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Donna Pentek

Female, age 51 · Fairfax, Virginia

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet community of Mantua in Fairfax, Virginia, the life of 51-year-old Donna Pentek was tragically cut short on the afternoon of January 6, 2017. What initially appeared to be a horrific scene of a possible murder-suicide was later unraveled by a…

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Scott Speichinger

Male, age 40 · Macon, Missouri

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet town of Macon, Missouri, a tragic event unfolded on the evening of January 6, 2017, ending the life of 40-year-old Scott Speichinger of Meadville. Speichinger, a male, was fatally shot as he was leaving a residence in Macon. The incident, which…

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Cindy Diaz

Female, age 48 · Bronx, New York

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the West Farms neighborhood of the Bronx, a simple trip to get dinner for her children turned into a tragedy for 48-year-old Cindy Diaz on the evening of January 6, 2017. As she was walking home with McDonald's for her four sons, gunfire erupted near…

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Antoine Dewayne Sutphen Jr.

Male, age 24 · Pasadena, California

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

Antoine Dewayne Sutphen Jr., a 24-year-old resident of Pasadena, California, tragically lost his life on January 7, 2017. The incident occurred just before midnight on January 6, when a shooting was reported in the 100 block of West Claremont Street. Sutphen…

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Jose Joel Salazar

Male, age 22 · Arvin, California

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jose Joel Salazar, a 22-year-old resident of Arvin, California, was reported missing on January 5, 2017. The following day, his body was discovered inside his truck, which had been abandoned in an orchard on Bear Mountain Road. The Kern County coroner's…

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Josefina Esqueda

Female, age 24 · Hemet, California

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

Josefina Esqueda, a 24-year-old resident of Hemet, California, tragically lost her life on January 6, 2017, due to a single gunshot wound to the head. The incident occurred at a residence on North Franklin Street in Hemet. On the evening of January 6…

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Ormani Dajan Duncan

Male, age 24 · Pasadena, California

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

Ormani Dajan Duncan, a 24-year-old resident of Pasadena, California, tragically lost his life on January 7, 2017. The incident occurred near the intersection of California Boulevard and St. John Avenue in Pasadena. Around midnight, Pasadena police responded…

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Sean Moore

Male, age 44 · San-francisco, California

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

Sean Moore, a 44-year-old resident of San Francisco, California, died on January 6, 2017, following a confrontation with police officers outside his home. The incident began when officers responded to a noise complaint from a neighbor who had a restraining…

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Travis Paster

Male, age 32 · Santa-clarita, California

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

Travis Paster, a 32-year-old resident of Lancaster, California, tragically passed away on January 6, 2017, at the Oak Tree Gun Club in Santa Clarita. The incident occurred just after 9 p.m. when Paster suffered a fatal gunshot wound. According to authorities…

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Allen Ray Elliott

Male, age 39 · Pensacola, Florida

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

Allen Ray Elliott, a 39-year-old male from Pensacola, FL, tragically lost his life on January 6, 2017. Elliott was found face down with a gunshot wound to the head near an apartment complex off Nine Mile Road. Despite being transported to Sacred Heart…

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Derrick Russaw

Male, age 18 · Orlando, Florida

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

Derrick Russaw, an 18-year-old from Orlando, Florida, tragically lost his life on January 6, 2017, due to a fatal shooting. The incident occurred in the 4800 block of South Texas Avenue, where Derrick was discovered shot on the roadway. Despite being rushed…

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Mary Louise Amzibel

Female, age 69 · Fort-lauderdale, Florida

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

Mary Louise Amzibel, a 69-year-old woman originally from Ohio, was tragically killed on January 6, 2017, during a mass shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Amzibel was among five victims who lost their lives when Esteban Santiago…

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Michael John Mike Oehme

Male, age 57 · Fort-lauderdale, Florida

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

Michael John "Mike" Oehme, aged 57, tragically lost his life on January 6, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Mike, originally from Council Bluffs, Iowa, was a licensed surveyor and co-owner of Boundaryline Surveys in Omaha. He was in Fort Lauderdale with his…

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Olga Mabel Warren Woltering

Female, age 84 · Fort-lauderdale, Florida

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

Olga Mabel Warren Woltering, an 84-year-old white female, tragically lost her life on January 6, 2017, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Olga, originally from Ipswich, England, was a beloved member of her community in Marietta, Georgia, where she had lived for…

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Shirley Timmons

Female, age 70 · Fort-lauderdale, Florida

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

Shirley Timmons, a 70-year-old grandmother from Senecaville, Ohio, tragically lost her life on January 6, 2017, during a shooting at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Shirley and her husband, Steve Timmons, had flown to Fort Lauderdale to join…

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Terry Michael Andres

Male, age 62 · Fort-lauderdale, Florida

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

Terry Michael Andres, a 62-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on January 6, 2017, during a mass shooting at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida. Andres, who was from Virginia Beach, Virginia, was at the airport with his…

