Deaths by Force on December 24

Deaths by Force (546)

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Sidney Freeman

Male, age 50 · Union Springs, Alabama

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

On Christmas Eve of 2022, a sense of tragedy befell Union Springs, Alabama, when Sidney Darian Freeman, a 50-year-old Black male, was fatally shot. The incident, which cut short a life and cast a pall over the holiday season, prompted an investigation by…

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Eric Charles Saunders

Male, age 34 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the night of Christmas Eve in 2022, a tragic event unfolded in Phoenix, Arizona, leading to the death of 34-year-old Eric Charles Saunders. At approximately 11:13 p.m., Phoenix police responded to a call of a shooting near 27th Avenue and Indian School…

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Leonard Rogers

Male, age 38 · Aurora, Colorado

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the quiet hours of Christmas Eve morning in Aurora, Colorado, a burst of violence shattered the holiday peace. On December 24, 2022, 38-year-old Leonard Rogers was shot and killed outside a residence in what police have described as a double homicide. The…

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Ronnie Homes

Male, age 39 · Aurora, Colorado

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a quiet Christmas Eve in Aurora, Colorado, the life of 39-year-old Ronnie Homes was tragically cut short. The day, typically filled with festive cheer, was irrevocably marred by an act of violence that left a community in shock and a family mourning an…

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Richard Antonio Joseph

Male, age 50 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early hours of Christmas Eve in 2022, the life of 50-year-old Richard Antonio Joseph of Alexandria, Virginia, was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. The male victim was in the 3600 block of Georgia Avenue, Northwest, in Washington, D.C., when…

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Sildian Torres

Female, age 27 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the evening of Christmas Eve in 2022, Sildian Torres, a 27-year-old woman, was tragically killed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was driving her car, accompanied by her 7-year-old son and the boy's father, on their way to a family gathering at her mother's…

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Algene Hampton

Male, age 48 · Columbus, Mississippi

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

A holiday celebration on Christmas Eve of 2022 turned tragic in Columbus, Mississippi, ending the life of 48-year-old Algene Hampton. That evening, Hampton was at a Christmas Eve party at a residence on Luxapilila Drive when an argument broke out between him…

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Junior Rodriguez

Male, age 40 · Trenton, New Jersey

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the winter of 2022, a life that had just begun its American chapter was abruptly ended in Trenton, New Jersey. Junior Rodriguez, a 40-year-old man from the Dominican Republic, had been in the United States for only eight months, filled with the hope of…

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James Clarke

Male, age 59 · Ashland, Virginia

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a Christmas Eve in Ashland, Virginia, the life of 59-year-old James Edward Clarke came to a tragic and violent end. On the evening of December 24, 2022, deputies from the Hanover County Sheriff's Office and officers with the Ashland Police Department…

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Jimmy Edwards Adams Jr.

Male, age 47 · Concord, Virginia

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

On Christmas Eve of 2022, a sense of tragedy befell a residence in Concord, Virginia, culminating in the untimely death of Jimmy Edwards Adams Jr. The male victim, a 47-year-old accomplished tattoo artist, was found by Appomattox County sheriff's deputies at…

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Timothy B. Anderson II

Male, age 31 · Hampton, Virginia

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the cold morning of Christmas Eve in 2022, the life of 31-year-old Timothy B. Anderson II, a Black or African American man, was tragically cut short by gun violence in Hampton, Virginia. Emergency services responded to a call about a shooting in the 1600…

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Quezariah Jackson

Female, age 3 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

On December 24, 2022, tragedy struck a home in Kansas City, Missouri, resulting in the untimely death of a young child. Officers were dispatched to a residence in the 7800 block of James A. Reed Road around 6:45 p.m. after receiving reports of a shooting.…

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Robert Woods

Male, age 36 · Moscow-mills, Missouri

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the quiet community of Moscow Mills, Missouri, the life of 36-year-old Robert 'Rob' Justin Woods, a male St. Louis County police officer, was tragically cut short on the morning of Saturday, December 24, 2022. A decorated officer and a former United States…

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Mikere Rondinello

Male, age 19 · Syracuse, New York

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a cold Christmas Eve in Syracuse, New York, the life of 19-year-old Mikere Rondinello was tragically cut short. On December 24, 2022, Rondinello, a male, was found with a gunshot wound to his upper torso in the vicinity of a residence on Richmond Avenue.…

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Bobby Hale

Male, age 33 · Oakland, California

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

Bobby Hale, a 33-year-old resident of Oakland, California, tragically lost his life on December 24, 2022. The incident occurred at a gas station located at 102nd Avenue and International Boulevard. According to police reports, Hale was involved in an…

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Jacob Keanu Campos Malena

Male, age 30 · Bakersfield, California

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

Jacob Keanu Campos Malena, a 30-year-old resident of Bakersfield, California, tragically lost his life on December 24, 2022. The incident occurred in the early hours of Christmas Eve when Malena, identified as the estranged boyfriend of a woman residing at a…

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Tanner Marlow

Male, age 30 · Bakersfield, California

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

Tanner Marlow, a 30-year-old undefeated Mixed Martial Arts fighter from Bakersfield, California, tragically lost his life on December 24, 2022, in a double homicide. The incident occurred on Christmas Eve in Southwest Bakersfield, where Marlow and another…

