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Graciela Torres

Female, age 66 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jan 17, 2019 · 7 years ago

Graciela Torres, a 66-year-old woman of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically lost her life on January 17, 2019, in Cypress, Texas, near Houston. She was fatally shot by her estranged husband, Arthur Edigin, outside the Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church on…

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Leonard Levi Peak Jr

Male, age 49 · Arlee, Montana

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the small town of Arlee, Montana, the life of Leonard L. Peak Jr., a 49-year-old Caucasian male, was cut short on January 17, 2018. On that Wednesday afternoon, just after 3:30 p.m., law enforcement and emergency services were called to a residence on…

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Jasmine Lashai Light

Male, age 23 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the winter of 2018, a burst of gunfire shattered the late morning calm in the Fairlawn neighborhood of Southeast Washington, D.C., tragically ending the life of 23-year-old Jasmine Lashai Light. On Wednesday, January 17th, at approximately 11:09 a.m.…

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Jawuan Swift

Male, age 24 · Tacoma, Washington

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 17, 2018, the life of 24-year-old Jawuan Swift, a Black male, was tragically cut short in his Tacoma, Washington apartment. Swift was at home with his girlfriend and her 5-year-old child when two armed men kicked in their…

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Germaine Brown

Female, age 46 · Grand-rapids, Michigan

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the winter of 2018, a grandmother's life was tragically cut short in Grand Rapids, Michigan. On January 17th, 46-year-old Germaine Brown was found fatally shot inside her home in the Garfield Park neighborhood. She was not the only victim of this violent…

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King Talbert

Male, age 2 · Grand-rapids, Michigan

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the winter of 2018, a tragedy unfolded in Grand Rapids, Michigan, forever altering the lives of a local family. Two-year-old King Josiah Talbert and his 46-year-old grandmother, Germaine Brown, were found shot to death in their home on Montgomery Street SE…

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Brooklyn Gish

Male, age 54 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

On January 17, 2018, the Tower Grove East neighborhood of Saint Louis, Missouri, became the scene of a violent tragedy involving 54-year-old Brooklyn Gish. Known to friends and family as a talented chef and a man with a generous spirit, Gish was discovered…

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Rhonda Evans

Female, age 46 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

On January 17, 2018, police in Kansas City, Missouri, were dispatched to a residence in the Northland neighborhood following reports of a shooting. Officers arriving at the home in the 3900 block of North Kensington Avenue discovered the body of 46-year-old…

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Derrick Grant

Male, age 15 · North-charleston, South Carolina

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

In a moment that forever altered the lives of two families, 15-year-old Derrick Grant, a Black male, was fatally shot on January 17, 2018, in North Charleston, South Carolina. The chain of events leading to this tragic conclusion began a day earlier when…

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Daniel Jesse Lara

Male, age 20 · Norwalk, California

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

Daniel Jesse Lara III, a 20-year-old resident of Norwalk, California, tragically lost his life on January 17, 2018. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Daniel was fatally shot during an altercation that escalated into violence. The incident…

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Enrique Sosa

Male, age 14 · Salinas, California

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

Enrique "Kiki" Sosa, a 14-year-old boy from Salinas, California, tragically lost his life on January 17, 2018. Kiki was walking home on Russell Road, near Gavilan View Middle School, when he was shot once in the back of the head. His body was discovered…

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Jonathan Mahaffey

Male, age 59 · Fresno, California

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

Jonathan Mahaffey, a 59-year-old local music legend from Fresno, California, was found dead on January 17, 2018, behind a pizza restaurant near First and Bullard in Northeast Fresno. Initially, the cause of death was unclear, but an X-ray performed by the…

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Santos Bonilla

Male, age 47 · Mountain-view, California

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

Santos Bonilla, a 47-year-old resident of Mountain View, CA, tragically lost his life on January 17, 2018. The circumstances surrounding his death were both shocking and complex. On January 14, 2018, Bonilla was involved in a meeting at Sylvan Park, which was…

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Juhi Paramar

Female, age 25 · Sanford, Florida

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

Juhi Paramar, a 25-year-old woman from Sanford, FL, tragically lost her life on January 17, 2018, in what authorities described as a possible attempted murder-suicide. The incident occurred at a residence on Orange Avenue near East 25th Street. Juhi Paramar…

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Luis Meraz

Male, age 25 · Tavares, Florida

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

Luis Angel Meraz, a 25-year-old Hispanic male, tragically lost his life on January 17, 2018, in Tavares, Florida. Born in C.D. Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, Luis moved to Central Florida in 2000. He was a landscaper and enjoyed spending time with his son and…

