Deaths by Force on January 17

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Timothy Hall

Male, age 39 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a cold January evening in 2021, the life of 39-year-old Timothy Gabriel Hall was abruptly cut short in the West End area of Birmingham, Alabama. On January 17th, authorities discovered Hall suffering from gunshot wounds. Despite the immediate response and…

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Kendarries Swain

Male, age 24 · Montgomery, Alabama

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the fading daylight of a January evening in Montgomery, Alabama, the life of 24-year-old Kendarries Swain was tragically cut short. On January 17, 2021, Swain was found with a fatal gunshot wound, becoming another victim of gun violence in the city. The…

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Timothy Gabriel Hall

Male, age 39 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the cold of a January evening in Birmingham, Alabama, the life of 39-year-old Timothy Gabriel Hall, a Black male, was tragically cut short. On January 17, 2021, Hall was found suffering from gunshot wounds in the West End area of the city. Despite the…

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Ahmad Thornton

Male, age 24 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 17, 2021, a night of socializing at an after-hours nightclub on University Drive in Phoenix, Arizona, turned into a scene of violence that claimed the life of 24-year-old Ahmad Thornton, a Black / African American male.…

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Steven Baptisto-Mahle

Male, age 16 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late hours of a Sunday evening in Phoenix, Arizona, the life of 16-year-old Steven Baptisto-Mahle, a male, was tragically cut short. On January 17, 2021, just before midnight, Phoenix police officers were dispatched to the area of 31st Avenue and Rose…

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Jared James Sykes

Male, age 20 · Dardanelle, Arkansas

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of Sunday, January 17, 2021, the life of 20-year-old Jared James Sykes of Dardanelle, Arkansas, was tragically cut short in what was initially reported as a hunting accident. A student at Arkansas Tech University and a member of the…

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Adam Kekoa Adams

Male, age 28 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the Centennial neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, the night of January 17, 2021, was shattered by gunfire. When police responded to reports of a shooting near Southeast 143rd Avenue and Division Street, they discovered a tragic scene. Two men, Adam Kekoa…

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Frank Gouland

Male, age 31 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 17, 2021, the life of 31-year-old Frank Gouland was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. The fatal incident unfolded in front of an apartment complex near Southeast 143rd Avenue and Division Street in Portland…

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Samuel Feltis

Male, age 31 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the winter of 2021, a 31-year-old male named Samuel Chase Feltis was killed in a violent encounter in Portland, Oregon. On the evening of Sunday, January 17th, police responded to a call about a suspicious death on Southeast 90th Place, just north of…

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Johanna Montoya

Female, age 23 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the life of 23-year-old Johanna Montoya was tragically cut short. On January 17, 2021, Montoya, a Hispanic female, was fatally wounded in what authorities have described as a robbery that…

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Iol Del Valle

Male, age 19 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of a cold January day in Denver, Colorado, the life of 19-year-old Imanol Del Valle was tragically cut short. On January 17, 2021, police officers discovered the young man in the driver's seat of a Honda Accord at the intersection…

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Quille McDonald

Male · Louin, Mississippi

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

On January 17, 2021, a violent incident unfolded in the small community of Louin, Mississippi, located in Jasper County, resulting in the death of Quille McDonald, a Black male resident of the area. The events of that day were marked by a shooting that drew…

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Jeffrey Steen

Male, age 23 · Dearborn-heights, Michigan

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on January 17, 2021, a Dearborn Heights man, Jeffrey Steen, a 23-year-old Black / African American male, was fatally shot in his home. The incident stemmed from a domestic dispute with his stepbrother that began earlier in the day…

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Cung Cem

Male, age 19 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a cold January evening in Indianapolis, a young man's life was tragically cut short in a brazen act of violence. Cung Cem, a 19-year-old male of Burmese descent, was driving with his fiancée on South Meridian Street just before sunset on Sunday, January…

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Justin White

Male, age 29 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of Sunday, January 17, 2021, the life of 29-year-old Justin White was tragically cut short in Indianapolis. Officers responded to a call of a person shot at approximately 2:55 a.m. and discovered White in the parking lot of a…

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Marcus Brown

Male, age 22 · Warrensburg, Missouri

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early hours of January 17, 2021, a night out in Warrensburg, Missouri, turned tragic for Marcus A. Brown Jr., a 22-year-old Black man from Kansas City. Brown, who was attending the “One Ratchet Battle of The Midwest Party” at Bodie's Bar with two…

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Dante Lamont Barksdale

Male, age 46 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Dante Lamont Barksdale, a 46-year-old male, was a respected and well-known figure in Baltimore, celebrated for his work as an outreach coordinator for the Safe Streets program, an initiative aimed at reducing gun violence. Having turned his own life around…

