Deaths by Force on January 23

Deaths by Force (473)

Death by Force10th anniversary

Leroy Doran Garner

Male, age 42 · Hampton, Virginia

Killed Jan 23, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the winter night of January 23, 2016, in Hampton, Virginia, the life of 42-year-old Leroy Doran Garner, a Black male, was tragically cut short. At approximately 9:39 p.m., the sound of gunshots echoed through the 500 block of Darnaby Avenue, prompting…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Nathaniel Barry Stansberry III

Male, age 23 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jan 23, 2016 · 10 years ago

In a tragic event that cut a young life short, Nathaniel Barry Stansberry III was fatally shot in January 2016. The incident occurred inside the Northway Market in St. Louis, Missouri. Stansberry, a young male, became another victim of the city's ongoing…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Alfonso Barbosa

Male, age 31 · Reedley, California

Killed Jan 23, 2016 · 10 years ago

On January 23, 2016, Alfonso Barbosa, a 31-year-old resident of Reedley, California, was found dead alongside Fray Martin Rodriguez, 29, in a parked vehicle near the intersection of E. Dinuba and Crawford Avenues, east of Reedley. The Fresno County Sheriff's…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Fray Martin Rodriguez

Male, age 29 · Reedley, California

Killed Jan 23, 2016 · 10 years ago

Fray Martin Rodriguez, a 29-year-old resident of Reedley, California, was tragically found dead on January 23, 2016. His death was part of a double homicide that also claimed the life of Alfonso Barbosa, 31, another Reedley resident. The incident occurred…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Charles Lehnert

Male, age 31 · Bradenton, Florida

Killed Jan 23, 2016 · 10 years ago

Charles Lehnert, a 31-year-old resident of Bradenton, Florida, tragically lost his life on January 23, 2016. The incident occurred in the parking lot of Gravely of Bradenton, a lawn equipment retailer located at 5732 15th St. E. in Manatee County. Lehnert was…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Elbert L. Merrick III

Male, age 22 · Crestview, Florida

Killed Jan 23, 2016 · 10 years ago

Elbert L. Merrick III, aged 22, tragically lost his life on January 23, 2016, in Crestview, Florida. The incident occurred at the home of Shanna and Kevin McGrath, where Merrick had gone to retrieve some items from Jacob Langston. During this visit, an…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jamorris Gitt Milton

Male · Belle-glade, Florida

Killed Jan 23, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jamorris Gitt Milton, a 33-year-old Black male, was tragically shot and killed on January 23, 2016, in Belle Glade, Florida. The incident occurred in the 500 block of Southwest Fifth Street. According to reports, Milton was involved in an altercation with…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Kevin T. McGrath Sr.

Male, age 47 · Crestview, Florida

Killed Jan 23, 2016 · 10 years ago

Kevin T. McGrath Sr., aged 47, tragically lost his life on January 23, 2016, in Crestview, Florida. The incident occurred at his residence on Peoria Boulevard, where he lived with his wife, Shanna L. McGrath, who was also killed in the same event. The couple…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Marvin Lee Windom

Male, age 34 · Winter-garden, Florida

Killed Jan 23, 2016 · 10 years ago

Marvin Lee Windom, aged 34, tragically lost his life on January 23, 2016, in Winter Garden, Florida. The incident occurred shortly after midnight when officers responded to a call at a home on Bethune Avenue. Upon arrival, they found Windom suffering from…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Oceanette Hampton

Female, age 36 · Sanford, Florida

Killed Jan 23, 2016 · 10 years ago

Oceanette Hampton, a 36-year-old African American woman, tragically lost her life on January 23, 2016, in Sanford, Florida. The incident occurred during a private party at the Cool Breeze Bar on Sipes Avenue. According to the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Shanna L. McGrath

Female, age 42 · Crestview, Florida

Killed Jan 23, 2016 · 10 years ago

Shanna L. McGrath, aged 42, tragically lost her life on January 23, 2016, in Crestview, Florida. The incident occurred at her residence on Peoria Boulevard, where she lived with her husband, Kevin McGrath. On that fateful day, Shanna, her husband, and Elbert…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Courtney Taylor

