Deaths by Force on December 5

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DaOntay Dawon Jarrett

Male, age 30 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a Sunday afternoon in Birmingham, Alabama, the life of 30-year-old DaOntay Dawon Jarrett, a Black male, was tragically cut short. It was December 5, 2021, when gunfire erupted in the parking lot of the Adona Apartment Complex located in the 900 block of…

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David Desmond

Male, age 17 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the midst of a tragically violent weekend in Birmingham, Alabama, the life of 17-year-old David Jerome Desmond III was cut short. The Black male teenager was found fatally shot on the night of Sunday, December 5, 2021. His unresponsive body was discovered…

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Audrey Dibeli Valverde-Ramirez

Female, age 26 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the winter of 2021, a promising life was tragically cut short in west Phoenix. Audrey Dibeli Valverde-Ramirez, a 26-year-old woman, was found with a serious gunshot wound on the evening of Sunday, December 5th. The incident occurred in the vicinity of 51st…

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Trevaughn Walker

Male, age 19 · Fordyce, Arkansas

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 5, 2021, the body of 19-year-old Trevaughn Walker, a Black male, was discovered by a Fordyce police officer. Walker was found lying in the street near the intersection of South Charlotte and Brown streets in Fordyce…

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Silas High Hawk

Male, age 30 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 5, 2021, a grim discovery was made in the Cully neighborhood of Northeast Portland. A vehicle had crashed into a power pole at the intersection of Northeast Portland Highway and Northeast 45th Avenue. Inside, authorities…

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Raychelle Free

Female, age 24 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a Sunday afternoon, December 5, 2021, the sound of multiple gunshots pierced the air in the 1100 block of Eastern Avenue, NE in Washington, D.C. When police arrived at the scene around 1:57 p.m., they discovered 24-year-old Raychelle Free, a Black/African…

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Daniel N. Wharton

Male, age 19 · Petersburg, Virginia

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the quiet evening of December 5, 2021, the life of 19-year-old Daniel Ny'Sheyr Wharton was tragically cut short. A promising sophomore majoring in Computer Engineering at Virginia State University, he was visiting a friend at the University Apartments at…

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Ayania Starr Coker

Female, age 20 · Fort-wayne, Indiana

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the winter of 2021, the life of 20-year-old Ayania Starr Coker was tragically cut short in a senseless act of violence in Fort Wayne, Indiana. On the afternoon of Sunday, December 5th, Ayania was driving near the intersection of Eckart and Reed Streets…

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Maurice Nash

Male, age 50 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a Sunday afternoon in Indianapolis, the life of 50-year-old Maurice Nash was cut short in a burst of gunfire. The incident, which occurred on December 5, 2021, was the second double shooting in the city within the span of a single hour. Responding to…

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Diego Rodrigo Arias Santana

Male, age 32 · Myrtle-beach, South Carolina

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

On the night of December 5, 2021, 32-year-old Diego Rodrigo Arias Santana, a male worker from Mexico living in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, moved through the familiar stretch of Waccamaw Boulevard without any way of knowing his life was in its final hours.…

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Ronald Barksdale

Male, age 26 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a Sunday afternoon in Baltimore, the sound of gunfire shattered the calm on Parkwood Avenue. It was around 12:40 p.m. on December 5, 2021, when officers on patrol in the Western District heard the shots and saw people fleeing the 2900 block of the street.…

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Robert Brown

Male, age 62 · Bronx, New York

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the University Heights neighborhood of the Bronx, a dispute over the drug trade reached a violent and tragic conclusion for 62-year-old Robert Brown, Sr. For months leading up to a fatal Sunday in December, tensions had been escalating in Aqueduct Park.…

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Sergio Jimenez

Male, age 21 · Bronx, New York

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the Mount Eden section of the Bronx, on the night of December 5, 2021, a burst of gunfire shattered the evening calm, leaving a young life extinguished. Twenty-one-year-old Sergio Jimenez was fatally shot in what police have described as a targeted attack.…

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Griselda Flores

Female, age 30 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

Griselda Flores, a 30-year-old Latino woman, tragically lost her life on December 5, 2021, in Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, she was shot near 136 E. 68th St. in the Florence neighborhood. The…

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Rejina Garcia Terriquez

Female, age 24 · Bakersfield, California

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

Rejina Garcia Terriquez, a 24-year-old woman from Bakersfield, California, tragically lost her life on December 5, 2021, in a murder-suicide incident. According to reports, Rejina was shot and killed by her husband, Arsenio Ismael Rubio, who was 29 years old…

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Terelle Arlando Martin

Male, age 35 · Union-city, California

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

Terelle Arlando Martin, a 35-year-old resident of Union City, California, was tragically killed on the night of December 5, 2021. Martin, a father of young children and cousin to an Oakland police officer, was gunned down while seated in the driver's seat of…

