Deaths by Force on December 5

Deaths by Force (420)

Death by Force10th anniversary

Damani Aitch

Male, age 17 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Damani “Rookie” Aitch, a 17-year-old Black male, was killed in St. Louis, Missouri, on December 5, 2016, after a burst of gunfire turned a late-night drive along Riverview Boulevard into a sudden tragedy. According to reporting that cited a police report, a…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Tayvon Rashard Cokley

Male, age 23 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the busy streets of downtown Baltimore, near the well-known Lexington Market, a brazen daylight shooting cut short the life of 23-year-old Tayvon Rashard Cokley on December 5, 2016. Earlier that day, Cokley had been at a hospital visiting a family member…

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David White

Male, age 24 · Orlando, Florida

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

David White, a 24-year-old resident of Orlando, Florida, tragically passed away on December 5, 2016. The circumstances surrounding his death were initially unclear, prompting a thorough investigation by local authorities. David was found deceased in his…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jarrett Houston

Male, age 22 · Miami, Florida

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

On December 5, 2016, a tragic shooting occurred in Miami, Florida, resulting in the death of one individual and injuries to two others. The incident took place on a Monday morning, as reported by local authorities.…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Roland Lee Orrison Jr.

Male, age 37 · Cocoa-beach, Florida

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Roland Lee Orrison Jr., aged 37, tragically lost his life on December 5, 2016, in Cocoa Beach, Florida. His body was discovered the following day, floating on a rubber raft in the Banana River, a popular area known for its fishing and hunting activities. The…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Marlon (Byrd) Green Jr.

Male, age 27 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a December morning in 2016, the life of Marlon Green Jr., a 27-year-old African American man, was tragically cut short in his Atlanta, Georgia apartment. The events of December 5th unfolded at the Deerfield Gardens Apartments on Campbellton Road in the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Portia Adams

Female, age 43 · Washington Park, Illinois

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Portia Adams, a 43 year old Black/African American woman, was reported missing on December 5, 2016, after her white Cadillac CTX was found abandoned in the 6200 block of Industrial Avenue in Washington Park, Illinois. Local police asked the Illinois State…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jamison Rowan

Male, age 18 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the winter of 2016, the life of 18-year-old Jamison Rowan was tragically cut short in his Memphis, Tennessee home. A young man with an entrepreneurial spirit, he was a beloved son, brother, uncle, and friend, known for his optimism and generosity. Rowan…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Christopher Williams

Male, age 37 · Galveston, Texas

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Christopher Williams, a 37-year-old man from Galveston, Texas, was tragically shot to death on December 5, 2016. The incident occurred around 2:10 a.m. in the 4000 block of Avenue G. When police arrived at the scene, they found Williams lying on the street…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Erica Sandate

Female, age 34 · Los-fresnos, Texas

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Erica Sandate, a 34-year-old woman from Los Fresnos, Texas, tragically lost her life on December 5, 2016, during a domestic dispute with her husband, Joel Alex Sandate. The incident occurred at their residence on the 400 block of West 5th Street. According to…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Pedro Lopez Morales

Male, age 38 · Donna, Texas

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Pedro Lopez Morales, a 38-year-old Hispanic male, tragically lost his life on December 5, 2016, in Donna, Texas. The circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of significant investigation and legal scrutiny. Morales was found deceased near a…

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Tamaika White

Female · Dallas, Texas

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

On December 5, 2016, 23-year-old Tamaika White, a young African American woman, was tragically shot and killed while riding as a passenger in a vehicle along the 1300 block of S. Marsalis Avenue in Dallas, Texas. The assailant, who was in a separate vehicle…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Steven D Oppelt-Hollenbeck

Male, age 20 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 5, 2011 · 15 years ago

Steven D. Oppelt-Hollenbeck, aged 20, was killed on December 5, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois. The circumstances of his death are recorded within the Chicago Police Department's 2011 Murder Report. The report provides a comprehensive overview of homicides in…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

John Wilson

Male, age 36 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 5, 2011 · 15 years ago

On a cold winter day in Philadelphia, on December 5, 2011, a 36-year-old Black/African American man named John Wilson lost his life. He was found at 8200 Stenton Avenue, the victim of a homicide. The city's official records from that year list his death among…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Nancy Smith

Female, age 32 · New Windsor, New York

Killed Dec 5, 2001 · 25 years ago

On a day that began like any other, concern grew when 32-year-old Nancy Smith failed to arrive for her job as a manager at Horton Medical Center. Known for her reliability, her uncharacteristic absence prompted her parents, Edward and Lenore Smith, to go to…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Ivandro Correia

Male, age 17 · New Bedford, Massachusetts

Killed Dec 5, 2001 · 25 years ago

On December 5, 2001, Ivandro Correia, a 17-year-old resident of New Bedford, Massachusetts, was fatally shot. The incident occurred at the intersection of East Rodney French Boulevard and Davis Street. Correia was driven to St. Luke's Hospital, where he…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Elmer Murray Harris

