Deaths by Force on July 17

Deaths by Force (547)

Death by Force10th anniversary

Isis Allen

Female, age 6 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, a senseless act of violence tragically cut short the life of 6-year-old Isis Allen, a female child from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On the night of July 17, Isis was with her babysitter in the Knoxville neighborhood when she was struck in…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Atrayu Ramal Davis

Male, age 28 · Killeen, Texas

Killed Jul 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Atrayu Ramal Davis, a 28-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on July 17, 2016, in Killeen, Texas. The incident occurred during a violent altercation that resulted in a double homicide. On that fateful day, Killeen police responded to a…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Cortney Turrell Guy

Male, age 29 · Killeen, Texas

Killed Jul 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Cortney Turrell Guy, a 29-year-old male from Killeen, Texas, tragically lost his life on July 17, 2016. The incident occurred during a double shooting in Killeen, where Guy was found deceased in the parking lot of the Eastlake Shopping Center. According to…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Edward Long

Male, age 49 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jul 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

On July 17, 2016, Edward Long, a 49-year-old African American man, was fatally shot in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred during a drive-by shooting that left one person dead and three others wounded. Authorities indicated that the attack was gang-related…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Francisco Ortega Martinez

Male, age 35 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jul 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Francisco Ortega Martinez, a 35-year-old Hispanic male from Houston, Texas, tragically died on July 17, 2016. He was transported to Ben Taub General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Houston Police Department Homicide Division responded to a…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Rasheed Abdullah

Male, age 21 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the summer of 2011, a young man's life was cut short on a street in Southwest Baltimore. Rasheed Abdullah, a 21-year-old African-American male, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of Sunday, July 17, 2011. The incident occurred in the 1200 block of…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Rodtony Talley

Male, age 32 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jul 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

On July 17, 2011, authorities in Detroit, Michigan, were alerted to a violent incident on the city's east side. Law enforcement officers responded to the 13500 block of Greiner Street, a residential area, where they discovered the body of a 32-year-old Black…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Quincy Booker

Male, age 36 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Jul 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

On July 17, 2011, Quincy Booker, a 36-year-old Albuquerque resident, was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting near the intersection of Arno Avenue and Santa Fe Avenue Southeast. Witnesses reported that four men exited a blue 1990s Dodge Neon with turquoise…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Albert Silas

Male, age 22 · Houston, Texas

Found Jul 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

The fatal shooting of Albert Silas, 22, occurred in Houston, Texas, on July 17, 2011. Silas was found with gunshot wounds around 11 p.m. near the 5000 block of Ennis Street. Emergency responders pronounced him dead at the scene. The incident, which remains…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Cordell Robinson

Male, age 22 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Jul 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the early morning hours of a summer day in Milwaukee, the life of Cordell Robinson, a 22-year-old African-American male, was tragically cut short. On July 17, 2011, just after 2:15 a.m., Robinson was walking near 18th and Kerney Place after leaving a…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Mario Rodriguez

Male · North-highlands, California

Killed Jul 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

Mario Rodriguez, a resident of North Highlands, California, tragically lost his life on July 17, 2011. His death was the result of a violent incident that shocked the local community. Rodriguez was found dead under suspicious circumstances, leading to an…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

David Cox

Male · Greensboro, North Carolina

Found Jul 17, 2006 · 20 years ago

David Lynn Cox, a 52-year-old Greensboro resident, was shot and killed on July 17, 2006, during a robbery at a business on Randleman Road. Cox, who was working part-time, was a well-known and respected member of the community. He was also musically talented…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Daniel White

Male, age 21 · Bowman, Indiana

Killed Jul 17, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the summer of 2006, the life of 21-year-old Daniel Spencer White was tragically cut short in a remote cornfield in Bowman, Indiana. On the evening of July 17th, he, along with his 18-year-old brother Cameron, 18-year-old Keela Leigh Lynch, and 17-year-old…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Keela Leigh Lynch

