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Shakim Rivera

Male, age 27 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Feb 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the evening of February 22, 2015, a 27-year-old man named Shakim Rivera was found unconscious on Bayview Place near Remsen Avenue in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn. He had been shot in the head. Emergency medical services rushed him to Brookdale…

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KyRone Smith

Male, age 19 · Miami, Florida

Killed Feb 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

KyRone Smith, a 19-year-old from Miami, FL, tragically lost his life on February 22, 2015. The circumstances surrounding his death were deeply troubling and sparked a significant investigation. KyRone was found with multiple gunshot wounds, leading…

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Maurice Knight

Male, age 21 · Winter-haven, Florida

Killed Feb 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

Maurice Knight Jr., a 21-year-old from Winter Haven, Florida, tragically lost his life on February 22, 2015, in a violent altercation that escalated into a fatal shooting. The incident began at Pierre's Hot Spot, a local club, where a confrontation between…

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Kathy Smith

Female, age 40 · Clarkesville, Georgia

Killed Feb 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

Kathy N. Smith, a 40-year-old White woman from Clarkesville, Georgia, died on February 22, 2015, in a burst of violence that shattered a home and left a family and community reeling. Public reports say Smith was at her residence in the Winding Stair…

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Solomon Lee

Male, age 17 · Valdosta, Georgia

Killed Feb 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late hours of a February night in Valdosta, Georgia, the life of 17-year-old Solomon Vincent Lee was tragically cut short. On February 22, 2015, Solomon was attending a birthday party at the Southside Recreation Center on South Oak Street. A series of…

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Steven Thomas Singleton

Male, age 45 · Clarkesville, Georgia

Killed Feb 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet community of Clarkesville, Georgia, a simmering domestic dispute erupted into a tragic and violent episode that claimed the life of 45-year-old Steven Thomas Singleton, a white male, on February 22, 2015. The events of that day were set in motion…

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Rasool Jaleel Harrell

Male, age 22 · Matthews, North Carolina

Killed Feb 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

Rasool Jaleel Harrell, a 22-year-old African American male, was tragically murdered on February 22, 2015, in Matthews, North Carolina. Harrell's death was part of a series of violent incidents that shook the community. On that fateful day, Harrell was fatally…

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Joseph Matrongolo

Male, age 40 · Westfall-township, Pennsylvania

Killed Feb 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

Joseph Matrongolo, a 40-year-old male, tragically lost his life on February 22, 2015, in Westfall Township, Pennsylvania. The incident was a result of a domestic dispute that escalated into a murder-suicide. Joseph Matrongolo's father, also named Joseph…

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Carlos Armin Quesada-Martinez

Male, age 41 · High-island, Texas

Killed Feb 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

Carlos Armin Quesada-Martinez, a 41-year-old Hispanic male, was found dead on February 22, 2015, on a beach in High Island, Texas. His body was discovered by a passerby around 9 am, bound with duct tape and with gunshot wounds to his back and head. The…

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Dawn Giffa

Female, age 28 · Killeen, Texas

Killed Feb 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

Dawn Giffa, a 28-year-old woman from Kingston, Ontario, tragically lost her life on February 22, 2015, in Killeen, Texas. She was the wife of Ata-se Giffa, a soldier stationed at Fort Hood. The incident occurred during a domestic disturbance call at their…

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Ernesto Rodriguez

Male, age 26 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Feb 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

Ernesto Rodriguez, a 26-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically died on February 22, 2015, in Fort Worth, Texas. He was shot outside a downtown Fort Worth club and succumbed to his injuries the following day. The incident occurred when Damien Ray…

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Larry Guzman

Male, age 40 · Killeen, Texas

Killed Feb 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

Larry Steven Guzman, a 40-year-old Hispanic male from Killeen, Texas, tragically lost his life on February 22, 2015. He was fatally shot by Ata-se Giffa, a 30-year-old soldier stationed at Fort Hood, during a murder-suicide incident. The incident occurred in…

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Lydia Farina

Female, age 31 · Killeen, Texas

Killed Feb 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

Lydia Anne Farina, a 31-year-old woman from Killeen, Texas, tragically lost her life on February 22, 2015. Lydia was born on January 3, 1984, at Fort Hood, Texas. She was a loving wife and mother, survived by her husband Michael A. Farina Sr. and their four…

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Christopher Franklin

Male, age 20 · Long Beach, California

Found Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the evening of February 22, 2014, 20-year-old Christopher Franklin was tragically shot and killed in Long Beach, California. The incident occurred around 5:40 p.m. on Andy Street. Responding to a call of shots fired, Long Beach police found Franklin lying…

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Robert Washington

Null, age 25 · Jacksonville, Florida

Found Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

On February 22, 2014, Robert Washington, a 25-year-old man from Jacksonville, Florida, was fatally shot. The incident occurred in an area known for high crime rates, adding to a series of violent events in the city. Law enforcement responded quickly to the…

