Deaths by Force on January 23

Deaths by Force (473)

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Mitchell James Bramhall

Male, age 26 · Tucson, Arizona

Killed Jan 23, 2026 · this year

On January 23, 2026, Mitchell James Bramhall, a 26-year-old man, was fatally shot in Tucson, Arizona. Details regarding the specific location and circumstances of the shooting have not been made publicly available. Following the incident, law enforcement…

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Nidhi Chander

Female, age 37 · Lawrenceville, Georgia

Killed Jan 23, 2026 · this year

In the quiet suburbs of Lawrenceville, Georgia, a domestic dispute spiraled into a devastating tragedy, claiming the life of 37-year-old Nidhi Chander and three of her relatives on January 23, 2026. Nidhi, a woman of Indian descent, was fatally shot inside a…

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Symini Moore

Female, age 15 · Northwood, Ohio

Killed Jan 23, 2026 · this year

In the small community of Northwood, Ohio, the life of 15-year-old Symini Rai Moore, a White female, was tragically cut short on the night of January 23, 2026. A sophomore at Woodmore High School, she was remembered for a radiant smile that could "light up a…

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Travis Jay Giles

Male, age 18 · Lincoln County, Mississippi

Killed Jan 23, 2026 · this year

In the quiet community of Lincoln County, Mississippi, the life of 18-year-old Travis Jay Giles was tragically cut short on the night of Friday, January 23, 2026. Born on November 7, 2007, in Brookhaven, Mississippi, Travis was a young man with a life full of…

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Kejuan Gibson

Male, age 20 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of January 23, 2025, a young Black man named Kejuan Gibson, age 20, lost his life on a sidewalk in a Birmingham, Alabama neighborhood. The night was shattered by the sound of gunfire around 8:30 p.m. in the Fountain Heights area, prompting…

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Brittany Chatman

Female, age 29 · Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

Brittany Chatman, a 29-year-old African American woman, was fatally shot on the evening of January 23, 2025, in Lauderhill, Florida. The incident occurred around 9 p.m. on the 3400 block of Northwest Seventh Street, where multiple shell casings were…

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Dawn Vera Kovach

Female, age 54 · Fort Wayne, Indiana

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the cold of a Fort Wayne, Indiana winter, the life of 54-year-old Dawn Vera Kovach, a Caucasian female, came to a tragic end. On January 23, 2025, her body was discovered in a tent in a wooded area in the 2600 block of Wayne Haven Street. At the time of…

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Sierra McKenzie

Female, age 33 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

On January 23, 2025, officers in Jacksonville, Florida, responded to a distress call on College Circle South, where they discovered the lifeless body of Sierra McKenzie, a 33-year-old Black woman, lying in a pool of blood on the sidewalk. The Medical…

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Frederick Williams

Male, age 52 · Sacramento, California

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

Fredrick Williams, a 52-year-old man from Sacramento, California, tragically lost his life on January 23, 2025, following a fatal shooting in the Upper Land Park neighborhood. The incident occurred near Ringgold and Marsh streets, where officers responded to…

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Joshua Mack

Male, age 25 · Dekalb County, Georgia

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

Joshua Mack, a 25-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in DeKalb County, Georgia, on January 23, 2025. What emerges from the public record is a sudden, intimate kind of violence, the kind that explodes inside a home and leaves a family trying to understand…

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Troy Haynes

Male, age 19 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

Troy Haynes, a 19-year-old man, was fatally shot in West Garfield Park, Chicago, on the evening of January 23, 2025. He was discovered unresponsive in an alley located in the 4200 block of West Van Buren Street at approximately 7:50 p.m. Chicago police…

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Tyrone Booker

Male, age 35 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the night of January 23, 2025, tragedy struck in Chicago’s North Lawndale neighborhood when 35-year-old Tyrone Booker was fatally shot while driving in the 1200 block of South Sawyer Avenue. According to reports, Booker was traveling in his vehicle when an…

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Jeromey Harvey

Male, age 32 · Kalamazoo, Michigan

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet city of Kalamazoo, Michigan, a somber event unfolded on the afternoon of January 23, 2025, forever altering the lives of a local family. On that Thursday, officers from the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety were dispatched to the 1200 block…

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Travis Davis

Male, age 37 · Aberdeen, Maryland

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a cold January evening in Aberdeen, Maryland, the life of Travis Davis, a 37-year-old male, was tragically cut short. On January 23, 2025, police responded to a call at approximately 8:38 p.m. at the intersection of Washington and Dorsey streets, where…

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Mordecai Wells

Male, age 24 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a Sunday afternoon in Baltimore, the life of 24-year-old Mordecai Davidlee Wells, a Black male, was tragically cut short. On January 19, 2025, violence erupted in the 3900 block of Liberty Heights Avenue, resulting in a triple shooting that sent shockwaves…

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James T. White

Male, age 71 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a January afternoon, James T. White, a 71-year-old African American man, was waiting at a bus stop in Shreveport, Louisiana, when his life was abruptly ended. The incident occurred around 2:00 p.m. on January 23, 2025, in the 500 block of East 70th Street…

