Deaths by Force on January 2

Deaths by Force (412)

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Clarence Wilkins

Male, age 38 · Albion, Michigan

Killed Jan 2, 1923 · 103 years ago

In the winter of 1923 in Albion, Michigan, the life of Clarence Wilkins, a 38-year-old Black man who worked as a janitor at the local Post Office, was cut short. On January 2nd, Wilkins was killed by gunfire, a violent end to a life lived within the small…

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Floyd Lusk

Male, age 25 · Pineville, West Virginia

Killed Jan 2, 1909 · 117 years ago

Floyd Lusk, a White/Caucasian male associated with Pineville, West Virginia, was serving as a deputy sheriff with the Wyoming County Sheriff's Department when his duties brought him to a residence on January 2, 1909. He was attempting to execute a warrant for…

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William Richard Mooney

Male, age 45 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 2, 1908 · 118 years ago

Detective William Richard Mooney, a 45-year-old white male, was fatally shot on January 2, 1908, in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of the incident, Detective Mooney was investigating a burglary report near the intersection of Sangamon and Van Buren Streets.…

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Michael Callahan

Male, age 29 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 2, 1908 · 118 years ago

On January 2, 1908, the life of Michael D. Callahan, a 29-year-old man from Chicago, Illinois, was tragically cut short under circumstances that remain shrouded in mystery. Michael, a young man in the prime of his life, met an untimely demise, leaving behind…

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Darnesha Williams

Female, age 29 · Oakland, California

Killed Jan 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the night of January 2, 2025, tragedy struck in Oakland, California, as 29-year-old Darnesha Williams lost her life in a fatal shooting. Williams was shot at a Kwik Serv gas station while attempting to flee her assailant. In a desperate attempt to escape…

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Navdeep Oberoi

Male, age 29 · North Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Jan 2, 2025 · 1 year ago

On January 2, 2025, the body of 29-year-old Navdeep Oberoi, a male of Indian descent, was discovered near the railroad tracks in the vicinity of West Owens Avenue and Stocker Street in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Responding to a report of a deceased person…

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Damien Davis

Male, age 34 · West-palm-beach, Florida

Killed Jan 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

Damien Davis, a 34-year-old man, was fatally shot in West Palm Beach, Florida, on January 2, 2024. The incident occurred in the front parking lot area of the Lake Mangonia Apartments, which is located along North Australian Avenue and is adjacent to Roosevelt…

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James Michael McClanhan

Male, age 50 · Livingston, Texas

Killed Jan 2, 2024 · 2 years ago

On January 2, 2024, at approximately 11:25 PM, the Polk County Sheriff's Office responded to a reported shooting at a residence in the Kickapoo Marina Subdivision near Livingston, Texas. Upon arrival, deputies identified the homeowners as 42-year-olds William…

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McKayla Roberts

Female, age 27 · Irondale, Alabama

Killed Jan 2, 2022 · 4 years ago

McKayla Roberts, 27, female, died on January 2, 2022, after a violent hit-and-run along Interstate 20 near Irondale, Alabama. Public reporting identified her as being from Charleston, South Carolina, and said she was on foot in the westbound travel lanes…

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Antonio Olmedo Mendoza

Male, age 62 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 2, 2022 · 4 years ago

Antonio Olmedo Mendoza, a 62-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on January 2, 2022, in Sun Valley, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Mendoza was shot near 8100 Vineland Ave. The incident occurred…

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Ismael Trujillo

Male, age 40 · Long Beach, California

Killed Jan 2, 2022 · 4 years ago

Ismael Trujillo was 40 years old when he died on Sunday, January 2, 2022, in Long Beach. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after being stabbed near Atlantic Avenue and East 6th Street. His death was ruled a homicide, and it…

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Fael Valente

Male, age 30 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 2, 2019 · 7 years ago

Fael Valente, a 30-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on January 2, 2019. According to reports, Fael was shot near the 1500 block of North Bonnie Beach Place in East Los Angeles. The Los Angeles County Medical…

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Jamal Washington

Male, age 38 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jan 2, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early evening hours of a Monday in January 2017, gunshots shattered the routine of a South Baltimore neighborhood. When police responded to the 3600 block of South Hanover Street at approximately 6:10 p.m., they discovered 38-year-old Jamal Washington…

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Troy Grant

Male, age 30 · Queens, New York

Killed Jan 2, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 2, 2015, the life of 30-year-old Troy Grant was tragically cut short in what would become the first homicide of the new year in Queens, New York. Grant, a male resident of Jamaica, was inside his apartment at the Pomonok…