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Fredrick Findley

Male, age 43 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a Saturday evening in Las Vegas, what began as a dispute over a parking space escalated into a fatal encounter for Fredrick Findley, a 43-year-old African-American man. The incident, which occurred on February 22, 2014, unfolded in the parking lot of a…

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Malik Evens

Male, age 19 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

A young man's life was tragically cut short years after he was caught in a hail of bullets on a Buffalo street. Malik Evens, a male whose age and ethnicity have not been publicly detailed, succumbed to his injuries on February 22, 2014, following a shooting…

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Dennis L. Koop

Male, age 54 · Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a domestic tragedy unfolded, leaving two people dead and a family shattered. Dennis L. Koopman, a 54-year-old White male, became the center of a grim event that concluded a period of personal turmoil. His life, by…

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Luella Womochil Koop

Female, age 52 · Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

LuElla Koopman, 52, a White/Caucasian female, left workaday routines behind on a Friday evening and turned into the lot outside the Cedar Rapids condominium where she’d recently made a new start. Before she could step away from the driver’s seat, a familiar…

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Franrico Aaron Hunter

Male, age 33 · Inkster, Michigan

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

Franrico Aaron Hunter, a 33-year-old Black male from Inkster, Michigan, was lost to gun violence on a cold Saturday in late February 2014. On February 22 of that year, the brief public record shows his life ending in Inkster, his name entering the rolls of…

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Glenda Marisol Coca-Romero

Female, age 21 · Woodbridge, Virginia

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the evening of February 21, 2014, a tragic event unfolded at the Platanillos Grocery and Jewelry store in Woodbridge, Virginia, forever altering the lives of a young family. Glenda Marisol Coca-Romero, a 21-year-old mother of an infant daughter, was…

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Thomas Minton

Male, age 47 · Fort-wayne, Indiana

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

In Fort Wayne, Indiana, the life of 47-year-old Thomas E. Minton, a man known to some as a truck driver and a veteran of the armed forces, came to an end on February 22, 2014. Conflicting information has emerged from online sources regarding the circumstances…

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Rodney Nesbitt

Male, age 29 · Greenville, South Carolina

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

The night of February 22, 2014, ended in tragedy outside a popular nightlife spot in Greenville, South Carolina. Rodney Jermaine Nesbitt, a 29-year-old Black male, had been out celebrating his recent birthday with friends and family. Nesbitt, an Iraq War…

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Ortiz Alphonzo Ola

Male, age 38 · Capitol-heights, Maryland

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, a grim discovery was made inside a Capitol Heights, Maryland apartment that left a community in shock. On the evening of Saturday, February 22nd, police were called to the Lexington Court Apartments in the 5200 block of Marlboro Pike.…

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Staci Taneesha White

Female, age 33 · Capitol-heights, Maryland

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

In February 2014, the quiet community of Capitol Heights, Maryland, was unsettled by the discovery of a grim scene. Inside an apartment on Marlboro Pike, three lives were tragically cut short. Among them was Staci Taneesha White, a 33-year-old woman. Her…

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Weldon Mason

Male, age 33 · Capitol-heights, Maryland

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, a grim discovery was made inside a Capitol Heights, Maryland apartment that left a community in shock and a triple homicide investigation in its wake. On the evening of Saturday, February 22nd, police were dispatched to an apartment…

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Michael Nelson

Male, age 24 · Rochester, New York

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a cold February day in Rochester, New York, the lives of three young people were tragically cut short. Michael Nelson, a 24-year-old Black man, was found deceased on February 24, 2014, although his death occurred two days earlier on February 22. He was not…

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Dean Sena

Male, age 45 · Rancho-cucamonga, California

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

Dean Vedol Sena, a 45-year-old security guard, tragically lost his life on February 22, 2014, during a robbery at The Brothers Liquor store in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The incident occurred around 11:20 p.m. when a gunman entered the store, demanded…

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Damarco Powell

Male, age 17 · Lakeland, Florida

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

Damarco Powell, a 17-year-old African American male from Lakeland, Florida, tragically lost his life on February 22, 2014. His body was discovered in a wooded area along Atline Road in Lakeland, with a fatal gunshot wound to the back of his head. The…

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Damian Bernard Clayton

Male, age 16 · Macon, Georgia

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late hours of a Saturday in Macon, Georgia, the life of 16-year-old Damian Bernard 'Little Petey' Clayton was tragically cut short. On February 22, 2014, the African American teenager was discovered at the Macon Little League field on Anthony Road…

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Javan Boyd

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

Javan Boyd, a 28-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on February 22, 2014, in Chicago, Illinois. Boyd, who worked as a part-time livery driver, was waiting for a customer in his vehicle around 4 a.m. in the 3700 block of South Princeton…

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Leon Lucas Jr.

