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Cateria Sharae Birchfield

Female, age 26 · Bessemer, Alabama

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a summer day in Bessemer, Alabama, the life of 26-year-old Cateria Sharae Birchfield was tragically cut short. On July 12, 2025, Birchfield was shot along 26th Street South in an incident that would soon become a homicide investigation. After being…

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Dekeith Whatley

Male, age 26 · Montgomery, Alabama

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

A wave of violence on a summer afternoon in Montgomery, Alabama, claimed the life of 26-year-old Dekeith Whatley, a Black male from Prattville. On July 12, 2025, Whatley was found with multiple gunshot wounds inside his car at a local barbershop on Upper…

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Malik Benson

Male, age 27 · Montgomery, Alabama

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the summer of 2025, a wave of violence shook Montgomery, Alabama, leaving families grieving and a community searching for answers. On the evening of July 12th, 27-year-old Malik Denzel Benson was tragically caught in this surge of violence, his life cut…

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Antonio Vargas

Male, age 20 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of a July weekend in Denver, the life of 20-year-old Antonio Vargas was tragically cut short. The young man, identified as a male, was fatally wounded in a shooting that unfolded in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The incident, which…

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Melinda Schoon Rose

Female, age 53 · Rifle, Colorado

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet town of Rifle, Colorado, a domestic tragedy unfolded, ending the life of 53-year-old Melinda Schoon Rose. The events of that day began with a call to the Garfield County Sheriff's Office regarding a domestic violence incident at the home she…

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Silverio Suniga

Male, age 19 · Aurora, Colorado

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In Aurora, Colorado, a 19-year-old male named Silverio Xauier Suniga was fatally shot and killed on the night of July 12, 2025. Known to friends and family as 'Silver,' he was a compassionate young man with a passion for helping others, working as a…

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Tiffany Montgomery

Female, age 38 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the summer of 2025, a domestic dispute in Southeast Washington, D.C. ended in a tragic loss of life. On the evening of July 12th, police responded to a call for a shooting at a residence on the 4600 block of G Street. Inside the home, they discovered the…

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Anthony Dopey Martinez

Male, age 15 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

Anthony “Dopey” Martinez, 15, male, Hispanic/Latino, was shot and killed on the night of July 12, 2025, in Los Angeles’ West Adams neighborhood. According to police, he was with a group near Washington and Rimpau boulevards around 10:45 p.m. when two people…

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James Tostevin

Male, age 80 · Pacoima, California

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

James Tostevin, 80, male, White/Caucasian, was found dead at his residence in the Pacoima area of Los Angeles on July 12, 2025. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner identified him by name and recorded that formal pronouncement of death was made that…

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Leana Margarita Perez

Female, age 23 · Bakersfield, California

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

Leana Margarita Perez, 23, a Hispanic / Latina woman from Bakersfield, California, was shot in the early morning darkness of July 12, 2025, at Heritage Park on Bernard Street near Mount Vernon Avenue. Officers responding around 1:25 a.m. found the wounded…

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Mitchell Lee Farley

Male, age 38 · Bakersfield, California

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

Mitchell Lee Farley, a white male, age 38, was found dead on the night of July 12, 2025, after deputies were called to the 800 block of Beardsley Avenue in Oildale, just north of Bakersfield. Responders initially arrived for a report of a man with trauma…

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Robert Bob Boyajian

Male, age 75 · Bass Lake, California

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

Robert “Bob” Boyajian, a 74-year-old White/Caucasian male, disappeared from his Bass Lake, California home on Saturday, July 12, 2025. When he missed a Monday appointment two days later, an employee requested a welfare check. Deputies found his truck…

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Jalavonta Funches

Male, age 31 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of August 4, 2017, a tense and ultimately fatal encounter unfolded inside a Marietta, Georgia, home. The incident resulted in the death of 27-year-old Kandre Funches. According to reports, a woman named Shaquita Green shot Funches…

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Israel Offett

Male, age 12 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a summer morning in Indianapolis, Indiana, the life of 12-year-old Israel Offett was tragically cut short. In the pre-dawn hours, he and his 24-year-old brother, Wayland Coe, were found inside a car, both having sustained gunshot wounds. The brothers were…

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Jordan Rose

Male, age 20 · Michigan City, Indiana

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of July 12, 2025, the life of 20-year-old Jordan Rose, a male from Michigan City, Indiana, was tragically cut short. The night had been volatile, with police dispersing a large and unruly crowd of around 400 people from Pullman Park…

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Wayland Coe

Male, age 24 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of a July Saturday in Indianapolis, the lives of two brothers were tragically cut short by gunfire. Twenty-four-year-old Wayland Coe and his 12-year-old brother, Izzy Offett, were found shot inside a car in a parking lot on West…

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Demingo Williams

Male, age 19 · North Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

Demingo Williams, a 19-year-old Black/African American man from North Chicago, Illinois, was fatally shot during the early morning hours of July 12, 2025, while he was inside a residence in the 2200 block of Kemble Avenue. At about 1:05 a.m., North Chicago…

