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Chelsea Lusher

Female, age 31 · Bloomington, Illinois

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

On February 23, 2025, 31-year-old Chelsea Lynn Lusher, a white woman from Bloomington, Illinois, was tragically killed in a triple murder-suicide that also claimed the lives of her 13-year-old son, Armoni Bennett, and her 31-year-old friend, Trina Hollings.…

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Crystal Carter

Female, age 35 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

Crystal Carter, a 35-year-old African American woman, was found fatally shot in her home in the Greater Grand Crossing neighborhood of Chicago on the morning of February 23, 2025. Officers responded to a well-being check around 6 a.m. at her residence on the…

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James Honey Jr.

Male, age 31 · Glenwood, Illinois

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

A tragic incident unfolded in Glenwood, Illinois, on February 23, 2025, when 31-year-old James Honey Jr., a male resident of Tinley Park, was fatally shot outside the Chug-A-Lug Pub and Grill on Halsted Street. The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office…

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Trina J Hollings

Female, age 31 · Bloomington, Illinois

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

On February 23, 2025, Trina J. Hollings, a 31-year-old woman from Normal, Illinois, was one of three victims in a multiple murder-suicide incident that occurred at a residence in the 900 block of North Lee Street in Bloomington, Illinois. Hollings was…

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Celvin Olivares-Portillo

Male, age 20 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of February 23, 2025, a tragic event unfolded on the 4400 block of Eastern Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, forever altering the lives of those involved. Celvin Olivares-Portillo, a 20-year-old Black male, was walking with his girlfriend around…

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Diontavis Wallace Whitfield

Male, age 23 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a Sunday evening in Baltimore, the life of 23-year-old Diontavis Wallace Whitfield, a Black male, was tragically cut short. On February 23, 2025, at approximately 5:31 p.m., gunfire erupted in the 3600 block of Potee Street in the city's Brooklyn…

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Eric Antoine Carter Jr.

Male, age 30 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Baltimore, the life of Eric Antoine Carter Jr. was tragically cut short. On February 23, 2025, the 30-year-old Black male was found shot in the 600 block of Poplar Grove Street. The incident occurred at approximately…

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Saequan Newton

Male, age 28 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a violent Sunday evening in Baltimore, Saequan Newton, a 28-year-old Black male, was fatally shot on February 23, 2025. The incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. in the 3600 block of Potee Street, where police, drawn by the sound of gunfire, discovered Mr.…

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Reynard Cennett

Male, age 35 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of February 22, 2025, the body of 35-year-old Reynard Cennett, a male resident of Harvey, Louisiana, was discovered by a passerby near a walking path in New Orleans' City Park. First responders arrived at the 1000 block of Harrison…

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Damion Reed

Male, age 33 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late morning of Sunday, February 23, 2025, police responded to a call at a residence in the 5300 block of Brookhollow Drive in Jackson, Mississippi. Inside the home, they found 33-year-old Damion Reed, a male, who had been shot and was pronounced dead…

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Sgt. Martin Shields Jr.

Male, age 37 · Terry, Mississippi

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet of a Sunday evening in Terry, Mississippi, a domestic call for service set in motion a tragic chain of events that would end with the death of a dedicated law enforcement officer. Hinds County Sheriff's Deputy Martin Shields Jr., a 37-year-old…

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Ernest Naler

Male, age 35 · Independence, Missouri

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late afternoon of Sunday, February 23, 2025, the quiet of a neighborhood in Independence, Missouri, was shattered by a reported shooting. When officers from the Independence Police Department arrived at the home in the 9700 block of East Winner Road…

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Steven Ray Johnson

Male, age 41 · Independence, Missouri

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late afternoon of February 23, 2025, police in Independence, Missouri, were dispatched to a residence on the 9700 block of E. Winner Road following reports of a shooting. The situation appeared dire, with initial information suggesting there were…

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Beverly Jean Turner

Female, age 84 · Springfield, Oregon

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet community of Springfield, Oregon, Beverly Jean Turner, an 84-year-old Caucasian woman, met a tragic and unexpected end on February 23, 2025. Her life, intertwined for 67 years with her husband, Paul Allan Turner, concluded in a devastating act of…

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Paul Allan Turner

Male, age 89 · Springfield, Oregon

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

Paul Allan Turner, an 89-year-old man from Springfield, Oregon, tragically lost his life on February 23, 2025. His wife, Beverly Jean Turner, aged 84, also passed away on the same day. The couple was discovered deceased in their home on McGowan Creek Road…

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Kemahni Robert Smalls

Male, age 33 · Bronx, New York

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

A quiet Sunday evening in the Bronx was shattered by gunfire on February 23, 2025, leaving one man dead and another wounded. The life of 33-year-old Kemahni Robert Smalls was cut short in the sudden violence that erupted just before 8 p.m. in front of a…

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Lenart Randall Brown Eyes

Male, age 68 · Rapid City, South Dakota

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the winter of 2025, the life of Lenart Randall Brown Eyes, a 68-year-old Native American man, was tragically cut short in Rapid City, South Dakota. He was born on June 3, 1956, in Pine Ridge and his journey through life would take him to various places for…

