Death by Force

Michale Cavanaugh

Male, age 34 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the final day of 2015, a visit to a barbershop in New Orleans East turned tragic for 34-year-old Michael Cavanaugh. Inside the establishment, located in the 9700 block of Lake Forest Boulevard, Cavanaugh was discovered with a single gunshot wound to his…

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Jameel Woodard

Male, age 37 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the last day of 2015, in the city of Baltimore, the life of Jameel Woodard was tragically cut short. A 37-year-old Black male, Woodard was killed on December 31, 2015. The fatal incident took place at approximately 8:22 p.m. at 1 N Poppleton St. Details…

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Jameel Williams

Male, age 37 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

Jameel Williams, 37, is described in some corners of the internet as a Baltimore, Maryland man whose life ended violently, but the public record is frustratingly thin: in widely circulated, open-source compilations of Baltimore City’s 2015 homicides, the…

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Antonio Hobson

Male, age 17 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

In Detroit, Michigan, a young man named Antonio Hobson lost his life in a violent encounter on New Year's Eve. The specific year of his death is not readily available in public online records, but the case has remained unsolved for a number of years. His…

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Nelson Peel

Male, age 53 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

On December 31, 2015, officers from the Columbus Police Department were dispatched to 1812 Bucher Street to perform a welfare check. Upon arrival at the scene, officers discovered two deceased men inside the residence. The victims were later identified as…

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Rodney Peel

Male, age 51 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

On December 31, 2015, Rodney Peel, aged 51, was found deceased inside a residence on Bucher Street in Columbus, Ohio. The Columbus Police Department responded to a welfare check request at approximately 12:04 PM. Upon arrival at 1812 Bucher Street, officers…

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Denzel Collins

Male, age 21 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of New Year's Eve in 2015, the life of a young Black man, Denzel Collins, was tragically cut short in Philadelphia. The 21-year-old was found by police on the 2500 block of West Clearfield Street after they responded to a call just…

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Jorge Nolasco

Male, age 18 · Houston, Texas

Found Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

On December 28, 2015, 18-year-old Jorge Alejandro Nolasco passed away in Houston, Texas. Born on September 26, 1997, in Houston, he was a beloved son and friend. Funeral services were held at Advantage Funeral and Cremation Services, with a rosary…

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Jorge Johnson

Null, age 18 · Houston, Texas

Found Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

On December 31, 2015, 18-year-old Jorge Johnson was fatally shot in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred around 11:30 p.m. in the 7000 block of Bissonnet Street. Houston Police Department officers responded to reports of gunfire and found Johnson with…

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Corey Shillow

Male, age 20 · Houston, Texas

Found Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

On December 10, 2015, Corey B. Shillow Jr., a 20-year-old African American male from Beaumont, Texas, passed away in Houston, Texas. His obituary, published in the Beaumont Enterprise, notes his passing but does not provide details about the circumstances…

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Mary Whatley

Female, age 44 · Selma, Alabama

Killed Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the final day of 2015, a long-standing feud between two men in Selma, Alabama, erupted in gunfire, tragically ending the lives of two innocent bystanders. Mary Whatley, a 44-year-old woman, was one of the victims caught in the crossfire of a dispute that…

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JShaad Jones aka Double

Male, age 18 · Charleston, West Virginia

Killed Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

J'Shaad KeVon Lylerice Jones, known in news reports as “Double O,” was an 18-year-old Black/African American male from Charleston, West Virginia, whose life ended during the early morning hours of December 31, 2015. Shortly before 2:00 a.m., Jones was outside…

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Aaron Gant Jr

Male, age 24 · New Bedford, Massachusetts

Killed Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

On New Year's Eve of 2015, a life was tragically cut short in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Aaron Gant Jr., a 24-year-old Black / African American male, was fatally wounded in a shooting that would later be described by prosecutors as a gang-related…

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Keith Childress Jr

Male, age 23 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

On December 31, 2015, Keith Childress, Jr., a 23-year-old father of three, was fatally shot by officers of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in a tragic incident marked by misinformation and mistaken identity. Childress was visiting Las Vegas for…

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Cayle Mitchell Taylor

Male, age 16 · Rolling-fork, Mississippi

Killed Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of New Year's Eve 2015, a hunting trip in the vast expanse of the Delta National Forest near Rolling Fork, Mississippi, took a devastating turn. Sixteen-year-old Cayle Mitchell Taylor, a resident of Franklinton, Louisiana, was with…

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Dorian Ezell

Male, age 23 · Columbia, South Carolina

Killed Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

Dorian James Ezell, a 23-year-old Black male from Columbia, South Carolina, passed away on December 31, 2015. Born on August 28, 1992, to Reverend Ricky Ray Ezell, Sr. and Bernice Gadson Ezell, Dorian was a vibrant and active member of his community. He was a…

