Deaths by Force on February 12

Deaths by Force (422)

Death by Force20th anniversary

Johnny Floyd Garcia

Male, age 48 · Pomona, California

Killed Feb 12, 2006 · 20 years ago

Johnny Floyd Garcia was 48 years old when he died on Sunday, February 12, 2006, in Pomona. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 825 E. Mission Blvd. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Scott Baird

Male · Gainesville, Florida

Killed Feb 12, 2001 · 25 years ago

Scott Baird, a 23-year-old Gainesville police officer, was killed in the line of duty on February 12, 2001. The incident occurred in the early morning hours behind Gainesville High School when Officer Baird responded to a call about an obstruction in the…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Christopher Bruce Anderson

Male, age 36 · Hot Springs, Arkansas

Killed Feb 12, 1996 · 30 years ago

In the winter of 1996, the community of Hot Springs, Arkansas, was shaken by the sudden and violent death of one of its own. Christopher Bruce Anderson, a 36-year-old male Patrol Officer with the Hot Springs Police Department, lost his life in the line of…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Stephen Anderson

Male, age 35 · Sacramento, California

Killed Feb 12, 1991 · 35 years ago

Stephen Anderson, aged 35, tragically passed away on February 12, 1991, in Sacramento, California. His death was the result of a violent incident that has since been the subject of extensive investigations and legal proceedings. Anderson was found deceased in…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Thor Johnson

Male, age 42 · Sacramento, California

Killed Feb 12, 1991 · 35 years ago

Thor Johnson Sr., aged 42, was tragically murdered on February 12, 1991, in Sacramento, California. His death occurred during a violent robbery at a Quik Stop convenience store on Auburn Boulevard. On that fateful night, Johnson was a customer at the store…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Zaid Ahmad Obeid

Male, age 22 · Sacramento, California

Killed Feb 12, 1991 · 35 years ago

Zaid Ahmad Obeid, a 22-year-old resident of Sacramento, California, tragically lost his life on February 12, 1991. His death was part of a series of brutal murders that shocked the local community. On that fateful day, Zaid, along with two others, was fatally…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

John Robert Weiss

Male, age 25 · Shively, Kentucky

Killed Feb 12, 1986 · 40 years ago

On a cold February evening in 1986, the city of Shively, Kentucky, lost a dedicated public servant. John Robert Weiss, a 25-year-old male detective with the Shively Police Department, was working undercover in a narcotics investigation on the 2500 block of…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Terry Monroe

Female, age 21 · Salem, Oregon

Killed Feb 12, 1981 · 45 years ago

In the winter of 1981, a night out for a young Caucasian woman in Salem, Oregon, ended in a tragedy that would remain a haunting mystery for decades. Terry Cox Monroe, a 21-year-old female, was with friends at the Oregon Museum Tavern on February 12th. At…

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Death by Force50th anniversary

Archibald Jackson

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Feb 12, 1976 · 50 years ago

On February 12, 1976, Archibald Jackson, an 83-year-old resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, was tragically beaten to death at his residence located at 1034 Mound in Hamilton County. Archibald was found to have suffered blunt force trauma, which led to his death.…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Travon Walker

Male, age 27 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Feb 12, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late hours of February 12, 2021, the life of 27-year-old Travon Walker was tragically cut short in a shooting that unfolded in Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood. The incident, which also left another man injured, took place near the intersection of…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Ifrain Araque Jr

Male, age 23 · Lynwood, California

Killed Feb 12, 2021 · 5 years ago

Ifrain Araque Jr., a 23-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on February 12, 2021, in Lynwood, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Araque was shot near 3190 Euclid Ave. in Lynwood. The incident…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Nora Sprinkel Rothrock

Female, age 81 · Roanoke, Virginia

Killed Feb 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet community of Roanoke, Virginia, a tragedy unfolded that cut short the life of 81-year-old Nora Sprinkel Rothrock. On the early morning of February 8, 2016, the life she had built, filled with family and hard work, came to a sudden and violent…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Patrick Brown

Male, age 35 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Feb 12, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the evening of February 12, 2016, 35-year-old Patrick Brown, a former military man, was shot and killed in his apartment on South Lynhurst Drive in Indianapolis, Indiana. A white male, Brown was found by emergency responders with a gunshot wound to his…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Joe O’Dell

Male · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Feb 12, 2006 · 20 years ago

Joe Scott O'Dell, a 42-year-old White male, passed away on February 12, 2005. According to his obituary, funeral and burial services were private, and no visitation was scheduled at that time. Condolences were directed to be sent via email. A memorial page…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Sean Anthony Thompson

Male, age 38 · Chinatown, California

Killed Feb 12, 2006 · 20 years ago

The Los Angeles County jail system was gripped by unprecedented racial unrest in the early weeks of 2006, as violent clashes erupted between Black and Latino inmates across several detention facilities. Amid this heightened state of tension, Sean Anthony…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Verica Todor Popovich

Female, age 50 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Feb 12, 2006 · 20 years ago

Verica Todor Popovich was 50 years old when she died on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2006, in Venice. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma at Speedway and 19th Avenue. Her death was ruled a homicide…