Male, age 39 · Swansea, Illinois

Killed Dec 5, 1986 · 40 years ago

Elmer Murray Harris, a 39-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on December 5, 1986, in Swansea, Illinois. Deputy Sheriff Harris was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man for illegally carrying a weapon. At the time of the…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Teri Lynn Matthews

Female, age 26 · Tampa, Florida

Killed Dec 5, 1986 · 40 years ago

Teri Lynn Matthews, a 26-year-old woman, was tragically murdered on December 5, 1986. She was abducted from a post office in Pasco County, just north of Tampa, Florida. Matthews' body was discovered later, and it was determined that she had been brutally…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

James Weber

Male, age 42 · Manhattan, New York

Killed Dec 5, 1981 · 45 years ago

In the winter of 1981, the life of James Weber, a 42-year-old junior high music teacher and actor with the Light Opera of Manhattan, was tragically cut short. On the evening of December 5th, hours after a performance, Weber was found murdered in Central Park.…

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Death by Force50th anniversary

Barbara Jean Kemp

Female, age 19 · Volney, New York

Killed Dec 5, 1976 · 50 years ago

In the winter of 1976, the life of 19-year-old Barbara Jean Kemp was tragically cut short, leaving a mystery that has lingered in the community of Volney, New York, for decades. A Caucasian female, Kemp was last seen on the evening of December 5, 1976, in the…

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Death by Force100th anniversary

Russell Hassell

Male, age 11 · Farewell, Texas

Killed Dec 5, 1926 · 100 years ago

Russell Hassell, an 11-year-old boy from Farewell, Texas, met a tragic end on December 5, 1926. His death was part of a horrific mass murder committed by his uncle and stepfather, George Hassell. On that fateful night, George Hassell, who had a history of…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Jorge Mauricio Sevilla-Barrara

Male, age 28 · Farmingville, New York

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 5, 2021, a dispute in a Long Island parking lot escalated into fatal violence, claiming the life of 28-year-old Jorge Mauricio Sevilla-Barrara of Farmingville, New York. The altercation occurred around 3 a.m. in the…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Luis Mendoza

Male, age 39 · Fort-myers, Florida

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

Luis Alberto Ramirez Mendoza, aged 39, tragically lost his life on December 5, 2021, in Fort Myers, Florida. The circumstances surrounding his death were deeply troubling and led to a significant investigation. On the night of his death, Mendoza was found…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Hakeem Moran

Male, age 31 · Butler, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

On December 5, 2021, 31-year-old Hakeem Moran, a Black man from Pittsburgh, was fatally attacked in Butler, Pennsylvania. Moran was stabbed multiple times and shot once during the assault. He was found lying in a yard on College Street and was later…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Clyde Allen Baldwin Jr.

Male, age 46 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

Clyde Allen Baldwin Jr. was 46 years old when he died on Sunday, December 5, 2021, in Watts. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds just north of East 115th Street and Croesus Avenue. His death was ruled a…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Josue Jariel Zavala-Venegas

Male, age 21 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

Josue Jariel Zavala-Venegas was 21 years old when he died on Sunday, December 5, 2021, in the Vermont Square area of South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 4222 S. Figueroa St. His death was…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Michael C. Roberts

Male, age 26 · Temple-hills, Maryland

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a cold evening in Temple Hills, Maryland, the life of 26-year-old Michael Corey Roberts was tragically cut short. On December 5, 2016, at approximately 8:20 p.m., police responded to reports of a shooting in the 3200 block of Curtis Drive. There, they…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Kendall Chun

Male, age 34 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 5, 2006 · 20 years ago

Kendall Chun, a 34-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on December 5, 2006. Chun was fatally shot while making a purchase at Carlos' Market on Wilmington Boulevard. The incident occurred around 10:45 PM when Chun was at the…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Jose Luis Sedano

Male, age 18 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 5, 2001 · 25 years ago

Jose Luis Sedano, an 18-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on December 5, 2001, in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, CA. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Sedano was fatally shot, marking a devastating end to his young life. The…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Mario Nastasi

Male, age 79 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Dec 5, 1991 · 35 years ago

Rosario Michael “Black Sam” Nastasi 79, male, Italian-American, spent the last night of his life in a Brooklyn social club where the talk and the card games had the familiar rhythm of a neighborhood routine. In the early hours of December 5, 1991, that…

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Death by Force95th anniversary

Thomas William Staggs

Male, age 53 · Keo, Arkansas

Killed Dec 5, 1931 · 95 years ago

City Marshal Thomas William Staggs, a 54-year-old male from Keo, Arkansas, was killed on December 5, 1931. That afternoon, while driving back to town, he offered a ride to a hitchhiker. During the ride he realized the man was armed and ordered him to hand…

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Death by Force100th anniversary

Virgil Hassell

Male, age 15 · Farewell, Texas

Killed Dec 5, 1926 · 100 years ago

Virgil Hassell, a 15-year-old boy from Farewell, Texas, tragically lost his life on December 5, 1926. His death was part of a horrific family massacre carried out by his uncle and stepfather, George Hassell. George Hassell, who had a history of criminal…

