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Richard Kelly

Male, age 21 · Bronx, New York

Killed Jan 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

A verbal dispute on a Bronx street escalated into a fatal shooting, leaving a young man dead. Richard Kelly, a 21-year-old male, was shot and killed on the evening of January 12, 2015. The altercation occurred in the Longwood section of the Bronx, where Kelly…

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Betty Turner

Female, age 62 · Durham, North Carolina

Killed Jan 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

Betty Tice Turner, a 62-year-old woman from Durham, North Carolina, tragically lost her life on January 12, 2015. Betty, who was a co-owner of J.T. Tire in Durham, was shot and killed by her daughter, Rebekah Turner Maxwell, inside the family-owned business.…

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Michelle Odeh

Female, age 43 · Jackson, Tennessee

Killed Jan 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the winter of 2015, the community of Jackson, Tennessee, was shaken by the untimely death of Michelle Shelley Odeh, a 43-year-old woman. On January 12th, Odeh was discovered in her home, having sustained a fatal gunshot wound. Law enforcement authorities…

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Carl Wilson

Male, age 18 · Kennedale, Texas

Killed Jan 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

Carl Wilson, an 18-year-old African American male from Kennedale, Texas, was tragically killed on January 12, 2015. Wilson, a standout linebacker for the Martin High School Warriors, was also a single father to a young son. His death was the result of a…

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Earl Edward Clark III

Male, age 42 · San-marcos, Texas

Killed Jan 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

Earl Edward Clark III, a 42-year-old male from San Antonio, Texas, was found deceased on January 12, 2015, in San Marcos, Texas. He was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds in a common area of the Townwood Apartment complex located in the 500 block of…

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Richard Baker

Male, age 68 · Devine, Texas

Killed Jan 12, 2015 · 11 years ago

Richard Dale Baker, a 68-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity from Devine, Texas, passed away on January 12, 2015, in San Antonio, Texas. He was preceded in death by his parents, Melvin and Flora Fay Baker, and his sister, Melba Fay Baker Fohn. Richard is…

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Jermaine Terrell Johns

Male, age 29 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jan 12, 2014 · 12 years ago

Jermaine Terrell Johns Sr., a 29-year-old Black man from Baltimore, Maryland, died on January 12, 2014, leaving behind a family who would soon be forced to grieve in public and in private at the same time. In the notice written to remember him, he is…

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Dalontae Harper

Male, age 20 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jan 12, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, the life of 20-year-old Dalontae Harper, a Black male, was tragically cut short in Baltimore, Maryland. On the evening of January 12th, he was fatally shot in the 3600 block of Reisterstown Road in the Northwest district of the city.…

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Detrawn Free

Male, age 27 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Jan 12, 2014 · 12 years ago

On January 12, 2014, Detrawn Freeman, aged 27, was brought to Mount Carmel East Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, with a gunshot wound. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, with Freeman being dropped off at the hospital around 12:30 a.m.…

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Shariff Bramwell

Male, age 25 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 12, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the cold winter of 2014, the life of a young Philadelphia man was tragically cut short, leaving a family heartbroken and a community searching for answers. Shariff Bramwell, a 25-year-old Black male, was shot and killed on Sunday, January 12, 2014, in an…

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James Raymond Landers

Male, age 50 · Tallapoosa, Alabama

Killed Jan 12, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the wooded expanse of Tallapoosa County, Alabama, a day of hunting turned to tragedy, leaving a family and community to grapple with a sudden loss. James Raymond Landers, a 50-year-old man, was in the Pineywood area on the morning of Sunday, January 12…

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Anthony Mascarino

Male, age 35 · Scottsdale, Arizona

Killed Jan 12, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, a Scottsdale neighborhood's sense of peace was disturbed by a distressing series of events that culminated in the death of 35-year-old Anthony Mascarino. On the evening of January 12th, the Scottsdale Police Department received a call…

