Death by Force5th anniversary

Detraio Deshawn Whorton

Male, age 27 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the East Birmingham neighborhood, on a Thursday afternoon, an altercation at a car wash tragically cut short the life of 27-year-old Detraio Deshawn Whorton. The incident, which unfolded on February 25, 2021, at the intersection of 1st Avenue and Parkway…

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Luis Rafael Lopez

Male, age 42 · Tucson, Arizona

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

On the evening of February 25, 2021, a fatal shooting occurred in Tucson, Arizona, claiming the life of 42-year-old Luis Rafael Lopez, a Hispanic male. The incident transpired at approximately 6 p.m. in the vicinity of East Michigan Street and South…

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Curtis Smith

Male, age 25 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late hours of a Thursday, the sound of gunfire shattered the quiet of a North Portland neighborhood. On February 25, 2021, officers were dispatched to Farragut Park at 10:43 p.m. after reports of shots fired. Upon arrival, they discovered a man…

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Shawndell DeShazo II

Male, age 28 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

On February 25, 2021, a tragic incident occurred in Northeast Portland, Oregon, resulting in the death of 28-year-old Shawndell Le'Andre DeShazo II, affectionately known as “Dooba”. The incident involved a shooting that took place in the evening, leading to…

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Bryan Fundora

Male, age 18 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of February 25, 2021, a tragic shooting in South Louisville claimed the life of 18-year-old Bryan Fundora. The incident, which also left another individual critically injured, unfolded around 3:15 a.m. in the 2400 block of South 4th…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Xzavior Frost

Male, age 29 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the winter of 2021, a life was tragically cut short in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Xzavior Frost, a 29-year-old male, was found deceased at a motel on February 25, 2021, the victim of gun violence. The discovery prompted an immediate investigation by the Tulsa Police…

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Samuel Lee Pollard Jr.

Male, age 32 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the city of Jackson, Mississippi, the life of Samuel Lee Pollard, Jr., a 32-year-old male, was tragically cut short on Thursday, February 25, 2021. The evening was shattered by an act of gun violence that claimed Pollard's life on North Prentiss Street…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Carlesa Leyna Taylor

Female, age 18 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

On the evening of February 25, 2021, Carlesa Ley'na Taylor, an 18-year-old female, was fatally shot in a triple shooting on the west side of Detroit. Just hours before her life was tragically cut short, the talented high school senior had showcased her skills…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Joseph Marwan Brown

Male, age 27 · Oak-park, Michigan

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

Joseph Marwan Brown, a 27-year-old Black/African American male, tragically lost his life on February 25, 2021. The fatal incident occurred in Southfield, Michigan, near the intersection of Nine Mile and Greenfield roads. Brown was shot, and despite immediate…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Michael Vines

Male, age 64 · Kalamazoo, Michigan

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

On the evening of February 25, 2021, Michael William Vines, a 64-year-old male, was shot and killed outside of his home at the Elements on Main Apartments on West Main Street in Kalamazoo, Michigan. A retired public school teacher and U.S. Army veteran, Vines…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Lovelle Laramore

Male, age 60 · Trenton, New Jersey

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the winter of 2021, a distressing event unfolded within the city of Trenton, New Jersey, culminating in the death of a 60-year-old man named Lovelle Laramore. On the morning of Thursday, February 25th, authorities were called to a residence on Home Avenue…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

At’Taysiyah Tajah Dye

Female, age 23 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

At’Taysiyah “Tajah” Dye, a 23-year-old woman from Henrico County, Virginia, was reported missing on January 19, 2021. The last time her family had contact with her was on that Tuesday. She had been seen having dinner with a man at Yamato Steakhouse on Hull…

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Anthony Milian

Male, age 19 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the winter of 2021, a young life was abruptly cut short on the near east side of Indianapolis. Anthony Milian, a 19-year-old male, was fatally wounded by gunfire on the evening of Thursday, February 25th. The incident prompted an investigation by the…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Dae’Vion Pullum

Male, age 21 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

On February 25, 2021, the community of Cumberland, Indiana, near Indianapolis, was shaken by the violent death of 21-year-old Dae'Vion Pullum, a Black male who was discovered deceased in the parking lot of the Elmtree Park Apartments. The young man had been…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Antoine Johnson

Male, age 32 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

On the evening of February 25, 2021, a violent incident occurred in the Baden neighborhood of North St. Louis, Missouri, resulting in the death of 32-year-old Antoine Jamil Johnson. Just before 6:00 p.m., police officers responded to reports of gunfire near…

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Jessica Morehouse

Female, age 37 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late hours of a cold February night in St. Louis, Missouri, the life of Jessica Morehouse was tragically cut short. The 37-year-old woman was discovered in a vehicle on Mora Lane, in the North Pointe neighborhood, suffering from fatal gunshot wounds.…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Rocoby Rodgers