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Jeffrey Hicks

Male, age 53 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jeffrey Hicks, 53, male, Black/African American, was killed on July 12, 2025, after an argument spilled onto the sidewalk outside a building in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. The confrontation unfolded in the 5600 block of West Division Street, where Hicks…

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Webstern Grant-Stovall

Male, age 35 · Springfield, Massachusetts

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a summer night in Springfield, Massachusetts, the life of 35-year-old Webstern Grant-Stovall was cut short by gunfire. In the late hours of Saturday, July 12, 2025, police responded to a report of a shooting at the intersection of Main Street and Arch…

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Deon Damien Thomas

Male, age 31 · Oxon Hill, Maryland

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a summer evening in Oxon Hill, Maryland, tragedy struck 31-year-old Deon Damien Thomas of Washington, D.C. On July 12, 2025, at approximately 8:20 p.m., Prince George's County police officers responded to a report of a shooting in the 5100 block of Indian…

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Randolph Smith

Male, age 56 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of July 13, 2025, the life of 56-year-old Randolph Smith, a Black male, was tragically cut short in a fatal shooting in Southwest Baltimore. Responding to the sound of gunfire around 1:30 a.m. in the 3900 block of Frederick Avenue…

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Levi Mobley

Male, age 34 · Port Gibson, Mississippi

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a Saturday afternoon in Port Gibson, Mississippi, the life of 34-year-old Levi Mobley Jr. was tragically cut short. On July 12, 2025, police responded to reports of gunfire in the 100 block of Woodstock Street at approximately 2:12 p.m.. Upon their…

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Dwayne Belfield

Male, age 41 · Queens, New York

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of a summer Saturday, the South Jamaica neighborhood of Queens was shattered by violence that claimed the life of 41-year-old Dwayne Belfield. On July 12, 2025, at approximately 8:12 a.m., Belfield was shot in the chest near the…

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Jahshyim Whitfield

Male, age 27 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a summer evening in Brooklyn, 27-year-old Jahshyim Whitfield, a Black male, was fatally shot while on his way to pick up his daughter from a beauty parlor. The incident occurred on Saturday, July 12, 2025, shortly before 9:30 p.m. outside the Lafayette…

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Devontae Hanson

Male, age 25 · Okmulgee, Oklahoma

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early hours of July 12, 2025, the community of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, was disturbed by gunfire. Just after midnight, officers from the Okmulgee Police Department and the Muscogee Nation Lighthorse Police responded to reports near the intersection of…

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Trevon Wise

Male, age 22 · Jacksonville, North Carolina

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

On July 12, 2025, 22-year-old Trevon Wise, a male from Jacksonville, North Carolina, was shot and rushed to Onslow Memorial Hospital, where he died from his injuries. Investigators determined the gunfire happened inside a vehicle near Huff Drive and Pine…

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Michael Maurice Freeman

Male, age 40 · Greenville, South Carolina

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of Saturday, July 12, 2025, the life of 40-year-old Michael Maurice Freeman was tragically cut short in Greenville, South Carolina. Authorities responded to a call around 2 a.m. about a gunshot heard near the Boulder Creek…

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Noah Taylor

Male, age 22 · La Vergne, Tennessee

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a Saturday morning, the 12th of July, 2025, 22-year-old Noah Taylor was driving to his job in Nashville, a routine journey that took a tragic and unexpected turn on Interstate 24 near Waldron Road in La Vergne, TN. In what has been described as a road rage…

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Jessica D Wooten

Female, age 40 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of July 12, 2025, a violent altercation in Chesterfield County, Virginia, ended the life of Jessica D. Wooten, a 40-year-old Black woman from Richmond. The incident occurred at approximately 2:53 a.m. at the Beechtree Townhomes…

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Antwan Tweezy Hogans

Male, age 52 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

Antwan “Tweezy” Hogans, a 52-year-old Black/African American man, was killed in a burst of gunfire outside ELMNT Lounge in downtown Milwaukee during the early morning hours of July 12, 2025. The shooting erupted shortly after midnight near 618 N. Water…

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Kevin Bubbs Lewis

Male, age 39 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

Kevin B. “Bubbs” Lewis, a 39-year-old Black man from Milwaukee, was fatally wounded in a burst of gunfire outside ELMNT Lounge in downtown Milwaukee during the early morning hours of July 12, 2025. Lewis was among five people struck when multiple shooters…

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Brian Kinney

Male, age 17 · Round Rock, Texas

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

Brian Kinney, 17, a Black/African American male from Round Rock, Texas, died on July 12, 2025, after gunfire erupted at the Bellwood Apartments on South A.W. Grimes Boulevard. Police were called just after 1 p.m. and found four people shot; two were taken to…

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Emiliano Quirino

Male, age 21 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

Emiliano Quirino, 21, a male from Houston, died in the early hours of July 12, 2025, after he was shot multiple times in the parking lot of a shopping center at 3820 South Gessner Road. Houston police officers responding around 1:25 a.m. found him…

