Death by Force

James Lett Jr

Male, age 12 · Tampa, Florida

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 8, 2023, 12-year-old James Lett Jr. was fatally shot while hanging out with friends at a home on the 2600 block of East 111th Avenue in Tampa, Florida. The incident occurred after James had spent the previous day visiting various family members, a…

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Nicolshia Washington

Female, age 25 · Clearwater, Florida

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

Nicolshia Washington, a 25-year-old resident of Clearwater, Florida, tragically lost her life on January 8, 2023. The incident has been the subject of significant investigation and public interest. According to reports, Nicolshia Washington's death was linked…

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Megan Frix

Female, age 26 · Cumming, Georgia

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

In Cumming, Georgia, a heartbreaking story unfolded in January 2023, culminating in the death of 26-year-old Megan Frix. A young woman with autism, Megan was known for the joy she brought to those who knew her. Her life was tragically cut short on January 8…

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Montrez McAlister

Male, age 33 · Fairburn, Georgia

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early hours of January 8, 2023, the life of 33-year-old Montrez De'Leon McAlister was tragically cut short. A Black male and resident of Fairburn, Georgia, McAlister was a son and a father. On that fateful morning, just before 2 a.m., he was seated at…

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Kade Riley Nichol

Male, age 27 · Prineville, Oregon

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

On a tragic Sunday afternoon, January 8, 2023, the life of Kade Riley Nichol, a 27-year-old White male from Prineville, Oregon, was cut short. The fatal encounter occurred at the Wild Horse Mesa Apartments, where Nichol was shot and killed. At the time, he…

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Paulette M. Ray

Female, age 63 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the quiet hours of a Sunday morning in Louisville, Kentucky, tragedy struck the Taylor Berry neighborhood, leaving a community in shock and a family grieving an immeasurable loss. Paulette M. Ray, a 63-year-old Caucasian female, was found shot to death on…

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Shawn Carter

Male, age 45 · Topeka, Kansas

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the winter of 2023, the life of Shawn Elmer Carter, a 45-year-old Black/African American man from Topeka, Kansas, was tragically cut short. On Sunday, January 8, 2023, Carter, affectionately known as "Heavy," was killed in a shooting, his death ruled a…

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Ashleigh Louise Figearo

Female, age 37 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, a 37-year-old Caucasian female named Ashleigh Louise Figearo was tragically killed on January 8, 2023. A mother of three, Figearo was discovered by her neighbors inside her home in the 200 block of North 17th Street. She had…

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Ezjehn Frank Leonte Moss

Male, age 22 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

Ezjehn Frank Leonte Moss, a 22-year-old Black male from Cleveland, Ohio, died on January 8, 2023, leaving behind a family that remembered him as “Frank,” an outgoing presence with an easy smile and a deep devotion to the people he loved. That Sunday…

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Neimah Jones

Female, age 20 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

On a cold winter day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the life of a young woman was tragically cut short. Neimah Jones, a 20-year-old Black female, was killed on Sunday, January 8, 2023, in the Walker's Point neighborhood. Her death marked the third homicide in the…

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Rigoberto De La Torre

Male, age 20 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

On a Sunday afternoon in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the life of 20-year-old Hispanic male Rigoberto De La Torre III was cut short by gun violence. On January 8, 2023, at approximately 1:39 p.m., police responded to reports of a shooting in the 3800 block of West…

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Ryleek Miles

Male, age 19 · Tupelo, Mississippi

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the quiet community of Shannon, Mississippi, the life of 19-year-old Ryleek Miles was tragically cut short on January 8, 2023. A male victim of gun violence, he was fatally shot in the nearby town of Verona and succumbed to his injuries at the North…

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Tony Michael Smoot

Male, age 30 · Florence, South Carolina

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the quiet city of Florence, South Carolina, the life of 30-year-old Tony Michael Smoot, a male, was tragically cut short in early January 2023. Remembered as a motivational speaker for the youth, Smoot's death on January 8, 2023, was the result of gun…

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Javonte Martin

Male, age 29 · Portsmouth, Virginia

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 8, 2023, the life of 29-year-old Javonte Martin, a Black male from Portsmouth, Virginia, was tragically cut short. The fatal incident unfolded shortly before 3:45 a.m. in the 2900 block of Elm Avenue. Responding to…

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Michael Douglas Hancock

Male, age 64 · Roanoke, Virginia

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the winter of 2023, the life of 64-year-old Michael Douglas Hancock, a Black male, was tragically cut short in what would become the first homicide of the year in Roanoke, Virginia. On the evening of January 8th, police were called to a residence in the…

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Amir Moore

Male, age 16 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the winter of 2023, the life of a Kansas City teenager was tragically cut short. On the evening of January 8th, 16-year-old Amir Moore, a Black/African American male, was fatally wounded in a shooting. The incident that led to his death is believed to have…