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Alexander Henrique Sanchez-Montilla

Male, age 41 · Antioch, Tennessee

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

A promising meeting arranged online to purchase a vehicle turned into a fatal encounter for Alexander Henrique Sanchez-Montilla, a 41-year-old Venezuelan man. On the evening of February 12, 2026, Sanchez-Montilla traveled to a residence on Winton Drive in…

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Angel Monique Lucas

Female, age 59 · Emporia, Virginia

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

A quiet life in Emporia, Virginia, was tragically cut short on Thursday, February 12, 2026, leaving a community to mourn the loss of Angel Monique Lucas. At the age of 59, she passed away at her residence, a place that was the center of her world and her…

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Anthony J. Castro

Male, age 22 · Norfolk, Virginia

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

On the late evening of February 12, 2026, tragedy struck in a residential neighborhood in Norfolk, Virginia, claiming the life of 22-year-old Anthony J. Castro. Just before 11:30 p.m., police officers were dispatched to the 1200 block of Picadilly Street…

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Dakota Chavers

Male, age 15 · Cave City, Arkansas

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

In a tragic incident on February 12, 2026, 15-year-old Dakota Chavers lost his life in what was described as horseplay gone wrong. The event unfolded at a residence on Rainey Lane, where deputies from the Independence County Sheriff's Office responded to a…

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Dequavious Graves

Male, age 31 · Decatur, Georgia

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

Dequavious Graves, a 31-year-old Black/African American man, was nearing the end of his postal route in Decatur, Georgia, on the evening of February 12, 2026, when his life was tragically cut short. An employee of the United States Postal Service for three…

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Edwyn Williams

Male, age 18 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of February 12, 2026, the life of 18-year-old Edwyn Williams, a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Williams, a senior at Baker High School, was discovered inside a car in the parking lot…

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Glen Blackwell III

Male · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

On the night of February 12, 2026, Glen Blackwell III, a Black male, was fatally shot during an incident at an apartment complex on Grove Circle near North State Street in Jackson, Mississippi. Emergency services were dispatched to the scene following reports…

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Henry L Crittington

Male, age 19 · Orangeburg, South Carolina

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

In the quiet town of Orangeburg, South Carolina, the life of 19-year-old Henry L. Crittington was tragically cut short on the night of February 12, 2026. What began as a visit to the South Carolina State University campus ended in a fatal burst of gunfire…

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Jashaun Brown

Male, age 38 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

On the evening of Thursday, February 12, 2026, Jashaun Brown, a 38-year-old man, was fatally shot in the California neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. The incident occurred just before 10 p.m. in the 1600 block of Garland Avenue, where officers from the…

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Javan Myers

Male, age 26 · Hammond, Louisiana

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

A dispute over a request for a ride on the morning of Thursday, February 12, 2026, in Hammond, Louisiana, escalated into a burst of gunfire that left 26-year-old Javan Vonteal Myers dead and four others wounded, including a 4-year-old child. The tragic events…

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Jennifer Talley

Female, age 23 · Calera, Alabama

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

In the quiet town of Calera, Alabama, the life of a young woman was tragically cut short on the evening of Thursday, February 12, 2026. Jennifer Tori Talley, a 23-year-old female, was killed at a residence on The Heights Drive in the northern part of the…

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Justin Richard Boersma

Male, age 45 · Dickinson, North Dakota

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

Justin Richard Boersma, a 45-year-old man from Gladstone, North Dakota, died on Thursday, February 12, 2026, following a shooting incident near an interstate exit to the east of Dickinson. The Stark County Sheriff's Office reported that deputies were…

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Lexus Antrom

Female, age 28 · Columbus, Georgia

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of February 12, 2026, the life of 28-year-old Lexus Antrom, a Black female, was tragically cut short in her Columbus, Georgia, home. The incident, which unfolded on Gardiner Drive, is being investigated as a homicide stemming from a…

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Malcolm Wayne Lee

Male, age 25 · Houston, Texas

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of February 12, 2026, a visit to a friend's home in northwest Harris County, Texas, turned fatal for 25-year-old Malcolm Wayne Lee. The events that transpired inside a recreational vehicle on a property off Hufsmith Kohrville Road…

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Perez Stegall

Male, age 43 · Union City, Georgia

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

In the quiet community of Union City, Georgia, a burst of violence on the evening of Thursday, February 12, 2026, left a family and community in mourning. Perez Stegall, a 43-year-old, was fatally shot on Clayburn Street in an incident that the Union City…

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Robert Trayvon Sykes

Male, age 28 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

Robert Trayvon Sykes, a 28-year-old Black/African American man, was fatally shot during a confrontation inside a residence in the Spring Valley area of the Las Vegas Valley on February 12, 2026. The shooting unfolded shortly after midnight in the 9200 block…

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Rudi Gastinell

Male, age 39 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of February 12, 2026, Rudi Eugene Gastinell Jr., a 39-year-old man from New Orleans, Louisiana, was fatally shot. The incident occurred in the 3300 block of Hamilton Street. Responding to a call at approximately 12:48 a.m., New Orleans…

