Deaths by Force on December 30

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Samuel Turner Dawson

Male, age 55 · Gladys, Virginia

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a late December day in 2016, the quiet community of Gladys, Virginia, was shaken by a violent act that claimed the life of one of its residents. Samuel Turner Dawson, a 55-year-old male, was fatally shot on December 30th, a grim end to the year that left…

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Jermaine Frasier

Male, age 45 · Mc-clellanville, South Carolina

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a late December evening in McClellanville, South Carolina, the life of Jermaine Lamel Frasier, Sr. was tragically cut short. The 45-year-old man, known affectionately as 'Jerk' to his friends and family, had just returned home from his job as an Industrial…

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Quadeedrah Clinton

Female, age 38 · North-charleston, South Carolina

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the winter of 2016, the life of 38-year-old Quadeedrah Clinton was tragically cut short in a wave of violence that underscored a history of domestic turmoil. On the evening of December 30th, in North Charleston, South Carolina, Clinton was found dead, the…

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Reginald James

Male, age 44 · Hampton, South Carolina

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a cold December day in 2016, a family gathering in Hampton, South Carolina, born of sorrow, tragically descended into further grief. Reginald James, a 44-year-old man from Estill, was shot and killed following an altercation. The man authorities identified…

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Kareem Moye

Male, age 27 · Bronx, New York

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 30, 2016, a burst of gunfire shattered the late-night quiet outside a Bronx bodega. When the echoes faded, 27-year-old Kareem Moye was left lying on the pavement at the corner of East 170th Street and College Avenue in…

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Dallas Taylor

Male, age 25 · Stockton, California

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

Dallas Taylor, a 25-year-old resident of Stockton, California, tragically lost his life on December 30, 2016. He was shot inside a home on Fitzpatrick Circle just after midnight. His father and younger brother were waiting outside when the incident occurred.…

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Jessie Orozco

Male, age 32 · Sacramento, California

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jessie Orozco, aged 32, tragically passed away on December 30, 2016, in Sacramento, California. The circumstances surrounding his death were initially unclear, prompting an investigation by local authorities. Jessie Orozco's death was later classified as a…

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Benny Fernandez

Male, age 33 · Orlando, Florida

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

Benny Fernandez, a 33-year-old man from Orlando, Florida, was tragically shot and killed on December 30, 2016. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning at the Walden Palms Condos on Walden Circle, just off Vineland Road. According to police…

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Derrick Brandon Smith

Male, age 30 · Lincolnton, Georgia

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of Friday, December 30, 2016, a gathering of individuals at a home on Fleming Lake Court in Lincolnton, Georgia, turned tragic, leading to the death of 30-year-old Derrick Brandon Smith. A male, Smith was a resident of Lincoln…

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Grace McCook Hancock

Female, age 51 · Webster-county, Georgia

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet seclusion of a Webster County, Georgia, hunting cabin, a day of family gathering turned into a scene of tragedy on Friday, December 30, 2016. It was on this day that Grace McCook Hancock, a 51-year-old Caucasian female from Moultrie, lost her…

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Carl Z. Silas

Male, age 28 · Belleville, Illinois

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

Carl Z. Silas, a 28-year-old African American man from Belleville, Illinois, was killed just before dawn on December 30, 2016, after deputies were called to a report of a home invasion and shooting at an apartment in the 2900 block of West Boulevard, in…

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Karen Lynn Speight

Female, age 58 · Greenville, North Carolina

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

Karen Lynn Speight, a 58-year-old woman from Greenville, North Carolina, tragically passed away on December 30, 2016. She was born on November 26, 1958, in Pitt County, NC, to Irene Simms and the late Booker T. Speight, Sr. Karen was a beloved mother…

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James Martin

Male, age 74 · Butler, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet community of East Butler, Pennsylvania, the life of 74-year-old James S. Martin, a retired deputy sheriff, came to a violent and tragic end in the final days of 2016. A friend discovered Martin's body in his home on December 30th after he failed…

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Landon Eugene Weaver

Male, age 25 · Hesston, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

Trooper Landon Eugene Weaver, aged 23, was tragically killed in the line of duty on December 30, 2016, in Juniata Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. He was born on November 11, 1993, in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and joined the Pennsylvania State Police…

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William Michael Blackwell

Male, age 31 · Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

William Michael Blackwell, a 31-year-old male from Williamsport, PA, was tragically shot and killed on December 30, 2016, in the 2000 block of Boyd Street. The incident occurred around 3 p.m. and was captured on video by a private surveillance camera. The…

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Joshua Pugh

Male, age 23 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the fading light of a late December evening in Memphis, Tennessee, the life of 23-year-old Joshua Pugh was tragically cut short. On December 30, 2016, Pugh was out walking his dog in the Highland Heights neighborhood, a routine activity that ended in a…

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Carman Kima Latchie

Male, age 40 · Killeen, Texas

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

Carman Kima Latchie, a 40-year-old resident of Killeen, Texas, tragically passed away on December 30, 2016. The circumstances surrounding his death were the result of a shooting incident that occurred on December 29, 2016, at the intersection of Parmer Avenue…

