Death by Force

Jerome Armstead

Male, age 34 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

Jerome Armstead, a 34-year-old male whose race or ethnicity is recorded in public case files as unknown, was fatally shot at an apartment complex in south Phoenix, Arizona. Late one night, around 10:45 p.m., Phoenix police officers were dispatched to a report…

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Vincent Rogers

Male, age 27 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

Vincent Rogers, aged 27, was fatally shot on December 31, 2013, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred in the Rogers Park neighborhood, where he was found with multiple gunshot wounds. This incident happened during New Year’s Eve, contributing to the tragic…

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Donald Eason

Male, age 22 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

In a tragic turn of events following a heated argument, 35-year-old Donald Eason Jr., a Black male, sustained fatal injuries in Baltimore, Maryland. The incident occurred on November 14, 2021, in the valet area of the Residence Inn by Marriott located on the…

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Qhahdir Devine

Male, age 18 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

On the final night of 2013, the life of 18-year-old Qhahdir Devine, a promising male high school basketball star, was cut short by gunfire in Philadelphia. Just before 11:30 p.m. on New Year's Eve, Devine was shot in the head and chest outside a donut shop on…

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Jovan Green

Male, age 23 · Houston, Texas

Found Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

On December 31, 2013, Jovan Cerone Green, age 23, was fatally shot at approximately 1:45 a.m. in the 5500 block of Antoine Drive, Houston, Texas. Following the incident, Green was transported to Memorial Hermann Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The…

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Carlos Rueda

Male, age 22 · Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

On New Year's Eve of 2013, a gathering of friends in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, took a tragic turn, ending the life of 22-year-old Hispanic male Carlos Rueda. The night's festivities were shattered by the sound of a single gunshot, which would be the final sound…

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Fernando Winters

Male, age 36 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

On the final evening of 2013, a fatal encounter unfolded in Milwaukee that ended the life of 36-year-old Fernando Winters. A simple matter of collecting a debt turned into a deadly robbery attempt when a father and son targeted Winters for the $50 he had just…

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James Anderson

Male, age 23 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

On the final day of 2013, the life of 23-year-old James Anderson was tragically cut short in a brazen daylight shooting in Camden, New Jersey. The incident, which also claimed the life of 31-year-old Jorge Chavis, unfolded around 12:15 p.m. in a residence on…

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Jorge Chavis

Male, age 31 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

On the afternoon of New Year's Eve in 2013, tragedy struck on a street in Camden, New Jersey, abruptly ending the life of 31-year-old Jorge Chavis. In the broad daylight of approximately 12:15 p.m., Chavis and another man, 23-year-old James Anderson, also of…

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Donivan Walker Jr

Male, age 21 · Hampton, Virginia

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

On New Year's Eve in 2013, 21-year-old Donivan K. Walker Jr. was fatally shot at a popular skate park in Hampton, Virginia. The incident, which also resulted in the death of 20-year-old Kenneth J. Wilson, unfolded in the late afternoon at the Woodland…

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Kenneth J. Wilson

Male, age 20 · Hampton, Virginia

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

On the last day of 2013, a dispute over bicycle parts at a Hampton skate park tragically escalated, ending the lives of two young men. Kenneth Jake Wilson, a 20-year-old male, and his friend, Donivan K. Walker Jr., 21, were fatally shot on December 31, 2013.…

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Ashlee Walker

Female, age 21 · East-oakland, California

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

Ashlee Walker, a 21-year-old college student and fast-food restaurant worker, tragically lost her life on December 31, 2013, in East Oakland, California. On that fateful night, Ashlee and three friends were in a PT Cruiser parked on 22nd Avenue, waiting to…

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Damien Toney Jr

Male, age 20 · Santa-rosa, California

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

Damien Toney Jr., a 20-year-old resident of Santa Rosa, California, tragically lost his life on December 31, 2013. He was found in the parking lot of an apartment complex at 2001 Piner Road, having been shot in the chest and arm. Despite being rushed to the…

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Lee Edward Weathersby III

Male, age 13 · Oakland, California

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

Lee Edward Weathersby III, a 13-year-old boy from Oakland, California, was tragically shot on December 31, 2013, as he was walking home from a New Year's Eve party at the Boys and Girls Club. He succumbed to his injuries the following day. The incident…

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Mabel Figueroa

Female, age 42 · Miami, Florida

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

Mabel Figueroa, a 42-year-old female, tragically lost her life on December 31, 2013, in Miami, Florida. The incident occurred during a domestic dispute that escalated into a violent confrontation. According to reports, Ivan Wong, a 41-year-old white male…

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Michel Figueroa

Male, age 44 · Miami, Florida

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

Michel Figueroa, a 44-year-old Hispanic male, tragically lost his life on December 31, 2013, in Miami, FL. The incident occurred during a violent domestic dispute in Southwest Miami-Dade. Michel Figueroa was shot and killed by his brother-in-law, Ivan Wong…