Male, age 20 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late hours of February 25, 2021, 20-year-old Rocoby Rodgers was discovered shot to death inside his car in the 2300 block of Blair Avenue in the Old North St. Louis neighborhood. The grim finding by St. Louis police officers marked the tragic end of a…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Jordan Reen

Male, age 21 · Rochester, New York

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a February day in Rochester, New York, a family was irrevocably fractured by violence. Jordan Reen, a 21-year-old male, was found shot in the street on Lapham Street, near Lake Avenue. Responding officers discovered him with a gunshot wound to his upper…

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Jose Luis Cantoran

Male, age 24 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

Jose Luis Cantoran, a 24-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on February 25, 2021, in Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Cantoran was shot near 5450 Smiley Drive in the West Adams…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Jovanne Hollman

Male, age 30 · El-sobrante, California

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

Jovanne Hollman, a 30-year-old resident of Richmond, California, was tragically killed in a shooting incident on February 25, 2021, in El Sobrante. According to the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Department, deputies were dispatched to the 300 block of Joan…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

James John Delgiorno Jr.

Male, age 41 · Tavares, Florida

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

James John Delgiorno Jr., aged 41, tragically passed away on February 25, 2021, in Tavares, Florida. Born on August 8, 1979, in Brooklyn, New York, he was a beloved husband and father, survived by his wife Kristal Dawn Delgiorno and their two daughters. His…

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Windy Lee Higgins

Female, age 39 · Tavares, Florida

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

Windy Lee Higgins, aged 39, tragically lost her life on February 25, 2021, in Tavares, Florida, in what has been identified as a double-murder-suicide. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning when Higgins and her partner, James Delgiorno, were…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Kevin Neal

Male, age 44 · Fort-valley, Georgia

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the quiet town of Fort Valley, Georgia, the evening of February 25, 2021, was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 44-year-old Kevin Neal. Police were dispatched to Rayfield Wright Street shortly before 7 p.m., where they discovered…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Rasaan Mack

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

Rasaan Mack, a 28-year-old African American male, was fatally shot on February 25, 2021, in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, IL. He was found unresponsive around 8:15 p.m. on the street in the 200 block of North Leclaire Avenue, with a gunshot wound to his…

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Timothy Swope Jr

Male, age 36 · Springfield, Illinois

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

Timothy Dale Swope Jr., a 36-year-old African American male from Springfield, Illinois, tragically lost his life on February 25, 2021. He was shot multiple times near South Sixth Street and Princeton Avenue. Despite being rushed to St. John's Hospital, he was…

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Lentavius Cortez Hall

Male, age 25 · Alexandria, Louisiana

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of February 25, 2021, the life of 25-year-old Lentavius Cortez Hall, a male, was tragically cut short in Alexandria, Louisiana. At approximately 3:05 a.m., officers from the Alexandria Police Department were dispatched to the 1300…

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Enelrae Collier Rubenstahl

Female, age 59 · Linden, North Carolina

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

Enelrae Collier Rubenstahl, a 59-year-old woman from Linden, North Carolina, tragically lost her life on February 25, 2021. The circumstances surrounding her death were deeply distressing, as it was the result of a domestic dispute that escalated to fatal…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Steve Alphonso Martin

Male, age 38 · Raleigh, North Carolina

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

Steve Alphonso Martin, a 38-year-old African American man, tragically lost his life on February 25, 2021, in Raleigh, North Carolina. The incident occurred in the evening along the 2100 block of Milburnie Road in east Raleigh. According to reports, Raleigh…

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Kimberly Marcum

Female, age 26 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

Kimberly Marcum, a 26-year-old woman from Columbus, OH, was tragically shot and killed on February 25, 2021. She was walking near the intersection of South Eighth Street and Stanaford Place in the Hungarian Village area when an unknown man approached her and…

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Brad Rumfield

Male, age 32 · Poteet, Texas

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

Brad Rumfield, a 32-year-old white male, was fatally shot on February 25, 2021, at the BR Outfitters Taxidermy Shop in Poteet, Texas. The incident occurred around 5:30 p.m. when multiple police agencies, including the Poteet Police Department, Atascosa County…

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Brittany Dawn Scruggs

Female, age 29 · Alvord, Texas

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

Brittany Dawn Scruggs, a 29-year-old woman from Alvord, TX, tragically died on February 25, 2021. The incident was investigated by the Wise County Sheriff’s Office as a murder/suicide. According to reports, Brittany's boyfriend, Corey Cameron Brooks, 28…

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Yajaira Lizette Monsivais

Female, age 25 · Lubbock, Texas

Killed Feb 25, 2021 · 5 years ago

On February 25, 2021, Yajaira Lizette Monsivais, a 25-year-old woman from Lubbock, Texas, was tragically shot and killed. The incident occurred after an argument over a stolen gun. According to police reports, Gabriel Lee Mendoza, 28, and his brother were…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jeremiah Mims

