Deaths by Force on February 22

Deaths by Force (421)

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Mary Beth Grismore

Female, age 27 · Marshall, Indiana

Killed Feb 22, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the winter of 1978, a dark chapter unfolded in the life of 26-year-old Mary Beth Grismore, a white female known to her friends and family as 'Pixie.' She was in the midst of a new beginning, having recently remarried and planning a move from her home in…

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James Richard Rogan

Male, age 41 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Feb 22, 1978 · 48 years ago

In the late evening hours of February 22, 1978, a routine traffic stop on Paradise Road in Las Vegas turned deadly for a veteran police officer. James Richard Rogan, a 41-year-old Caucasian male, was a motorcycle officer with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police…

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Claudia Johnson

Female · Houston, Texas

Killed Feb 22, 1977 · 49 years ago

Claudia Benton, a 39-year-old female pediatric geneticist and researcher of Peruvian descent, was brutally murdered in her home in West University Place, Texas, on December 16, 1998. Claudia was alone in her residence, as her husband George Benton and their…

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James Hubbard

Male, age 32 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Feb 22, 1974 · 52 years ago

On February 22, 1974, James Carl Hubbard, a 32-year-old male, was shot and killed in Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident occurred at 2200 Victory Parkway, located in Hamilton County. James Hubbard was pronounced dead on the same day as the incident. Despite…

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Frank Turner

Male, age 23 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Feb 22, 1973 · 53 years ago

In the winter of 1973, a young man's visit to his hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma, ended in a tragedy that remains a mystery decades later. Frank Paul Turner, a 23-year-old male, was back in Tulsa from his home in Sacramento, California, to spend time with…

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Shirley Whitten

Female, age 19 · Wildwood, Florida

Found Feb 22, 1972 · 54 years ago

On February 22, 1972, Shirley Elizabeth Whitten, age 19, and Roger Dale Higgins, age 26, were found brutally murdered in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Wildwood, Florida. The bodies of Whitten and Higgins were discovered early in the morning, and both victims had…

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Roger Higgins

Male, age 26 · Wildwood, Florida

Found Feb 22, 1972 · 54 years ago

Roger Dale Higgins, aged 26, was found brutally murdered alongside 19-year-old Shirley Elizabeth Whitten on February 22, 1972. The pair were discovered in Oak Grove Cemetery in Wildwood, Florida. Both victims had been stabbed multiple times in what remains…

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Ray Sullivan

Male, age 27 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Feb 22, 1968 · 58 years ago

Ray Sullivan, aged 27, was the victim of a homicide on February 22, 1968, in Columbus, Ohio. At the time of the incident, Sullivan was working as a night attendant at a Texaco gas station located at 873 Summit Street. During his shift, he was attacked and…

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Carleton Bruce

Male, age 36 · Chico, California

Killed Feb 22, 1938 · 88 years ago

Carleton J. Bruce, a 36-year-old officer with the Chico Police Department, tragically lost his life on February 22, 1938, while responding to a disturbance call at a local restaurant in Chico, California. Officer Bruce, along with his partner Officer Tom…

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Daniel Todd

Male, age 46 · Vernon, California

Killed Feb 22, 1910 · 116 years ago

Daniel A. Todd, aged 46, died on February 22, 1910, in Vernon, California. He was a night watchman and a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. On the night of his death, Todd was found near a garbage dump with a bullet wound through his heart. The initial…

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James Benton

Male, age 52 · Fayetteville, North Carolina

Killed Feb 22, 1908 · 118 years ago

Chief of Police James H. Benton, aged 52, was shot and killed on February 22, 1908, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Benton was investigating a report from a woman who claimed a man was trying to kill her. As Benton stepped outside his home to address the…

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Marion Sluder

Female, age 57 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Feb 22, 2023 · 3 years ago

On February 22, 2023, a tragic incident occurred in south Columbus, Ohio, resulting in the deaths of 57-year-old Marion Sluder and her husband, 55-year-old Edward Sluder. The Columbus Police Department responded to a call reporting a shooting in the 3000…

