Deaths by Force on February 16

Deaths by Force (468)

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Arlie Lanning

Male, age 20 · Lexington, North Carolina

Killed Feb 16, 1952 · 74 years ago

Arlie Jackson Lanning, a 52-year-old white male, passed away on February 16, 1952, in Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina. His death was later revealed to be the result of poisoning, orchestrated by his wife, Nannie Doss, who became infamously known as…

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James Edmund Bowdoin

Male · Caryville, Florida

Killed Feb 16, 1925 · 101 years ago

Federal Prohibition Agent James Edmund Bowdoin, also known as "Pistol Pete," was tragically killed on February 16, 1925, in Caryville, Florida. Bowdoin was conducting a moonshining investigation along the Choctawhatchee River with other agents when they…

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Walker Campbell

Male, age 50 · Alexandria, Virginia

Killed Feb 16, 1919 · 107 years ago

In the winter of 1919, the city of Alexandria, Virginia, was unsettled by the loss of one of its own. Private Walker W. Campbell, a White male officer of the Alexandria Police Department, succumbed to a fatal gunshot wound on February 16, 1919. The dedicated…

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John Crawford

Male, age 28 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Feb 16, 1908 · 118 years ago

John H. Crawford, a 28-year-old male, died in Birmingham, Alabama, on February 16, 1908, when a routine night on the Southern Railway turned into something far uglier than an accident. He was working as a special policeman for the railroad, the kind of job…

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Darrian Williams

Male, age 45 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Feb 16, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the evening of February 16, 2024, a burst of violence in Northwest Baltimore claimed the life of 45-year-old Darrian Williams. A Black male, Williams was discovered by police inside a residence on the 4000 block of Kathland Avenue at approximately 10:03…

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Rickey Jerome Cole

Male, age 69 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Feb 16, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late hours of a winter evening in Baltimore, the life of Rickey Jerome Cole, a 69-year-old man, was tragically cut short. On February 16, 2024, at approximately 10:03 p.m., police responded to a report of a shooting in the 4000 block of Kathland…

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Glenn Wallace

Male, age 29 · Portsmouth, Virginia

Killed Feb 16, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the afternoon hours of February 16, 2023, Glenn Wallace, a 29-year-old male, was fatally shot on Dunedin Road in Portsmouth, Virginia. The incident prompted a homicide investigation by the Portsmouth Police Department, which quickly sought to identify…

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Silvestre Solorio Huato

Male, age 40 · Sacramento, California

Killed Feb 16, 2022 · 4 years ago

Silvestre Solorio Huato, a 40-year-old resident of Sacramento, California, tragically lost his life on February 16, 2022, in a shooting incident in the Natomas area. The Sacramento Police Department responded to reports of a shooting at approximately 6:33…

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Frankie Foster

Male, age 38 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Feb 16, 2019 · 7 years ago

On a Saturday evening in mid-February 2019, Frankie Foster, a 38-year-old male welder from Tulsa, sat in a car with his girlfriend in the parking lot of the Normandy Apartments, a midtown complex near 41st Street and Interstate 44. What began as an ordinary…

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Joshua Glover

Male, age 25 · Compton, California

Killed Feb 16, 2019 · 7 years ago

Joshua Glover was 25 years old when he died on Saturday, February 16, 2019, in Compton. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds in the 1800 block of East Alondra Boulevard. His death was ruled a homicide. The Los…

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Aubry Johnson

Male, age 66 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Feb 16, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the early morning hours of February 16, 2018, a violent home invasion in Oklahoma City shattered the peace and tragically ended the life of 66-year-old Aubry Johnson. The incident, which also left three other individuals wounded, prompted a swift…

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Andre Lee

Male, age 20 · Mckees-rocks, Pennsylvania

Killed Feb 16, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the winter of 2018, a young man named Andre Lee, lost his life in a fatal shooting in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. On the evening of Friday, February 16, police responded to a call on Ella Street, where they discovered Lee inside a car, suffering from a…