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Samuel Mason

Male, age 18 · Round Rock, Texas

Killed Jul 12, 2025 · 1 year ago

On July 12, 2025, Samuel Mason, age 18, male, Black/African American, was killed in a burst of gunfire that shattered a quiet early afternoon at the Bellwood Apartments in Round Rock. What began as a meet-up between two groups for the sale of a firearm turned…

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Travis Haywood Calumpit

Male, age 37 · Parma, Idaho

Killed Jul 12, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a summer evening, in the quiet setting of Martin Landing campground near Parma, Idaho, the life of Travis Haywood Calumpit, a 37-year-old Caucasian male, came to a tragic end. On July 12, 2024, he was found deceased from a gunshot wound at the scenic spot…

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Kashmir Vaughn

Male, age 19 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Jul 12, 2024 · 2 years ago

On July 12, 2024, at about 2:18 a.m., Kashmir Vaughn, a 19-year-old Black / African American male from Phoenix, Arizona, was fatally shot during a confrontation at the Serafina at South Mountain apartment complex in the Ahwatukee area near 51st Street and…

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Matthew Clark Restelli

Male, age 42 · American Fork, Utah

Killed Jul 12, 2024 · 2 years ago

On July 12, 2024, Matthew Clark Restelli, a 42-year-old White/Caucasian male, was fatally shot in American Fork, Utah, in what authorities have described as a premeditated plot. Restelli had traveled from his home in California to Utah with the belief that he…

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Jaelin Scott

Male, age 30 · Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Killed Jul 12, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 12, 2024, the life of 30-year-old Jaelin Scott was tragically cut short in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Officers from the Pine Bluff Police Department were initially called to the area of 23rd Avenue and Hazel Street shortly before…

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Tekellaya Jackson Stewart

Female, age 41 · Columbus, Georgia

Killed Jul 12, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a summer evening in Columbus, Georgia, the life of 41-year-old Tekellaya Jackson Stewart came to a tragic and violent end. On July 12, 2024, law enforcement responded to a distressing 911 call from a residence in the 1100 block of Richland Drive, initially…

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Donzel Williams

Male, age 42 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 12, 2024 · 2 years ago

Donzel Williams, a 42-year-old resident of Chicago, Illinois, tragically lost his life to gun violence on July 12, 2024. The incident occurred in Chicago, adding to the city's ongoing struggle with firearm-related fatalities. Williams' untimely death serves…

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Guillermo Ramos

Male, age 31 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 12, 2024 · 2 years ago

Guillermo Ramos, a 31-year-old individual, lost his life due to gun violence on July 12, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in a city that has been plagued by high rates of gun violence. As of the current date, there is no available information…

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Otis Levert Keller

Male, age 36 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jul 12, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a summer evening in Indianapolis, tragedy struck in the 1200 block of Medford Avenue. On July 11, 2024, 36-year-old Otis Levert Keller, a Black/African American male, was found with a gunshot wound. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department responded…

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Asher Ethan HK Mendes

Male, age 20 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jul 12, 2024 · 2 years ago

A young Black/African American man's life was tragically cut short on the evening of July 12, 2024, in a park in Portland, Oregon. Asher Ethan HK Mendes, a 20-year-old male, was fatally shot at Sellwood Riverfront Park. Portland Police Bureau officers from…

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Deontre Lawrence

Male, age 29 · Wichita, Kansas

Killed Jul 12, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early evening of July 12, 2024, a burst of gunfire shattered the peace at the Southborough Estates in Wichita, Kansas, leaving a young man's life cut tragically short. Deontre Lawrence, a 29-year-old Black / African American male, was fatally wounded…

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Dennis Alex Davido

Male, age 52 · Toppenish, Washington

Killed Jul 12, 2024 · 2 years ago

Dennis Alex Davido, a 52-year-old resident of Toppenish, Washington, tragically lost his life on July 12, 2024, in a senseless act of violence. Born on June 27, 1972, in Everett, Washington, Dennis had faced challenges from an early age. At just 18 months…

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Xavier Lamont Machi Landry

Male, age 16 · Auburn, Washington

Killed Jul 12, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late hours of a Friday night, a confrontation between two groups in Auburn, Washington, turned deadly, claiming the life of 16-year-old Xavier Lamont Machi Landry, a Black/African American male. On July 12, 2024, at approximately 10:45 p.m., police…

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Shahid Omar Jr.

Male, age 24 · Upper-marlboro, Maryland

Killed Jul 12, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the night of July 12, 2024, Shahid Omar Jr., a 24-year-old male from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was fatally shot in an act of violence that cut his life short. The tragic incident unfolded in the parking lot of Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School, where a…

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Mekhi Forward

Male, age 18 · Flint, Michigan

Killed Jul 12, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the summer of 2024, the city of Flint, Michigan, was once again confronted with the tragedy of youth violence when 18-year-old Mekhi Lenn-Robert Forward, a young Black man, lost his life. On the evening of Friday, July 12th, what should have been an…

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