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Denorrious Garner

Male, age 29 · Columbiana, Alabama

Killed Feb 22, 2022 · 4 years ago

Denorrious Darnel Garner, 29, male, was caught up in a deadly chain of events near Columbiana, Alabama, in the dark early hours of February 22, 2022, after deputies with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office began pursuing a vehicle in south Shelby County. The…

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Jonathan Jack Petrovich

Male, age 23 · Saint Paul, Minnesota

Killed Feb 22, 2020 · 6 years ago

Jonathan “Jack” Petrovich, 23, male, was found dead just after midday on February 22, 2020, inside his family’s Apple Valley home, a suburb south of Saint Paul. Officers responding to a call discovered three people shot to death: Jonathan; his mother, Janice…

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Christian David Silva

Male, age 29 · Artesia, California

Killed Feb 22, 2020 · 6 years ago

Christian David Silva, a 28-year-old tattoo artist from La Habra, California, tragically lost his life on February 22, 2020, in Artesia, California. Silva had been visiting a friend's home in Artesia on the evening of February 21. As he was driving home alone…

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Ralph Tray Kellum IV

Male, age 27 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Feb 22, 2020 · 6 years ago

Ralph Tray Kellum IV, a 27-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on February 22, 2020. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Kellum was fatally shot near 1355 Flower Street in Downtown Los…

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Anthony Roy Cheatham

Male, age 62 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Feb 22, 2020 · 6 years ago

The winter of 2020 in Los Angeles was marked by the unsettling quiet of a world grappling with the onset of a global pandemic. But on Saturday, February 22, the stillness was broken by a grim discovery in the historic neighborhood of Watts. In the 1400 block…

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Joseph West

Male, age 20 · Pittsburg, California

Killed Feb 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

Joseph West, a 20-year-old resident of Pittsburg, CA, tragically lost his life on February 22, 2017. The incident occurred in the parking lot of the Atlantic Plaza shopping center, where West and his girlfriend were waiting for a mechanic to arrive due to car…

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Evans Jean

Male, age 31 · Miami, Florida

Killed Feb 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

Evans Jean, a 31-year-old resident of Miami, Florida, tragically lost his life on February 22, 2017. The circumstances surrounding his death were shrouded in mystery and prompted a thorough investigation by local law enforcement. Initial reports indicated…

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Roshaun ONeil Hayles

Male, age 24 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed Feb 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

Roshaun O'Neil Hayles, a 24-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on February 22, 2017, in Jacksonville, Florida. The incident occurred at the Morningside Apartments, previously known as Nova Eagle Apartments, located on Jammes Road. Hayles…

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Jimmie Daniel

Male, age 67 · Macon, Georgia

Killed Feb 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jimmie Lee Daniel, a 67-year-old Black man, was found dead on February 22, 2017, inside his home on Elder Street in east Macon after the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office received a call from a concerned neighbor. Investigators said he had been shot in the chest…

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Ferron Green

Male, age 33 · Paterson, New Jersey

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, a dispute on a Paterson, New Jersey street corner escalated to a fatal conclusion for Ferron Green. On the evening of February 22, the 33-year-old male was shot and killed following an argument in the vicinity of Ellison and East 18th…

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Shakerah McBride

Female, age 35 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the night of February 22, 2014, Shakerah McBride, a 35-year-old woman from Elizabeth, New Jersey, traveled into Newark’s West Ward, where an ordinary Saturday gave way to sudden violence. The 300 block of 14th Avenue, a dense city block not far from the…

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Christopher Maurice Franklin

Male, age 20 · Long-beach, California

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

Christopher Maurice Franklin, a 20-year-old resident of Long Beach, California, tragically lost his life on February 22, 2014. The incident occurred in the 3400 block of Andy Street, where Long Beach Police responded to a shots fired call around 5:40 p.m.…

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Donald Coley

Male, age 26 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Feb 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

On February 22, 2014, 26-year-old Donald Arnett Coley, a male from Cleveland, Ohio, was fatally shot. The incident occurred in the parking lot of a gas station in Cleveland. Details surrounding the circumstances of the shooting, including the events leading…

