Deaths by Force on December 8

Deaths by Force (464)

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Gayla Smith

Female, age 62 · Jonesboro, Louisiana

Killed Dec 8, 2025 · 1 year ago

On December 8, 2025, deputies from the Jackson Parish Sheriff's Office arrived at a residence located at 178 Shows Lane in the Weston and Caney Lake area of Jonesboro, Louisiana, to conduct a welfare check. Upon entering the home, authorities discovered the…

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Glenn Stewart

Male, age 65 · Port Charlotte, Florida

Killed Dec 8, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of December 8, 2025, a violent domestic tragedy unfolded in a residential driveway on Abscott Street near Fontaine Avenue in Port Charlotte, Florida. Glenn Arthur Stewart, a 65-year-old male, had arrived at the location to speak with his son…

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James Bradford

Male, age 62 · Jonesboro, Louisiana

Killed Dec 8, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet community of Jonesboro, Louisiana, a welfare check on December 8, 2025, led to a grim discovery at a residence on Shows Lane in the Weston/Caney Lake area. Inside, authorities found the bodies of James Bradford, 62, and Gayla Smith, also 62. Both…

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Josiah Cabral

Male, age 4 · San Antonio, Texas

Killed Dec 8, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet neighborhood on the Northwest Side of San Antonio, the afternoon of December 8, 2025, was shattered by the sound of a gunshot that would irrevocably alter the lives of a family. Inside a home on Windstone Creek, four-year-old Josiah Cabral, a…

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Justine Lynn Dawson

Female, age 60 · Nye, Montana

Killed Dec 8, 2025 · 1 year ago

The community of Stillwater County, Montana, was left reeling following a violent tragedy that unfolded on December 8, 2025, claiming the lives of a beloved mother and daughter. Justine Lynn Dawson, a female resident of the area, and her 21-year-old daughter…

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Montrell Devon Everett

Male, age 28 · Littleton, North Carolina

Killed Dec 8, 2025 · 1 year ago

On December 8, 2025, the community of Littleton, North Carolina, was shaken by the violent death of 28-year-old Montrell Devon Everett. A male resident of the area, Everett was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds along Little Drive, a tragedy that…

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Ni Huang

Female, age 55 · Abita Springs, Louisiana

Killed Dec 8, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the morning of December 8, 2025, a quiet residential morning in the gated Money Hill community near Abita Springs, Louisiana, was shattered by a grim discovery. St. Tammany Parish deputies were dispatched to a home around 7:00 a.m. after a neighbor, who…

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Nila Lynn Dawson

Female, age 20 · Stillwater County, Montana

Killed Dec 8, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of December 8, 2025, a violent tragedy unfolded at a residence near Absarokee and Nye in Stillwater County, Montana, claiming the lives of two women and leaving a community in mourning. Nila Lynn Dawson, a 20-year-old female, was at her home…

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Samuel Seals

Male, age 27 · Brookhaven, Mississippi

Killed Dec 8, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the afternoon of December 8, 2025, authorities in Brookhaven, Mississippi, responded to a distress call reporting gunfire at a residence located at 528 North Jackson Street. Upon arriving at the scene, first responders and officers from the Brookhaven…

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Semaj Davis

Male, age 19 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Dec 8, 2025 · 1 year ago

On Monday, December 8, 2025, authorities in New Orleans, Louisiana, began an investigation into a violent incident that claimed the life of a young man. Police officers were dispatched to a location in New Orleans East after receiving reports of a shooting.…

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Skye Schumpert

Female, age 42 · Brenham, Texas

Killed Dec 8, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the afternoon of December 8, 2025, a violent domestic disturbance occurred at a residence in the 9600 block of Old Independence Road in Brenham, Texas. Deputies with the Washington County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene around 3:45 p.m. after…

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Tiara Jenkins

Female, age 29 · Brookhaven, Mississippi

Killed Dec 8, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the afternoon of December 8, 2025, tragedy struck a residence on North Jackson Street in Brookhaven, Mississippi, resulting in the untimely death of 29-year-old Tiara Jenkins. Authorities were alerted to the situation after emergency dispatchers received a…

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Tiffney M Wilson

Female, age 46 · Fort Worth, Texas

Killed Dec 8, 2025 · 1 year ago

On December 8, 2025, Fort Worth police officers responded to a welfare check request at an apartment complex located in the 5700 block of Remington Circle. The call was initiated by the employer of 46-year-old female Tiffney Monee Wilson, who had failed to…

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Joe Jones Jr

Male, age 27 · Atmore, Alabama

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet town of Atmore, Alabama, a tragic event unfolded on the evening of December 8, 2024, claiming the life of 27-year-old Joe Jones Jr., a Black male. Jones, along with his friend, 25-year-old Juwan McNeal, were found inside a bullet-riddled car on…

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Juwan McNeal

Male, age 25 · Atmore, Alabama

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the evening of December 8, 2024, in Atmore, Alabama, 25-year-old Juwan McNeal and his friend, 27-year-old Joe Jones Jr., were fatally shot while sitting in a vehicle in the yard of a residence on Ashley Street. The two men were ambushed by a person or…

