Death by Force

Maurice Delaney

Male, age 38 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

Maurice Delaney, a 38-year-old male of African American ethnicity from Skokie, Illinois, tragically lost his life on January 1, 2017, in Chicago. He was one of the first two homicide victims of the year in Chicago. Maurice, also known as "Head," was shot in…

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Asha Davis

Female, age 29 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed Jan 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

Asha Davis, a 29-year-old female, was tragically killed on New Year's Day in 2017 in her Baton Rouge, Louisiana home. The cause of her death was a fatal gunshot wound. The incident, which occurred on The Mohican Prescott Crossover, was determined to be the…

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Calvin Stubbs

Male, age 30 · Anacoco, Louisiana

Killed Jan 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

On New Year's Day in 2017, the life of 30-year-old Calvin Peter Stubbs, Jr. was tragically cut short in a violent incident in Anacoco, Louisiana. A male and former student-athlete at Hicks High School, where he played both basketball and baseball, Stubbs was…

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Joseph Smith

Male, age 40 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jan 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

On New Year's Day of 2017, the life of 40-year-old Joseph Smith, a Black male, was tragically cut short in a fatal shooting in New Orleans. The incident unfolded in the afternoon, around 2:22 p.m., in the 3800 block of D'Hemecourt Street. First District…

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Norma Sue Ross

Female, age 48 · Anacoco, Louisiana

Killed Jan 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

On New Year's Day in 2017, a grim discovery was made in a residence on Ross Road in Anacoco, Louisiana, marking a violent start to the new year. Inside the home, deputies from the Vernon Parish Sheriff's Office found the bodies of 48-year-old Norma Sue Ross…

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Quanta Guan McRae

Male, age 29 · Asheboro, North Carolina

Killed Jan 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

Quanta Guan McRae, a 29-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on January 1, 2017, in Asheboro, North Carolina. Born on January 25, 1987, Quanta grew up in a close-knit family on Asheboro's Eastside and attended the Asheboro City Schools. He…

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Tony Lashuan McRae

Male, age 31 · Asheboro, North Carolina

Killed Jan 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

Tony Lashuan McRae, a 31-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on January 1, 2017, in Asheboro, North Carolina. Tony was born on May 6, 1985, in Randolph County to Tony Snipes and Lemonda McRae. He attended Asheboro City Schools, where he…

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Gregory Clark

Male, age 31 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Jan 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

Gregory L. "Dimp" Clark, a 31-year-old African American man from Cleveland, Ohio, was taken from this world far too soon on January 1, 2017. His passing marked not just the tragic loss of a son, father, fiancé, and friend, but also a heartbreaking moment for…

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Teresa Shields

Female, age 26 · Middletown, Ohio

Killed Jan 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

Teresa Shields, a 26-year-old woman from Middletown, Ohio, tragically lost her life on January 1, 2017. She was in a vehicle with her boyfriend, Steve Waldon, when they were attacked by gunfire. Shields was not the intended target; the attack was aimed at…

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Trevis Stephens

Male, age 33 · Bedford, Ohio

Killed Jan 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

On January 1, 2017, Trevis Stephens, a 33-year-old man from Bedford, Ohio, was tragically shot and killed at the Lounge 2.28 Bar and Grill on Northfield Road. Stephens was inside the bar when a bullet came through a window and struck him. He was taken to the…

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Mark Fields

Male, age 41 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early hours of New Year's Day 2017, the life of 41-year-old Mark T. Fields was tragically cut short in North Philadelphia. A male resident of the city, his death on January 1, 2017, was not the result of an accident or natural causes, but rather a…

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Kiara Tatum

Female, age 18 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jan 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a cold New Year's Day in 2017, the life of 18-year-old Kiara Tatum, a promising LeMoyne-Owen College student with dreams of becoming a nurse, was tragically cut short in a senseless act of violence in Memphis, Tennessee. Her death marked the city's first…

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Robert Ward

Male, age 43 · Nolensville, Tennessee

Killed Jan 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late hours of New Year's Day 2017, the community of Nolensville, Tennessee, was disturbed by what some residents initially dismissed as celebratory fireworks. In reality, these sounds were gunshots that ended the life of 43-year-old Robert Ward, a…

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Choyce Moon

Male, age 83 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jan 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

Choyce J. Moon Jr., an 83-year-old man from Dallas, Texas, passed away on January 1, 2017. His death was the result of homicidal violence, as he was found deceased in his home on Redbird Lane. His wife, Mae Francis Moon, aged 80, was also present and was…

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Christian Dawson

Male, age 19 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jan 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

Christian Dawson, a 19-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on January 1, 2017, in Dallas, Texas. He was attending a New Year's Eve party at the Azure Banquet Hall when a fight broke out between two groups, leading to gunfire. Dawson was…

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Danny Barron

Male, age 18 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jan 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

Danny Barron, an 18-year-old male, was fatally shot on January 1, 2017, outside the Studio Movie Grill in Cypress, Houston, TX. Barron and his friend were sitting in Barron's car when they were approached by a 16-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl. The…