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 23, 2016 · 10 years ago

Courtney Taylor, a 26-year-old African American male from Chicago, IL, was tragically killed on January 23, 2016. The incident occurred in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place Hotel, where Taylor was attending a function. According to witnesses…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Derrius Davon Lares

Male, age 22 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 23, 2016 · 10 years ago

Derrius Davon Lares, a 22-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on January 23, 2016, in Chicago, IL. The circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of extensive investigation and legal proceedings. Derrius was found deceased…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Orlando McCarter

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 23, 2016 · 10 years ago

Orlando McCarter, a 26-year-old African American male, was found dead on January 23, 2016, in Chicago, IL. The circumstances surrounding his death were initially unclear, prompting an investigation by local authorities. McCarter's death was later classified…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Austin Joseph Briscoe

Male, age 18 · Sunset, Louisiana

Killed Jan 23, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet town of Sunset, Louisiana, the life of 18-year-old Austin Joseph Briscoe was tragically cut short on the evening of Saturday, January 23, 2016. The young man was found deceased in the back seat of a car, the victim of a gunshot wound that would…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Ashley Monique Wilson

Female, age 29 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jan 23, 2016 · 10 years ago

On January 23, 2016, Ashley Monique Wilson, a 29-year-old woman from Dallas, Texas, tragically lost her life. She was shot and killed at an Oak Cliff bar called Patio Bar on Sunset Avenue. According to police reports, Wilson was a bystander who was caught in…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Tremain Earls

Male, age 21 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jan 23, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the city of New Orleans, on the evening of Sunday, January 23, 2011, the life of Tremain Earls, a 21-year-old Black male, was tragically cut short. The specific circumstances and details surrounding his death have not been made publicly available through…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Antonio Lamont Lee

Male, age 36 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jan 23, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the early evening of January 23, 2011, Antonio Lamont Lee, a 36-year-old Black man, was waiting in his 2010 Acura sedan at a traffic light in the 1400 block of East Monument Street in Baltimore, Maryland. Suddenly, a white van pulled up alongside his…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Jorman Wright

Male, age 30 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 23, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the early morning hours of a Sunday in January 2011, a violent encounter outside a Sunoco A-Plus gas station and convenience store in Pittsburgh's Larimer neighborhood left one man dead and another seriously wounded. The deceased was identified as…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Francisco Ponce

Male, age 17 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 23, 2011 · 15 years ago

Francisco Ponce, a 17-year-old from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on January 23, 2011. The incident occurred a day after he was shot near 49th Street and San Pedro Street in the South Park neighborhood. According to the Los Angeles County…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Abraham Ball

Male, age 23 · Oxon-hill, Maryland

Killed Jan 23, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the early evening of January 23, 2006, a violent act cut short the life of Abraham Isaiah Ball, a 23-year-old male from Oxon Hill, Maryland. Ball was inside his vehicle, waiting at a stoplight at the intersection of St. Barnabas Road and Bedford Way, when…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Roland Burphy

Male, age 22 · New-carrollton, Maryland

Killed Jan 23, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the winter of 2006, a young man's life was cut short in a violent act that remains a somber mystery. On the afternoon of January 23rd, 22-year-old Roland Foday Tombekai Burphy Jr., a Black male, was fatally shot inside his apartment in the 5300 block of…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Florence Everett

Female · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Jan 23, 2001 · 25 years ago

Florence Everett, a 75-year-old woman, was tragically killed on January 23, 2001, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident occurred at her home located at 1203 Bates Avenue, in the Hamilton County area. Florence Everett was found stabbed to death in her residence…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Sean D. Conway

Male, age 27 · Newfield, Maine

Killed Jan 23, 1991 · 35 years ago

In the winter of 1991, the quiet woods of Newfield, Maine, became the final resting place for Sean D. Conway, a 27-year-old White/Caucasian male whose life was cut short under mysterious circumstances. His frozen body was discovered by a man walking his dog…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Darrell Edward Lunsford Sr.