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Miguel Angel Orozco

Male, age 32 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Feb 16, 2015 · 11 years ago

On February 16, 2015, Miguel Angel Orozco, a 32-year-old resident of Las Vegas, Nevada, was shot and killed in his garage, marking a tragic end to a life cut short by violence. The incident occurred in the early morning hours, around 4:45 a.m., in the 6400…

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Andrew Abston

Male, age 43 · Utica, New York

Killed Feb 16, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late hours of February 16, 2015, the life of 43-year-old Andrew Abston was cut short in what should have been the safety of his own residence. Abston, a male resident of Utica, New York, was discovered in the parking lot of the Six Nations apartment…

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Edward Kelly Spangler

Male, age 43 · Canby, Oregon

Killed Feb 16, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early morning hours of February 16, 2014, the quiet town of Canby, Oregon, was disturbed by the sound of a crashing SUV. Inside the vehicle, which had careened through a parking lot before striking a power pole, was the body of 43-year-old Edward Kelly…

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Robert Ward

Male, age 24 · Frederickson, Washington

Killed Feb 16, 2014 · 12 years ago

In what Pierce County prosecutors described as a case of "vigilante justice run amok," 24-year-old Robert Ward, a male resident of Frederickson, Washington, was killed on February 16, 2014. The fatal incident was the culmination of a plan to retaliate against…

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Keith Johnson

Male, age 43 · Opa-locka, Florida

Killed Feb 16, 2014 · 12 years ago

Keith R. Johnson, a 43-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on February 16, 2014, in Opa-locka, Florida. The incident occurred while he was sitting in his car at 2575 York Street, with his 5-year-old son in the back seat.…

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Nathan Lee Adams

Male, age 42 · Jonesboro, Georgia

Killed Feb 16, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Jonesboro, Georgia, a dispute that began with words inside a local bar tragically escalated to gunfire, ending the life of 42-year-old Nathan Lee Adams. A former Forest Park police officer, Adams was at Benefield's…

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Raul Machado

Male, age 31 · Palmdale, California

Killed Feb 16, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early morning darkness of Sunday, February 16, 2014, a quiet residential and desert stretch on the eastern edge of Palmdale became a murder scene. Around 4:30 a.m., patrol deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Palmdale Station…

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Carl Wayne Saunders Jr.

Male, age 29 · Prince-edward, Virginia

Killed Feb 16, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early morning hours of February 16, 2013, a quiet home in the Prospect area of Prince Edward County, Virginia, became the scene of a fatal home invasion. Carl Wayne Saunders Jr., a 29-year-old male, along with 37-year-old Albert Lorenzo Johnson, broke…

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Kenneth Ravon Braddy

Male, age 24 · Winston Salem, North Carolina

Killed Feb 16, 2013 · 13 years ago

Kenneth Ravon Braddy, a 24-year-old African American male from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, lost his life in a tragic incident on February 16, 2013. The event unfolded at the Nitty Gritty club on South Main Street, where a chaotic scene erupted in the early…

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Mario Brown

Male, age 25 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Feb 16, 2010 · 16 years ago

Mario Brown, a 25-year-old from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, tragically passed away on February 16, 2010. He was a beloved father, son, and brother, remembered fondly by his family and friends for his warm and comical personality. Mario was a medical student at…

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Sherry Jackson

Female, age 28 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Feb 16, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the early hours of a Tuesday in February 2010, the life of 28-year-old Sherry Ann Jackson came to a violent and tragic end inside her Milwaukee home. On February 16th, police were called to a residence in the 6100 block of N. 35th St. shortly after…

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James Flannery

Male, age 23 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Feb 16, 2009 · 17 years ago

James Flannery, 23, was stabbed in the 3900 block of South Hanover Street in Baltimore on Monday, February 16, 2009. He died of his wounds. The Baltimore Police Department investigated the killing, and the Baltimore Sun's homicide database lists his death as…

