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Deaths by Force on January 7

651 open cases in our database happened on January 7. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (436)

Patrick Godwin - Ooltewah, Tennessee
Death by Force

Patrick Godwin

Male, age 57 · Ooltewah, Tennessee
Killed Jan 7, 2020 · 6 years ago

On the evening of January 7, 2020, Patrick Godwin, a 57-year-old male, returned to his home on Horseshoe Bend Lane in Ooltewah, Tennessee, after a day of work as a master hair stylist. As he stood in his own front yard, he was shot and killed in what was…

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Anthony Sanks - San-antonio, Texas
Death by Force

Anthony Sanks

Male, age 30 · San-antonio, Texas
Killed Jan 7, 2020 · 6 years ago

Anthony D'Andre Sanks, a 30-year-old African American man from San Antonio, Texas, tragically lost his life on January 7, 2020. Sanks was fatally shot in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 8800 block of Cinnamon Creek Drive. The incident occurred…

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Jason Bowling - Corsicana, Texas
Death by Force

Jason Bowling

Male · Corsicana, Texas
Killed Jan 7, 2020 · 6 years ago

Jason Lee Bowling, a 48-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, tragically lost his life on January 7, 2020, in Corsicana, Texas. The incident occurred in the 5600 block of SE 2010 Mildred, where deputies from the Navarro County Sheriff's Office responded to a…

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Michael Heath Stockberger - Toney, Alabama
Death by Force

Michael Heath Stockberger

Male, age 39 · Toney, Alabama
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the quiet community of Toney, Alabama, the life of Michael Heath Stockberger, a 39-year-old man, was cut short on January 7, 2019. Reports from that time indicate that his death was the result of what authorities suspected to be an accidental shooting. The…

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Gary Herrera - Phoenix, Arizona
Death by Force

Gary Herrera

Male, age 23 · Phoenix, Arizona
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 7, 2019, a tragic event unfolded at the Casa Verde Apartment Complex located at 5454 W. Indian School Road in Phoenix, Arizona, leading to the death of 23-year-old Gary Herrera. A male, Herrera was a father and was known…

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Brantley Jared Langford - Clarksburg, West Virginia
Death by Force

Brantley Jared Langford

Male, age 20 · Clarksburg, West Virginia
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the winter of 2019, the life of a young White man, Brantley Jared Langford, 20, was tragically cut short in his Clarksburg, West Virginia, residence. On January 7th, his roommate, Mason Taylor Lynch, then 23, took a shotgun, walked down the hallway to…

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Adrian Ignacio Valles - Grants, New Mexico
Death by Force

Adrian Ignacio Valles

Male, age 24 · Grants, New Mexico
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

Adrian Ignacio Valles, a 24-year-old resident of Grants, New Mexico, tragically lost his life to gun violence on January 7, 2019. Born on June 2, 1994, in Grants, New Mexico, Adrian was a member of a close-knit family and community. His death was a profound…

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Bradley J. Samsel - Kansas City, Kansas
Death by Force

Bradley J. Samsel

Male, age 18 · Kansas City, Kansas
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

On the evening of January 7, 2019, tragedy struck in Kansas City, Kansas, forever altering the lives of a family and a close-knit school community. Bradley J. Samsel, an 18-year-old male senior at Tonganoxie High School, was fatally shot in a devastating act…

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Damini Dulaney - Louisville, Kentucky
Death by Force

Damini Dulaney

Male, age 19 · Louisville, Kentucky
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the cold of a January morning in Louisville, Kentucky, a grim discovery was made at Riverside Gardens Park. On January 7, 2019, the body of 19-year-old Damini Dulaney, a male, was found inside a vehicle that had partially crashed through a fence. The…

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Richard Harper - Louisville, Kentucky
Death by Force

Richard Harper

Male, age 18 · Louisville, Kentucky
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 7, 2019, Richard Harper, an 18-year-old male, was shot and killed at a bus stop near Shawnee Park on 43rd Street in Louisville, Kentucky. A senior at Valley High School, he was on his way to school at the time of the…

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Carnesha Patrice Powell - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Death by Force

Carnesha Patrice Powell

Female, age 35 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the winter of 2019, the life of 35-year-old Carnesha Patrice Powell was tragically cut short in a violent encounter that also claimed the lives of two others in Oklahoma City. On January 7th, Carnesha, along with her 15-year-old daughter Roshawna Stevens…

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Elijah Mothershed - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Death by Force