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Ray Hamilton

Male, age 55 · Fort-walton-beach, Florida

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

Ray Hamilton, a 34-year-old white male, was a dedicated member of the Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office (OCSO) Special Response Team. He tragically lost his life on December 24, 2022, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Hamilton was fatally shot while responding to…

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Luis Contreras Marrero

Male, age 35 · Lake-wales, Florida

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

Luis Contreras Marrero, a 35-year-old resident of Lake Wales, Florida, tragically lost his life on December 24, 2022. The incident occurred at his home in the Enchanted Grove Mobile Home Park on North Scenic Highway. According to reports, Contreras Marrero…

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Shameka Lockett

Female, age 39 · Lakeland, Florida

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

Shameka Lockett, aged 39, tragically passed away on December 24, 2022, in Lakeland, Florida. Her death was the result of a fatal shooting, which occurred at her residence on West Patterson Street. The incident was discovered when a family member found her…

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Avelino Rivera

Male, age 45 · Warner-robins, Georgia

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the evening of Christmas Eve, December 24, 2022, a sense of tragedy befell a Warner Robins, Georgia community. Avelino Rivera, a 45-year-old Hispanic male, was found deceased inside a residence on Red Fox Run. The Houston County Sheriff's Office responded…

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Hazel Janine Nene Reese

Female, age 36 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the day before she would have turned 37, Hazel Janine 'Nene' Reese, a 36-year-old Black mother of two boys, was tragically killed. Her life was cut short on Christmas Eve of 2022, inside a Microtel hotel in Brookhaven, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. She was…

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John Demonze Edwards

Male, age 42 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a cold Christmas Eve in Atlanta, Georgia, the life of 42-year-old John Demonze Edwards was tragically cut short. The evening of December 24, 2022, turned from festive to fatal when gunfire erupted at a gas station in the historic Sweet Auburn neighborhood.…

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Miguel Montes

Male, age 34 · Warner-robins, Georgia

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a Christmas Eve that should have been filled with festive cheer, a grim discovery was made at the Red Fox Run trailer park in Warner Robins, Georgia. On December 24, 2022, 34-year-old Miguel Angel Ochoa Montes, a male resident of Warner Robins, was found…

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Zayveion Aimir Walton

Male, age 18 · Columbus, Georgia

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a Christmas Eve morning in Columbus, Georgia, the life of 18-year-old Zayveion Aimir Walton, an African American male, was tragically cut short. On December 24, 2022, Walton was discovered on a sidewalk along 29th Street, near the entrance of the North…

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Anthony Pedroza

Male, age 23 · Waukegan, Illinois

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

Anthony Pedroza, a 23-year-old male from Zion, Illinois, tragically lost his life on December 24, 2022, following a shooting incident at Stretch’s Sports Bar and Grill in Waukegan. The incident occurred around 2:20 a.m. on Christmas Eve. According to the Lake…

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Frank Lamardo Jr.

Male, age 40 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

Frank Lamardo Jr., a 40-year-old man from Chicago, IL, was tragically killed on December 24, 2022. The incident occurred in the Montclare neighborhood on the Northwest Side of Chicago. Frank Lamardo Jr. was driving in the 2500 block of North Rutherford Avenue…

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Loyd Brown Jr.

Male, age 27 · Natchitoches, Louisiana

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a tragic Christmas Eve in 2022, the life of 27-year-old Loyd Brown Jr. was cut short by an act of gun violence in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The male victim was fatally wounded in a shooting that unfolded at the Hidden Hills trailer park, an incident that…

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Wilmer Ulises Olivas-Alvarez

Male, age 32 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

Wilmer Ulises Olivas-Alvarez, a 32-year-old Latino man, was tragically murdered on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2022, at a Marriott hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. on Rexford Road. Wilmer was shot multiple times and…

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Shawn Jackson

Male, age 48 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

Shawn L. Jackson, a 48-year-old male from Cleveland, Ohio, tragically passed away on December 24, 2022. His death was publicly announced by Strawbridge Memorial Chapel in Cleveland, OH, and his obituary was published on January 2, 2023. Services were held at…

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Terrence Hamman

Male, age 76 · Shiloh, Ohio

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

Terrence L. Hamman, a 76-year-old man from Shiloh, Ohio, passed away on December 24, 2022. He was an Air Force veteran who had served for 30 years as an airplane technician before retiring from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Terrence was known for his love…

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Tamara Colbert

Female, age 39 · Enola, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

Tamara Colbert, a 39-year-old White/Caucasian female from Enola, Pennsylvania, died on December 24, 2022, inside the home she shared with her husband on Wild Orchid Lane. It was Christmas Eve when concern from Christopher Colbert’s family brought Hampden…

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Asif Imran

Male, age 26 · Orange, Texas

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

On December 24, 2022, Asif Imran, a 26-year-old resident of Orange, Texas, was found shot to death inside his car in the driveway of his home. The Orange Police Department responded to a welfare check call at around 2:41 a.m. and discovered Imran with…