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Angel Plascencia Gutierrez

Male, age 18 · Sunnyside, Washington

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet town of Sunnyside, Washington, a young man's life was cut short in a burst of violence on the evening of Sunday, February 23, 2025. Angel Emmanuel Plascencia-Gutierrez, an 18-year-old Hispanic male, was found by police in the 1300 block of South…

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Hayden Lee Holt

Male, age 20 · Selma, Texas

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

Hayden Lee Holt, a 20-year-old White man from San Antonio, was shot and killed on the evening of February 23, 2025, during what authorities described as a botched robbery attempt in Selma, Texas. His parents, Joanna and Carlos Holt, described their son as a…

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Hilda Belloc Aranda

Female, age 44 · Midland, Texas

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

Hilda Belloc Aranda, a 44-year-old woman from Midland, Texas, tragically lost her life on February 23, 2025. She was shot multiple times inside her residence by her children's father, Aldo Issac Aranda-Cortez. The incident occurred at approximately 9:13 a.m.…

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Mackenzie Wisdom

Female, age 22 · Mabank, Texas

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

Mackenzie Wisdom, a 22-year-old woman from Gun Barrel City, Texas, tragically lost her life on February 23, 2025, after sustaining a fatal gunshot wound. The incident occurred at approximately 4:08 p.m. in the 300 block of Flagship Lane, prompting an…

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Torrance Deveroex

Male, age 37 · Irving, Texas

Killed Feb 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

Torrance Deveroex, a 37-year-old man from Irving, Texas, was fatally shot in his apartment on February 23, 2025. The incident occurred around 5 a.m. at a residential complex on Evergreen Street. According to police reports, officers responded to calls of…

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Acea Dean Spiegeler

Male, age 34 · Riceville, Iowa

Killed Feb 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

Acea Dean Spiegeler, a 34-year-old White male, was fatally shot on the evening of February 23, 2024, in Riceville, Iowa. At approximately 7:15 p.m., Mitchell County sheriff's deputies responded to the 500 block of Walnut Avenue after receiving a report of a…

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Francisco Leonel Rivera Cosme

Male, age 33 · Des Moines, Iowa

Killed Feb 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of February 23, 2024, a tragic event unfolded in the parking lot of a Des Moines business, leaving two men dead in what investigators would later describe as a murder-suicide. The victim was identified as 33-year-old Francisco…

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Ronald Clark

Male, age 35 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Feb 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of February 23, 2024, the sound of gunshots shattered the pre-dawn quiet in the 6200 block of Dix Street NE in Washington, D.C. When Sixth District officers arrived on the scene at approximately 5:16 a.m., they discovered a man…

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Lewis Cherry

Male, age 65 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Feb 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late winter of 2024, the life of 65-year-old Lewis Cherry was tragically cut short in a violent encounter in South Fulton, a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. On the afternoon of Friday, February 23rd, police were called to the Freedom Park Apartments on…

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Derane Wilson

Female, age 53 · Calumet-city, Illinois

Killed Feb 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

Derane Wilson, a 53-year-old resident of Calumet City, Illinois, was fatally shot on February 23, 2024. The incident occurred at her home, where she was found in the living room with an apparent gunshot wound. The cause of death was determined to be a single…

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Loyce Wright

Male, age 43 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Feb 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

Loyce Wright, a 43-year-old father of four, was fatally shot on February 23, 2024, while working as a security guard at the Family Dollar store located at 5410 W. Chicago Ave. in Chicago's Austin neighborhood. The incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. when a…

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Ricky Dale Milner

Male, age 53 · Achille, Oklahoma

Killed Feb 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

Ricky Dale Milner, a 53-year-old White male law enforcement officer from Bryan County, Oklahoma, had built a life rooted in small-town service long before the February afternoon when everything turned back toward him. On Friday, February 23, 2024, he was…

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William Alvarez

Male, age 45 · Bronx, New York

Killed Feb 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of February 23, 2024, William Alvarez, a 45-year-old Hispanic male from the Bronx, was riding a southbound D train when his life was cut short in a sudden act of violence. As the train departed the Fordham Road subway station around…

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Gabrielle Ford

Female, age 23 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Feb 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the heart of Memphis, Tennessee, a young life was tragically cut short on February 23, 2024. Gabrielle Ford, a 23-year-old woman, was the victim of fatal gun violence. The incident that claimed her life unfolded in the vicinity of Chelsea Avenue, where she…

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Abel Lopez

Male, age 33 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Feb 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the night of February 23, 2024, Abel Lopez, a 33-year-old resident of Los Angeles, was fatally shot in the unincorporated Willowbrook area. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies from the Century Station responded to reports of gunfire around…