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Sancarius A. Overstreet

Male, age 30 · Meridian, Mississippi

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early evening of Thursday, January 23, 2025, the life of 30-year-old Sancarius A. Overstreet, a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short in Meridian, Mississippi. At approximately 4:54 p.m., the Meridian Police Department received a 911…

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Angelo Brayboy

Male, age 21 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the brisk evening air of a late January night in Kansas City, Missouri, a young man's life was tragically cut short, leaving a community to grapple with another senseless act of violence. Angelo Brayboy, a 21-year-old male, found himself inside a Phillips…

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Sophia Williams

Female, age 36 · Aurora, Missouri

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

On January 23, 2025, a tragic series of events unfolded, culminating in the death of 36-year-old Sophia Javan Williams, an African American mother of five. The violence began in Aurora, Missouri, when Taylor Paige Santiago, 31, fatally shot her estranged…

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Jorge Ovidio Mateo Vasquez

Male, age 17 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the afternoon of January 23, 2025, a sudden act of violence irrevocably shattered the peace of a local park and ended the life of a teenager. Jorge Ovidio Mateo Vasquez, a 17-year-old Hispanic male, was at Vance Park in Gresham, a city on the eastern edge…

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Stanley Earl Dunn

Male, age 51 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

Stanley Earl Dunn, a 51-year-old man, was tragically killed in a fatal shooting in Portland, Oregon, on January 23, 2025. Authorities confirmed that Dunn died as a result of homicide by gunshot wound. The incident occurred in the Hazelwood Neighborhood, where…

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Anthony Andrew Cobaugh

Male, age 22 · Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the winter of 2025, the life of Anthony Andrew Cobaugh, a 22-year-old male from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was tragically cut short. On January 23rd, he was fatally shot in the head at a residence on D Street in the West End of Johnstown. The violent nature…

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Connor Swarner

Male, age 1 · Ruffsdale, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of January 23, 2025, a devastating tragedy unfolded in Ruffsdale, Pennsylvania, when 18-month-old male child, Connor William Swarner, was found deceased alongside his family in what authorities have identified as a murder-suicide. The discovery…

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Evelyn Swarner

Female, age 5 · Ruffsdale, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

On January 23, 2025, a devastating tragedy unfolded in Ruffsdale, Pennsylvania, when 5-year-old Evelyn Swarner, a white female, was found dead alongside her mother, 32-year-old Karen Swarner, and 1-year-old brother, Connor Swarner. The bodies were discovered…

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Gerald Pogzeba

Male, age 69 · Beaver Meadows, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

On January 23, 2025, 69-year-old Gerald Pogzeba was fatally shot in his home in Banks Township, near Beaver Meadows, Pennsylvania. Authorities reported that the incident occurred when his neighbor, 25-year-old Dylan Eroh, fired a shotgun through the wall of…

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Karen Swarner

Female, age 32 · Ruffsdale, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the night of January 23, 2025, Karen A. Powers Swarner, a 32-year-old white female, was tragically found deceased alongside her husband and two young children in their home on Keck Lane in Ruffsdale, Pennsylvania. Karen's father discovered the scene after…

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Catherine Lawing

Female, age 39 · Duquesne, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of January 20, 2025, a tragic event unfolded inside a home on Commonwealth Avenue in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, that would ultimately claim the life of 39-year-old Catherine Lawing, a female. Around 5 a.m., shortly after Lawing had…

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Johnny Haywood Fisher

Male, age 50 · Hope Mills, North Carolina

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of January 23, 2025, at approximately 12:45 AM, Cumberland County Sheriff's deputies conducted a well-being check at a residence in the 5600 block of Medicus Lane in Hope Mills, North Carolina. Upon arrival, deputies discovered…

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Antonio Richard

Male, age 21 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of Thursday, January 23, 2025, Antonio Melvin Richard, a 21-year-old Black male from Cincinnati, Ohio, was shot in the Westwood neighborhood. The incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. on Cavanaugh Avenue. Emergency responders arrived at the scene…

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Bruce Lamont Bell

Male, age 46 · Anderson, South Carolina

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the morning of Thursday, January 23, 2025, a violent incident unfolded at the Tanglewood Apartments in Anderson, South Carolina, claiming the life of 46-year-old Black male Bruce Lamont Bell. Anderson County 911 dispatchers received a distress call shortly…

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Remedee Jennings-Leaphart

Male, age 21 · Monetta, South Carolina

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the small town of Monetta, South Carolina, the life of 21-year-old Remedee Jennings-Leaphart, a male of Hispanic/Latino descent, was tragically cut short on the evening of Thursday, January 23, 2025. A former standout quarterback for Ridge Spring-Monetta…

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Victoria Rose Howell

Female, age 44 · Wytheville, Virginia

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of Thursday, January 23, 2025, the life of 44-year-old Victoria Rose Howell of Wytheville, Virginia, was tragically cut short. Police and sheriff's deputies responded to a call about a shooting at a residence on West Ridge Road at…

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Carnell Fitzgerald Meeks Jr

Male, age 21 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

Carnell Fitzgerald Meeks Jr., a 21-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on January 23, 2025, in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred at approximately 1 p.m. on Bailey Street, where Meeks was involved in a heated verbal dispute with…