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Charles Acker

Male, age 96 · Houston, Texas

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

Charles Morton "Buddy" Acker, a 96-year-old Caucasian male from Houston, TX, passed away on December 30, 2016. He was well-known in his community and had a passion for golf, skeet shooting, hunting, dancing, and music. Charles had a business called Acker…

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John Clinton Harmon

Male, age 61 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

John Clinton Harmon, a 61-year-old male of unspecified ethnicity, tragically passed away on December 30, 2016, in San Antonio, Texas. Harmon was involved in a fatal shooting incident at his home on Nash Boulevard. The incident occurred when Antonio Antoine…

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Juan Armando Gonzalez

Male, age 28 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

Juan Armando Gonzalez, a 28-year-old Hispanic male from Harlingen, Texas, was tragically shot and killed on December 30, 2016, at the Lago Vista Village Apartments in San Antonio, Texas. According to preliminary information from the San Antonio Police…

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Nikki Blahitka

Female, age 49 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

Nicole Lynn Lester Blahitka, a 49-year-old woman of Caucasian ethnicity, tragically passed away on December 30, 2016, in Fort Worth, Texas. Nikki was a beloved mother, daughter, sister, and friend, known for her contagious smile and generous heart. She was…

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Don Bell

Male, age 36 · Houston, Texas

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

Sir Don Bell, a 26-year-old male, was tragically shot and killed on December 30, 2016, in the parking lot of a southwest Houston apartment complex near County Creek Street and Deering Drive. He was rushed to Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, where he…

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Vicki Flanery

Female, age 63 · Houston, Texas

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

Vicki Flanery, a 63-year-old retired teacher from Houston, TX, tragically passed away on December 30, 2016. She was found dead in her home along with her 96-year-old father, Charles Morton Acker, and her husband, David Flanery. The incident was determined to…

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John Nicacio

Male, age 24 · Oakland, California

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

John Nicacio, 24, a Hispanic/Latino man from Oakland, was driving through East Oakland on the afternoon of December 30, 2016, when gunfire tore into his car on the 7700 block of Garfield Avenue. Shot multiple times around 4:19 p.m., he succumbed to his wounds…

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Gabriel Jr. Martinez

Male, age 5 · Oakland, California

Found Dec 30, 2011 · 15 years ago

On the evening of December 30, 2011, 5-year-old Gabriel Martinez Jr. was tragically shot and killed while playing near his father's taco truck in East Oakland, California. The incident occurred at the corner of International Boulevard and 55th Avenue, an area…

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Jermiane T Baskin

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 30, 2011 · 15 years ago

On December 30, 2011, Jermiane T. Baskin, aged 25, was fatally shot in Chicago, Illinois. The incident took place in the Englewood neighborhood, an area of Chicago that has faced a persistent challenge with gun violence. Baskin was shot multiple times, and…

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JeMel L Gant

Male, age 32 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Dec 30, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the winter of 2012, the life of 32-year-old JeMel L. Gant of Indianapolis, Indiana, was cut short. Gant, a male, passed away on Friday, January 6, 2012. While his death was publicly announced, leading to funeral services and his burial, the specific…

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Derrick Wallace

Male, age 37 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Dec 30, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the cold of a Detroit winter, just a day before New Year's Eve in 2011, the life of 37-year-old Derrick Wallace was tragically cut short. On the evening of December 30th, in the area of 12021 Heyden Street, Wallace became another victim of the city's…

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Antonio Clark

Male, age 18 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Dec 30, 2011 · 15 years ago

Antonio Martel Clark Jr. was just 18 when his life ended in Detroit, a city he had grown up in and a place that held both the ordinary rhythms of daily life and the harsher realities that too many young people faced. Born on January 2, 1993, he entered the…

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Gregory J Smith

Male, age 25 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Dec 30, 2011 · 15 years ago

Gregory J. Smith, a 25-year-old Black / African American man from Little Rock, Arkansas, died after being shot on December 30, 2011, a loss that moved quietly through local news and memorial pages rather than national headlines. He was remembered on a…

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Walter Sumter

Male, age 18 · New-york, New York

Killed Dec 30, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the early hours of a Friday in Harlem, the life of 18-year-old Walter Sumter was cut short by a single gunshot to the chest. The shooting occurred just after midnight on December 30, 2011, on West 154th Street, following a party that Sumter had attended…

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Paulus Smit

Male, age 57 · Yorba Linda, California

Killed Dec 30, 2011 · 15 years ago

Paulus Cornelius “Dutch” Smit, a 57-year-old male of Dutch ethnicity, tragically lost his life on December 30, 2011, in Yorba Linda, California. His body was discovered outside a local library, where a candlelit memorial was later set up in his honor. The…

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Julian Robin

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Dec 30, 2006 · 20 years ago

On a cold winter evening in Washington, D.C., the life of Julian Robin was tragically cut short. On Saturday, December 30, 2006, at approximately 6:40 pm, he was shot and killed at the intersection of 21st and Savannah Terrace, SE. The circumstances…