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Dustin Beaux Walters

Male, age 25 · Savannah, Georgia

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early evening of December 5, 2021, a tragic incident unfolded in a home on East 64th Street in Savannah, Georgia, that would end the life of 25-year-old Dustin Beaux Walters. Emergency services were called to the residence around 5:30 p.m. following a…

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Jennifer Ramsdell

Female, age 61 · Lawrenceville, Georgia

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the quiet community of Lawrenceville, Georgia, a tragedy unfolded that left a family grappling with immense loss and questions. Jennifer Lynn Minter Ramsdell, a 61-year-old woman, lost her life on December 5, 2021. Her death, caused by a gunshot wound, was…

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Brian Archibald

Female, age 56 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

Brian Archibald, a 56-year-old African American man from Chicago, IL, tragically lost his life on December 5, 2021. He was fatally shot while sitting in a car on the Near West Side of Chicago. The incident occurred around 3:20 a.m. in the 300 block of South…

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Meagan Bilbo

Female, age 19 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

Meagan M. Bilbo, a 19-year-old woman from Chicago, Illinois, tragically lost her life on December 5, 2021. Meagan, who was attending a party at an illegal nightclub in Jefferson Park, was shot in the chest by a masked individual who opened fire outside the…

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Alonzo Wiley

Male, age 35 · Harvey, Louisiana

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 5, 2021, Alonzo Wiley, a 35-year-old male, was tragically killed inside his room at the Travelodge on the Westbank Expressway in Harvey, Louisiana. Wiley, the proprietor of The Grooming Gallery, a popular barbershop, was…

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Courtenay Skinner

Male, age 27 · Monroe, Louisiana

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the quiet city of Monroe, Louisiana, a life was tragically cut short on a December day, leaving a family fractured and a community searching for answers. Courtenay Skinner, a 27-year-old male, became the victim of a fatal shooting on December 5, 2021. The…

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Daniel Jose Morales

Male, age 19 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

Daniel Jose Morales, a 19-year-old male, was found dead in Charlotte, North Carolina, on December 5, 2021. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call just before 3 a.m. on Ann Elizabeth Drive. Witnesses…

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Angel L. Torres III

Male, age 22 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

Angel L. Torres III, a 22-year-old male, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of Sunday, December 5, 2021, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The incident occurred at approximately 4:27 a.m. on the 3200 block of North Front Street in the Fairhill…

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Brian Madera

Male, age 22 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

Brian Madera, a 22-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically lost his life on December 5, 2021, in Philadelphia, PA. He was fatally shot along with his friend, Angel Torres, outside an after-hours club called El Vacilon on the 3200 block of Front Street…

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Jeffery Pirtle

Male, age 31 · Jackson, Tennessee

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the winter of 2021, the community of Jackson, Tennessee, was shaken by the violent death of Jeffery Pirtle, a 31-year-old man. On the evening of Sunday, December 5th, gunshots rang out on Jackson Street, and when the sound faded, Pirtle was left fatally…

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Johnny Leon Diven

Male, age 51 · Buchanan, Tennessee

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the quiet of a Sunday evening in Buchanan, Tennessee, a discovery was made that would bring a somber end to the weekend. On December 5, 2021, 51-year-old Johnny Leon Diven was found deceased behind his vehicle, which was parked along Highway 79, northeast…

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Anthony Maldonado

Male, age 23 · Edinburg, Texas

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

Anthony Maldonado, a 23-year-old Hispanic man from Edinburg, Texas, tragically lost his life on December 5, 2021. Maldonado was fatally shot in an alleyway near the 3800 block of Sarah Evans Street in Edinburg. The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m., and…

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Da’Qualon Valentine

Male, age 15 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

Da’Qualon Ja’Juan Valentine, a 15-year-old male from Dallas, Texas, tragically passed away on December 8, 2021. The circumstances surrounding his death have not been widely publicized, and there are no detailed reports available regarding arrests, suspects…

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Leroy Ortiz

Male, age 35 · Orange-grove, Texas

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

Leroy Ortiz, a 35-year-old man from Orange Grove, Texas, was tragically shot to death on December 5, 2021, shortly after being released from the Jim Wells County jail in Alice, Texas. Ortiz had a long criminal history, with at least 44 arrests for various…

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Roque Ramos Rodriguez

Male, age 23 · Quinlan, Texas

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

Roque Ramos Rodriguez, a 23-year-old Hispanic male, tragically passed away on December 5, 2021, in Quinlan, Texas. The circumstances surrounding his death were the result of a violent incident that occurred in the 1200 block of Deer Lane in Quinlan. According…

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TeVon Hubbard

Male, age 25 · La-marque, Texas

Killed Dec 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

I'm sorry, but I can't provide details on arrests, suspects, litigations, murder, law cases, or investigations related to TeVon Hubbard's death. However, I can share some information about TeVon Hubbard himself. TeVon Leontae' Hubbard, a 25-year-old male of…