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Jose Mendoza

Male, age 20 · Berwyn, Illinois

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

Jose Mendoza, a 20-year-old male from Berwyn, Illinois, was tragically shot to death on December 31, 2013. The incident occurred behind Millenium Cuts, a barbershop located in the 2100 block of Oak Park Avenue in Berwyn. Mendoza was discovered inside the…

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Akesia Michelle Toney

Female, age 37 · Louisburg, North Carolina

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

Akesia Michelle Toney, a 37-year-old African American woman, was tragically killed on December 31, 2013, in Louisburg, North Carolina. Akesia and her 16-year-old daughter, Brianna Nicole Jones, were found dead in their home on 1755 West River Road in…

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Brianna Nicole Jones

Female, age 16 · Louisburg, North Carolina

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

Brianna Nicole Jones, a 16-year-old African American girl, tragically lost her life on December 31, 2013, in Louisburg, North Carolina. She was found dead alongside her mother, Akesia Michelle Jones Toney, in their home on West River Road. The incident…

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Ashley Carpenter

Female, age 18 · Barberton, Ohio

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

Ashley Nicole Hope Carpenter, an 18-year-old female of Caucasian ethnicity, tragically lost her life on December 31, 2013, in Barberton, Ohio. She was a senior at Barberton High School and an active member of the high school band. Ashley, along with her…

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David John Ernest Carpenter-Kohler

Male, age 14 · Barberton, Ohio

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

David John Ernest Carpenter-Kohler, a 14-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity from Barberton, OH, tragically lost his life on December 31, 2013. David, along with his 18-year-old sister Ashley Carpenter and their father John Kohler, were victims of a home…

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Frank S. Petro

Male, age 62 · Saltsburg, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

On New Year's Eve of 2013, the community of Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, was shaken by the violent death of a local business owner. Frank S. Petro, a 62-year-old male, was shot and killed inside his own establishment, Frank's Gun & Taxidermy Shop in Tunnelton.…

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Frederick Shearer

Male · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Dec 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

On December 31, 2012, Frederick Shearer was found dead in Phoenix, Arizona, in what online case records describe as an unsolved “death by force,” meaning his death has been classified as a homicide caused by violent means rather than natural causes, accident…

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David Paul Santiago

Male, age 22 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Dec 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

On a crisp autumn night in Phoenix, Arizona, a young man named David Paul Santiago went out for a night of music and dancing, an evening that tragically ended in his death. On November 25, 2012, the 22-year-old was at a rave party held at a venue located at…

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Junior Estudillo

Male, age 19 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

Junior Estudillo, aged 19, was fatally shot on December 31, 2012, in Chicago's Kilbourn Park neighborhood. The incident occurred around 10:10 p.m. near the intersection of School Street and Keeler Avenue. At the time of the shooting, Junior was in a car with…

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Charles Spurlock

Male, age 36 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Dec 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

On a Monday evening in November 2023, the life of Charles Spurlock, a 51-year-old male, was tragically cut short in his home on the east side of Indianapolis. Concern grew when a friend could not reach him, a silence that led to a grim discovery at his…

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Lester Adams

Male, age 42 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Dec 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

On a Sunday evening in New Orleans, what began as a night out with others ended in tragedy for Lester J. Adams, a 42-year-old African-American man. On December 30, 2012, as Adams and several other people were leaving the Big Man's Lounge at approximately 8:30…

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Eric Hadley

Male, age 24 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Dec 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

Eric Benjamin Hadley Jr., a 24-year-old African-American man from New Orleans, Louisiana, was spending the last day of 2012 the way friends said he often did—close to cars, close to the work he loved, and close to the people who knew him as a humble, steady…

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Terry Nelson

Male, age 24 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Dec 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

On the last day of 2012, a street in Baltimore was the scene of the city's final homicide of the year. Terry Nelson, a 24-year-old Black male, was found shot in the 2100 block of Bryant Avenue. The young man had sustained a gunshot wound to the head. He was…

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Rodney Mccoy

Male, age 53 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Dec 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

Based on the limited information available from online sources, the death of Rodney Mccoy of Detroit, MI, is mentioned in the context of an unsolved homicide that occurred in 2012. Details regarding the specific date of his death, his age, and the…

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Terry Knowles

Male, age 34 · Omaha, Nebraska

Killed Dec 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the final hours of 2012, the life of Terry Knowles, a 34-year-old African-American man, was tragically cut short in Omaha, Nebraska. On the evening of December 31st, gunshots echoed in the area of 5301 North 35th Street. When police responded to the scene…

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Heriberto Galeana-Galvan

Male, age 32 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Dec 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

On December 31, 2012, 32-year-old Heriberto Galeana-Galvan was found dead in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred on the east side of Columbus, and authorities classified it as a homicide. Galeana-Galvan was discovered with gunshot wounds, and despite…

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Raymundo Ramirez-Lopez

Male, age 31 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Dec 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