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Raymon Cruz

Male, age 18 · Killeen, Texas

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of January 23, 2025, tragedy struck in Killeen, Texas, when 18-year-old male Raymon Cruz lost his life in a fatal shooting. The incident occurred at a residence on the 3700 block of Dustin Court, where Cruz was reportedly engaged in an…

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Robert Lindsey

Male, age 41 · Baytown, Texas

Killed Jan 23, 2025 · 1 year ago

Robert "Eric" Lindsey, a 41-year-old man from Baytown, Texas, tragically lost his life on January 23, 2025. Born on August 11, 1983, in Houston, Texas, he spent his early years in San Augustine before moving to Pasadena and South Houston. Eventually, he…

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Stanley Richard Koenig Sr

Male, age 40 · Loxley, Alabama

Killed Jan 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet town of Loxley, Alabama, the life of Stanley Richard Koenig Sr., a 40-year-old man, was cut short in a burst of violence that unfolded at a local residence. On the evening of Tuesday, January 23, 2024, law enforcement received reports of gunfire…

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Trevor Allen Hedrick

Male, age 20 · Indianola, Iowa

Killed Jan 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

It is with great sadness that the community remembers Trevor Allen Hedrick, a 20-year-old male who passed away on January 23, 2024. Formerly of Carlisle, Iowa, his funeral services were held in Indianola. Born on October 13, 2003, in Des Moines, Iowa, he was…

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Blas Nieto

Male, age 36 · Aurora, Colorado

Killed Jan 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet suburbs of Aurora, Colorado, a evening in January 2024 was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 36-year-old Blas Anthony Nieto, a local resident and devoted father of five. Known affectionately as 'Tony' to his friends and…

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Jacob Morfenski

Male, age 32 · Colorado Springs, Colorado

Killed Jan 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 23, 2024, the life of 32-year-old Jacob Morfenski, a white male from Colorado Springs, Colorado, was tragically cut short. Responding to a call of a shooting at approximately 12:49 AM, officers from the Colorado Springs…

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Raymond Leon Ballard

Male, age 59 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jan 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late evening hours of January 23, 2024, tragedy struck in Southeast Washington, D.C., forever altering the lives of those who knew and loved Raymond Leon Ballard. A Black/African American male, at 59 years of age, Ballard was inside a business located…

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Quintez Jones

Male, age 31 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Jan 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

In a quiet neighborhood in southeast Atlanta, the life of 31-year-old Quintez Jones, a Black male from Austell, Georgia, was tragically cut short on the afternoon of Tuesday, January 23, 2024. The events of that day unfolded on the 100 block of Logan Street…

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Willie Giddens Jr

Male, age 29 · Quitman, Georgia

Killed Jan 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of Tuesday, January 23, 2024, a violent home invasion in Quitman, Georgia, tragically cut short the life of 29-year-old Willie Giddens Jr. The male victim was shot and killed inside his residence located in the 900 block of South…

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Amani Smith

Male, age 14 · Covington, Kentucky

Killed Jan 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the community of Covington, Kentucky, a 14-year-old boy named Amani Smith was fatally shot in the afternoon near Latonia Elementary School. The young male was a student at Homes Middle School. At the time of the incident, he was with his girlfriend, who…

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Mobarak Adam

Male, age 15 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Jan 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a Tuesday afternoon, January 23, 2024, the life of 15-year-old Black/African American male Mobarak Adam was tragically cut short in Seattle, Washington. A student at Chief Sealth International High School, he was found with a fatal gunshot wound to the…

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Charlean Grayer

Female, age 68 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Jan 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

In a tragic turn of events that began with a son's reported discovery of his mother's death, a Jackson, Mississippi community was left mourning the loss of 68-year-old Charlean Grayer. On January 23, 2024, police were called to a residence in the 100 block of…

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LaKeisha Fields

Female, age 36 · Rienzi, Mississippi

Killed Jan 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 23, 2024, the life of 36-year-old LaKeisha Lashay Fields was tragically cut short in her Rienzi, Mississippi, apartment. Authorities were called to the residence on Highway 356 at approximately 5:10 a.m., where they…

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Michael Simmons

Male, age 42 · Charleston, South Carolina

Killed Jan 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

In a tragic event that unfolded in North Charleston, South Carolina, a domestic dispute escalated to a horrific act of violence. On September 30, 2006, 41-year-old Michael Anthony Simmons shot and killed his wife and her four children in their mobile home.…

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Richard Berdnik

Male, age 64 · Clifton, New Jersey

Killed Jan 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a Tuesday afternoon in Clifton, New Jersey, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik, a man who had dedicated over four decades of his life to law enforcement, ended his own life. The incident occurred on January 23, 2024, inside the restroom of Toros, a…

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Dates are the day last seen (missing), the day of death, or when the date of death is unknown the day found or reported missing (deaths by force), the day found (unidentified and unclaimed), the victim's date of death (serial killers) and the day of the attack (mass murders). Solved, located, identified and claimed cases are not listed.