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Jason Gillespie

Male, age 46 · Valley-center, California

Killed Feb 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

On February 23, 2024, at approximately 1:00 p.m., deputies responded to a shooting in the 7500 block of Mendoza Road on the Rincon Indian Reservation near Valley Center, California. Upon arrival, they discovered 46-year-old Jason Gillespie suffering from…

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Lillie ‘Porkchop’ Jones

Female, age 33 · Sacramento, California

Killed Feb 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

On February 23, 2024, at approximately 5:30 p.m., 33-year-old Lillie "Porkchop" Jones was fatally shot in Sacramento's Oak Park neighborhood, near 14th Avenue and 38th Street. Upon arrival, officers found Jones suffering from multiple gunshot wounds; she was…

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Gilbert Moralez

Male, age 41 · Waco, Texas

Killed Feb 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

On February 23, 2024, 41-year-old Gilberto Moralez was fatally shot in Waco, Texas, marking the city's first homicide of the year. The incident occurred around 1:08 a.m. in the 200 block of Mary Avenue, near Cricket’s Draft House and Grill. An altercation…

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Isha LaShae Goff

Female, age 37 · Houston, Texas

Killed Feb 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the evening of February 23, 2024, 37-year-old Isha LaShae Goff was tragically killed in Houston, Texas. While driving home with her two sons, aged 13 and 3, she was approached by two individuals who fired multiple shots into her vehicle. Demonstrating…

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Kendrin Hicks

Male, age 20 · Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Killed Feb 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late hours of February 23, 2023, a chaotic scene unfolded near the intersection of 3rd Avenue and Hutchinson Street in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. What was initially reported as a vehicle accident with injuries would soon be revealed as a homicide.…

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Antonio Woodson

Male, age 41 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Feb 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late hours of a Thursday in Washington, D.C., the life of Antonio Woodson was tragically cut short. On February 23, 2023, at approximately 10:49 PM, the 41-year-old Black male was shot in the 800 block of Chesapeake Street, Southeast. When officers…

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Dimitri Remache

Male, age 30 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Feb 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the evening hours of Thursday, February 23, 2023, a burst of gunfire shattered the night in the 3100 block of Buena Vista Terrace in Southeast Washington, D.C. When the chaos subsided, 30-year-old Dimitri Remache, a male resident of Fort Washington…

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Stefon Sampson

Male, age 23 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Feb 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

On a Thursday afternoon, the promise of a coming spring was shattered by the sound of gunfire in the 1800 block of Frederick Douglass Place, SE. It was February 23, 2023, at approximately 4:23 pm when officers from the Seventh District responded to a report…

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AhmodzionDre Bailey

Male, age 19 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Feb 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

AhmodzionDre Bailey, a 19-year-old Black man, was from Sarepta, a small town in Webster Parish, Louisiana. His life in the region north of Shreveport was not without difficulty. In April of 2022, when he was 18, Bailey had an encounter with law enforcement in…

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Ladarius Bradley

Male, age 34 · Monroe, Louisiana

Killed Feb 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

On the evening of February 23, 2023, a dispute in Monroe, Louisiana, escalated to a fatal conclusion, ending the life of 34-year-old Ladarius 'Red' Bradley. That day, Monroe Police were called to the scene of a shooting where they discovered Bradley in the…

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Prophet Lateef Williams

Male, age 19 · Lawton, Oklahoma

Killed Feb 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the winter of 2023, the life of a young man, Prophet Lateef Williams, was tragically cut short in Lawton, Oklahoma. On the evening of February 23rd, the 19-year-old Black male became a victim of gun violence. Born on October 26, 2003, Prophet was the…

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Lorenzo Marquette Freeman

Male, age 17 · District-heights, Maryland

Killed Feb 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early evening of February 23, 2023, a tragedy unfolded in District Heights, Maryland, that cut short the life of a Black/African American male teenager. Lorenzo Marquette Freeman, a 17-year-old from Suitland, was found inside an apartment building on…

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Elijah Delbert Allen Sergent

Male, age 14 · Belton, South Carolina

Killed Feb 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning hours of February 23, 2023, the quiet of a Belton, South Carolina home was shattered by a senseless act of violence. Inside, 14-year-old Elijah Delbert Allen Sergent, a male student at Palmetto High School, was in his kitchen when…

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Eleazara L. Selby

Male, age 39 · Portsmouth, Virginia

Killed Feb 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning hours of February 23, 2023, the flashing lights of first responders cut through the darkness at the intersection of Victory Boulevard and Greenwood Drive in Portsmouth, Virginia. They were responding to what appeared to be a…

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Dontaevion Little

Male, age 17 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Feb 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

Early in the morning on Thursday, February 23, 2023, a grim discovery was made in the Ville neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. Around 2:30 a.m., officers from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department responded to a call regarding suspicious activity and…

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Marcus Bewley-Perez

Male, age 24 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Feb 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the late hours of a Monday evening in Kansas City, Missouri, the life of 24-year-old Marcus Bewley-Perez, a male, was irrevocably altered. On February 20, 2023, police responded to reports of a shooting near US 71 Highway and Red Bridge Road. Arriving at…

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