Female, age 18 · Bowman, Indiana

Killed Jul 17, 2006 · 20 years ago

On the evening of July 17, 2006, a violent crime unfolded in a remote cornfield in Pike County, Indiana, near the small community of Bowman. Keela Leigh Lynch, an 18-year-old White female, was found deceased at the scene along with two other young victims…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Rebekah Danelle Bekah Acorn

Female, age 17 · Bowman, Indiana

Killed Jul 17, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the summer of 2006, the life of 17-year-old Rebekah Danelle 'Bekah' Acorn was tragically cut short. On July 17, in a cornfield in Bowman, Indiana, she was found slain alongside two others, 21-year-old Daniel Spencer White and 18-year-old Keela Leigh Lynch.…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Shannon Tessnear

Female, age 34 · Ellenboro, North Carolina

Killed Jul 17, 2006 · 20 years ago

On July 17, 2006, in Ellenboro, North Carolina, 34-year-old Shannon Michelle Ellis Tessnear, a Caucasian female, was fatally shot in her home. According to court records, the incident occurred during an argument between Shannon and her husband, whose name is…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Janneth Arriaga

Female · Inglewood, California

Killed Jul 17, 2001 · 25 years ago

The life of Janneth Arriaga ended almost before it had truly begun. Recorded as an infant of Hispanic ethnicity, she was less than a year old when she died in the South Bay city of Inglewood, California, on July 17, 2001. Rather than growing up amidst the…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Bryan E Haltom

Male, age 19 · Spencer, Indiana

Killed Jul 17, 1996 · 30 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 17, 1996, a simmering roadway dispute on a darkened stretch of U.S. 231 in Spencer, Indiana, ended in the tragic death of 19-year-old Bryan E. Haltom, a Caucasian male. Haltom and his friend, Trevor Powell, were heading…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Peter Aguirre

Male, age 26 · Ventura, California

Killed Jul 17, 1996 · 30 years ago

Peter John Aguirre Jr., a 26-year-old deputy sheriff with the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, tragically lost his life on July 17, 1996, while responding to a domestic disturbance call in the Ojai area of Ventura County, California. Aguirre, who had been…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Chris Mccormick

Male, age 33 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jul 17, 1996 · 30 years ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Faubourg St. John, New Orleans Police Officer Chris McCormick, a 33-year-old male, responded to what seemed like a routine prowler call on July 17, 1996. It was a call that would tragically end his six-year career with the…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Valerie Gail Meeks

Female, age 38 · Greeley, Colorado

Killed Jul 17, 1991 · 35 years ago

In the summer of 1991, a sense of unease settled over the Denver area as Valerie Gail Meeks, a 38-year-old Black woman, vanished without a trace. Valerie was last seen in Denver on June 30, 1991. Days turned into weeks with no word, prompting a missing person…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Glenda Morrisseau

Female, age 19 · Winnipeg, Manitoba

Killed Jul 17, 1991 · 35 years ago

Glenda Morrisseau was a 19-year-old Indigenous woman from Sagkeeng First Nation who was living with her mother and stepfather in Winnipeg and attending R.B. Russell School. In the early morning hours of July 17, 1991, she had been at the Stock Exchange Hotel…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Harry Biddington Hanson Jr.

Male, age 41 · Anchorage, Alaska

Killed Jul 17, 1986 · 40 years ago

In the dark hours of July 17, 1986, Anchorage felt the sudden shock of gunshots and sirens. Patrol Officer Harry Biddington Hanson, Jr.—a 41-year-old male K-9 officer with the Anchorage Police Department—moved toward the unfolding danger after a traffic stop…

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Death by Force115th anniversary

William Terry

Male, age 44 · Colville, Washington

Killed Jul 17, 1911 · 115 years ago

Online sources contain no information regarding the death of a White/Caucasian male named William Terry, age 44, in or around Colville, Washington, on July 17, 1911. Extensive searches of available online databases, historical newspaper archives, and…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Thomas Hill