Elijah Mothershed

Male, age 44 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the winter of 2019, the Oklahoma City community was shaken by the violent death of 44-year-old Elijah Mothershed, a Black man known for his entrepreneurial spirit and dedication to mentoring young people. On January 7th, Mothershed, his fiancée Carnesha…

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Jeremy Wayne Morgan - Norman, Oklahoma
Death by Force

Jeremy Wayne Morgan

Male, age 41 · Norman, Oklahoma
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the small community of Little Axe, just outside of Norman, Oklahoma, a dispute between friends culminated in a tragic end for Jeremy Wayne Morgan. On January 7, 2019, the 41-year-old man was shot and killed in his own home. The man who pulled the trigger…

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Roshawna Stevens - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Death by Force

Roshawna Stevens

Female, age 15 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the winter of 2019, the life of 15-year-old Roshawna Stevens was tragically cut short in a brutal act of violence that also claimed the lives of her mother and her mother's fiancé. On January 7, family members, unable to make contact with them, requested a…

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Kenneth Ard - Portsmouth, Virginia
Death by Force

Kenneth Ard

Male, age 53 · Portsmouth, Virginia
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the winter of 2019, the life of 53-year-old Kenneth R. Ard was tragically cut short in Portsmouth, Virginia. On the evening of January 7th, police responded to a call about a person with a gunshot wound in the 2800 block of Rapidan Street. Upon arrival…

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Barbara Evans - Michigan-city, Indiana
Death by Force

Barbara Evans

Female, age 71 · Michigan-city, Indiana
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

Barbara Evans, a 71-year-old female, passed away in her Michigan City, Indiana, home where she was discovered on Monday, January 7, 2019. The circumstances of her death were part of a tragic and violent series of events that also claimed the life of her…

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Simon Huber - Seymour, Indiana
Death by Force

Simon Huber

Male, age 15 · Seymour, Indiana
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In a tragic event that unfolded in Seymour, Indiana, 15-year-old Simon Huber, a male sophomore at Seymour High School, died on Tuesday, January 8, 2019, from a gunshot wound. The incident, which occurred at his home on South Walnut Street, was determined to…

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Walter Evans - Michigan-city, Indiana
Death by Force

Walter Evans

Male, age 73 · Michigan-city, Indiana
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In a quiet home in Michigan City, Indiana, a grim discovery brought a tragic end to the lives of the Evans family in January 2019. Responding to a call from a concerned relative on the afternoon of January 7th, police entered the residence to find the bodies…

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Lorenzo Sandlin - Saint-louis, Missouri
Death by Force

Lorenzo Sandlin

Male, age 23 · Saint-louis, Missouri
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the cold of a January winter in Saint-Louis, Missouri, the life of a young Black / African American man, Lorenzo Sandlin, was tragically cut short. On January 7, 2019, the 23-year-old male was found deceased in a rear alley, the victim of fatal gun…

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Elijah Blackwell - Marion, South Carolina
Death by Force

Elijah Blackwell

Male, age 20 · Marion, South Carolina
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the quiet town of Marion, South Carolina, the life of 19-year-old Elijah Blackwell was tragically cut short on January 7, 2019. Remembered for his humor, laughter, and love of music and dance, the young man's death was the result of gun violence, a grim…

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Marcus Jermaine Simpkins - Aiken, South Carolina
Death by Force

Marcus Jermaine Simpkins

Male, age 36 · Aiken, South Carolina
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the early evening of January 7, 2019, tragedy struck in Aiken, South Carolina, ending the life of 36-year-old Marcus Jermaine Simpkins. A Black male, Simpkins was found suffering from at least one gunshot wound in the parking lot of Bea's Club on Edgefield…

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Sterling Andrea Winn - Newberry, South Carolina
Death by Force

Sterling Andrea Winn

Male, age 53 · Newberry, South Carolina
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the early afternoon of a January day, a burst of violence shattered the calm at a local auto business in Newberry, South Carolina, leaving a family and community to grapple with a sudden and senseless loss. On January 7, 2019, Sterling Andrea Winn, a…

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Jerodd Watkins - Bronx, New York
Death by Force

Jerodd Watkins

Male, age 38 · Bronx, New York
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the early evening of January 7, 2019, a burst of gunfire shattered the cold air in the West Farms section of the Bronx, leaving 38-year-old Jerodd Watkins, a Black male, dead. Watkins was inside his GMC SUV outside the Murphy Consolidation Houses on East…

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Ada Heintz - La-quinta, California
Death by Force

Ada Heintz

Female, age 44 · La-quinta, California
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