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Mark McNickle

Male, age 33 · Hartford, Connecticut

Killed Jan 12, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the cold winter of 2014, the city of Hartford was rocked by its first homicide of the year. On the evening of January 15th, the sound of multiple gunshots echoed through the area around 85 Sumner Street. Responding to calls from concerned neighbors, police…

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Jose Diaz-Luevano

Male, age 67 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Jan 12, 2014 · 12 years ago

In a tragic turn of events during a gathering to watch a Denver Broncos game, 67-year-old Jose Diaz-Luevano was shot and killed on Sunday, January 12, 2014. The incident took place at a home near the intersection of 36th and Lafayette in Denver. Diaz-Luevano…

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Deangelo Gatling

Male, age 18 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jan 12, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, the life of 18-year-old Deangelo Gatling was cut short on a Sunday afternoon in Southeast Washington, D.C. On January 12th, at approximately 2:00 p.m., in the 2300 block of 24th Street SE, Gatling was found suffering from a gunshot…

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Nequia Davidson

Female, age 39 · Chesterfield, Virginia

Killed Jan 12, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the winter of 2014, the life of 39-year-old Nequia S. Davidson was tragically cut short in Chesterfield, Virginia. On the evening of January 12th, a harrowing chain of events unfolded that ended in a murder-suicide at the hands of her husband, 38-year-old…

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Christopher Doss

Male, age 23 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jan 12, 2014 · 12 years ago

In January 2014, a violent incident in St. Louis, Missouri, claimed the life of Christopher Doss, a 23-year-old Black male. The events unfolded on the evening of January 11, when Doss was operating an SUV along North Euclid Avenue. While driving, he sustained…

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Genesis Daniel Lopez

Male, age 18 · Pomona, California

Killed Jan 12, 2014 · 12 years ago

Genesis Daniel Lopez, an 18-year-old resident of Pomona, California, tragically lost his life on January 12, 2014. According to reports, Lopez was involved in tagging buildings with another individual in the 900 block of East Holt Avenue when they were…

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Jordan Charles Palomino

Male, age 19 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 12, 2014 · 12 years ago

Jordan Charles Palomino, a 19-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on January 12, 2014, in Sun Valley, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Palomino was fatally shot in the early hours of the morning. The incident…

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Kemar ONiel Austin

Male, age 29 · Lauderdale-lakes, Florida

Killed Jan 12, 2014 · 12 years ago

Kemar O'Neil Austin, a 29-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on January 12, 2014, in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida. Kemar was born on August 28, 1984, and was a resident of North Lauderdale, Florida. His untimely death was the result of a…

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Ahchantiara Deasia Shanti Lanza

Female, age 11 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Jan 12, 2014 · 12 years ago

Ahchantiara Deasia Shanti Lanza, an 11-year-old girl of African American ethnicity, tragically died on January 12, 2014, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shanti was the beloved daughter of Kristina Lanza and Deandre Kelley. The incident occurred during a slumber party at…

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Detrawn Freeman

Male, age 27 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jan 12, 2014 · 12 years ago

Detrawn T. Freeman, a 27-year-old male from Columbus, OH, tragically died on January 12, 2014, from gunshot wounds. He was found at the door of the Emergency Department at Mt. Carmel East Hospital, six days after celebrating his 27th birthday. The…

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Linda Rooney

Female, age 48 · Wayne, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 12, 2014 · 12 years ago

On January 12, 2014, in Wayne, Pennsylvania, 48-year-old Linda Rooney, a white female, was found deceased alongside her 49-year-old husband, Timothy Rooney, in what authorities determined to be a murder-suicide. The incident occurred in the pool house of…

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Tavone Pierson

Male, age 29 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jan 12, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the cold of a Baltimore winter, the life of 29-year-old Tavon Pierson, a Black male, was cut short on Saturday, January 12, 2013. He was discovered inside a vehicle at 200 North Franklintown Road, having been killed. The initial investigation into…

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Omar Aguilar

Male, age 40 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jan 12, 2013 · 13 years ago