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Monterio Fudge Harris

Male, age 28 · Mobile, Alabama

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Mobile, Alabama, the life of 28-year-old Monterio Fudge Harris was tragically cut short. On December 8, 2024, at approximately 1:15 a.m., Harris was a passenger in a vehicle traveling south on Interstate 65 near the…

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Gabriel Alberto Rodriguez

Male, age 44 · Tucson, Arizona

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the winter of 2024, a dispute at a midtown Tucson apartment complex tragically escalated, ending the life of 44-year-old Gabriel Alberto Rodriguez. On the afternoon of December 8th, multiple 911 calls reported a shooting, drawing a swift response from…

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Charlene Matson

Female, age 35 · Long-beach, California

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 8, 2024, at approximately 4:30 a.m., the body of 35-year-old Charlene Matson was discovered in a field near Second Street and the San Gabriel River in East Long Beach, California. The discovery followed the extinguishment of a brush fire in the…

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Kenneth Wayne Swets

Male, age 25 · Anaheim, California

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the evening of December 8, 2024, at approximately 8:42 p.m., Anaheim Police officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 2000 block of South Margie Lane, a residential neighborhood near Disneyland Resort. Upon arrival, they discovered 25-year-old…

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Rafael Cardenas Calles

Male, age 63 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 8, 2024, 63-year-old Rafael Cárdenas Calles was pronounced dead at 4:41 p.m. in a Los Angeles hospital. The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office determined the manner of death to be homicide, caused by gunshot wounds. Details surrounding the…

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Malachi Lancaster

Male, age 18 · Gainesville, Florida

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 8, 2024, 18-year-old Malachi Cyrus Lancaster tragically lost his life in a hunting accident near Gainesville, Florida. The incident occurred off Williston Road, just south of Gainesville, where Lancaster sustained a fatal gunshot wound. Emergency…

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Nolan King

Male, age 15 · South Miami, Florida

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 8, 2024, 15-year-old Nolan King was fatally shot at his apartment complex in South Miami, Florida. The incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. near Southwest 64th Street and 59th Place. According to Miami-Dade Police, King was involved in a dispute…

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Keshon Knolton

Male, age 26 · Macon, Georgia

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

Keshon Tamario Knolton, a 26-year-old man from the Macon area, was killed in a shooting that unfolded in the early morning hours of December 8, 2024, at Green Meadows apartments on Log Cabin Drive in Macon. Deputies were called to the scene at about 1:51 a.m.…

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Antoine Brown

Male, age 20 · Matteson, Illinois

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 8, 2024, a tragic shooting occurred in Matteson, Illinois, resulting in the death of 20-year-old Antoine Brown from East Chicago, Indiana. The incident took place around 2 p.m. in the 4300 block of Oakwood Lane, a residential area near the…

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Eric C. Bell

Male, age 38 · Danville, Illinois

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 8, 2024, 38-year-old Eric C. Bell of Danville, Illinois, was fatally shot on 2nd Avenue in Danville. Vermilion County Coroner Jane McFadden confirmed his identity and notified his family. An autopsy was scheduled for December 9, 2024. The Danville…

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Israel Maldonado

Male, age 14 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 8, 2024, Israel Maldonado, a 14-year-old from Whiting, Indiana, was fatally shot in the South Chicago neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred just before 6 p.m. in the 8800 block of South Houston Avenue. Maldonado suffered…

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Cordae Peyton

Male, age 17 · Brookhaven, Mississippi

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a Sunday afternoon in Brookhaven, Mississippi, the life of 17-year-old Cordae Peyton, a Black male, was cut short by gunfire. The fatal encounter took place on December 8, 2024, at the Speedy Wash car wash located on Industrial Park Road. According to the…

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Kristoffer J. Givens

Male, age 47 · Trenton, New Jersey

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early hours of a Sunday morning, a dispute outside a Trenton, New Jersey bar escalated to violence, leaving one man dead and another wounded. The life of 47-year-old Kristoffer J. Givens was cut short on December 8, 2024, following the altercation. He…

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Quinton Lee Gray

Male, age 30 · La-grange, North Carolina

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 8, 2024, shortly after midnight, 30-year-old Quinton Lee Gray was found unresponsive inside his residence on Sweet Amy Lane in La Grange, North Carolina. Responding to reports of a gunshot victim, deputies from the Lenoir County Sheriff's Office…

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Darius Fletcher

Male, age 28 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the morning of December 8, 2024, Cincinnati police responded to a report of a body behind a vacant apartment building in the 3600 block of Alaska Avenue in Avondale. Upon arrival around 9:30 a.m., officers discovered 28-year-old Darius Fletcher lying…

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Keion LaShawn DeGrate

Male, age 21 · Akron, Ohio

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 8, 2024, at approximately 3:00 p.m., 21-year-old Keion LaShawn DeGrate was fatally shot in Akron, Ohio's Patterson Park, located near the 600 block of Lucille Avenue. Responding to multiple reports of gunfire, Akron Police officers discovered…