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Steven R Freed

Male, age 67 · Beverly Hills, California

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

In the affluent community of Beverly Hills, California, the life of 67-year-old Steven R. Freed was tragically cut short on February 12, 2026. A male resident of the famed city, Freed became a victim of gun violence, a stark reminder of the pervasive nature…

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Terrell Thomas

Male, age 18 · Orangeburg, South Carolina

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

In the quiet hours of a Thursday night in Orangeburg, South Carolina, the life of 18-year-old Terrell Thomas was tragically cut short. On February 12, 2026, a burst of gunfire inside the Hugine Suites residential complex on the campus of South Carolina State…

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Terrion M. Johnson

Male, age 25 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

In the early evening of February 12, 2026, the life of 25-year-old Terrion M. Johnson, a Black male from Kansas City, Missouri, was tragically cut short by gun violence. The events unfolded around 5:30 p.m. when the Kansas City Police Department received…

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Torian King

Male, age 29 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Feb 12, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of February 12, 2026, a burst of gunfire shattered the predawn quiet of the Oak Cliff neighborhood in Dallas, Texas, leaving one person dead and another wounded. The deceased was identified as 29-year-old Torian Jevon King. The…

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Jacob Frank Hernandez

Male, age 23 · Antioch, California

Killed Feb 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jacob Frank Hernandez, a 23-year-old man, was fatally shot on the evening of February 12, 2025, in Antioch, California. The incident occurred near the intersection of Hillcrest Avenue and Larkspur Drive, close to Highway 4. Officers responded to reports of…

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Joyce Austin

Female, age 71 · Lenexa, Kansas

Killed Feb 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

On February 12, 2025, 71-year-old Joyce E. Austin, a White female, was tragically killed in her Lenexa, Kansas, home in what police have described as a double homicide. The authorities were first alerted to the incident after a man, later identified as…

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Valerie Howard

Female, age 63 · Lenexa, Kansas

Killed Feb 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

On February 12, 2025, the quiet community of Lenexa, Kansas, was disturbed by a grim discovery that marked the city's first and second homicides of the year. Inside a home on West 90th Street, police found the bodies of two women, later identified as…

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Jamaal Roberts

Male, age 39 · Hagerstown, Maryland

Killed Feb 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late afternoon of February 12, 2025, the life of 39-year-old Jamaal Roberts, a Black man, was tragically cut short in a Hagerstown, Maryland apartment building. Originally from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Roberts was discovered by Hagerstown Police in…

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Josh Littles

Male, age 26 · Picayune, Mississippi

Killed Feb 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of a Wednesday in Picayune, Mississippi, a call to emergency services about a potential drug overdose set in motion a chain of events that would uncover a tragic homicide. On February 12, 2025, a 26-year-old African American man named Joshua…

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Joseph Falciani

Male, age 41 · Wildwood, New Jersey

Killed Feb 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a tragic turn of events on a Wednesday afternoon in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, a family argument escalated into a fatal shooting, claiming the life of 41-year-old Joseph Falciani. The incident, which occurred on February 12, 2025, inside a residence on…

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Dylan Larymore

Male, age 32 · Florence, South Carolina

Killed Feb 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of February 12, 2025, the life of 32-year-old Dylan Ray Larymore was tragically cut short. The male victim was fatally shot at a residence on Candy Lane in Darlington County, South Carolina, around 9:30 p.m. When authorities arrived at the…

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Riley Jacob Sears

Male, age 16 · Casper, Wyoming

Killed Feb 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

On February 12, 2025, at approximately 9:09 p.m., a 911 call reported a shooting in the 4000 block of East 8th Street in Casper, Wyoming. Officers arrived to find a Bi-racial male, age 16, with a gunshot wound inside the residence; he was pronounced dead at…

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Billy Sheffield IV

Male, age 20 · Granbury, Texas

Killed Feb 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

On February 12, 2025, law enforcement agencies responded to a shooting incident on Gerry Drive in the Montego Bay subdivision of Hood County, Texas. Upon arrival, officers discovered a gunshot victim, later identified as Billy Sheffield IV, a 20-year-old…

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Micaela Kayla Sanchez

Female, age 33 · Austin, Texas

Killed Feb 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of February 12, 2025, at approximately 5:18 a.m., tragedy struck at the Pearl Lantana apartment complex located at 6401 Rialto Boulevard in Austin, Texas. Micaela "Kayla" Sanchez, a 33-year-old Hispanic female, was discovered…

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Ricky Flores

Male, age 38 · Big Spring, Texas

Killed Feb 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

On February 12, 2025, at approximately 5:50 PM, officers from the Big Spring Police Department responded to reports of a gunshot victim at the intersection of 14th and Goliad in Big Spring, Texas. Upon arrival, they discovered Ricky Flores Mier, a 38-year-old…

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Dates are the day last seen (missing), the day of death, or when the date of death is unknown the day found or reported missing (deaths by force), the day found (unidentified and unclaimed), the victim's date of death (serial killers) and the day of the attack (mass murders). Solved, located, identified and claimed cases are not listed.