Deaths by Force on February 2

Deaths by Force (436)

Death by Force10th anniversary

Jamal Berry

Male, age 30 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Feb 2, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jamal Berry, a 30-year-old male from Dallas, Texas, was tragically murdered on February 2, 2016. The incident occurred at 218 West Elmore Avenue, where Berry was shot following an argument over a cell phone. The suspect, Dearius Keavaughn Session, 31, was…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Lars Stiaes

Male, age 22 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Feb 2, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the early evening of February 2, 2011, a sense of normalcy still lingered in the crisp winter air of New Orleans. For 22-year-old Lars Stiaes, a freshman marketing major at the University of New Orleans, it was just another Wednesday. A male Army veteran…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Warren Douglass Wilmer

Male, age 36 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Feb 2, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the winter of 2011, a life was tragically cut short on the streets of Baltimore. Warren Douglass Wilmer Jr., a 36-year-old Black male, was found deceased on February 2, 2011. The location of the incident was 900 N. Woodington Rd., a place that would become…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Kevin Moses

Male, age 27 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Feb 2, 2011 · 15 years ago

Kevin Moses, a 27-year-old Philadelphia resident, was shot and killed on February 2, 2011. The incident added to the high number of homicides in Philadelphia during that year, which saw numerous violent incidents taking place across different neighborhoods.…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Gregory Guy

Male, age 44 · Holmes, Florida

Killed Feb 2, 2011 · 15 years ago

Correctional Colonel Gregory Guy Malloy, aged 44, tragically lost his life on February 2, 2011, in Holmes County, Florida. Colonel Malloy, a dedicated officer with the Florida Department of Corrections, was actively involved in a high-risk operation to…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Nor Gilmore

Male, age 35 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Feb 2, 2006 · 20 years ago

On February 2, 2006, 35-year-old Norman Gilmore was fatally shot in front of the Liquid Lounge nightclub on West Trade Street in Charlotte, North Carolina. Officers and paramedics responded to the scene at approximately 2:47 a.m., where they found Gilmore…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Christopher Maurice Harding

Male, age 18 · Temple-hills, Maryland

Killed Feb 2, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the early morning hours of February 2, 2006, the life of 18-year-old Christopher Maurice Harding of Temple Hills, Maryland, was tragically cut short. The male teenager was found shot in a front yard on the 5900 block of Rayburn Drive, near Middle Valley…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Norman Gilmore

Male, age 26 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Feb 2, 2006 · 20 years ago

Norman Antoine Gilmore, a 26-year-old Black male, was tragically shot and killed on February 2, 2006, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The incident occurred at approximately 2:47 AM in front of the Liquid Lounge nightclub located at 129 West Trade Street. Upon…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

John Hooks

Male, age 32 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Feb 2, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the winter of 2006, a 32-year-old man named John 'Omar' Hooks lost his life to gun violence in Chester, Pennsylvania. On February 2nd of that year, Hooks was fatally shot, becoming another victim in a city that has contended with the persistent issue of…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Sofia Gomez

Female, age 92 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Feb 2, 2006 · 20 years ago

Sofia Gomez was 92 years old when she died on Thursday, February 2, 2006, in Panorama City. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds at 9034 Willis Ave. Her death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Los…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

John Riojas

Male, age 37 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Feb 2, 2001 · 25 years ago

John Anthony "Rocky" Riojas, a 37-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity, was a dedicated officer with the San Antonio Police Department. On the night of February 2, 2001, Officer Riojas responded to a disturbance call at an apartment complex on the Northwest…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Arnold Edward Arnie Fritz

Male, age 14 · Moses Lake, Washington

Killed Feb 2, 1996 · 30 years ago

On a frigid Friday morning in Moses Lake, Washington, the kind of cold that settles deep into the bones, the community was irrevocably altered by an act of violence that shattered the innocence of the small town. It was February 2, 1996, a day that would be…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Leona Diane Gray Caires

