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Deaths by Force on December 4

643 open cases in our database happened on December 4. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (464)

Death by Force

Shawn David Livingston

Male, age 60 · Freeman, Virginia
Killed Dec 4, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 4, 2020, Shawn David Livingston, a 60-year-old male, was ambushed and fatally shot at his home in Freeman, Virginia. The Brunswick County Sheriff's Office has characterized the event as a 'very targeted, horrendous…

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Diaryon Sands

Male, age 30 · Saint-louis, Missouri
Killed Dec 4, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Country Club Hills in St. Louis, Missouri, the life of 30-year-old Diaryon Sands was tragically cut short. On the evening of December 4, 2020, police responded to a call of a shooting at a residence on Sunbury Avenue. Inside, they…

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Alejandra Martinez

Female, age 36 · Long-beach, California
Killed Dec 4, 2020 · 6 years ago

Alejandra Martinez, a 36-year-old resident of Long Beach, California, tragically lost her life on December 4, 2020. The incident occurred near the intersection of Magnolia Avenue and West Anaheim Street, where she was fatally shot while purchasing food from a…

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Alisha Dixon

Female, age 32 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Killed Dec 4, 2020 · 6 years ago

Alisha Dixon, a 32-year-old Black female, tragically lost her life on December 4, 2020, in Philadelphia, PA. She was struck by gunfire on the 700 block of West Russell Street around 6:34 a.m. Responding officers found her suffering from a gunshot wound and…

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Michael Eaton

Male, age 64 · Dayton, Texas
Killed Dec 4, 2020 · 6 years ago

Michael Eaton, a 64-year-old man from Dayton, TX, tragically died on December 4, 2020. Initially, his death was reported as a suicide by his daughter, Ciera Eaton, who called 911 early in the morning and claimed that her father had shot himself. However, upon…

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Marlon Allen

Male, age 42 · Kenosha, Wisconsin
Killed Dec 4, 2019 · 7 years ago

Marlon Allen, aged 42, was tragically shot and killed on December 4, 2019, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The incident occurred early in the morning at an apartment building located in the 3500 block of 50th Street. According to reports, Allen was shot in the hallway…

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Henry Richard Arnal

Male, age 37 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Dec 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

Henry Richard Arnal, a 37-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on December 4, 2018, in El Sereno, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Arnal was fatally shot, marking another somber entry in the city's homicide…

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Julius Thomas Sr.

Male, age 55 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana
Killed Dec 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

In December 2018, the life of 55-year-old Julius Thomas Sr. was tragically cut short in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. His body, wrapped in a tarp, was discovered dumped on South Flannery Road. An investigation swiftly led authorities to a local business, King of…

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Ronald Richardson

Male, age 68 · Gary, Indiana
Killed Dec 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

On December 4, 2017, authorities in Gary, Indiana, initiated a homicide investigation following the discovery of a deceased male in his residence. The victim, identified as 68-year-old Ronald Richardson, was found shot to death inside his home. Law…

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Jamie Maurice Brown

Male, age 34 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Dec 4, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jamie Maurice Brown, a 34-year-old man, was tragically shot and killed on December 4, 2017, in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, the incident occurred in the 2100 block of East 99th…

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Kenneth Ray Roberts

Male, age 40 · Eubank, Kentucky
Killed Dec 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a cold December day in 2015, the community of Eubank, Kentucky, was shaken by the violent death of Kenneth Ray Roberts II. A 40-year-old male, Roberts was fatally shot on December 4th, a Friday that would be forever marked by the tragedy. The incident…

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Javarius Deshawn McGee

Male, age 30 · Charlotte, North Carolina
Killed Dec 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

Javarius Deshawn McGee, a 30-year-old African American male, was found dead on December 4, 2015, in Charlotte, NC. He was one of three victims discovered inside a home on China Grove Church Road, all of whom had suffered fatal gunshot wounds. The other…

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Raymone M. Davis

Male, age 21 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Killed Dec 4, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the winter of 2015, a young Black/African American man named Raymone M. Davis, 21, died during a bank robbery attempt in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On the morning of December 4th, Davis entered the First Niagara Bank on Shiloh Street in the Mount Washington…

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Tommie Lewis Moore Jr

Male, age 36 · District-heights, Maryland
Killed Dec 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 4, 2014, the life of 36-year-old Tommie Lewis Moore Jr. was tragically cut short in his District Heights, Maryland, home. The incident unfolded as a targeted residential robbery, a violent intrusion that ended in Moore…

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Gary Patrick Noziere

Male, age 38 · Buffalo, New York
Killed Dec 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, tragedy struck in the city of Buffalo, New York, with the death of Gary Patrick Noziere, a 38-year-old male. His life was cut short on Fay Street in what authorities would classify as a homicide. The cause of death was determined to be…

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Jamari Gerome Edward Batts

Male, age 15 · Savannah, Georgia
Killed Dec 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the city of Savannah, Georgia, a young life was tragically cut short on December 4, 2014. Jamari Gerome Edward Batts, a 15-year-old African American male, was with 20-year-old Naivareal Raheem Smith in front of a residential building at the Madison…

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Raymond Keith Martinez

Male, age 51 · West-monroe, Louisiana
Killed Dec 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a December day in 2014, the life of 51-year-old Raymond Keith Martinez came to a tragic end outside a gas station in West Monroe, Louisiana. The white male was fatally shot on December 4, 2014, in an encounter with a local police officer. The incident…