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Juan Manuel Belmarez

Male, age 35 · Edcouch, Texas

Killed Jan 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

Juan Manuel Belmarez, a 35-year-old Hispanic male from Edcouch, Texas, tragically died on January 1, 2017. His death was the result of a homicide, and the Texas Rangers were called in to lead the investigation. The incident occurred near the intersection of…

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Christian Daniel Nino

Male, age 22 · Cypress Park, California

Killed Jan 1, 2017 · 9 years ago

Christian Daniel Nino was 22 years old when he died on Sunday, January 1, 2017, in Cypress Park. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds in the 2600 block of Jeffries Avenue. His death was ruled a homicide, and it…

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Samuel Rosiles

Male, age 31 · Fresno, California

Found Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

On January 1, 2015, Samuel Rosiles, aged 31, was killed in Fresno, California. His death was the first recorded homicide in Fresno that year, and it took place under violent circumstances that shook the community. Rosiles was shot and killed in a suspected…

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Desmond Lange

Male, age 42 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

On New Year's Day in 2015, a hail of gunfire shattered the peace of a New Orleans neighborhood, claiming the lives of 64-year-old Desmond Lange Sr. and his 42-year-old son, Desmonde Lange Jr. The father and son were standing by their pickup truck in the…

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Stefon Powell

Male, age 22 · College Park, Maryland

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of New Year's Day in 2015, the life of 22-year-old Stefon Donnell Powell of District Heights, Maryland, was tragically cut short. Powell, a male, was discovered around 2:30 a.m. in a parking garage located in the 9600 block of Milestone Way…

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Darrell Waller

Male, age 58 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the summer of 2022, a verbal altercation in Detroit escalated into a fatal act of violence, claiming the life of Lamar D. Waller. The incident unfolded on July 12, outside the Ace of Spades Gentlemen's Club on Eight Mile Road. An argument erupted between…

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Ronald Hoover

Male, age 37 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Found Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

On January 1, 2015, Ronald Hoover, 37, was fatally shot in a triple shooting in southwest Charlotte, making him the city’s first homicide victim of the year. The incident occurred on Fairwood Avenue, where Hoover was found dead at the scene. Two other…

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Kyle Brady

Male, age 28 · Fall River, Massachusetts

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

The new year had barely begun in Fall River, Massachusetts, when violence shattered the early morning hours of January 1, 2015. Kyle Brady, a 28-year-old White/Caucasian male, was shot and killed at the intersection of Albert and Huard streets. When police…

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Shawnki Gladden

Male, age 18 · Springfield, Massachusetts

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the first day of 2015, the life of 18-year-old Shawnki Gladden was tragically cut short in Springfield, Massachusetts. The young man was fatally shot just after midnight on January 1st, marking the city's first homicide of the new year. The incident…

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Kendral Leonard Earl Anderson

Male, age 26 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of New Year's Day 2015, the life of 26-year-old Kendral Leonard Earl Anderson, a Black male, was cut short in Las Vegas. The Clark County coroner's office would later confirm that he died from a gunshot wound to the head, and his death was…

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Stefon Donnell Powell

Male, age 22 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of New Year's Day in 2015, the life of 22-year-old Stefon Donnell Powell was tragically cut short. The young man was discovered in a parking garage in College Park, Maryland, suffering from gunshot wounds. The incident, which marked the…

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Derrick Higgins

Male, age 32 · Winfield, Kansas

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

On New Year's Day in 2015, the life of Derrick D. Higgins, a 32-year-old Black/African American man, was tragically cut short in Winfield, Kansas. The incident that led to his death occurred at a local bar, forever altering the lives of his family and the…

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Anna Christine Fisher

Female, age 55 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

Anna Christine Fisher, a 55-year-old female, was found deceased in her home on Indian Ridge Road in an east Louisville, Kentucky neighborhood on the evening of January 1, 2015. Her death marked the first homicide of the new year in the city. Friends and…

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Allen Kesterson

Male, age 47 · Concrete, Washington

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

A New Year's celebration in the rural area of Birdsview, near Concrete, Washington, turned tragic in the early hours of January 1, 2015, culminating in the death of 47-year-old Allen Eugene Kesterson. The male victim was attending a party at a residence in…

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Curtis L. Swezey

Male, age 50 · Renton, Washington

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of New Year's Day 2015, a celebration in Renton, Washington, turned deadly, leaving two men dead, including 50-year-old White/Caucasian male, Curtis L. Swezey. The incident occurred around 3:30 a.m. at a party in the May Valley area, where…

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Valanesha Washington

Female, age 19 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of New Year's Day 2015, the life of 19-year-old Valanesha Washington was tragically cut short in a fatal shooting in Oklahoma City. The incident that claimed the young woman's life was not the first time her home had been the site of…