Male, age 47 · Nagadoches, Texas

Killed Jan 23, 1991 · 35 years ago

Constable Darrell Edward Lunsford Sr., aged 47, was shot and killed on January 23, 1991, while on duty in Nacogdoches, Texas. Lunsford, who served with the Nacogdoches County Constable's Office - Precinct 3, was conducting a routine traffic stop on U.S.…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Gordon Swindells

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jan 23, 1981 · 45 years ago

On January 23, 1981, Gordon "Butch" Swindells, aged 34, was found dead in Columbus, Ohio. His body was discovered early in the morning by a neighbor outside his home on Medina Avenue in the North Linden area. Swindells had sustained a gunshot wound to his…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Eddie Chatman

Male · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Jan 23, 1981 · 45 years ago

Eddie Percy Chatman was a man living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, whose life was abruptly taken on January 23, 1981. That day, he was in a parked vehicle with his brother outside 643 East 54th Street North, a residential stretch in Tulsa where nothing in the official…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Jerry Dean Thomas

Male, age 43 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Jan 23, 1981 · 45 years ago

Jerry Dean Thomas, a 43-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on January 23, 1981, in Cleveland, Ohio. He was found strangled in the basement of his home, with the cord of a hairdryer used as the murder weapon. Thomas was the mother of a 12-year-old…

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Death by Force55th anniversary

Silas Butner

Male, age 62 · London, Kentucky

Killed Jan 23, 1971 · 55 years ago

Silas Butner, a 62-year-old African American man, died in London, Kentucky, on January 23, 1971, while a patient at Marymount Hospital. Online records identify him as one of the Kentucky victims of Donald Harvey, a young hospital orderly who would later…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

George Gutierrez

Male, age 31 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 23, 2021 · 5 years ago

George Gutierrez, a 31-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on January 23, 2021, in Los Angeles, California. The incident occurred near 2441 Folsom Street in the Boyle Heights neighborhood. According to the Los Angeles County Medical…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Zdzislaw Golabek

Male, age 37 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Jan 23, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the midst of a blizzard on a Saturday evening in January 2016, a tragic event unfolded inside a Sunset Park, Brooklyn apartment building that would cut short the life of one man and forever alter the course of another's. Zdzislaw Golabek, a 37-year-old…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Alejandro Flores

Male, age 22 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 23, 2016 · 10 years ago

Alejandro Flores, a 22-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on January 23, 2016. The circumstances surrounding his death were both shocking and deeply saddening. Alejandro was found fatally stabbed in the 800 block of Harding…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Christopher Thomas Arviso

Male, age 27 · Compton, California

Killed Jan 23, 2011 · 15 years ago

Christopher Thomas Arviso was 27 years old when he died on Sunday, January 23, 2011, in Compton. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 1333 E. Glencoe St. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Alvin Douglas

Male, age 42 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Jan 23, 2006 · 20 years ago

Alvin Q. Douglas, a 42-year-old African American male from Charlotte, North Carolina, passed away on January 23, 2006, at Carolinas Medical Center. His funeral service was held on January 27, 2006, at Victory Christian Center Church, Campus 3, located at 6916…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Ardo Hernandez

Male, age 33 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Jan 23, 2001 · 25 years ago

In the winter of 2001, a 33-year-old Hispanic male named Ardo Hernandez lost his life in Phoenix, Arizona. His death, which occurred on January 23, 2001, remains shrouded in mystery as publicly available online records and news archives appear to contain no…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Carlos Gonzalez

Male, age 22 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 23, 2001 · 25 years ago

Carlos Juvencio Gonzalez Jr., a 22-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on January 23, 2001, in Wilmington, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Carlos was fatally shot, marking a somber day for his family and…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

George Carter

Male, age 59 · Pensacola, Florida

Killed Jan 23, 1991 · 35 years ago

George Carter, a 59-year-old pawn shop owner from Pensacola, Florida, was tragically murdered on January 23, 1991. The incident occurred during a robbery at his pawn shop, where he was fatally shot by Antonio Melton. Melton, who was 18 years old at the time…

