act of violence that claimed the lives of Buckley Kuhn-Fricker, a 43-year-old Caucasian woman, and her husband, Scott Fricker. The tragedy that unfolded in…

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Scott Fricker

Male, age 48 · Reston, Virginia

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of December 22, 2017, Scott Fricker, a 48-year-old man, and his wife, Buckley Kuhn-Fricker, were fatally shot in their Reston, Virginia, home. The tragedy unfolded just days before Christmas as the couple had gathered with family for the…

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Erica Bradfield

Female, age 41 · Evansville, Indiana

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the winter of 2017, the community of Evansville, Indiana, was shaken by the grim discovery of the remains of 41-year-old Erica Bradfield. On December 22, 2017, authorities were alerted to the presence of a body concealed in garbage bags behind a residence…

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Chanice White

Female, age 24 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 22, 2017, a tragic event unfolded in St. Louis, Missouri, forever altering the lives of three families. Chanice White, a 24-year-old female, was fatally shot along with her friends, 24-year-old Dominique Lewis and…

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