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Cesar Montelongo

Male, age 53 · Grand-prairie, Texas

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

Cesar Montelongo, a 53-year-old Hispanic male, was fatally shot on December 24, 2022, while working as a maintenance worker at the Clayton Pointe Apartment Complex in Grand Prairie, Texas. Montelongo was on a resident's balcony checking for burst pipes due to…

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Clint Demetri Jones

Male, age 35 · Killeen, Texas

Killed Dec 24, 2022 · 4 years ago

Clint Demetri Jones, a 35-year-old male of African American ethnicity from Harker Heights, Texas, tragically passed away on December 24, 2022, in Killeen, Texas. He was born on January 19, 1987, in Hinesville, Georgia. His death was the result of a shooting…

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Richard Abraham Delgado

Male, age 31 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Dec 24, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a Christmas Eve in Phoenix, Arizona, what should have been a festive time turned into a tragedy. Richard Abraham Delgado, a 31-year-old Hispanic man, was involved in a double shooting that would cut his life short. The incident, which occurred on December…

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Dorian Withers

Male, age 18 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Dec 24, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early hours of December 23, 2020, in Little Rock, Arkansas, the life of 18-year-old Dorian Withers, a Black male, was tragically cut short. Just after midnight, gunshots echoed in the John Barrow neighborhood. Police were dispatched to the 3500 block…

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Vincent Smith

Male, age 24 · Marianna, Arkansas

Killed Dec 24, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the small city of Marianna, Arkansas, the holiday season of 2020 was tragically marred by violence. On Christmas Eve, December 24, 2020, a young Black man named Vincent Smith, aged 24, was killed. His life was cut short by gunfire, a stark and somber event…

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Malcom Williams

Male, age 29 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Dec 24, 2020 · 6 years ago

Malcom Jamal Williams, a 29-year-old Black/African American man from Minneapolis, was fatally shot on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2020, inside the Lake Street light-rail station near Lake Street and Hiawatha Avenue in Minneapolis. Police were called to the…

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Louie J Johnson

Male, age 47 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Dec 24, 2020 · 6 years ago

On Christmas Eve of 2020, a season typically marked by peace and goodwill was shattered by violence in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, leading to the tragic death of Louie J. Johnson, a 47-year-old Black/African American man. In an act of courage, Johnson intervened in…

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Tyler Joseph McLeod

Male, age 27 · Brookhaven, Mississippi

Killed Dec 24, 2020 · 6 years ago

On Christmas Eve of 2020, the life of 27-year-old Tyler Joseph McLeod, a male resident of Brookhaven, Mississippi, was tragically cut short. He was a victim of gun violence in a fatal incident that occurred within the city limits. The circumstances…

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Alonzo K. Conley

Male, age 26 · Saginaw, Michigan

Killed Dec 24, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early hours of Christmas Eve in 2020, the life of 26-year-old Alonzo K. Conley of Zilwaukee, Michigan, was tragically cut short. Just before 3 a.m. on December 24th, officers from the Buena Vista Township Police Department were dispatched to the 600…

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Antonio Harris

Male, age 22 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Dec 24, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a cold Christmas Eve in Detroit, Michigan, what should have been a festive time turned into a tragedy for the family of Antonio Harris. The 22-year-old man was attending a party when his life was cut short by gun violence on December 24, 2020. Reports from…

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David Filbeck

Male, age 53 · Applegate, Michigan

Killed Dec 24, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the quiet community of Applegate, Michigan, David H. Filbeck, a 53-year-old Caucasian male, and his wife, Jennifer R. Filbeck, 51, lived a simple and peaceful life. The couple, who had been married since 1993, were known for their love of the outdoors…

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Deborah Kay Masters VanHavel

Female, age 71 · Morenci, Michigan

Killed Dec 24, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a quiet Christmas Eve in 2020, the holiday stillness was shattered in Morenci, Michigan, by a shocking act of violence that claimed the life of 71-year-old Deborah Kay Masters VanHavel. A loving mother and grandmother, Deborah was found deceased in her…

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Jennifer Filbeck

Female, age 51 · Applegate, Michigan

Killed Dec 24, 2020 · 6 years ago

Jennifer R. Filbeck, a 51-year-old Caucasian woman, and her husband, David H. Filbeck, 53, were found deceased in their Applegate, Michigan, home on Saturday, December 26, 2020. Deputies from the Sanilac County Sheriff's Department discovered the couple after…

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Diane May Clyburn

Female, age 60 · Glen-lyn, Virginia

Killed Dec 24, 2020 · 6 years ago

On Christmas Eve of 2020, in the quiet town of Glen-lyn, Virginia, 60-year-old Diane May Clyburn, a Caucasian female, was found deceased in her home. The tragic discovery was made after the Giles County Sheriff's Office received a request for a wellbeing…

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Ethan Bell

Male, age 18 · Martinsville, Indiana

Killed Dec 24, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a Christmas Eve morning in 2020, the life of 18-year-old Ethan Scott Bell of Martinsville, Indiana, was tragically cut short. Bell, a male, was known by his family as a compassionate and dedicated young man who loved his family immensely and always sought…

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