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Jeffrey Lalond

Male, age 46 · Winthrop-harbor, Illinois

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jeffrey S. Lalond, a 46-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on January 6, 2017, in Winthrop Harbor, Illinois. Jeffrey, who was born on February 23, 1970, in Waukegan, Illinois, was a dedicated chemical operator, having worked for 25 years, most…

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Steven Freeman

Male, age 33 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

Steven Freeman, a 33-year-old male from Chicago, IL, died on January 6, 2017. His death was the result of a violent altercation. Freeman was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds in his home. The investigation revealed that the incident occurred during a…

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Javaria Taylor

Male, age 18 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

An 18-year-old African American male named Javaria Taylor tragically lost his life on January 6, 2017, in Shreveport, Louisiana. His death was the result of a violent encounter with law enforcement. Caddo Parish Sheriff's Deputies were attempting to serve a…

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Damon Dry

Male, age 54 · Linwood, North Carolina

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

Damon Christopher Dry, a 54-year-old white male, was found shot to death on January 6, 2017, in the front yard of a home located at 175 Snider Kines Road in Linwood, North Carolina. The Davidson County Sheriff's Office responded to the report of a shooting…

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Juan DeJesus

Male, age 23 · York, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 6, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet, pre-dawn hours of a January morning in 2017, a grim discovery was made at the intersection of Hokes Mill Road and Old Salem Road in West Manchester Township, York County. First responders were called to the scene for a report of a fire, but what…

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Cassia Us C. Jr Stuckey

Male, age 23 · Miami, Florida

Found Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

Cassia Jr. Stuckey, aged 23, was tragically killed on January 6, 2015, in Miami, Florida. The circumstances surrounding his death have yet to be fully resolved, leaving his case as one of many unsolved homicides in Miami-Dade County. Stuckey was found dead…

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Larry Edwards

Male, age 24 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

Larry Edwards, aged 24, was shot and killed on January 6, 2015, while sitting in a parked car in the Burnside neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. The incident occurred at approximately 11:40 p.m. when a group of individuals approached the vehicle from…

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Joseph D Bennett

Male, age 19 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

Joseph D. Bennett, aged 19, was shot and killed on January 6, 2015, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred in a period marked by significant gun violence in Chicago, particularly in neighborhoods that have long been impacted by crime. Bennett’s death is…

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Corie Deshon Williams

Male, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

Corie Deshon Williams, an 18-year-old from Chicago, was shot and killed on January 6, 2015. The incident occurred during a particularly violent time for the city, which had seen a significant increase in homicides that year. Corie was found on Chicago's South…

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Aboubakary Diawara

Male, age 15 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

On January 6, 2016, 15-year-old Aboubakary Diawara was tragically shot and killed in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred around 7:08 p.m. when police officers responded to a report of a shooting on the 2300 block of Laurelwood Drive, specifically near the…

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Leslie Sapp

Male, age 47 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Found Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

Leslie Sapp, a 47-year-old resident of Knoxville, Pittsburgh, was fatally shot on January 6, 2015, when law enforcement officers attempted to serve an arrest warrant at his residence. The officers involved were part of the U.S. Marshals Western Pennsylvania…

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Gregory Parker

Male, age 26 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

Gregory Parker, a 26-year-old resident of Philadelphia, was fatally shot on January 5, 2015. The incident took place on the 6500 block of North 20th Street at around 11:38 p.m. When Philadelphia Police Officers arrived at the scene, they found Gregory lying…

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Autumn Mae Steele

Female, age 34 · Burlington, Iowa

Killed Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a cold January morning in 2015, the life of 34-year-old Autumn Mae Steele came to a tragic and abrupt end in her own front yard in Burlington, Iowa. The events of January 6th unfolded when police were dispatched to her home in response to a domestic…

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Jose Silva

Male, age 23 · Yakima, Washington

Killed Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

Jose Silva, a 23-year-old Hispanic male, was found deceased on January 6, 2015, in Yakima, Washington. His body was discovered by a cable technician behind a vacant home on Mahre Road. An autopsy later confirmed that Silva had died from multiple gunshot…

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DeAdrin Randle

Male, age 27 · Flint, Michigan

Killed Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

On January 6, 2015, the city of Flint, Michigan, was the scene of a tragic event involving a 27-year-old Black male named DeAdrin Derice Randle. Known affectionately to his friends and family as "De," Randle was a lifelong resident of the area and a graduate…

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John Floyd

Male, age 36 · Marion, South Carolina

Killed Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the winter of 2015, a life was tragically cut short in Marion, South Carolina. John Floyd, a 36-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on January 6th while sitting in a car outside the Midway Minimart on Jones Avenue. The sudden violence of the act sent…