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Andrew Gaudio

Male, age 25 · Wynnewood, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 8, 2024, a tragic home invasion occurred in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, resulting in the death of 25-year-old Andrew Gaudio and critical injuries to his 61-year-old mother, Bernadette. The assailants, Kelvin Roberts, 42, of Philadelphia, and his…

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Jhonny Torres

Male, age 25 · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 8, 2024, at approximately 8:30 p.m., Harrisburg police responded to reports of gunfire in the 300 block of Nectarine Street. Upon arrival, officers discovered 25-year-old Jhonny Torres lying in the roadway with a gunshot wound to the head; he was…

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De’Angelo Black

Male, age 20 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on December 8, 2024, 20-year-old De’Angelo Black of Nashville, Tennessee, lost his life in a shooting on Interstate 24. Black, a new father to a seven-month-old daughter, was a passenger in a Saturn Ion when the incident unfolded.…

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Steven Waln

Male, age 59 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

In a tragic turn of events, the body of 59-year-old Steven Curtis Waln, a male resident of Largo, Florida, was discovered on December 8, 2024, in the wooded expanse of the Hamilton Creek Recreation Area off Bell Road in Nashville, Tennessee. An apparent…

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James O. Giles Jr.

Male, age 52 · Norfolk, Virginia

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late hours of a Sunday evening in Norfolk, Virginia, the life of 52-year-old James O. Giles Jr., a Black male from Chesapeake, was tragically cut short. On December 8, 2024, at approximately 10:35 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting in a…

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Chonseya Robinson

Female, age 47 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

Chonseya Charmaine Robinson, a 47-year-old resident of Arlington, Texas, tragically passed away on December 8, 2024. Her obituary, published by Tree of Life Funeral Directors, describes her as a woman who touched countless lives with warmth and kindness…

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Jacob Candanoza

Male, age 28 · Terrell, Texas

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

On December 8, 2024, at approximately 11 p.m., 28-year-old Terrell Police Officer Jacob Candanoza initiated a traffic stop near the intersection of I-20 and Highway 34 in Terrell, Texas. During the stop, he requested backup, and shortly thereafter, 911 calls…

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Demetrius M. Marr-Woods

Male, age 27 · Kent, Washington

Killed Dec 8, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 8, 2024, the life of Demetrius M. Marr-Woods, a 27-year-old Black/African American male from Kent, Washington, was tragically cut short. Known to his loved ones as Marquel, he was in the parking lot of the Cloud 9 Bar on…

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Omari King

Male, age 40 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Dec 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late hours of a Friday night in Phoenix, Arizona, a confrontation in the parking lot of the Tela Verda Apartment complex turned fatal, leaving one man dead and another wounded. The incident, which unfolded on December 8, 2023, claimed the life of…

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Ray Sandfield

Male, age 30 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Dec 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning hours of December 8, 2023, Phoenix police were dispatched to central Phoenix after reports of gunfire near the 5300 block of North 27th Avenue, in the area of 27th Avenue and Missouri Avenue. As officers were heading toward that scene…

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Brad Curry

Male, age 34 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Dec 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the winter of 2023, the life of 34-year-old Brad Curry, a Black male from Little Rock, Arkansas, was tragically cut short. On the evening of Friday, December 8th, or in the early hours of Saturday, December 9th, gunshots echoed on West 27th Street. When…

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Wesley Rackley

Male, age 28 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Dec 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

In a harrowing sequence of events on December 8, 2023, Wesley Rackley, a 28-year-old male from Atlanta, Georgia, lost his life in a brutal encounter that unfolded in the neighboring city of Brookhaven. The incident, which started in the parking lot of a…

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Ismael Milo Yanez, Jr.

age 42 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Dec 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

On December 8, 2023, Ismael "Milo" Yanez, Jr., a 42-year-old man, was fatally shot while driving in the Archer Heights neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred around 10 p.m. near the intersection of West 45th Street and South Pulaski Road.…

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Rashon Holloway

Male, age 28 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Dec 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the Klondike neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky, a concerned citizen's call to the police on the afternoon of December 8, 2023, led to a grim discovery. A vehicle had been left running near an apartment complex at the intersection of Breckenridge Lane…

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Troy Young

Male, age 27 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Dec 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late afternoon of December 8, 2023, a concerned citizen in Louisville, Kentucky, noticed a vehicle that had been left running for some time outside an apartment complex in the 3300 block of Breckenridge Lane, near the Klondike neighborhood. A call was…

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Craig Haynes Jr.

Male, age 18 · Gonzales, Louisiana

Killed Dec 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late hours of a Friday evening, the life of 18-year-old Craig Haynes Jr. was tragically cut short in a senseless act of violence. On December 8, 2023, while driving northbound on Burnside Avenue in Gonzales, Louisiana, Haynes' vehicle was pierced by…

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Dylan LaFluer

Male, age 16 · Westwego, Louisiana

Killed Dec 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the quiet community of Waggaman, Louisiana, the night of December 8, 2023, was shattered by the sound of gunfire that would tragically end the life of 16-year-old Dylan LaFluer. A native of New Iberia and resident of Harvey, the young male's life was cut…

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