On January 12, 2013, the life of Omar Aguilar, a 40-year-old Hispanic male, came to a tragic and premature end in the city of Detroit, Michigan. The incident took place within the 48204 zip code area, a neighborhood on the city's west side that has seen its…

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Avel Lemus

Male, age 41 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jan 12, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 12, 2013, 41-year-old Hispanic / Latino male Avel Lemus was involved in a violent incident in Southwest Detroit, Michigan. The events unfolded around 1:00 a.m. at a residence located at 6049 Florida Street. Lemus was not…

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Deangelo Blackmon

Male, age 19 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Jan 12, 2013 · 13 years ago

In St. Louis, Missouri, a young man's life was cut short in the winter of 2013. De'Angelo Lamar Blackmon, a 19-year-old male, passed away on Saturday, January 12, 2013. Born on March 6, 1993, his death occurred just a couple of months shy of what would have…

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Darrick L Wade

Male, age 41 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Jan 12, 2013 · 13 years ago

Darrick L. Wade was a 41-year-old Black man from St. Louis, Missouri, and his death left a quiet, aching absence that numbers and brief records can’t fully hold. What’s known here is simple and heavy: a life ended. Whatever the exact date was, whatever the…

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Clifton Little

Male, age 17 · Norfolk, Virginia

Killed Jan 12, 2013 · 13 years ago

On a tragic Saturday afternoon, January 12, 2013, the life of 17-year-old Clifton Little Jr. was cut short by gun violence in Norfolk, Virginia. The incident unfolded around 3 p.m. in the 1700 block of Greenleaf Drive in the Diggs Town neighborhood.…

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Rey Dorantes

Male, age 14 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 12, 2013 · 13 years ago

Rey Dorantes, a 14-year-old boy from Chicago, Illinois, was tragically shot and killed on January 12, 2013. Rey, who was of Hispanic descent, was sitting on the front porch of his family's home in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, talking on his cell phone…

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Evelina Chamblee Johnson

Female, age 71 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 12, 2013 · 13 years ago

On Saturday, January 12, 2013, 71-year-old Evelina Chamblee Johnson died in the Hyde Park neighborhood of South Los Angeles. Emergency responders and authorities were called to the scene at an apartment property located at 5301 11th Avenue, situated near the…

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Fabian Cano

Male, age 19 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Jan 12, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Phoenix, Arizona, a life was tragically cut short. On January 8, 2012, 19-year-old Fabian Andres Xavier Cano was attending a party at a residence in the area of 7900 West Clayton Drive. The gathering, however, would…

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Byron Delk

Male, age 37 · Oakland, California

Found Jan 12, 2012 · 14 years ago

Byron Delk, a 37-year-old man, was fatally shot on January 12, 2012, in Oakland, California. His death marked one of the many homicides in Oakland that year, which had been experiencing a troubling rise in violent crime. Delk's killing occurred amid a broader…

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James Hunter

Male, age 30 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jan 12, 2012 · 14 years ago

On the evening of January 12, 2012, tragedy struck in the city of Baltimore, forever altering the lives of those who knew and loved James Hunter. The 30-year-old Black/African American man became a victim of the city's ongoing violence when his life was cut…

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George Combs

Male, age 42 · Omaha, Nebraska

Killed Jan 12, 2012 · 14 years ago

George R. Combs, 42, a Black male from Omaha, was shot in the middle of an otherwise ordinary Thursday afternoon on January 12, 2012. Near 35th and Dodge Streets, neighbors heard two gunshots and saw him lying on the ground around 3 p.m.; he was rushed to the…

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Arthur Walton

Male, age 54 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Jan 12, 2012 · 14 years ago

In Buffalo, New York, the life of Arthur L. Walton, a 54-year-old African-American male, came to a sudden and tragic end on January 12, 2012. The circumstances surrounding his death remain shrouded in mystery, with publicly available information offering few…