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Keith Eugene Brown

Male, age 35 · Landover, Maryland

Killed Feb 22, 2009 · 17 years ago

On a cold winter day in Landover, Maryland, the life of 35-year-old Keith Eugene Brown was tragically cut short. On Sunday, February 22, 2009, Brown became a victim of gun violence. The specific circumstances surrounding the shooting remain undisclosed in…

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Rory Watkins

Male, age 33 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Feb 22, 2008 · 18 years ago

Rory Watkins was 33 years old when he was killed in St. Louis, Missouri, on Friday, February 22, 2008. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis from…

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Jorge Ramirez

Male, age 38 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Feb 22, 2007 · 19 years ago

Jorge Ramirez was 38 years old when he died on Thursday, February 22, 2007, in the Vermont-Slauson neighborhood of South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at Vermont Avenue…

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Ramirez Gomez Gonzales

Male, age 27 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Feb 22, 2003 · 23 years ago

Ramirez Gomez Gonzales was 27 years old when he died on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2003, in the Westlake district just west of downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at Burlington Avenue and Beverly…

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Corey Lee Mosby

Male, age 32 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Feb 22, 2002 · 24 years ago

Corey Lee Mosby was 32 years old when he died on Friday, Feb. 22, 2002. He died after being stabbed, and his death is listed in the Los Angeles Times Homicide Report as a homicide. The case belongs to the Los Angeles Police Department's Central Division…

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Genaro Perez

Male, age 26 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Feb 22, 2000 · 26 years ago

On Feb. 22, 2000, Genaro Perez, a 26-year-old Latino man, was found dead after being strangled. According to contemporaneous reporting and the Los Angeles Times Homicide Report, Perez was discovered in the trunk of a gray Ford Contour parked in the 14200…

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Eugene Lucero

Male, age 50 · Golden, Colorado

Killed Feb 22, 1995 · 31 years ago

In the early morning hours of February 22, 1995, the quiet chill of White Ranch Open Space Park west of Golden, Colorado was broken by a grim discovery. The body of 50-year-old Eugene Lucero, a white male, was found in the parking lot at 6:50 a.m. Lucero, a…

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Steven Ray Golly

Male, age 49 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Feb 22, 1994 · 32 years ago

Steven Ray Golly, aged 49, tragically lost his life on February 22, 1994, in Northridge, Los Angeles, California. The incident occurred during a domestic dispute at his home. On that fateful day, a rookie police officer, Christy Lynne Hamilton, was dispatched…

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George Martinez

Male · South Gate, California

Killed Feb 22, 1989 · 37 years ago

George Martinez was fatally shot on February 22, 1989, at approximately 10:00 p.m. while working as a doorman at Fort Knots, a topless dance bar in South Gate. The incident occurred after an altercation between Martinez and a patron, Abelino Manriquez.…

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Stephen Szladek

Male, age 26 · Manhattan, New York

Killed Feb 22, 1980 · 46 years ago

On the morning of February 22, 1980, the lives of 26-year-old Stephen Szladek and his partner, former television actor Richard 'Dick' Kallman, were brought to a violent and tragic end in their Manhattan apartment. The couple, who ran a successful antiques and…

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Walter Red Tolbert

Male, age 27 · Columbia, Georgia

Killed Feb 22, 1928 · 98 years ago

In the rural landscape of Columbia County, Georgia, a chapter of law enforcement history was tragically written on February 22, 1928, with the death of Prohibition Agent Walter Red Tolbert. A native of South Carolina, the 27-year-old male agent was a member…

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Luther R. Reedy

Male, age 42 · Pocahontas, Virginia

Killed Feb 22, 1922 · 104 years ago

In the quiet town of Pocahontas, Virginia, a dedicated male law enforcement officer lost his life in the line of duty. Luther R. Reedy, a 42-year-old night policeman, was tragically killed on the evening of Wednesday, February 22, 1922. His death came as he…

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