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Charles Leavell Martin

Male, age 46 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 8, 2023, police in Kansas City, Missouri, responded to a reported shooting in the 2000 block of East 73rd Street shortly before 1:00 a.m. Upon arrival, officers discovered two victims unresponsive in the front yard of a residence. One of the…

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Thomas Russell

Male, age 29 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the Baden neighborhood of St. Louis, a grim discovery was made on a Sunday morning. Thomas Russell, a 29-year-old Caucasian male, was found lifeless on the kitchen floor of a home in the 1200 block of Sells Avenue on January 8, 2023. He had been shot…

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Julien Wright

Male, age 20 · Fayetteville, North Carolina

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 8, 2023, at approximately 1:30 p.m., officers from the Fayetteville Police Department responded to a reported shooting at a residence in the 3500 block of Nutmeg Place. Upon arrival, they discovered 20-year-old Julien Amir Wright inside the home…

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Hector Rafael Burgos-Torres

Male, age 35 · Mountville, Pennsylvania

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 8, 2023, 35-year-old Hector Rafael Burgos-Torres was fatally shot at the Lincoln West Apartments in Mountville, Pennsylvania. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. when West Hempfield Township police responded to a reported burglary in progress. Upon…

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Taurus Oglesby

Male, age 18 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

Taurus Tremain Oglesby Jr., an 18-year-old male, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of Sunday, January 8, 2023, at a short-term rental townhome located at 738 Douglas Avenue in Nashville, Tennessee. Oglesby was present at the location to attend a…

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Jaevion Tasby

Male, age 30 · Long-beach, California

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 8, 2023, at approximately 9:54 a.m., Long Beach Police Department officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 900 block of Daisy Avenue, near Drake Park. Upon arrival, they discovered 30-year-old Long Beach resident Jaevion Tasby suffering…

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Juan Viveros

Male, age 15 · Dinuba, California

Killed Jan 8, 2023 · 3 years ago

On January 8, 2023, at approximately 4:30 p.m., 15-year-old Juan Viveros was fatally shot at Dickey Park in Dinuba, California. Upon arrival, officers found Viveros deceased at the scene. Two other minors were also injured in the incident; one sustained…

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John Taylor-Wilson

Male, age 20 · Maytown, Alabama

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a cold January morning in 2022, the body of 20-year-old John Christopher Taylor-Wilson, a male from the Maytown community, was discovered on the side of the road in a grassy area off of Eastern Valley Road at the entrance to a subdivision in the Bessemer…

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Ed Franklin Harris

Male, age 49 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a winter evening in Birmingham, Alabama, the life of 49-year-old Ed Franklin Harris was abruptly ended by gunfire. On January 8, 2022, Harris was in the 1600 block of Matt Leonard Drive SW when he was fatally shot. When first responders arrived at the…

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Yasmine Wright

Female, age 16 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the evening of January 8, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama, 16-year-old Black / African American Yasmine Wright was excitedly talking with her mother as they drove home. The tenth-grader at Wenonah High School had just finished her shift at the Birmingham Zoo…

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Markland Morgan

Male, age 20 · Anchorage, Alaska

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

Black/African American male, age 20, Markland William Randell Morgan left home for a Saturday evening that should have been ordinary and ended at a gym parking lot on Anchorage's East Tudor Road. Shortly after 7:20 p.m. on January 8, 2022, police were called…

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John Christopher Taylor Wilson

Male, age 20 · Bessemer, Alabama

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early winter of 2022, the life of 20-year-old John Christopher Taylor Wilson was tragically cut short by gun violence in Bessemer, Alabama. On Saturday, January 8, 2022, his body was discovered abandoned on a roadside in western Jefferson County…

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Kiaris Avant

Male, age 30 · Omaha, Nebraska

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

Kiaris Avant, 30, a Black male, was found inside a vehicle with gunshot wounds in the parking lot outside a liquor store at 5522 South 30th Street in South Omaha on the evening of Saturday, January 8, 2022. Officers were called just after 8 p.m., and medics…

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Jadon Shackelford

Male, age 21 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the winter of 2022, the life of 21-year-old Jadon Shackelford was tragically cut short in Little Rock, Arkansas. On the evening of Saturday, January 8th, a friend picked Jadon up from his family's home and they went to Merriweather Park, a place meant for…

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Courtney Lamont Harris

Male, age 18 · Waterloo, Iowa

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the night of Saturday, January 8, 2022, a sense of dread pierced the air in Waterloo, Iowa. At approximately 9:57 PM, the urgent tones of a 9-1-1 call reporting a shooting in progress broke the evening's calm, directing law enforcement to 508 Broadway…

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Carver Anthony Smith

Male, age 12 · Larned, Kansas

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a cold January evening in Larned, Kansas, the life of 12-year-old Carver Anthony Smith, a White male, was tragically cut short. On January 8, 2022, law enforcement was called to a home on Park Street after a passerby made a grim discovery. Inside the…