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Jimmie Finister

Male, age 22 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Dec 30, 1996 · 30 years ago

On a winter evening in Las Vegas, just a day before New Year's Eve in 1996, tragedy struck 22-year-old Jimmie Finister, an African-American male. The events of December 30th unfolded at his residence at 1320 N. Jones Blvd., a location that would become the…

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Patrol Cudnik

age 47 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Dec 30, 1996 · 30 years ago

Patrol Officer Hilary S. Cudnik, age 47, of the Cleveland Division of Police, was shot and killed on December 30, 1996, while making a felony traffic stop on a stolen vehicle. Officer Cudnik and his partner, Officer Frank Costanzo, had been pursuing the…

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Salbi Asatryan

Female, age 75 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Dec 30, 1996 · 30 years ago

Salbi Asatryan, a 75-year-old Armenian American woman, died unexpectedly on December 30, 1996, while under care at Glendale Adventist Medical Center in California. She had been admitted to the hospital on December 27 for severe breathing difficulties and was…

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Dwayne Galloway

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Dec 30, 1991 · 35 years ago

On December 30, 1991, Dwayne Galloway, a 29-year-old resident of Columbus, Ohio, was tragically found dead in his apartment located at 1157 E. Mound Street. Galloway had suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head. The incident occurred in the early morning…

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Harriet Kaltenbach

Female, age 23 · Chillicothe, Ohio

Killed Dec 30, 1981 · 45 years ago

On December 30, 1981, Harriet Kaltenbach, aged 23, was tragically found deceased in Chillicothe, Ohio. She was discovered seated in a vehicle parked in front of an apartment complex office on Plyley's Lane. Kaltenbach, who went by the nickname "Sissy," had…

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Dustin Hilsendager

Male, age 26 · Redmond, Oregon

Killed Dec 30, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 30, 2021, a grim discovery was made in Redmond, Oregon, that would unravel from a supposed car accident into a complex, unsolved homicide. Twenty-six-year-old Dustin Hilsendager, a male resident of Redmond, was found…

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Travion Collins

Male, age 13 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 30, 2021 · 5 years ago

Travion Collins, a 13-year-old African American boy, tragically died on December 30, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois. He was found shot in the head in a bedroom of a home located in the 300 block of West Swann Street in the Fuller Park neighborhood on the South…

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Peritti Dantzler

Male, age 32 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 30, 2021 · 5 years ago

Peritti Dantzler, a 32-year-old male from Philadelphia, was killed on December 30, 2021, in a shooting on the 2100 block of Etting Terrace. Public Philadelphia homicide listings place his death among the final murder victims recorded in the city in 2021…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Keith Trevor Jackson

Male, age 43 · Compton, California

Killed Dec 30, 2016 · 10 years ago

Keith Trevor Jackson, a 43-year-old resident of Compton, California, tragically lost his life on December 30, 2016. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Jackson was fatally shot on that fateful Friday. The incident occurred near the…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Robert Stewart

Male, age 36 · Mount-rainier, Maryland

Killed Dec 30, 2006 · 20 years ago

On a cold winter’s night in Mount Rainier, Maryland, a life was tragically cut short, leaving a void in the community. Robert S. Stewart, a 36-year-old male, was killed by an act of gun violence on December 30, 2006. The incident marked another grim statistic…

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Roy Jones

Male, age 25 · Cairo, Illinois

Killed Dec 30, 1991 · 35 years ago

Roy Lee Jones, a 25-year-old African American man, tragically died on December 30, 1991, in Cairo, Illinois. His death was the result of a shooting incident involving John McDonald, a white police officer from Cairo. The incident occurred in the parking lot…

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Carl Darell Melvin

Male, age 45 · Homestead, Florida

Killed Dec 30, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early hours of December 30, 2025, the life of 45-year-old Carl Darell Melvin was tragically cut short in a fatal shooting in Homestead, Florida. The incident, which also left another man, Quentavis Lejohn Smith, injured, unfolded while Melvin was…

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Dalvis Hart

Male, age 48 · Hammond, Louisiana

Killed Dec 30, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late afternoon hours of December 30, 2025, a dispute between two brothers in a parking lot in Hammond, Louisiana, escalated into a fatal tragedy. Dalvis Hart, a 48-year-old man, was shot and killed during an argument with his older brother. The…

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Danielle Cuvillier

Female, age 80 · Mercer Island, Washington

Killed Dec 30, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a quiet street in the affluent community of Mercer Island, Washington, the life of 80-year-old Danielle Cuvillier, a cherished local artist, came to a tragic end on December 30, 2025. The grim discovery was made after an attorney representing Cuvillier…

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Dominick Nick Cuvillier Williams

Male, age 34 · Mercer Island, Washington

Killed Dec 30, 2025 · 1 year ago

On December 30, 2025, 34-year-old Dominick "Nick" Cuvillier Williams was found dead from gunshot wounds in a home in Issaquah, Washington. His death was part of a tragic series of events that spanned two cities and claimed the lives of three other family…

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