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Sean Pino

Male, age 26 · Palm-bay, Florida
Killed Dec 4, 2013 · 13 years ago

Sean Pino, a 26-year-old male from Palm Bay, Florida, died on December 4, 2013. The circumstances surrounding his death were tragic and involved a violent confrontation. According to reports, Sean Pino and another individual, 21-year-old Dylan Kane, were shot…

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Shawn Walls

Male, age 37 · Chester, Pennsylvania
Killed Dec 4, 2013 · 13 years ago

Shawn Walls, a 37-year-old male, was killed by gun violence on December 4, 2013, in Chester, Pennsylvania. The public online record of his death is brief, but it places him in the city on that date and identifies his death as part of the continuing toll of…

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Leasa Harper Smith

Female, age 41 · Nashville, Tennessee
Killed Dec 4, 2012 · 14 years ago

Leasa Renee Harper Smith, a 41-year-old female, died on December 4, 2012, after violence erupted inside a home off Cedar Grove School Loop Road in the Nashville area of Nash County, North Carolina. Earlier that day, the quiet of the rural neighborhood gave…

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Alexis Pena Cuevas

Male, age 30 · New-carrollton, Maryland
Killed Dec 4, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 4, 2009, the life of 30-year-old Alexis Pena Cuevas was violently cut short on a residential street in New Carrollton, Maryland. Cuevas was discovered in the 6500 block of Jodie Street, having sustained multiple gunshot…

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Jose Benitez

Male, age 39 · Mount-rainier, Maryland
Killed Dec 4, 2009 · 17 years ago

Jose Alfredo Benitez, a 39-year-old Hispanic/Latino man, was killed late on the night of Friday, December 4, 2009, in Mount Rainier, Maryland. Around 10:18 p.m., Prince George’s County police rushed to the 2500 block of Queens Chapel Road after a call about…

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Fresnel Atilus

Male · Lake-park, Florida
Killed Dec 4, 2008 · 18 years ago

Fresnel Atilus, a beloved ice cream vendor in Lake Park, Florida, was tragically murdered on December 4, 2008. Atilus, who was well-known in the community for his cheerful demeanor and dedication to his work, was fatally shot while operating his ice cream…

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Raphael Crumbley

Male, age 23 · Atlanta, Georgia
Killed Dec 4, 2008 · 18 years ago

Raphael Crumbley was 23 years old when he was killed in Atlanta on Thursday, December 4, 2008. The Atlanta Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Atlanta from 2007 through 2017, lists…

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Linda Kathleen Main

Female, age 47 · Courtney, North Carolina
Killed Dec 4, 2007 · 19 years ago

Linda Kathleen Icenhour Main, a 47-year-old woman from Courtney, North Carolina, passed away on December 4, 2007, at her residence. Born on March 22, 1960, in Watauga County, North Carolina, Linda was the daughter of John Dean Icenhour and Viola Laura Canter…

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Tak Yi

Male, age 79 · Albuquerque, New Mexico
Killed Dec 4, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the winter of 2007, the quiet life of 79-year-old Asian male, Tak Yi, and his wife, Pung Yi, came to a brutal end in their Albuquerque, New Mexico home. On December 4th, the elderly Korean couple was found murdered, having suffered a violent attack that…

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Patricia Rae Gamell

Female, age 71 · Pomona, California
Killed Dec 4, 2004 · 22 years ago

Patricia Rae Gamell was 71 years old when she died on Saturday, December 4, 2004, in Pomona. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds at 3745 Valley Blvd. Her death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a…

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Jimmy Jackson

Male, age 36 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Dec 4, 2000 · 26 years ago

Jimmy Jackson was 36 years old when he died on Monday, Dec. 4, 2000, in the Vermont-Slauson neighborhood of South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 1346 W. 59th Place. His death was ruled a…

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Stephen Skirpan

Male, age 29 · Lake, Indiana
Killed Dec 4, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the winter of 1977, a tragic event unfolded in Lake County, Indiana, that cut short the life of 29-year-old Stephen Skirpan, a white male. On the evening of December 4th, two men, James Brewer and his accomplice Kenneth Ray Brooks, approached the Skirpan…

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Joseph Umile

Male, age 41 · Brooklyn, New York
Killed Dec 4, 1973 · 53 years ago

On a cold December day in 1973, the life of 41-year-old Joseph Umile came to a violent and abrupt end on the streets of Flatlands, Brooklyn. His death was not a random act of violence but a calculated execution stemming from a monetary dispute. Umile was shot…

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Doyle Smith

Male, age 51 · Marshall, Arkansas
Killed Dec 4, 1949 · 77 years ago

In the winter of 1949, the town of Marshall, Arkansas, lost its Sheriff, Doyle Smith, in a sudden act of violence. On Sunday, December 4th, Sheriff Smith was carrying out his duties in the business section of town when he confronted a man he had ordered to…

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Joseph James

Male, age 57 · Alexandria, Louisiana
Killed Dec 4, 1908 · 118 years ago

In the line of duty, Alexandria Police Officer Joseph D. James, a 57-year-old male, lost his life on December 4, 1908. A veteran of the department for 12 years, Officer James was a husband and a father to nine children. The fateful day unfolded as he and a…

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