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Fatin Hunt

Male, age 20 · Plainfield, New Jersey

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the city of Plainfield, New Jersey, a young man’s life was cut short on New Year’s Day of 2015. Fatin Hunt, a 20-year-old male, was in the 200 block of Richmond Street when the sound of gunfire shattered the night. Police responded to reports of shots…

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Jerrod Reid

Male, age 23 · Newport-news, Virginia

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

On New Year's Day in 2015, a fatal shooting in Newport News, Virginia, resulted in the death of 23-year-old Jerrod Ramone Reid. The incident occurred in the evening at a BP gas station on Warwick Boulevard. Reid was discovered with a gunshot wound and was…

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Donnovan Williams

Male, age 19 · Hammond, Indiana

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

Donnovan A. Williams, a 19-year-old male, was tragically killed on January 1, 2015, in Highland, Indiana. A promising engineering student at Vincennes University, he had returned home to spend the holidays with his family. The young man, a graduate of Morton…

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Keith Broome

Male, age 27 · Mullins, South Carolina

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

Keith Anthony Broome was a 27-year-old Black man from Mullins, South Carolina, born on April 8, 1987 in the Bronx, New York, to T.C. and Gracie Broome. He moved south as a child and grew up in Mullins, attending local schools before going on to Denmark…

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Herb Huntley

Male, age 26 · Bronx, New York

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2015, the life of 26-year-old Herb Huntley was tragically cut short in a fatal shooting in the Bronx. The incident, which marked New York City's first homicide of the year, unfolded just before 3 a.m. inside the…

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Kendall Williams

Male, age 23 · Syracuse, New York

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the first day of 2015, in Syracuse, New York, the life of 23-year-old Kendall L. Williams was tragically cut short. In an incident that also left his brother, Stephen Grimes, wounded, Williams was fatally shot in the back. The violence erupted following a…

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Alexander Thach Nguyen

Male, age 22 · San-jose, California

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

Alexander Thach Nguyen, a 22-year-old resident of San Jose, California, tragically lost his life on January 1, 2015. The incident occurred outside the Reign Lounge on East Capitol Expressway, where Nguyen was fatally shot in the early hours of New Year's Day.…

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Chad Mingham

Male, age 33 · Modesto, California

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

Chad Mingham, aged 33, tragically lost his life on January 1, 2015, in Modesto, California. The circumstances surrounding his death were part of a devastating murder-suicide incident. On the night of January 1, 2015, Chad's father, Stephen Mingham, fatally…

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Derrick Williams

Male, age 23 · Oakland, California

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

Derrick Williams, a 23-year-old man from Sacramento, California, was tragically killed on January 1, 2015, in Oakland. The incident occurred at a Valero gas station located at 7225 Bancroft Avenue. Williams was involved in a drug deal that turned fatal when…

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Janet Mingham

Female, age 56 · Modesto, California

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

Janet Mingham, aged 56, tragically died on January 1, 2015, in Modesto, California, in what was later determined to be a murder-suicide. The incident occurred at the Mingham family home, where Stephen Mingham, 57, fatally shot his wife Janet, their…

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Leondra Malone

Male, age 22 · Desert-hot-springs, California

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

Leondra Malone, a 22-year-old resident of Desert Hot Springs, California, tragically lost his life in the early hours of January 1, 2015. The incident occurred just 24 minutes after the West Coast welcomed the new year. Malone was shot in the head in the…

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Richard Williamson

Male, age 48 · Grand-terrace, California

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

Richard Williamson, a 48-year-old security guard affectionately known as "Big Will," was tragically killed on January 1, 2015, in Grand Terrace, California. Williamson was working as a security guard at the Cal Skate roller rink during a New Year's Eve party…

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Antone Johnson

Male, age 25 · East-dublin, Georgia

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the night of New Year's Eve 2014, a tragic shooting in East Dublin, Georgia, claimed the life of 25-year-old Antone Perry Johnson-Averette. A resident of Laurens County for 23 years, Johnson-Averette worked as a self-employed roofer. At the time of his…

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Bera Elaine Ribel

Female, age 60 · Tybee-island, Georgia

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a quiet night on Tybee Island, Georgia, the life of 60-year-old Bera Elaine Ribel came to a tragic end. On January 1, 2015, she was found deceased in her residence on Estill Hammock Road. A concerned family member had been unable to reach her and asked…

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Reginald Bien-Aime

Male, age 22 · Buford, Georgia

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

On New Year's night in 2015, a sense of unease settled over the Reserve at Ivy Creek apartments in Buford, Georgia, as the sound of four to six gunshots shattered the evening's calm. Responding to a call, Gwinnett County police discovered the body of…

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Cody Joshua Adams

Male, age 34 · Bunker Hill, Illinois

Killed Jan 1, 2015 · 11 years ago

White male Cody Joshua Adams, 34, died on January 1, 2015, after a home invasion at his family's residence in Woodburn, a small community just west of Bunker Hill in Macoupin County, Illinois. A struggle inside the house ended with a single. 380-caliber shot…

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