Male, age 49 · East Saint Louis, Illinois

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

Leon Lucas Jr., a 49-year-old African American man from East St. Louis, Illinois, was tragically and senselessly taken from this world on February 22, 2014. His death, the result of gun violence, is a solemn reminder of the ongoing crisis facing communities…

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Michael Redmond

Male, age 32 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

Michael Redmond, a 32-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on February 22, 2014, in Chicago, IL. The circumstances surrounding his death were deeply unsettling, as he was found with multiple gunshot wounds in a neighborhood known for its…

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Alida Cruz

Female, age 30 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the cold of a February night in Philadelphia, the life of 30-year-old Alida Maria Cruz was violently extinguished. On February 22, 2014, Cruz and a companion, 35-year-old Antorie D. Coates, were shot to death inside a Ford Windstar van. The vehicle was…

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Antorie D. Coates

Male, age 35 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early morning hours of February 22, 2014, the lives of 35-year-old Antorie D. Coates, a Black/African American male, and 30-year-old Alida Maria Cruz were violently cut short in a horrifying sequence of events that unfolded in Philadelphia…

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Kennedra Miles

Female, age 17 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

Kennedra Renay Miles, a 17-year-old Black female, died on February 22, 2014, in Memphis, Tennessee. Information gleaned from online sources suggests her death was the result of the reckless handling of a firearm. The incident tragically cut short a young life…

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Ronald Lee Sanders

Male, age 26 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late hours of a Saturday night in Nashville, Tennessee, the life of 26-year-old Ronald Lee Sanders was tragically cut short. On February 22, 2014, Sanders was shot and killed on Sylvan Street. The incident prompted an investigation by the Metro…

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Lawrence Collins

Male, age 20 · San Francisco, California

Found Feb 22, 2013 · 13 years ago

On February 22, 2013, 20-year-old Male Lawrence Collins was fatally shot outside the Minnie and Lovie Ward Recreation Center on Capitol Avenue in San Francisco's Oceanview neighborhood. Collins, a youth advocate and graduate of the Inner City Youth program…

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Deshaun S Williams

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Feb 22, 2013 · 13 years ago

Deshaun S. Williams, aged 25, was shot and killed on February 22, 2013, in Chicago. The incident took place in the West Englewood neighborhood, an area that has been notably affected by gun violence. Deshaun's death occurred on the street, which reflects the…

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Kirk Green

Male, age 21 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Feb 22, 2013 · 13 years ago

For two days, Kirk Green had been consumed with fixing a persistent alternator issue on his Chevy Tahoe. The 21-year-old, a former semi-pro football player for the Louisiana Blazing Bulldogs, was underneath the hood of his vehicle behind an AutoZone on…

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Alysia Nicole Strickland

Female, age 33 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Feb 22, 2013 · 13 years ago

On a cold February morning in Baltimore, Maryland, the life of 33-year-old Alysia Nicole Strickland, a Caucasian female, was violently cut short. On February 22, 2013, she and her 34-year-old boyfriend, Taewon 'Tae' Tuck, were discovered inside a burning…

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Taewon Tuck

Male, age 34 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Feb 22, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early morning hours of February 22, 2013, the quiet of a West Baltimore alley was broken by the intense glow of a vehicle fire. Inside the burning car, firefighters would make a grim discovery: the bodies of 34-year-old Taewon Tuck, a male, and his…

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Quenshon Jackson

Male, age 20 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Feb 22, 2013 · 13 years ago

On a Friday afternoon in Las Vegas, what began as a regular day ended in tragedy for a young African-American man. Twenty-year-old Quenshon Jackson was in the 1500 block of East Harmon Avenue on February 22, 2013, when violence erupted. Just before noon…

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Paul Fyffe

Male, age 24 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Found Feb 22, 2013 · 13 years ago

On February 22, 2013, Paul Fyffe Jr., aged 24, was fatally shot in the parking lot of Club 935 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Fyffe, a student at Johnson C. Smith University, was attending a "college night" event at the nightclub with friends when the tragic…

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Willie Boddie

Male, age 28 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Feb 22, 2013 · 13 years ago

Willie Boddie, aged 28, was tragically murdered on February 22, 2013, in Dayton, Ohio. The incident took place in Montgomery County, and his case is still considered an open homicide under the jurisdiction of the Dayton Police Department. Despite…

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Derrick Grady

Male, age 24 · Tampa, Florida

Found Feb 22, 2012 · 14 years ago

On February 22, 2012, 24-year-old Derrick Grady was found dead in Tampa, Florida. He had been the victim of a fatal shooting, though the exact circumstances surrounding the incident were not widely reported. Grady's death occurred in a community grappling…

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Donald Hardy

Male, age 55 · Tampa, Florida

Found Feb 22, 2012 · 14 years ago

Donald Hardy, a 55-year-old man, was tragically murdered in Tampa, Florida, on February 22, 2012. His body was discovered, and the circumstances surrounding his death indicated foul play, marking his case as a homicide. Despite efforts by law enforcement…

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Suhrid Das

Male, age 48 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Feb 22, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the winter of 2012, the life of a well-regarded Indian-origin grocery store owner in Atlanta, Georgia, was tragically cut short. Suhrid Das, a 42-year-old male, was fatally shot on the evening of Wednesday, February 22, in what investigators believed to be…

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