Ada Heintz, aged 44, was found dead on January 7, 2019, in La Quinta, California. The tragic incident also involved her husband, Herman Heintz, aged 59. The couple was discovered at their home on Independence Way, with Ada found outside the property and…

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Daniel Ramirez - Los-angeles, California
Death by Force

Daniel Ramirez

Male, age 28 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

Daniel Ramirez, a 28-year-old Latino male, was found dead on January 7, 2019, near West 82nd Street and South Grand Avenue in Florence, Los Angeles. The circumstances surrounding his death were initially unclear, prompting an investigation by local…

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Mohammad Othman - Belmont, California
Death by Force

Mohammad Othman

Male, age 17 · Belmont, California
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

Mohammad Othman, a 17-year-old high school student from Belmont, California, was tragically shot to death on January 7, 2019. Othman, a senior at Carlmont High School and a popular football player, was found in the parking lot of Central Elementary School…

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Jarnell Browdy - Orlando, Florida
Death by Force

Jarnell Browdy

Male, age 28 · Orlando, Florida
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

Jarnell Duke Deravious Browdy, a 28-year-old resident of Orlando, Florida, was tragically shot and killed on January 7, 2019. The incident occurred at a home on Trevarthon Road near State Road 417. According to reports, Browdy was found dead in a backyard…

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Wayne Mitchell - Opa-locka, Florida
Death by Force

Wayne Mitchell

Male, age 50 · Opa-locka, Florida
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

Wayne A. Mitchell, aged 50, tragically lost his life on January 7, 2019, in Opa-locka, Florida. The incident occurred at an apartment complex located at 2170 Washington Avenue, where Mitchell resided. On the night of his death, Mitchell was ambushed and…

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Darion Rocky Jones - Atlanta, Georgia
Death by Force

Darion Rocky Jones

Male, age 26 · Atlanta, Georgia
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

On the night of January 7, 2019, a chaotic scene unfolded in the parking lot of a Red Lobster on Candler Road in DeKalb County, Georgia, culminating in the death of 26-year-old Darion Rocky Jones. The incident began when an off-duty Clarkston police officer…

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Kyle Cook - Savannah, Georgia
Death by Force

Kyle Cook

Male, age 29 · Savannah, Georgia
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the early evening of January 7, 2019, tragedy struck in Savannah, Georgia, when 29-year-old Kyle Cook, a male resident of the city, was fatally shot. The incident unfolded in the first block of Chatham Street, where Savannah Police officers were dispatched…

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Myyoung Lee - Duluth, Georgia
Death by Force

Myyoung Lee

Female, age 48 · Duluth, Georgia
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the winter of 2019, the quiet city of Duluth, Georgia, was shaken by a tragedy that unfolded at a local hair salon. Myyoung Lee, a 48-year-old woman and the owner of Edge Total Hair on Pleasant Hill Road, found her life cut short in a violent act. On the…

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Gregory Jennings - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Gregory Jennings

Male, age 23 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

Gregory A. Jennings, a 23-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on January 7, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the West Englewood neighborhood, a community that has seen its share of violence. Gregory was fatally shot in…

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Murray Hayes - Dolton, Illinois
Death by Force

Murray Hayes

Male, age 27 · Dolton, Illinois
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

Murray Hayes, a 27-year-old man, was tragically shot to death on January 7, 2019, in Dolton, Illinois. The incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. in the 1100 block of East 152nd Street. According to the Cook County medical examiner’s office, Hayes sustained…

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Gerald Sylvester - New-orleans, Louisiana
Death by Force

Gerald Sylvester

Male, age 17 · New-orleans, Louisiana
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

On a cold January evening in New Orleans, the life of 17-year-old Gerald Sylvester was tragically cut short. An African American male, Gerald was fatally shot on January 7, 2019, in the Little Woods neighborhood of New Orleans East. Remembered as a funny…

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Andrew Lamar Franks - Columbus, Ohio
Death by Force

Andrew Lamar Franks

Male, age 39 · Columbus, Ohio
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

On January 7, 2019, 39-year-old Andrew Lamar Franks, a Black male, was found unresponsive in his home on Kimberly Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. When Columbus Police officers arrived at the scene, they discovered Franks lying on the floor with an apparent gunshot…

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Efrain Gonzalez-Rivera - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Efrain Gonzalez-Rivera

Male, age 40 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 7, 2019, the quiet of a Kensington street in Philadelphia was shattered by a burst of violence that would leave two people dead and a third wounded. Inside a car with its engine still running, police discovered the bodies…

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Jeffrey Miller - Erie, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Jeffrey Miller