Female, age 49 · Moses Lake, Washington

Killed Feb 2, 1996 · 30 years ago

On a cold February afternoon in 1996, the quiet community of Moses Lake, Washington, was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 49-year-old White female, Leona Diane Gray Caires. A dedicated algebra teacher at Frontier Junior High School…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Kenneth Cutting

Male, age 41 · Northampton, Massachusetts

Killed Feb 2, 1996 · 30 years ago

Kenneth Cutting, a 41-year-old male, was one of the confirmed victims of Kristen Gilbert, a former nurse at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northampton, Massachusetts. Gilbert, often referred to as 'The Angel of Death,' was convicted of multiple…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Gertrude Gardner

Female, age 77 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Feb 2, 1996 · 30 years ago

In the winter of 1996, a palpable fear gripped the city of Richmond, Virginia, particularly its elderly residents. A series of brutal and unsolved murders, which had begun in 1990, had cast a long shadow over the community. This string of killings would…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Patrice Braxton-Fedock

Female, age 28 · Nelsonville, Ohio

Found Feb 2, 1991 · 35 years ago

On February 2nd, 1991 Hocking County Sheriff Deputies responded to a report that three subjects had located a body over an embankment next to a pull off on Lick Run Hill on State Route 278 South, Starr Township, Hocking County, Ohio approximately 1.5 miles…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Jeff Ferguson

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Feb 2, 1986 · 40 years ago

On February 2, 1986, Jeff Ferguson, a 26-year-old man from Columbus, Ohio, was found dead from stab wounds to his chest. The incident occurred at an address on Wilson Avenue in Columbus. Emergency responders were called to the scene, but Ferguson had already…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Laura Miller

Female, age 17 · League City, Texas

Found Feb 2, 1986 · 40 years ago

Laura Miller, age 17, went missing on September 10, 1984, shortly after moving to League City, Texas, with her family. Laura had gone to a nearby store to use a payphone, as the phone at her home wasn't yet set up. This was the last time anyone saw her alive.…

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Death by Force125th anniversary

William Joyce Rainbolt

Male, age 25 · Roswell, New Mexico

Killed Feb 2, 1901 · 125 years ago

Deputy Sheriff William Joyce Rainbolt, a 25-year-old law enforcement officer, was tragically killed in the line of duty on February 2, 1901, in Roswell, New Mexico. The incident occurred at a dance in the southwest part of Roswell, where it was illegal to…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Chris Auberry

Male, age 46 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Feb 2, 2021 · 5 years ago

Chris J. Auberry, a 46-year-old Black male, tragically lost his life on February 2, 2021, in Los Angeles, California. He was shot near West 85th Street and South Western Avenue in the Manchester Square neighborhood. The Los Angeles County Medical…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Edna Jarboe

Female, age 92 · Naples, Florida

Killed Feb 2, 2016 · 10 years ago

Edna Jarboe, aged 92, was found dead on February 2, 2016, in her North Naples, Florida home. The tragic incident was discovered by a home healthcare worker who arrived at the residence on El Segundo Court in the Village Walk community. The Collier County…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Laborious Works

Male, age 30 · Fort-pierce, Florida

Killed Feb 2, 2016 · 10 years ago

Laborious Works, a 30-year-old resident of Fort Pierce, Florida, tragically lost his life on February 2, 2016. The incident occurred while Works and a woman named Amber Osmond were sitting in a parked vehicle on North 13th Street near Avenue D in Fort Pierce.…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Leona Caires

Female, age 49 · Moses Lake, Washington

Killed Feb 2, 1996 · 30 years ago

On a cold Friday morning, February 2, 1996, in the town of Moses Lake, Washington, a tragedy unfolded that would leave a lasting scar on the community. Leona Caires, a 49-year-old female algebra teacher at Frontier Junior High School, was killed in her…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Uel Vela Jr

Male, age 14 · Moses Lake, Washington

Killed Feb 2, 1996 · 30 years ago

On a cold February day in 1996, the quiet community of Moses Lake, Washington, was shattered by an act of violence that would leave an indelible mark on the town. Inside the walls of Frontier Junior High School, 14-year-old Manuel Vela Jr., a male student…