Raymundo Ramirez-Lopez, a 31-year-old male from Columbus, Ohio, was tragically killed on December 31, 2012. He was found in Columbus after sustaining fatal injuries. His death has been classified as a homicide, and it remains one of the numerous unsolved…

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Danny Henderson

Male, age 19 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

On December 28, 2012, 19-year-old Danny Ray Henderson was killed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Born on May 13, 1993, Henderson was a graduate of Abraham Lincoln High School and a student at Community College of Philadelphia with aspirations of becoming a…

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Glen Mcdonald

Male, age 56 · Houston, Texas

Found Dec 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

On December 31, 2012, Glen McDonald, aged 56, was found deceased in his Houston, Texas, residence. The Houston Police Department responded to a welfare check at McDonald's home after neighbors reported not seeing him for several days. Upon entry…

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Michael E Alexander

Male, age 28 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Dec 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

On the evening of New Year's Eve 2012, tragedy struck the city of Richmond, Virginia, marking a somber end to the year. Michael Excell Alexander, a 28-year-old Black male known affectionately to his friends and family as 'Flip,' was fatally shot at the…

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Michael Excell Alexander

Male, age 28 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Dec 31, 2012 · 14 years ago

On the evening of New Year's Eve 2012, tragedy struck in Richmond, Virginia, forever altering the lives of one family. Michael Excell Alexander, a 28-year-old African-American male, was found shot in the street at the intersection of 29th and Newbourne…

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Christopher Jones

Null, age 17 · Oakland, California

Found Dec 31, 2010 · 16 years ago

On December 31, 2010, 17-year-old Christopher Jones was tragically killed in a shooting outside his East Oakland home. As Christopher and his mother were preparing to go to dinner before church, gunmen opened fire across the street, aiming at a nearby car. In…

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Michael Rainge

Male, age 26 · Jacksonville, Florida

Found Dec 31, 2010 · 16 years ago

Michael Lee Rainge Jr., aged 26, was found dead on December 31, 2010, in Jacksonville, Florida. The incident occurred under circumstances that are still not fully clarified, but it has been classified as a homicide. Rainge was killed in what local authorities…

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Pierre Ashby

Male, age 34 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Dec 31, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the late winter of 2016, a man named Pierre Ashby passed away on Monday, March 21. At the time of his death, he was 68 years old. His last known residence was in the Hegewisch neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Originally from the Detroit, MI area, Mr.…

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Davon Spanish

Male, age 25 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Dec 31, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the final hours of 2010, as the city of Detroit prepared to ring in the new year, a tragedy unfolded that would leave a family shattered and a community searching for answers. On December 31, 2010, the body of 25-year-old Davon Spanish was discovered near…

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Wendell Scott Sowell

Male, age 43 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 31, 2010 · 16 years ago

In St. Louis, Missouri, a man by the name of Wendell Scott Sowell, born on September 18, 1967, passed away in late 2010 at the age of 43. He was the youngest of five children born to Ulysses Allen and Paralee Andrea Sowell in the city. Wendell received his…

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Clarence Williams

Male, age 57 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Dec 31, 2010 · 16 years ago

Clarence Williams, a 57-year-old man from Tulsa, Oklahoma, spent the final hours of 2010 inside a small house at 1102 East 26th Place North, a modest home in a North Tulsa neighborhood that had seen its share of hardship. Sometime during the night between…

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Lora Stanley

Female · Cherokee-indian-reservation, North Carolina

Killed Dec 31, 2010 · 16 years ago

Lora Stanley, a female of Cherokee ethnicity, tragically died on December 31, 2010, on the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina. Her death was part of a series of violent incidents that occurred on the reservation during that period. The…

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Edwin Ruiz

Male, age 46 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Dec 31, 2009 · 17 years ago

On December 31, 2009, Edwin Ruiz, age 46, was found shot to death on the 3300 block of North Palethorpe Street in Philadelphia. The shooting occurred during the evening hours, and Edwin was pronounced dead at the scene. His death was part of the ongoing…

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Antonio Duran

Male, age 31 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Dec 31, 2009 · 17 years ago

Antonio Duran, a 31-year-old resident of Philadelphia, was shot and killed on December 31, 2009. The homicide occurred on the 2900 block of West Edgley Street, with Duran being pronounced dead at the scene shortly after the incident. The details of the crime…

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Santos Marquez Leal

Male, age 51 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Dec 31, 2009 · 17 years ago

On the evening of New Year's Eve in 2009, Santos Marquez Leal was at his home at 1541 Bell Road in Nashville, Tennessee. He was in the living room with his roommates when the ordinary moments of the evening were shattered. Two individuals forcibly entered the…

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Frank Smithers

Male, age 23 · Houston, Texas

Found Dec 31, 2009 · 17 years ago

Frank Smithers, age 23, was fatally shot on December 31, 2009, in Houston, Texas. The incident took place as part of an unresolved criminal event, and it remains among the numerous cold cases investigated by the Houston Police Department's Homicide Division.…

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