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Canisha Davis

Female, age 27 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 2, 2015 · 11 years ago

Canisha Davis, a 27-year-old woman from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost her life on January 2, 2015. She was fatally shot, an incident that has left her family and friends in deep mourning. The circumstances surrounding her death have been a source…

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Joseph Phillips

Male, age 23 · Orlando, Florida

Killed Jan 2, 2015 · 11 years ago

Joseph L. Phillips, a 23-year-old resident of Orlando, Florida, tragically lost his life on January 2, 2015. The circumstances surrounding his death were initially unclear, prompting a thorough investigation by local law enforcement. Phillips was found…

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Jamal Dezmondre Sean Hardy

Male · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 2, 2015 · 11 years ago

Jamal Dezmondre Sean Hardy was born on November 1, 2014, and lived for just two months before his sudden death on January 2, 2015. As a newborn infant residing in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, he was completely dependent on his caregivers and the…

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Nathanial Adams

Male, age 29 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jan 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a cold January night in 2014, the new year had barely begun in Baltimore when violence claimed the life of 29-year-old Nathaniel Adams. He and another man, Daries Williams, who was 27, were discovered in the 2500 block of Druid Park Drive, their lives cut…

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Raouf Kelada

Male, age 58 · Orlando, Florida

Killed Jan 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

Raouf Kelada, aged 58, tragically passed away on January 2, 2014, in Orlando, Florida. His death occurred at the Oak Ridge Gun Range, where he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to reports, Kelada shot himself in the head at around noon while…

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Nathaniel Johnson

Male, age 55 · Swainsboro, Georgia

Killed Jan 2, 2013 · 13 years ago

Nathaniel Johnson, a Black male from Swainsboro, Georgia, was found shot to death outside his home at 325 Mable Avenue on the morning of January 2, 2013, in a killing that struck his family and community with sudden, brutal force. A contemporaneous local…

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Vladimir Garcia

Male, age 44 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jan 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

Vladimir Garcia was 44 years old when he died in the early morning of Tuesday, January 2, 2007, in the Vermont Vista area of South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 9023 Baring Cross Ave. His…

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Miguel Angel Henriquez

Male, age 35 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 2, 2005 · 21 years ago

Miguel Angel Henriquez, a 32-year-old Latino male, was tragically shot and killed on January 2, 2005, in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Henriquez's death was a result of gunshot wounds. The incident occurred…

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Mark Delancey

Male, age 16 · Alondra-park, California

Killed Jan 2, 2003 · 23 years ago

Mark Lazary Delancey, a 16-year-old resident of Alondra Park, California, tragically lost his life on January 2, 2003. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Mark was fatally shot in Alondra Park. The incident occurred on a Thursday, and the…

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Robert Morrison

Male, age 22 · Dumfries, Virginia

Killed Jan 2, 2002 · 24 years ago

On a cold January evening in 2002, in what police would later describe as a drug-related assassination, 22-year-old Robert Irvin Morrison was shot and killed in a Dumfries, Virginia, apartment. The fatal attack, which also claimed the life of his 22-year-old…

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Marlene Sue Newcomer

Female, age 26 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 2, 1980 · 46 years ago

Marlene Sue Newcomer, a 26-year-old woman from Connellsville, Pennsylvania, tragically lost her life on January 2, 1980. She had left a New Year's Eve party in Vandergrift and was driving home when she encountered two men, John Lesko and Michael Travaglia…

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Shirley Stewart

Female, age 17 · Madison, Wisconsin

Killed Jan 2, 1980 · 46 years ago

In the winter of 1980, a young life was abruptly and mysteriously cut short, leaving a void in the community of Madison, Wisconsin. Seventeen-year-old Shirley Stewart, a hardworking young woman, vanished without a trace on the cold evening of January 2nd.…

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Sam Carter

Male, age 44 · Rosewood, Florida

Killed Jan 2, 1923 · 103 years ago

Sam Carter, a 44-year-old blacksmith from Rosewood, Florida, met a tragic end on January 2, 1923, during the infamous Rosewood Massacre. This event was a racially motivated attack on the predominantly African American town of Rosewood by large groups of white…

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Everett Smith

Male, age 30 · Olla, Louisiana

Killed Jan 2, 1903 · 123 years ago

In the early morning hours of Friday, January 2, 1903, the town of Olla, Louisiana, was still reeling from a fire that had recently devastated half of the downtown area. Amidst the lingering excitement and chaos, Town Marshal Everett Smith, a 30-year-old…

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