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Rosalind Yolanda Griffin

Female, age 39 · Sanford, North Carolina

Killed Feb 16, 2008 · 18 years ago

Rosalind Yolanda Griffin, a 39-year-old African American woman, tragically lost her life on February 16, 2008, in Sanford, North Carolina. The incident was a murder-suicide involving her estranged husband, Willie Cornell Griffin, aged 49. The Lee County…

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Brandon Hamilton

Male, age 19 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Feb 16, 2008 · 18 years ago

Brandon Hamilton was 19 years old when he was killed in St. Louis on Saturday, February 16, 2008. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis through…

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Rita Joanne Moreno

Female, age 73 · Long Beach, California

Killed Feb 16, 2007 · 19 years ago

On the early morning of Friday, February 16, 2007, seventy-three-year-old Rita Joanne Moreno passed away at a residence located at 1706 Florida Street in Long Beach, California. Known affectionately to those closest to her as Joanne, the Hispanic woman had…

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Garnetta Haggard

Female, age 22 · Farwell, Michigan

Killed Feb 16, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the quiet farming community of Farwell, Michigan, a horrific crime shattered the peace on a cold February day in 1982. Garnetta Haggard, a 22-year-old woman, was brutally murdered on February 16th, becoming one of seven victims in a senseless act of…

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George Post

Male, age 53 · Farwell, Michigan

Killed Feb 16, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the quiet community of Farwell, Michigan, the tranquility was shattered on a cold day in February 1982. George Wallace Post, a 53-year-old man, became the first victim in a horrific event that would come to be known as the Rock Road massacre. A respected…

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Helen Gaffney

Female, age 29 · Farwell, Michigan

Killed Feb 16, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the quiet, rural setting of Farwell, Michigan, a horrific tragedy unfolded on February 16, 1982, forever scarring the small community. On that cold winter day, 29-year-old Helen Gaffney, a female, and six of her family members were brutally murdered in…

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Tom Gaffney

Male, age 8 · Farwell, Michigan

Killed Feb 16, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the quiet farming community of Farwell, Michigan, a horrific crime unfolded on February 16, 1982, that would become known as the Rock Road massacre. Among the seven victims of this brutal event was a young boy, Tom Gaffney, who was seven years old. The…

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Vaudrey Post

Male, age 42 · Farwell, Michigan

Killed Feb 16, 1982 · 44 years ago

In the quiet farming community of Farwell, Michigan, a horrific tragedy unfolded on February 16, 1982, forever scarring the town and a local family. Vaudrey Post, a 42-year-old woman, was brutally murdered in her own home, the victim of a calculated and…

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Earl Rhode

Male, age 28 · Silver-springs, Maryland

Killed Feb 16, 1972 · 54 years ago

In the winter of 1972, the life of a young man was tragically cut short in Silver Spring, Maryland. Earl Rhode, a 28-year-old male, became a victim of gun violence on February 16th of that year. The circumstances surrounding his death remain largely untold in…

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Marion Gilbert

Female, age 30 · Rensselaer, New York

Killed Feb 16, 1954 · 72 years ago

In the quiet city of Rensselaer, New York, a tragedy unfolded in the winter of 1954 that left a lasting scar on the community. Marion R. Gilbert, a 30-year-old woman, and her younger sister, Virginia R. Gilbert, aged 26, were fatally shot on February 16th of…

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Virginia Gilbert

Female, age 26 · Rensselaer, New York

Killed Feb 16, 1954 · 72 years ago

In the quiet city of Rensselaer, New York, a devastating tragedy unfolded on a Tuesday in February of 1954, forever altering the lives of the Gilbert family. On that fateful day, February 16th, two sisters, Virginia R. Gilbert, a 26-year-old woman, and Marion…

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W. H. Forrest

Male · Cordele, Georgia

Killed Feb 16, 1909 · 117 years ago

In the early part of the 20th century, a palpable tension lingered in the air of Cordele, Georgia, following a recent political shift. W. H. Forrest, a male who had recently won the election for Chief of Police, was just settling into his new role, having…

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