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Jamal W. Hunter

Male, age 27 · Bronx, New York

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 17, 2021, a burst of violence on a Bronx street cut short the life of 27-year-old Jamal W. Hunter. The fatal encounter unfolded at approximately 1:07 a.m. in front of 1779 Fulton Avenue in the Claremont section of the…

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Joseph Pichardo

Male, age 24 · Yonkers, New York

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Joseph Pichardo, a 24-year-old man, was fatally shot in a targeted attack on the evening of January 17, 2021, in Yonkers, New York. The incident occurred around 10 p.m. inside a first-floor hallway of an apartment building at 54 Fairview Street. Responding to…

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Cody Allen Goodlow

Male, age 40 · Pittsburg, California

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Cody Allen Goodlow, a 40-year-old resident of Pittsburg, California, tragically lost his life on January 17, 2021. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning when officers on patrol in the area of Harbor Street heard multiple gunshots coming from…

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Dylan Shelton

Male, age 18 · Fresno, California

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Dylan Shelton, an 18-year-old male from Fresno, California, was killed in a shooting on the night of January 17, 2021. Just before midnight, he was driving a white Jaguar northbound on Blackstone Avenue with several passengers inside. Near Minarets Avenue…

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John Bolech

Male, age 56 · Fresno, California

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

John Wayne Bolech, aged 56, passed away on January 17, 2021, in Fresno, California. Born on October 29, 1964, in Alice, Texas, John was known for his love of construction work and motorcycles. He was a devoted father to seven children and was cherished for…

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Michael Gonzalez

Male, age 34 · Arvin, California

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Michael Gonzalez, a 34-year-old resident of Arvin, California, was tragically shot to death on the evening of January 17, 2021. The incident occurred around 7:40 p.m. on the 100 block of B Street. Despite efforts to save him, Gonzalez succumbed to his…

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Tresylan Shelton

Male, age 42 · Pittsburg, California

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Tresylan Shelton III, a 42-year-old resident of Pittsburg, California, tragically lost his life on January 17, 2021. The incident occurred in the 2100 block of Willow Pass Road in Bay Point, an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County. Shelton was…

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Ta’Quan Smith

Male, age 27 · Fort-lauderdale, Florida

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

On January 17, 2021, Ta'Quan Smith, a 27-year-old resident of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was tragically killed in a shooting incident. The incident occurred at approximately 10:18 PM in Lauderhill, a neighboring city. According to reports, Smith was found…

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D’Andre Rashad Cotton

Male, age 28 · Lagrange, Georgia

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a late Sunday evening in LaGrange, Georgia, the life of D’Andre Rashad Cotton, a 27-year-old male, was tragically cut short. On January 17, 2021, officers from the LaGrange Police Department responded to a call of a person shot at a residence on Wright…

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Ky Willis Harmon

Male, age 26 · Savannah, Georgia

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late afternoon of January 17, 2021, the life of 26-year-old Ky Willis Harmon, an African American male, was tragically cut short in Savannah, Georgia. Officers from the Savannah Police Department were dispatched to the vicinity of Lloyd and Walton…

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Oshane Scott

Male, age 27 · Lilburn, Georgia

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In a Lilburn, Georgia apartment complex on a January afternoon in 2021, the life of Oshane Scott, a 27-year-old Black male, came to a violent and tragic end. The events of that day would later be pieced together by investigators, revealing a story of a…

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Shawn Gray

Male, age 22 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In what was a tragic case of mistaken identity, Shawn Gray, a 22-year-old male, traveled to the Atlanta area in January 2021 to celebrate his girlfriend's birthday, a trip that would tragically be his last. Unbeknownst to Gray, he had been wrongfully targeted…

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Demyra Thornton

Female, age 17 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Demyra S. Thornton, a 17-year-old African American girl, tragically lost her life on January 17, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the North Lawndale neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago. Authorities responded to a call around 4:20 a.m.…

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Joaquin Daniel Lobato-Lopez

Male, age 17 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Joaquin Daniel Lobato-Lopez, a 17-year-old Hispanic male, tragically lost his life on January 17, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois. Joaquin was fatally shot in the Belmont Central neighborhood on the Northwest Side of Chicago. The incident occurred around 6 p.m. in…

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Mark Chalmers

Male, age 42 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Mark Chalmers, a 42-year-old African American man, was tragically killed on January 17, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred during a violent weekend in the city, which saw multiple shootings and fatalities. Mark Chalmers was one of the victims…

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Qiana Harding

Female, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Qiana Harding, a 26-year-old African American woman, was tragically shot to death on January 17, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred late Sunday night in the Garfield Park neighborhood, specifically in the 700-block of North Hamlin Avenue. Qiana…