Male, age 51 · Erie, Pennsylvania
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

Jeffrey Miller, a 51-year-old male from Erie, PA, tragically lost his life on January 7, 2019. The circumstances surrounding his death were the result of a fatal shooting. The investigation into Jeffrey Miller's death led to the arrest of two suspects.…

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Stephanie Rann - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Stephanie Rann

Female, age 30 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

Stephanie Rann, a 30-year-old woman from Newark, was tragically killed on January 7, 2019, in Philadelphia, PA. She was found shot in the head inside a car on Ontario Street near F Street in the Kensington neighborhood. Alongside her, 40-year-old Efrain…

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Alicia Nicole Johnson - Memphis, Tennessee
Death by Force

Alicia Nicole Johnson

Female, age 29 · Memphis, Tennessee
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the city of Memphis, Tennessee, the life of 29-year-old Alicia Nicole Johnson, a Black female, was tragically cut short on January 7, 2019. The circumstances surrounding her death would soon reveal a heartbreaking story of familial violence, culminating in…

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Edward Blaylock - Tyler, Texas
Death by Force

Edward Blaylock

Male, age 51 · Tyler, Texas
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

Edward Blaylock, a 51-year-old man from Tyler, TX, was tragically shot and killed on January 7, 2019. The incident occurred at his home during an argument with his son, Tony Chase. The argument escalated, and Chase shot Blaylock seven times. Chase claimed he…

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Scott Treiber - San-antonio, Texas
Death by Force

Scott Treiber

Male, age 29 · San-antonio, Texas
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

Scott Treiber, a 29-year-old man from San Antonio, Texas, was tragically shot to death on January 7, 2019. He was found in the parking lot of the Castleridge Apartments on West Military Drive, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Despite extensive…

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Marcus Smith - Los Angeles, California
Death by Force

Marcus Smith

Male, age 48 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Jan 7, 2019 · 7 years ago

Marcus Smith was 48 years old when he died on Monday, January 7, 2019, in the Westlake neighborhood west of downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 811 Carondelet Street. His death was…

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Shawnee Tapia - Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Shawnee Tapia

Male, age 35 · Colorado Springs, Colorado
Killed Jan 7, 2018 · 8 years ago

On a cold Sunday in Colorado Springs, the life of Shawnee Antonio Tapia, a 35-year-old male, was brought to a tragic and violent end. The fatal encounter unfolded on January 7, 2018, in the unassuming parking lot of Astro Liquors. It was there that Tapia was…

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DeSean Daggs - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Death by Force

DeSean Daggs

Male, age 23 · Minneapolis, Minnesota
Killed Jan 7, 2018 · 8 years ago

On January 7, 2018, DeSean Daggs, a 23-year-old man from Minneapolis, MN, was tragically shot and killed in the Dinkytown neighborhood. The incident occurred around 2:13 a.m. on the 500 block of 12th Avenue Southeast. When police arrived at the scene, they…

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Daniel Mccartney - Spanaway, Washington
Death by Force

Daniel Mccartney

Male, age 34 · Spanaway, Washington
Killed Jan 7, 2018 · 8 years ago

On a cold January night in 2018, the life of 34-year-old Daniel McCartney, a Caucasian male, was tragically cut short. On January 7th, while on duty as a Pierce County Sheriff's Deputy, he responded to a 911 call about a home invasion in the Frederickson…

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Stephanie Curtis - Ellensburg, Washington
Death by Force

Stephanie Curtis

Female, age 34 · Ellensburg, Washington
Killed Jan 7, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the quiet, early morning hours of January 7, 2018, the life of Stephanie Curtis, a 34-year-old female, was tragically cut short in Ellensburg, Washington. Her body was discovered by law enforcement, and it was soon determined that she had died from two…

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Antwone J Berry - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Death by Force

Antwone J Berry

Male, age 33 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Killed Jan 7, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the cold of a Milwaukee winter, the search for Antwone J. Berry, a 33-year-old Black/African American male, came to a tragic end. Berry had been missing since Christmas Eve of 2017, last seen at the Dirty Dozen Clubhouse. His girlfriend reported him…

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Bernard Kennedy - Gulfport, Mississippi
Death by Force

Bernard Kennedy

Male, age 33 · Gulfport, Mississippi
Killed Jan 7, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the coastal city of Gulfport, Mississippi, a life was tragically cut short on the evening of January 7, 2018. Bernard Kennedy, a 33-year-old Black male, was fatally shot at an intersection in the city. The Harrison County Coroner, Gary Hargrove, later…

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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.