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Cleveland Richardson

Male, age 36 · Charleston, South Carolina

Killed Jan 12, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the late hours of a Thursday evening in Charleston, South Carolina, tragedy befell 36-year-old Cleveland 'Damon' Richardson. On January 12, 2012, at approximately 10:13 p.m., police responded to a call at 655 Meeting Street where they discovered Richardson…

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Margaret Gage

Female, age 82 · Houston, Texas

Found Jan 12, 2012 · 14 years ago

Margaret Marie Gage, an 82-year-old woman from Houston, Texas, tragically lost her life on January 12, 2012. The incident occurred at her residence located at 5730 Sanford in southwest Houston, where she lived with her husband. The Houston Police Department…

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Hipolito Lopez

Male, age 17 · Fresno, California

Found Jan 12, 2010 · 16 years ago

Hipolito Lopez, aged 17, was tragically killed on January 12, 2010, in Fresno, California. The circumstances surrounding his death involved a fatal shooting, and his passing added to a growing number of youth homicides in the area during that time. The…

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Benjamin Minter

Male, age 50 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jan 12, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the winter of 2010, the life of Benjamin Minter, a 50-year-old African American man, was tragically cut short in Detroit, Michigan. On January 12th of that year, he was found at a residence on Tyler Street, the victim of a homicide. The specific…

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Michael Santori

Male, age 59 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Jan 12, 2010 · 16 years ago

Michael Santori, a 59-year-old White male, was shot multiple times while riding his bicycle on the night of January 12, 2010, in Las Vegas. After leaving an Albertsons shopping center, he headed east on Vegas Valley Drive near Nellis Boulevard around 9:24…

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Tracy Scott

Male, age 41 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Jan 12, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the winter of 2010, the lives of two families were irrevocably shattered by a brutal act of violence that left a shroud of mystery over the city of Richmond, Virginia. Tracy O'Neal Scott, a 41-year-old African-American male, and his companion, Angela…

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Angela Moore

Female, age 42 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Jan 12, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the winter of 2010, the discovery of a car parked at an apartment complex in the 1900 block of Hopkins Road in Richmond, Virginia, brought a tragic end to the search for two missing individuals. Inside the vehicle, authorities found the bodies of…

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Laura Wharff

Female, age 51 · Altoona, Iowa

Killed Jan 12, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the quiet town of Altoona, Iowa, a tragedy unfolded in January 2010, leaving a family and community in mourning. Laura Wharff, a 51-year-old woman, was found deceased in her home on January 12, 2010. Authorities with the Altoona Police Department and the…

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Jaider Felipe Marulanda

Male, age 43 · Kennesaw, Georgia

Killed Jan 12, 2010 · 16 years ago

On a Tuesday afternoon in Kennesaw, Georgia, Jaider Felipe Marulanda, a 43-year-old man from Lawrenceville, found himself at a Penske Truck Rental facility on January 12, 2010. Born in Colombia, Marulanda had moved to the United States for a better life for…

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Van Edward Springer

Male, age 59 · Kennesaw, Georgia

Killed Jan 12, 2010 · 16 years ago

Van Edward Springer, a 59-year-old Caucasian male, was tragically killed on January 12, 2010, in a workplace shooting at the Penske truck rental facility in Kennesaw, Georgia. On that Tuesday afternoon, a former employee, 60-year-old Jesse James Warren…

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Courtney Phillip Johnson

Male, age 22 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Jan 12, 2009 · 17 years ago

Courtney Phillip Johnson, a 22-year-old Black man from St. Louis, Missouri, is known publicly today mostly through the quiet negative space that sometimes follows a killing: the absence of a widely circulated narrative. What can be established from accessible…

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Tammy Saldana

Female, age 46 · Casa-grande, Arizona

Killed Jan 12, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the quiet city of Casa Grande, Arizona, the life of a vibrant and adventurous 46-year-old Hispanic woman named Tammy Rae Saldana was tragically cut short on January 12, 2009. Known for her optimistic spirit, she was a local entrepreneur, the proud owner…

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