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Kenyon Latham

Male, age 26 · Country-club-hills, Illinois

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

Kenyon Rashawn Latham, a 26-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on January 17, 2018, in Country Club Hills, Illinois. Kenyon, affectionately known as "Yonnie" or "Zoe" by his family and friends, was born on September 5, 1991, in Chicago…

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Ricardo Chairez

Male, age 27 · Montgomery, Illinois

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

Ricardo Chairez, a 27-year-old Hispanic male from Alsip, Illinois, tragically lost his life on January 17, 2018, in Montgomery, Illinois. The incident occurred in the Boulder Hill area of Oswego Township, where Ricardo was found with multiple gunshot wounds…

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Joseph Haynes

Male, age 16 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

Joseph Haynes, a 16-year-old male from Columbus, OH, tragically died on January 17, 2018. He was shot by Franklin County Sheriff's Deputy Richard Scarborough inside the Franklin County Juvenile Court. The incident occurred during a struggle involving Haynes…

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Robert Peacock

Male, age 25 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

Robert Peacock, a 25-year-old male from Cleveland, Ohio, was fatally shot on January 17, 2018. According to the Gun Violence Archive, he was identified as the victim in this incident. In 2018, the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services reported a total of…

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Anthony Fields

Male, age 29 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

On what should have been a day of celebration, Anthony 'Wine' Bullock-Fields met a violent and tragic end. It was his 29th birthday, January 17, 2018, when his life was cut short in the Knoxville neighborhood of Pittsburgh. An African American male from the…

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Carlos Viruet

Male, age 22 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

Carlos Viruet, a 22-year-old Hispanic male, was inside the Brilliante Mini Market on the 3300 block of North 6th Street in Philadelphia on the evening of January 17, 2018. He was eating a sandwich when two masked men entered the store and opened fire. The…

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Louise Lewis

Female, age 73 · Clairton, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the quiet borough of Clairton, Pennsylvania, a neighbor's concern on a cold January morning in 2018 led to a grim discovery that shattered the peace of their School Street community. Louise Lewis, a 73-year-old woman, was found unresponsive on the porch of…

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Tiffany Korbelic

Female, age 36 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Hazelwood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a tragedy unfolded that cut short the life of 36-year-old Tiffany Korbelic. On January 17, 2018, Tiffany, a mother of three, was found deceased in her home. Her life was taken in a…

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Antonio Washington

Male, age 28 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the winter of 2018, the life of 28-year-old Antonio Washington, a Black male, was abruptly and violently cut short on the streets of East Knoxville, Tennessee. On the night of January 17th, officers from the Knoxville Police Department were dispatched to…

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Michael Draper

Male, age 30 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the winter of 2018, the life of 30-year-old Michael Draper was tragically cut short in a violent encounter in Memphis, Tennessee. On the evening of January 17th, Draper was brutally attacked and sustained fatal gunshot wounds. The incident prompted an…

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Donnella Heads

Female, age 31 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

Donnella Heads, a 31-year-old African American woman from Dallas, Texas, tragically died on January 17, 2018. She was found dead in her apartment along with Steven Gentry, her husband, in what was determined to be a murder-suicide. The couple was discovered…

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Jose Manuel Cintron

Male, age 54 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

On January 17, 2018, Jose Manuel Cintron, a 54-year-old man from San Antonio, Texas, was tragically killed during a botched robbery. Cintron, who was Hispanic, was shot and killed at his home in the 24000 block of Invitation Oak by Joseph Edward Hernandez, a…

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Larry Darnell Davis

Male, age 65 · Bryan, Texas

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

Larry Darnell Davis, a 65-year-old male, was tragically found dead on January 17, 2018, in Bryan, Texas. The incident occurred at the Canyon Village apartments, where Davis lived as a neighbor to Melvin Nathan Benefield and his wife, Virginia Ann Winzenried…

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Virginia Ann Benefield

Female, age 46 · Bryan, Texas

Killed Jan 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

Virginia Ann Benefield, a 46-year-old woman from Bryan, Texas, tragically lost her life on January 17, 2018. She was found dead in her apartment at the Canyon Village apartments, alongside her husband, Melvin Nathan Benefield, and their neighbor, Larry…

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Sylvester A Gardner

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On January 17, 2017, 28-year-old Sylvester A. Gardner was fatally shot in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred during a time of heightened violence throughout the city, as January saw 53 homicides in Chicago, contributing to a continuation of the previous…

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Juwan D Kemp

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

Juwan Kemp, a 26-year-old resident of Chicago, was fatally shot on January 17, 2017. The incident took place while Juwan was driving in the Austin neighborhood, a community on Chicago's West Side that has seen frequent gun violence. Juwan's tragic death was…

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Robin A Guess

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

Robin A. Guess, age 25, was shot and killed on January 17, 2017, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred during a year when Chicago was facing a persistently high rate of gun violence. The city recorded over 650 homicides in 2017, and the violence continued…