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Shala Smith

Female, age 44 · Larned, Kansas

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the quiet town of Larned, Kansas, the life of 44-year-old Shala Michelle Smith was tragically cut short on January 8, 2022. A longtime resident of the area and a dedicated Corrections Counselor II at the Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility, Shala…

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Angelo Roch Morehead

Male, age 23 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a cold January evening in 2022, the life of 23-year-old Angelo Roch Morehead was tragically cut short in what became the first homicide of the new year in Minneapolis. The young man from West St. Paul was found lying in the street on the 4200 block of 11th…

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Cameron Alexander Seay

Male, age 21 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

In Louisville, Kentucky, a 21-year-old Caucasian male named Cameron Alexander Seay was known by loved ones as a loving father and a great brother with a big heart. A fan of the Kentucky Wildcats and New York Yankees, he had a passion for sports, video games…

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Alex Spencer

Male, age 32 · West-liberty, Kentucky

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the small community of West Liberty, Kentucky, the life of 32-year-old Alex Spencer, a dedicated husband, father, and a new deputy with the Morgan County Sheriff's Department, was cut short in what was described as a tragic accident on Saturday, January 8…

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Ernest Ernie Knox

Male, age 36 · La Crosse, Wisconsin

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the cold morning of January 8, 2022, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, the life of 36-year-old Ernest Ernie Knox, a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short. At approximately 2:27 a.m., law enforcement officers responded to a call on the 700 block of…

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Joseph Sinclair Brown

Male, age 42 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

Joseph Sinclair Brown, a 42-year-old Black male from Jackson, Mississippi, died from gun violence on January 8, 2022. In the wake of his death, a complex and dual narrative of his life emerged, painting a picture of a man remembered fondly by his family while…

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Jamaal Eric Bright

Male, age 36 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the night of January 8, 2022, the life of 36-year-old Jamaal Eric Bright, a Black male from Richmond, Virginia, was tragically cut short. Just after 11 p.m., Henrico 9-1-1 started receiving calls reporting shots fired in the vicinity of Byron Street and…

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Jamal Lewis

Male, age 17 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 8, 2022, the life of 17-year-old Jamal Lewis was tragically cut short on the near northwest side of Indianapolis. Just before 1 a.m., police were called to the 3100 block of Bonham Drive, a residential street not far from…

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Bobby Warthaw Jr.

Male, age 34 · North-charleston, South Carolina

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 8, 2022, a tragedy unfolded at a gas station on Dorchester Road in North Charleston, South Carolina, that cut short the life of 34-year-old Bobby Warthaw Jr. Responding to a call about a possible shooting at approximately…

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Thomas Bostick

Male, age 25 · Florence, South Carolina

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early morning hours of January 8, 2022, the life of 25-year-old Thomas Bostick was tragically cut short in a fatal shooting on East Pine Street in Florence, South Carolina. Bostick, a Black male, was discovered in the road by officers from the Florence…

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Bilal Shaheed Harris

Male, age 32 · Myrtle-beach, South Carolina

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

In a tragic turn of events that began on a winter evening, Bilal Shaheed Harris, a 32-year-old Black or African American man, was shot multiple times near the intersection of Grey Street and Mr. Joe White Avenue in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on January 5…

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Deonte Blick

Male, age 22 · Pikesville, Maryland

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Pikesville, Maryland, the evening of January 8, 2022, was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 22-year-old Deonte Blick. Just before 8:45 p.m., the sound of gunfire echoed from an apartment on the 4600 block of…

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Alejandro Garcia

Male, age 41 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

Alejandro Garcia, a 41-year-old Latino man, was a devoted father and husband who worked two jobs at Taco Bell restaurants to support his family. Born in Cuernavaca, Mexico, he had come to the United States nearly two decades earlier. His family described him…

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Mando Mora

Male, age 37 · San-bernardino, California

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

Mando Mora, a 37-year-old resident of Muscoy, San Bernardino, California, was tragically found shot to death on January 8, 2022. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, around 12:27 a.m., when sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of…

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Mayra Barajas

Female, age 40 · Fresno, California

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

Mayra Barajas, a 40-year-old woman from Fresno, California, tragically lost her life on January 8, 2022. Her death marked the first homicide of the year in Fresno. Barajas was found unresponsive on the side of the road near Olive and Marks Avenues around 2:30…

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Tioni Theus

Female, age 16 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jan 8, 2022 · 4 years ago

Tioni Theus, a 16-year-old girl from Los Angeles, was tragically found dead on January 8, 2022. Her body was discovered on the side of the 110 Freeway near the Manchester Avenue on-ramp in South Los Angeles. Tioni had been shot in the neck, and her body was…

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