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Death by Force125th anniversary

Simon Combs

Male, age 22 · Pike, Kentucky

Killed Jan 23, 1901 · 125 years ago

In the rugged terrain of Pike County, Kentucky, a 22-year-old man named Simon Combs met a violent end. On January 23, 1901, Combs, a Special Deputy Marshal, was part of a posse that ascended a heavily guarded bluff along Elkhorn Creek. Their objective was to…

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Andrew Garay

Male, age 30 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 23, 2026 · this year

In the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago, what began as a routine evening on January 23, 2026, ended in a sudden and tragic loss of life. Andrew Garay, a 30-year-old Hispanic man, was fatally shot while sitting in his car, a 2020 Nissan Murano. The…

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Daniel Suarez

Male, age 39 · Corpus Christi, Texas

Killed Jan 23, 2026 · this year

In the heart of Corpus Christi, Texas, a tragic series of events unfolded on the afternoon of January 23, 2026, culminating in the death of 39-year-old Daniel Andrew Suarez. A Hispanic man, Suarez was a father to four daughters and a grandfather, born and…

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Edward Johnson Jr.

Male, age 53 · Saint Louis, Missouri

Killed Jan 23, 2026 · this year

In what began as a mundane drive home, a fatal encounter unfolded, claiming the life of 53-year-old Edward Johnson Jr., a Black male from north St. Louis County. On the morning of January 23, 2026, Johnson was driving with his 16-year-old daughter near the…

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Gourav Cumar

Male, age 33 · Lawrenceville, Georgia

Killed Jan 23, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of January 23, 2026, a domestic argument that began in an Atlanta home culminated in a tragic shooting in Lawrenceville, Georgia, leaving 33-year-old Gourav Cumar and three others dead. The other victims were identified as Meemu…

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Harish Chander

Male, age 38 · Lawrenceville, Georgia

Killed Jan 23, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of Friday, January 23, 2026, a domestic dispute tragically escalated, leaving four people dead in a Lawrenceville, Georgia home. Among the victims was Harish Chander, a 38-year-old male of Indian origin. The residence on Brook Ivy…

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JaQuavyz Howell

Male, age 14 · Petersburg, Virginia

Killed Jan 23, 2026 · this year

In the fading light of a Friday afternoon in Petersburg, Virginia, on January 23, 2026, the life of 14-year-old JaQuavyz Howell was tragically cut short. A freshman at Petersburg High School, JaQuavyz was known for his bright smile and his passion for…

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Jeremy Jerrod Barr

Male, age 38 · Sumter, South Carolina

Killed Jan 23, 2026 · this year

In Sumter, South Carolina, on January 23, 2026, the life of 38-year-old Jeremy Jerrod Barr of Timmonsville was tragically cut short. A resident of a home in the 200 block of Fagan Street made a grim discovery upon returning in the late afternoon, finding…

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Lathan Wheeler

Male, age 32 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Killed Jan 23, 2026 · this year

In the quiet hours of a Friday night in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the life of Lathan Wheeler, a 32-year-old Black man, was tragically cut short. On January 23, 2026, police responded to a call at a residence in the 2100 block of Virginia Street. Inside, they…

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Lawrence Jackson

Male, age 51 · Macon, Missouri

Killed Jan 23, 2026 · this year

In a quiet home in Ethel, Missouri, a simmering dispute on the evening of January 23, 2026, tragically escalated, claiming the life of 51-year-old Lawrence Jackson. The night began with an argument between Jackson and Melinda D. Grigsby, a 39-year-old woman…

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Meemu Dogra

Female, age 43 · Lawrenceville, Georgia

Killed Jan 23, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of January 23, 2026, a domestic dispute escalated into a tragic quadruple homicide in a quiet Lawrenceville, Georgia neighborhood. Among the victims was Meemu Dogra, a 43-year-old woman of Indian nationality. The incident unfolded…

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