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Tezlar Wayne Ross

Male, age 20 · Gaffney, South Carolina

Killed Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

On New Year's Eve, a tragic incident in Gaffney, South Carolina, resulted in the death of 20-year-old Tezlar Wayne Ross. The young man was at his home with three other individuals when the fatal event occurred. According to Cherokee County Coroner Dennis…

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Jihad Jackson

Male, age 16 · Queens, New York

Killed Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the final night of 2015, just half an hour before the new year, 16-year-old Jihad Jackson's life was cut short by a single gunshot to the head in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, New York. A male, known to his friends as J-Rock, he was discovered…

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Ernie Calzadilla

Male, age 27 · Rowland-heights, California

Killed Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

Ernie Calzadilla, a 27-year-old Latino, was tragically killed on December 31, 2015, in Rowland Heights, California. The incident occurred during a New Year's Eve celebration at a friend's family home on Batson Avenue. The party turned deadly when Michael John…

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Leon Antwan Scott

Male, age 28 · Compton, California

Killed Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

Leon Antwan Scott, a 28-year-old man from Compton, California, tragically lost his life on December 31, 2015. The incident occurred in the 15600 block of South Washington Avenue in East Compton. According to reports, the events leading up to Scott's death…

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Lawarence Pipkin Jr.

Male, age 36 · Orlando, Florida

Killed Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

Lawarence Pipkin Jr., a 36-year-old African American man, was tragically shot and killed on the morning of December 31, 2015, at the Village Park Apartments in Orlando, Florida. The incident occurred shortly before 8:30 a.m., when Pipkin was found with…

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Timothy Stokley III

Male, age 37 · Elizabeth-city, North Carolina

Killed Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

Timothy Leon Stokley III, a 37-year-old African American male, was found dead from gunshot wounds in the early hours of December 31, 2015, in the 1200 block of Sawyer Road in the Newland section of Pasquotank County, North Carolina. Stokley had recently…

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Zachary Biller

Male · Port-clinton, Ohio

Killed Dec 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

Zachary Biller, a 25-year-old Caucasian male from Port Clinton, Ohio, tragically died on December 31, 2015. He was born on September 3, 1990, to Pamela C. Martin and Bradley E. Biller. Zachary graduated from Otsego High School in 2008 and attended classes at…

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Asadaram Navaee

Male, age 60 · Phoenix, Arizona

Found Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, the city of Phoenix became the backdrop for a quiet tragedy that would leave a lasting mark on the community. Asadaram Navaee, a 60-year-old man, was discovered deceased inside his pick-up truck on the morning of Sunday, December 28th.…

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Calvin Joyner

Male, age 46 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

In December of 2014, the life of Calvin Maurice Joyner, a 46-year-old African-American man living in Phoenix, Arizona, came to an end. Born on April 2, 1968, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Joyner's passing on Thursday, December 11, 2014, was described as him…

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Toshio Gilmore

Male, age 33 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early morning hours of New Year's Eve in 2014, the body of 33-year-old Toshio Gilmore, a Black male, was discovered in a chilling scene in Denver, Colorado. He was found deceased on a couch that had been placed outside the Renaissance at Lowry…

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Reginald Jones

Male, age 33 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

Reginald Jones, age 33, was killed on December 31, 2014, in Chicago, Illinois. His death was a result of a planned hit orchestrated by an individual who paid a hitman $4,000 to carry out the shooting. According to reports, the incident stemmed from a series…

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Lydia Catherine Moore

Female, age 21 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

On New Year's Eve of 2014, the body of 21-year-old Lydia Catherine Moore was discovered in an alley in the 4000 block of Second Street in Baltimore, Maryland. A Black female, Moore was found on the morning of December 31st with trauma to her body. At the time…

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Tierra Williams

Female, age 24 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the final day of 2014, in the midst of New Year's Eve celebrations, the life of 24-year-old Tierra DaShae Bell-Williams was tragically cut short in a hail of bullets on Detroit's east side. An African-American female, Tierra was a young mother with her…

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Ernest Hardin

Male, age 29 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the final day of 2014, as the city of Detroit prepared to ring in the New Year, a burst of violence cut short the lives of two young people. Ernest Harding, a 29-year-old man, was fatally shot on the city's east side. The hail of bullets that ended his…

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Tevin D Thrower

age 21 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the final hours of 2014, the life of 21-year-old Tevin D. Thrower came to a tragic end in Kansas City, Missouri. On December 31st, he was discovered shot to death outside an apartment building located in the 1300 block of East 82nd Terrace, marking the…

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Vaughn Har

Male, age 49 · Houston, Texas

Found Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

On December 31, 2014, 49-year-old Vaughn Harman was fatally shot in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred in the early morning hours near the 5000 block of Ennis Street. According to reports, Harman was approached by an unknown assailant who fired…