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Wyatt Bailey

Male, age 19 · Oakwood, Illinois

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Wyatt Bailey, a 19-year-old male from Oakwood, Illinois, tragically lost his life on January 17, 2021. Wyatt's death was the result of a violent incident that occurred during a drug sale and robbery. On that fateful day, Dustin Cooper, a 16-year-old from…

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Joshua L. Comer

Male, age 39 · Mer-rouge, Louisiana

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the quiet town of Mer Rouge, Louisiana, a tragic event unfolded on the evening of January 17, 2021, ending the life of 39-year-old Joshua L. Comer. A white male and a respected assistant professor, Comer was fatally shot at his residence. His death was the…

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Nicholas Kent Sparks

Male, age 25 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Nicholas Kent Sparks, a 25-year-old man from Shreveport, Louisiana, was shot on the night of January 17, 2021, in what began as an urgent call for help and ended in silence along Lakeshore Drive. Around 8:00 p.m., Shreveport police were dispatched to the 3800…

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Ely P. Grimes

Male, age 47 · Stafford, North Carolina

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Ely P. Grimes, a 47-year-old male from Stafford, NC, tragically died on January 17, 2021, after being shot multiple times at the Tuckahoe Motorcycle Club in Stafford County, Virginia. The incident occurred when George Batts, a 40-year-old man from North…

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Mary Regina Day

Female, age 52 · Yadkinville, North Carolina

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Mary Regina Day, a 52-year-old woman from Yadkinville, North Carolina, passed away on January 17, 2021. She was born on May 9, 1968, in Forsyth County to Charles "Tom" Day and Peggy Huff Day. Mary Regina Day was survived by her daughter, Brittney Day, and her…

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Peggy Huff Day

Female, age 79 · Yadkinville, North Carolina

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Peggy Huff Day, a 79-year-old woman from Yadkinville, North Carolina, tragically passed away on January 17, 2021. She was born on November 20, 1941, in Yadkin County to Grover Aquilla Huff and Bernice Irene Hunter Huff. Peggy was a beloved member of her…

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Yvonne Elizabeth Christiansen

Female, age 54 · Sanford, North Carolina

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Yvonne Elizabeth Christiansen, a 54-year-old woman from Sanford, North Carolina, tragically passed away on January 17, 2021. Born on September 17, 1966, in West Virginia, she was the daughter of Clinton and DeWanda King McDowell. Yvonne was a dedicated mother…

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JaDarian Glass

Male, age 17 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

On January 17, 2021, 17-year-old JaDarian Glass was tragically shot and killed outside his home in Dayton, Ohio. According to his family, JaDarian was standing on his front porch when he was shot twice in the head. His mother, Joya Brown, recounted hearing…

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Marico Thomas

Male, age 21 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

In Memphis, Tennessee, on January 17, 2021, a young man's life was tragically cut short by gun violence. Marico Thomas, a 21-year-old male, was the victim of a fatal shooting in the city. The circumstances surrounding the incident that led to his untimely…

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Erick-Dewayne Griffin

Male, age 24 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Erick-Dewayne Deshun Griffin, a 24-year-old black male from Dallas, Texas, tragically lost his life on January 17, 2021. He was fatally shot multiple times during a disturbance at 3723 Biglow Street in South Dallas near the Cedar Crest neighborhood. The…

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Jordan Hightower

Male, age 31 · Arlington, Texas

Killed Jan 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Jordan Hightower, a 31-year-old male from Arlington, Texas, tragically lost his life on January 17, 2021. He was working as a clerk at an E-Z Mart convenience store when he was shot multiple times by Dorian Ray Woodard, a 20-year-old male, during an attempted…

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Arnulfo Rubio

Male, age 21 · Cathedral City, California

Killed Jan 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Arnulfo Rubio, aged 21, was killed on January 17, 2016, in Cathedral City, California. The circumstances surrounding his death involved a shooting, which was part of a troubling pattern of violence that affected the region during that time. Cathedral City…

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Richard Williams

Male, age 15 · Miami, Florida

Found Jan 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

On January 17, 2016, Richard Theodis Williams Jr., a 15-year-old, was tragically killed in Miami, Florida. The shooting occurred at 840 NW 70th Street in the Model City area, a neighborhood that has seen its share of violence. Despite initial investigations…

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Herbert Buster Perkinson

Male, age 49 · Acworth, Georgia

Killed Jan 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 17, 2016, a distressing discovery was made on the southbound side of Interstate 75 in Cherokee County, Georgia. A man was found lying in the emergency lane with a gunshot wound to his torso. This man was later identified…

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Victor Guerrera

Male, age 39 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jan 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Victor Guerrera, aged 39, was fatally shot on January 17, 2016, in Chicago, Illinois. His death took place during a period of heightened violence throughout Chicago, as 2016 was one of the deadliest years the city had seen in decades, with over 760 recorded…

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