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William Kareem Major

Male, age 18 · Seabrook, South Carolina

Killed Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet community of Seabrook, South Carolina, the life of 18-year-old William Kareem Major was tragically cut short in early January 2015. The young man was discovered in his SUV, parked in the lot of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church on Keans Neck Road…

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John Pichardo

Male, age 19 · Queens, New York

Killed Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a cold January morning in 2015, a 19-year-old male named John Pichardo from Brooklyn was shot and killed in South Ozone Park, Queens, during what was supposed to be a marijuana deal. Pichardo was in the driver's seat of a car parked on 130th Street when…

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Carolyn Driskell

Female, age 12 · Douglasville, Georgia

Killed Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

In a tragic event that unfolded in a home in the Douglasville, Georgia area, 12-year-old Carolyn Driskell, a female, was found deceased on Tuesday, January 6, 2015. The discovery was made after her father, a veteran Paulding County sheriff's deputy, did not…

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Sam Driskell

Male, age 52 · Douglasville, Georgia

Killed Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet community of Douglasville, Georgia, a tragedy unfolded that left a family decimated and a law enforcement agency in mourning. Concern grew on January 6, 2015, when 52-year-old Paulding County Sheriff's Corporal Sam Driskell, a respected 10-year…

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Jaimel Anderson

Male, age 8 · Fort-valley, Georgia

Killed Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 6, 2015, in Fort Valley, Georgia, the life of 8-year-old Jaimel Anderson was tragically cut short. The young boy was inside an apartment at the Indian Oaks complex on East Church Street when multiple gunshots were fired…

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Terrell Eugene Hawkins

Male, age 36 · Moultrie, Georgia

Killed Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early days of 2015, the community of Moultrie, Georgia, was shaken by a violent act that claimed the life of one of its own. On the night of January 6th, Terrell Eugene Hawkins, a 36-year-old male, was found deceased inside a residence at 618 Third…

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Joe Bennett

Male, age 19 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

Joe Bennett, a 19-year-old African American male from Chicago, IL, tragically lost his life on January 6, 2015. The circumstances surrounding his death were deeply troubling and sparked a significant investigation. Joe was found with multiple gunshot wounds…

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Naquian Robinson

Male, age 19 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet neighborhoods of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the life of 19-year-old Naquian Malik Robinson was tragically cut short on a Tuesday, the 6th of January, 2015. A young man with his future stretching before him, his sudden death sent ripples of grief…

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Mark Antwan Peaks

Male, age 30 · Durham, North Carolina

Killed Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

Mark Antwan Peaks, a 30-year-old African American male, was found dead in Durham, North Carolina, on January 6, 2015. Peaks was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds in the 900 block of East Main Street, behind an apartment complex. The incident occurred…

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Chester Edwards

Female, age 33 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

Chester Edwards, a 33-year-old African American male, was tragically shot to death on January 6, 2015, in southeast Houston, Texas. The incident occurred just after 6 a.m. in the 4100 block of Panay Drive. Chester was confronted by a gunman at his front door…

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Derek Allen Phillips

Male, age 27 · Beaumont, Texas

Killed Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

Derek Allen Phillips, a 27-year-old male from Beaumont, Texas, tragically passed away on January 6, 2015. Phillips was born on March 10, 1987, in Orange, Texas, and was known for his love of cars, car racing, and working in sales with Allied Prudential in…

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Timothy Fjordbak

Male, age 63 · El-paso, Texas

Killed Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

Timothy Fjordbak, a 63-year-old male psychologist of Caucasian ethnicity, was tragically shot and killed on January 6, 2015, at the El Paso Veterans Affairs Health Care System clinic. Fjordbak, who had dedicated his career to helping veterans, was highly…

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Ruben Virgilio Cano-Rodriguez

Male, age 30 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jan 6, 2015 · 11 years ago

Ruben Virgilio Cano-Rodriguez, a 30-year-old Hispanic man, tragically lost his life on January 6, 2015, in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred at an apartment located at 6601 Dunlap. According to police reports, Cano-Rodriguez was shot around 5:30 a.m. on…

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Juan Shanks

Male, age 25 · Jacksonville, Florida

Found Jan 6, 2014 · 12 years ago

On January 6, 2014, 25-year-old Juan Shanks was killed in a drive-by shooting on Jacksonville's Westside. He was standing outside when a vehicle drove by, and shots were fired, fatally wounding him. Despite the efforts of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, no…

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Bobby Jones

Male, age 51 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jan 6, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the cold beginnings of 2014, a wave of violence swept through Baltimore, and among its victims was 51-year-old Bobby Jones. A Black man, Jones was found shot in Northwest Baltimore on January 6, 2014, one of more than a dozen individuals to fall victim to…

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Tejuan Sartin

Male, age 22 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jan 6, 2014 · 12 years ago

Tejuan Sartin, a 22-year-old Black man from Memphis, Tennessee, died on January 6, 2014, and his death marked the beginning of a grim year in the city—a moment that should have been just another ordinary winter day, but instead became a dividing line between…

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