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Keith Jenkins

Male, age 25 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On Tuesday, January 17, 2017, in Detroit, Michigan, a 25-year-old African American man named Keith Marquis Jenkins became the victim of a violent homicide. The incident occurred during the winter months in the city, leading to a police investigation into the…

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Toni Stevenson

Female, age 15 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet of a Tuesday evening in St. Louis, 15-year-old Toni Stevenson, a Black female, was returning home, her mind likely still buzzing from the energy of the high school basketball game she had just left. It was just before 7 p.m. on January 17, 2017…

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Sulema Tornez

Female, age 31 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the Binghampton neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee, a sense of unease settled over the residents of the Woodcrest Apartments on a Tuesday evening. On January 17, 2017, the flashing lights of police cars illuminated the building on North Hollywood Street…

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Jerimiah Tillis

Male, age 19 · Houston, Texas

Found Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jerimiah Tillis, aged 19, was tragically killed in a shooting on January 15, 2017, in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred in the parking lot of a shopping center near the intersection of Little York and Antoine, just after a birthday party at an event hall…

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Curry Bolton

Male, age 41 · Strong, Arkansas

Killed Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the small, close-knit town of Strong, Arkansas, the sense of community was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 41-year-old Curry Bolton. On a cold January night in 2017, the sanctity of his own home was violated when two intruders…

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Anthony Irving

Male, age 44 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the Deanwood neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C., the evening of Tuesday, January 17, 2017, was shattered by the sound of six or seven gunshots. When police responded to the 4400 block of Hayes Street NE at approximately 5:58 p.m., they discovered…

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Ronnell Tye Reaves

Male, age 22 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 17, 2017, a burst of violence shattered the pre-dawn quiet on the 600 block of 14th Place, NE in Washington, D.C. Inside a parked white Kia Optima, 22-year-old Ronnell Tye Reaves, a male, sat in the driver's seat. Moments…

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Christian John Chancey

Male, age 23 · Edmond, Oklahoma

Killed Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a cold January evening in 2017, the life of 23-year-old Christian John Chancey was tragically cut short in the parking lot of a Braum's restaurant in Edmond, Oklahoma. The young man, known as an electrician and a musician, was found deceased at the scene…

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Keith Jenkins

Male, age 25 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

Keith Jenkins, a 25-year-old Black/African American man, was found shot to death on January 17, 2017, on Detroit’s northwest side. His body was discovered Tuesday morning in the area of Vassar Street and the Southfield Freeway. He had been shot multiple…

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Kirshem Sanders

Male, age 30 · Portsmouth, Virginia

Killed Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the cold of a January morning in 2017, the body of 30-year-old Kirshem Sanders was discovered in an alleyway in Portsmouth, Virginia. A resident who saw the man lying unresponsive between Maryland Avenue and Chautauqua Avenue immediately called for help.…

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Michael Lee Nance

Male, age 28 · Roanoke, Virginia

Killed Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a cold evening in Roanoke, Virginia, the life of 28-year-old Michael Lee Nance, a Black male known affectionately as 'Mike,' was cut short. On January 17, 2017, police responded to a call in the 2300 block of Staunton Avenue NW and found Nance inside his…

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Rodney Hoback Jr.

Male, age 26 · Wytheville, Virginia

Killed Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a January day in 2017, the life of Rodney Lee Hoback Jr., a 26-year-old male and a U.S. Army veteran, came to a tragic end in Giles County, Virginia. Hoback, who had been a resident of Pearisburg for the last decade, was fatally shot in an encounter with a…

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Brenda Vera

Female, age 24 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the winter of 2017, a tragedy unfolded in Kansas City, Missouri, claiming the life of 24-year-old Brenda Vera. On the evening of January 17th, police responded to a call about a shooting and discovered Vera fatally shot inside a truck parked in a driveway…

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Randall Wayne Potter

Male, age 53 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the morning of January 17, 2017, Randall Wayne Potter, a 53-year-old T-Mobile manager, left his home in Lenexa, Kansas, and was never seen alive by his family again. When he failed to arrive at his job, he was reported missing, sparking a search that would…

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William Elliott

Male, age 41 · Independence, Missouri

Killed Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the evening of January 17, 2017, violence erupted in a residential neighborhood of Independence, Missouri, claiming the life of forty-one-year-old William Louis Elliott II. Police officers were dispatched to the 1500 block of South Cedar Avenue, near…

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Yong Yun

Male, age 31 · Staten-island, New York

Killed Jan 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet early morning hours of January 17, 2017, a tragedy unfolded in the Arden Heights neighborhood of Staten Island, forever altering the lives of those who knew and loved Yong Yun. A 31-year-old male, Yun was a dedicated NYPD officer with a decade of…

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