Male, age 60 · Houston, Texas

Found Feb 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jeremiah Mims, 60, was found dead in his west Houston apartment on February 25, 2016. His body was discovered by a family member who had not heard from him in several days and went to check on him at the Briarwood Apartments at 2520 Winrock near Westheimer.…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Robert Montez Smith

Male, age 34 · Tuskegee, Alabama

Killed Feb 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late hours of a September Friday night in 2013, a lively off-campus block party near Tuskegee University in Alabama took a tragic turn, ending the life of 21-year-old student Robert 'B.J.' Smith. A finance major and a member of the university's tennis…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jason E Mills

Male, age 23 · Dover, Delaware

Killed Feb 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jason E. Mills was a 23-year-old Black man from Seaford, Delaware, whose life ended in a shooting near Dover on Thursday, February 25, 2016. Mills had been born on May 27, 1992, and attended public schools in Sussex County. On the night he was killed, he was…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Isaiah Demetrius Kent

Male, age 28 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Feb 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

Isaiah Demetrius Kent, a 28-year-old Black male, was shot just before 6 p.m. on February 25, 2016, near Northeast 6th Avenue and Alberta Street in Portland’s King neighborhood, next to King K-8 School. He was rushed to a hospital and died shortly before…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Brian Sadowsky

Male, age 43 · Hesston, Kansas

Killed Feb 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

On February 25, 2016, Brian Sadowsky, a 44-year-old White male, was fatally shot at his workplace, Excel Industries, in Hesston, Kansas. The tragic event was part of a larger shooting spree carried out by his co-worker, 38-year-old Cedric Ford. Just about an…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Joshua Lee Josh Higbee

Male, age 31 · Hesston, Kansas

Killed Feb 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a day that began like any other, thirty-one-year-old Joshua Lee "Josh" Higbee, a White male from Hesston, Kansas, went to his job as a welder at Excel Industries on February 25, 2016, but he would not return home. A devoted family man, he was known for his…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Renee Randall Benjamin

Female, age 30 · Hesston, Kansas

Killed Feb 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a tragic Thursday, February 25, 2016, the life of 30-year-old Renee Randall Benjamin, an African American woman, was cut short in a senseless act of violence that shook the small town of Hesston, Kansas. Benjamin was one of three victims fatally shot…

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Ryan Birse

Male, age 22 · Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Killed Feb 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

Ryan Allan Birse, a 22-year-old male, had a passion for cars that began in his childhood. He was known to sit in church making quiet engine noises with his favorite toy car. Despite facing challenges in school, he successfully graduated from Central Hardin…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Emuel J. Gondo

Male, age 21 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Feb 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late hours of a February night in 2016, a young Black/African American man, Emmanuel J. Gondo, age 21, was found shot to death in his car in South Seattle. The discovery of his body on February 25th, in the driver's seat of a black Jaguar near the…

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Diallo Roberts

Male, age 36 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Feb 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a cold February day in Baltimore, Maryland, the life of 36-year-old Diallo Roberts, a Black male, was tragically cut short. On February 25, 2016, Roberts was discovered inside a residence in the 2500 block of West Lanvale Street, the victim of a fatal…

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Terrance Bishop

Male, age 23 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Feb 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

Terrance Bishop, a 23-year-old Black man from Brooklyn, was killed on February 25, 2016, in the corridors of a public housing building at the Unity Plaza Houses on Blake Avenue. Evening was settling over the neighborhood when the emergency call went out…

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Herby Lejuste

Male, age 37 · Pompano-beach, Florida

Killed Feb 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

Herby Lejuste, a 37-year-old resident of Pompano Beach, Florida, was tragically found shot to death inside his home on February 25, 2016. The Broward Sheriff's Office identified Lejuste as the victim of this fatal shooting. The incident occurred in the early…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Terrell Antoine Davis

Male, age 25 · Lettsworth, Louisiana

Killed Feb 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet community of Lettsworth, Louisiana, a grim discovery was made on February 25, 2016. Terrell Antoine Davis, a 25-year-old male, was found inside his car at the intersection of Church and Johson Street, having been fatally shot. The Pointe Coupee…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

James Stevens

Male, age 50 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Feb 25, 2016 · 10 years ago

James Stevens, a 50-year-old male, tragically died on February 25, 2016, in Northeast Philadelphia, PA. Stevens was involved in a heated argument with his younger brother, William Shields, which escalated to a fatal shooting. According to police reports…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Julio Rodriguez

Null, age 31 · Fresno, California

Found Feb 25, 2011 · 15 years ago

On February 25, 2011, 31-year-old Julio Rodriguez was fatally shot in Fresno, California. The incident took place in the evening, and the Fresno Police Department responded to the scene following reports of gunfire. The motive behind the homicide remains…

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Anthony Williford

Male, age 53 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Feb 25, 2011 · 15 years ago

On a cold Friday morning in Washington, D.C., the life of Anthony Lynn Williford was tragically cut short. It was February 25, 2011, just before noon, when violence erupted in the 2300 block of Good Hope Road, SE. In a sudden act that would leave a lasting…

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