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Angelo Nelson

Male, age 50 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Feb 2, 2026 · this year

Angelo Nelson, a 50-year-old Black/African American man, was killed on the morning of February 2, 2026, inside the Milwaukee apartment building where he lived. The shooting occurred in the 1300 block of North Astor Street on the city’s Lower East Side, near…

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Bryce Randall

Male, age 25 · Coos Bay, Oregon

Killed Feb 2, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of February 2, 2026, a disturbance at a home near Highway 42 in Coquille, Oregon, turned fatal, leaving 25-year-old Bryce Randall of Myrtle Point dead from a gunshot wound. Authorities were alerted to the situation when a call was made to…

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Carlos Carmona

Male, age 37 · Lumberton, North Carolina

Killed Feb 2, 2026 · this year

A quiet street in Lumberton, North Carolina, became the scene of a grim discovery on the evening of February 2, 2026. Inside a residence, law enforcement found two men who had been fatally shot. One of the victims was identified as 37-year-old Carlos Carmona.…

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Corey Brown

Male, age 34 · Tampa, Florida

Killed Feb 2, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of February 2, 2026, a dispute in Tampa, Florida, escalated to a fatal conclusion, ending the life of 34-year-old Corey Brown. The incident unfolded around 6:30 a.m. at the intersection of North Nebraska Avenue and 129th Avenue…

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Courtney Drysdale

Female, age 30 · Momence, Illinois

Killed Feb 2, 2026 · this year

In the quiet community of Momence, Illinois, the life of 30-year-old Courtney Drysdale, a White Caucasian female, was brought to a tragic and violent end on the morning of Monday, February 2, 2026. A beloved mother and the proud owner of The Line, a local bar…

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David Lee Turner III

Male, age 23 · Saint Paul, Minnesota

Killed Feb 2, 2026 · this year

In the winter chill of a Monday night in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the life of David Lee Turner III was tragically cut short. On February 2, 2026, the 23-year-old man was discovered inside a vehicle on the 100 block of Oneida Street, suffering from multiple…

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Demartquise TiQuez Swinson

Male, age 28 · Goldsboro, North Carolina

Killed Feb 2, 2026 · this year

In the late afternoon of February 2, 2026, a shooting shattered the quiet of a Goldsboro, North Carolina neighborhood. The life of 28-year-old Demartquise Tiquez Swinson, a man from nearby La Grange, was irrevocably altered in the 400 block of East New Hope…

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Gregory Middlebrooks

Male, age 29 · Forsyth, Georgia

Killed Feb 2, 2026 · this year

An evening visit with a friend turned fatal for 29-year-old Gregory Middlebrooks on Monday, February 2, 2026, in Forsyth, Georgia. At approximately 9:30 p.m., a concerned citizen's 911 call reporting a disturbance at the Forsyth Gardens Apartments dispatched…

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Jeremiah Moore

Male, age 30 · Lumberton, North Carolina

Killed Feb 2, 2026 · this year

On a cold winter day in Lumberton, North Carolina, the life of 30-year-old Jeremiah Moore was tragically cut short. On February 2, 2026, Moore was killed in a shooting incident that also claimed the life of another man, 37-year-old Carlos Carmona. The violent…

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Kareem Levar Brice

Male, age 44 · Mauldin, South Carolina

Killed Feb 2, 2026 · this year

In the quiet community of Mauldin, South Carolina, a grim discovery was made on the morning of Monday, February 2, 2026. Kareem Levar Brice, a 44-year-old man, was found unresponsive in a parked vehicle on Old Mill Road. The initial investigation by the…

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Mary Jackson

Female, age 67 · Saint Louis, Missouri

Killed Feb 2, 2026 · this year

In the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis, a domestic dispute on the evening of February 2, 2026, ended in the tragic death of 67-year-old Mary Jackson. Responding to a call around 8 p.m. about a man threatening a woman with a gun in the 5700 block of…