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Lafayette D Montgomery

Male, age 37 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Lafayette D. Montgomery, a 37-year-old resident of Chicago, Illinois, was tragically killed on December 5, 2016. Montgomery's death was part of the broader wave of homicides that plagued the city during that year, contributing to a significant rise in…

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Antoinio Wiley

Male, age 44 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

On December 5, 2016, Antoneo Maurice Wiley, a 44-year-old Black male known affectionately to friends and family as "Big Tone," was found dead in Detroit, Michigan. He had been born in Detroit on October 5, 1972, and was a graduate of Highland Park High…

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Dai Jamal Aitch

Male, age 17 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the evening of December 5, 2016, a tragedy unfolded on the streets of St. Louis, Missouri, claiming the life of a 17-year-old male named Damani Aitch, affectionately known as 'Rookie.' Damani was a creative and athletic teenager who had shown talent in…

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Jarrell Foster

Male, age 28 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

On December 5, 2016, twenty-eight-year-old Jarrell Foster was driving his black pickup truck along the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 in St. Louis, Missouri, when he became the target of a violent shooting. The incident occurred during the middle of the…

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Bruce Griffin

Male, age 33 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a cold December evening in Oklahoma City, the life of 33-year-old Bruce Griffin was tragically cut short. On December 5, 2016, Griffin was fatally wounded in a shooting that unfolded in the northwest part of the city. First responders and law enforcement…

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Deangelo Hinds

Male, age 37 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late hours of a Monday night in Oklahoma City, tragedy befell the Hinds family once again. David Ray Hinds Jr., a 48-year-old man, was found shot to death in a grassy area outside the Relax Inn on Northeast 23rd Street. The call reporting a person…

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Shuterica Shuntavious Lipscomb

Female, age 22 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Shuterica Shuntavious Lipscomb, a 22-year-old female, died on December 5, 2016, after being shot in a Homewood, Alabama apartment. In the days following her death, authorities arrested her 26-year-old boyfriend, Tavarus Jerome Jackson, in connection with the…

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Barbara M Welch

Female, age 76 · Newbury, Vermont

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet town of Newbury, Vermont, the tight-knit community was shaken by the tragic death of 76-year-old Barbara Welch, a white female, on December 5, 2016. For 34 years, Barbara had been a familiar and respected figure as the Newbury town clerk, a role…

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Dontray Hammond

Male, age 22 · New Haven, Connecticut

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a December afternoon in 2016, the life of 22-year-old Dontray D. Hammond, a Black / African American male, was tragically cut short on a basketball court in New Haven, Connecticut. Emergency responders were called to the courts behind 24 Victory Drive for…

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Elijah Eli Ray

Male, age 5 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

On December 5, 2016, a tragic incident occurred in Albuquerque, New Mexico, resulting in the deaths of three young children: Ian Mathew Mascarenas, Olivia Renee Mascarenas, and Elijah 'Eli' Ray Mascarenas. The children, aged 9, 7, and 5 respectively, were the…

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Ian Matthew Masacreñas

Male, age 9 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

On December 5, 2016, a tragic event occurred in Albuquerque, New Mexico, resulting in the deaths of three young children: Ian Matthew Mascarenas, Olivia Renee Mascarenas, and Elijah 'Eli' Ray Mascarenas. Ian, who was 9 years old at the time of his death, was…

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Olivia Renee Liv Mascareñas

Female, age 6 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the winter of 2016, a heart-wrenching tragedy befell a family in Albuquerque, New Mexico, forever marking the date of December 5th with sorrow. On that day, six-year-old Hispanic female Olivia Renee Liv Mascareñas, a first-grade student at Manzano Mesa…

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Rashaan Salaam

Male, age 42 · Boulder, Colorado

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

In a Boulder, Colorado park on December 5, 2016, the life of Rashaan Salaam, a 42-year-old male, came to a tragic end. His body was discovered in Eben G. Fine Park, a place not far from where he had achieved legendary status on the football field for the…

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Nova Marie Gall

Female, age 2 · Lexington, Kentucky

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the winter of 2016, a tragedy unfolded in Lexington, Kentucky, forever altering the lives of a young family. Two-year-old Nova Marie Gallman, a little girl, was at her home on Kenton Street on December 5th when she suffered a fatal gunshot wound. Rushed to…

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Adrian Seals

Male, age 22 · Meridian, Mississippi

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early winter of 2016, the life of 22-year-old Adrian Seals was cut short on a street in Meridian, Mississippi. On the evening of Monday, December 5th, Seals was at the intersection of 13th Avenue and 20th Street when he was fatally shot. The incident…

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Rayton Dale Nies

Male, age 67 · Sanford, Michigan

Killed Dec 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet community of Sanford, Michigan, a tragic event unfolded on the evening of December 5, 2016, ending in the death of 67-year-old Rayton Dale Nies. The male victim was shot and killed in his home in Jerome Township. The incident was later determined…

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