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Death by Force100th anniversary

Alton Hassell

Male, age 21 · Farwell, Texas

Killed Dec 5, 1926 · 100 years ago

On the night of December 5, 1926, Alton Hassell, a 21-year-old male, was murdered in Farwell, Texas, as part of a gruesome mass killing carried out by his stepfather, George Jefferson Hassell. The crime unfolded after a heated argument between George Hassell…

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Death by Force125th anniversary

Rolland P. Smith

Male, age 23 · Chelsea, Iowa

Killed Dec 5, 1901 · 125 years ago

In the cold of a December night in 1901, the small town of Chelsea, Iowa, was shaken by a brazen crime that would claim the life of its young night marshal. Rolland P. Smith, a 23-year-old male, was making his rounds when he discovered a plot to rob the…

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Amya Frazier

Female, age 11 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Dec 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of December 5, 2025, a tragedy unfolded in the Hilltop neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio, resulting in the untimely death of Amya Frazier, an 11-year-old female. She was visiting her cousin’s home on South Wheatland Avenue, a rare occurrence as…

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Ana Belene Martinez-Argueta

Female, age 34 · Greenville, South Carolina

Killed Dec 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the winter of 2025, the life of 34-year-old Ana Belene Martinez-Argueta was tragically cut short in what authorities would later describe as a violent end to a relationship. On Friday, December 5th, the Greenville County Sheriff's Office was called to a…

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Andrea Leete

Female, age 22 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Dec 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of December 5, 2025, police in Oklahoma City responded to a distress call that would mark the city’s 70th homicide of the year. At approximately 7:33 p.m., officers arrived at a parking lot located near the intersection of Southwest 22nd Street…

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Carl McDonald

Male, age 45 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the night of Friday, December 5, 2025, a violent incident occurred in the West Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, claiming the life of a local resident. Chicago police officers responded to a call reporting a person shot shortly before 11:30…

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Ethan Emmanuel Rodriguez

Male, age 14 · Salinas, California

Killed Dec 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the afternoon of Friday, December 5, 2025, a violent tragedy struck the East Salinas community in California when Ethan Emmanuel Rodriguez, a 14-year-old Hispanic male, was fatally shot in broad daylight. The shooting occurred around 3:30 p.m. in the 1200…

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Hertayvious Williams

Male, age 24 · Clarksdale, Mississippi

Killed Dec 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the morning of December 5, 2025, a violent incident claimed the life of Hertayvious Williams, a 24-year-old male from Friars Point, Mississippi. The shooting occurred in Clarksdale, Mississippi, prompting a swift response from local law enforcement.…

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Jason Quiroz

Male, age 17 · Saint George, Utah

Killed Dec 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of December 5, 2025, the community of St. George, Utah, was shaken by the tragic and untimely death of 17-year-old Jason Phillipe Quiroz. Born in Los Angeles, California, to Jose and Jessica Quiroz, the Latino teenager had built a life in Utah…

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Johnie Deontae Thomas

Male, age 27 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Dec 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of Friday, December 5, 2025, a violent incident occurred in the Hartwell neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, resulting in the death of Johnie Deontae Thomas, a 27-year-old male. Cincinnati Police Department officers were dispatched to the 8000…

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Kavin Simmons Jr

Male, age 21 · Leesville, Louisiana

Killed Dec 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of Friday, December 5, 2025, a fatal shooting occurred at a residence in Leesville, Louisiana, claiming the life of 21-year-old male Kavin Simmons Jr. The incident took place overnight amidst a verbal altercation between Simmons and…

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Krishawn Course

Male, age 36 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Dec 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Krishawn Course, a 36-year-old man from Jackson, Mississippi, was found dead on December 5, 2025, inside a residence in the 2800 block of Revere Street. Police said Course, who was Black, had been shot multiple times and had already died by the time officers…

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Landin Bodine

Male, age 18 · Decatur, Illinois

Killed Dec 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Landin Lee Bodine, an 18-year-old male from Mt. Zion in the Decatur, Illinois, area, was remembered by those closest to him as a hardworking student who gravitated toward simple comforts and familiar places. He spent his days balancing school with work, and…

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Latisha Michelle Denise Carter

Female, age 24 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Dec 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the morning of Friday, December 5, 2025, a tragic sequence of events unfolded in Jackson, Mississippi, resulting in the death of 24-year-old Latisha Michelle Denise Carter. Officers from the Jackson Police Department responded to a distress call around…

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Roy Lee Bennett Jr.

Male, age 20 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Dec 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of Friday, December 5, 2025, a violent incident occurred within a residential building in the NoMa neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C. At approximately 8:08 p.m., officers from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Fifth District were…

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Tina Marie Brown Spencer

Female, age 41 · Rocky Mount, Virginia

Killed Dec 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the morning of Friday, December 5, 2025, a tragedy unfolded in the quiet community of Rocky Mount, Virginia, when authorities discovered the lifeless bodies of two individuals inside a vehicle. Deputies from the Franklin County Sheriff's Office responded…

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