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Nyesha Walden-Hatcher

Female, age 27 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Feb 2, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of Monday, February 2, 2026, a 911 hang-up call led Washington, D.C. police to a grim discovery in a residence on the 3100 block of 16th Street, Northwest. Inside, officers found 27-year-old Nyesha Walden-Hatcher, a Black female…

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Orlando Diaz

Male, age 20 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Feb 2, 2026 · this year

In the Frankford neighborhood of Philadelphia, on the evening of February 2, 2026, a young life was abruptly ended. Orlando Diaz, a 20-year-old man, was fatally shot while sitting in the driver's seat of his Honda. The incident occurred around 10 p.m. on the…

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Ramon Hamilton

Male, age 38 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Feb 2, 2026 · this year

On February 2, 2026, Ramon Hamilton, a 38-year-old man, was fatally shot in a Garfield Heights home in a tragic event that unfolded from a family dispute. The altercation escalated to the point of gunfire, resulting in Hamilton being shot by a member of his…

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Rene Antonio Maldonado Garay

Male, age 28 · Smithfield, North Carolina

Killed Feb 2, 2026 · this year

In the late hours of a Monday evening in Smithfield, North Carolina, a fatal encounter unfolded, leaving a 28-year-old man, Rene Antonio Maldonado Garay, dead from a gunshot wound. The incident occurred on February 2, 2026, in the yard of a residence at the…

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Rodney Parker

Male, age 26 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Feb 2, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of Monday, February 2, 2026, a shooting outside a club in the 2800 block of 7th Street Road in the Shively area of Louisville, Kentucky, left one man dead and another injured. Rodney Parker, a 26-year-old male, was pronounced dead…

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Tabatha Jones

Female, age 28 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Feb 2, 2026 · this year

A verbal dispute over alcohol tragically escalated into fatal violence, claiming the life of 28-year-old Tabatha Jones on Monday, February 2, 2026, in Dallas, Texas. The young woman was shot and killed in her home, and her own mother has been charged with the…

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Terron Oshea Brown

Male, age 38 · Pinson, Alabama

Killed Feb 2, 2026 · this year

In the quiet community of Pinson, Alabama, a welfare check on a winter's day led to a grim discovery and the beginning of a homicide investigation. On the afternoon of Monday, February 2, 2026, deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office were…

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Isaiah Baker

Male, age 26 · Montgomery, Alabama

Killed Feb 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of February 2, 2025, the life of 26-year-old Isaiah Baker was tragically cut short in Montgomery, Alabama. Authorities discovered Baker on East South Boulevard, where he was pronounced dead at the scene from a fatal shooting. The…

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Joanne Smith

Female, age 72 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Feb 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet of a late Sunday afternoon in a South Phoenix neighborhood, 72-year-old Joanne Smith was enjoying the weather from a chair in her front yard. A cherished mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, she was a familiar and comforting presence in…

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Vanessa Whyte

Female, age 40 · Colorado Springs, Colorado

Killed Feb 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Old Colorado City, a welfare check on a Sunday morning unveiled a heart-wrenching tragedy. On February 2, 2025, officers from the Colorado Springs Police Department were dispatched to a residence in the 900 block of North 19th…

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Alem Medmim

Male, age 37 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Feb 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of Sunday, February 2, 2025, a sense of unease settled over a block in Southeast Washington, D.C. At approximately 3:03 a.m., officers from the Metropolitan Police Department were dispatched to the 2400 block of Martin Luther King…

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Trey’zuan Charles

Male, age 17 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Feb 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of February 2, 2025, a tragic event unfolded in the 1400 block of Florida Avenue, Northeast in Washington, D.C. Seventeen-year-old Trey’zuan Charles, a male resident of Northeast, was found suffering from a gunshot wound at approximately 9:11…

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Edvin Avagyan

Male, age 26 · Sunland, California

Killed Feb 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

Edvin Avagyan, a 26-year-old male, tragically lost his life on February 2, 2025, in Sunland, California. The Los Angeles County coroner’s office identified Avagyan and listed his race/ethnicity as Middle Eastern or North African. His manner of death was…

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