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Moses Phipps

Male, age 16 · Houston, Texas

Found Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

Moses Phipps, aged 16, was tragically shot and killed on December 31, 2014, in Houston, Texas. The incident took place outside a southeast Houston apartment complex, where Phipps was approached and shot by an unknown assailant. The shooting occurred late at…

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Quinton Gibson Jr

Male, age 3 · Montgomery, Alabama

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the fading hours of New Year's Eve 2014, a senseless act of violence tragically cut short the life of 3-year-old Quinton Gibson, Jr. in Montgomery, Alabama. The young male was at a home in the Washington Park neighborhood when gunfire erupted, and he was…

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Jeff Antoine

Male, age 20 · Hartford, Connecticut

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the afternoon of New Year's Eve in 2014, the life of a young Black / African American man, Jeff Antoine, was cut short in Hartford, Connecticut. At just 20 years old, Antoine was fatally shot in the chest, marking the city's 19th homicide of the year. The…

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Steven Sawyer

Male, age 49 · Overland Park, Kansas

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the cold morning of New Year's Eve in 2014, a senseless act of violence cut short the life of Steven L. Sawyer, a 49-year-old Black/African American man, in Overland Park, Kansas. Shortly after 6 a.m., Sawyer had gone outside his home in the 9200 block of…

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Rahman Karriem

Male, age 20 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

On New Year's Eve of 2014, a young Black / African American man named Rhaman Karriem, age 20, was fatally shot in the Othello neighborhood of Seattle. The incident, captured on a store's surveillance video, occurred at the Victory Grocery Store. Karriem was…

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Charles Larry Gilliam

Male, age 63 · Patrick-springs, Virginia

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a crisp New Year's Eve in 2014, the life of 63-year-old Charles Larry Gilliam of Claudville, Virginia, was brought to a sudden and violent end. While rabbit hunting with a group of individuals in the Patrick Springs area, Gilliam was shot in the back with…

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Jaymonta Jones

Male, age 22 · Petersburg, Virginia

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the closing hours of 2014, the life of 22-year-old Jaymonta Sabarius Lamont Jones was tragically cut short in Petersburg, Virginia. Known to his loved ones as 'Phat-Phat,' Jones, a male, was a victim of gun violence on Wednesday, December 31, 2014. This…

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Jeremiah Jones

Male, age 33 · Petersburg, Virginia

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the last day of 2014, the family of Jeremiah Eugene Jones reported the 33-year-old Petersburg, Virginia man missing. Their search would come to a tragic end on February 7, 2015, when his body was discovered near the historic Poplar Grove National Cemetery.…

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Brent Richards

Male, age 26 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the cold evening of New Year's Eve in 2013, a sense of finality hung in the air for 26-year-old Brent A. Richards. At approximately 11 p.m., the sound of gunfire shattered the night in the 4200 block of Woodland Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. Responding…

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David Duran-Escobedo

Male, age 35 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

David Duran-Escobedo, a 35-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on December 31, 2014, in South Park, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Duran-Escobedo was shot, leading to his untimely death. The incident occurred in…

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Paul Henry Franklin

Male, age 48 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

Paul Henry Franklin, a 48-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on December 31, 2014. According to reports, Franklin was shot and killed, with the angle of the gunshot wound confirming it was a homicide. The incident occurred…

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Nickolas Doss

Male, age 17 · Tallahassee, Florida

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

Nickolas Doss, a 17-year-old Black male, was found dead in Tallahassee, Florida on December 31, 2014, his life ending in violence on the very day the calendar was turning. City workers discovered his body near Chapman Pond, and the news rippled quickly…

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Stanley Malik Tipsword

Female, age 40 · Saint-petersburg, Florida

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

Stanley Malik Tipsword, a 40-year-old male from Largo, Florida, tragically lost his life on December 31, 2014, in Saint Petersburg, FL. The incident occurred at the Inlet Bay at Gateway Apartments, where Tipsword was fatally shot. The circumstances…

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Gage McGee

Male, age 18 · Temple, Georgia

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the last day of 2014, what began as a planned drug transaction in Paulding County, Georgia, ended in the tragic death of 18-year-old Gage McGee. A senior at South Paulding High School, Gage was found deceased in the driver's seat of his car on Bryan Miller…

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RobertRobDennis McKernan

Male, age 29 · Massillon, Ohio

Killed Dec 31, 2014 · 12 years ago

Robert "Rob" Dennis McKernan, a 29-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, tragically passed away on December 31, 2014, in Massillon, Ohio. He was born on August 18, 1985, in Canton, Ohio, and was a graduate of Perry High School. After high school, Rob served…

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Justin Bentler

Male, age 26 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Dec 31, 2013 · 13 years ago

In late December 2013, 26-year-old Justin Bentler, whose gender and race/ethnicity are listed in official homicide records as unknown, was killed in a still-unsolved violent incident in Phoenix, Arizona. Public databases that compile unsolved murders show the…

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