Male, age 33 · Hammond, Indiana

Killed Jul 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a warm July night in 2021, Thomas Hill, a 33-year-old male from Chicago, Illinois, left a birthday party at the Up Your Alley entertainment venue in Schererville, Indiana, getting into a 2004 GMC van with a woman he knew as the lanes closed around…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Eduard Avetisyan

Male, age 35 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jul 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Eduard Avetisyan, a 35-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on July 17, 2021. The incident occurred at his residence in the Valley Glen neighborhood. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's office…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Kevin Villegas Melendez

Male, age 22 · Saint-joseph, Missouri

Killed Jul 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, a tragic event unfolded in Saint Joseph, Missouri, forever altering the lives of two families. On July 17th, 22-year-old Kevin Villegas Melendez and his companion, 25-year-old Raymond Gonzalez-Ortiz, were brutally killed in what law…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Raymond Gonzales Ortiz

Male, age 25 · Saint-joseph, Missouri

Killed Jul 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

On July 17, 2016, a violent double homicide shook the community of Saint Joseph, Missouri, claiming the life of 25-year-old Raymond Gonzales Ortiz. The Sunday morning shooting occurred on Safari Drive, where law enforcement officers arrived to find a grisly…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Michael Leon King Jr.

Male, age 30 · Springfield, Georgia

Killed Jul 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

A quiet Sunday evening in Springfield, Georgia, was shattered by violence that claimed the life of Michael Leon King Jr., a 30-year-old male resident of the community. On July 17, 2016, the Effingham County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of a shooting…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Keith Wallace Washington

Male, age 23 · Hartford, Connecticut

Killed Jul 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

On the evening of July 15, 2011, 23-year-old Keith Wallace Washington Jr., a male resident of Windsor, Connecticut, was on the front porch of a home at 67 Oakland Terrace in Hartford. At approximately 9:28 p.m., gunfire erupted, and Washington was struck in…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Alejandro Delval Bueno

Male, age 28 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 17, 2006 · 20 years ago

Alejandro Delval Bueno was 28 years old when he died on Monday, July 17, 2006, in Sylmar, in the northern San Fernando Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 14187 Oro Grande St. His death was ruled a…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Alfred Rowswell

Male, age 45 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 17, 1986 · 40 years ago

Alfred Rowswell, a 46-year-old Caucasian male, was tragically murdered on July 17, 1986, in Los Angeles, California. His death was the result of strangulation, and it occurred in his apartment in the LaFayette Park area. Rowswell had reportedly encountered…

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Death by Force105th anniversary

Charles Howell

Male, age 42 · Limestone, Alabama

Killed Jul 17, 1921 · 105 years ago

In the summer of 1921, on July 17th, a Prohibition Agent by the name of Charles Howell, a 42-year-old male, met an untimely and violent end in Limestone County, Alabama. His death came not in a bustling city or a notorious speakeasy, but in the rural…

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Charles Lee Burleson II

Male, age 43 · Tupelo, Mississippi

Killed Jul 17, 2026 · this year

Charles Lee Burleson II, a 43-year-old man from the Tupelo, Mississippi, area, died after being shot during a confrontation at a convenience store on Briar Ridge Road in Tupelo in July 2026. Authorities have not publicly identified his race or ethnicity in…

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Clinton Leroy Thornton Hill

Male, age 39 · Scranton, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 17, 2026 · this year

On a summer evening in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the life of 39-year-old Clinton Leroy Thornton Hill was tragically cut short. On July 17, 2026, in a home on the 300 block of North Hyde Park Avenue, Hill was fatally shot. Emergency services were called to the…

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Cody Applin

Male, age 53 · Colorado Springs, Colorado

Killed Jul 17, 2026 · this year

Cody Applin, a 53-year-old man, was found dead in southeast Colorado Springs, Colorado, in mid-July 2026 in a case that quickly shifted from a suspicious-death investigation to a homicide inquiry. Authorities have not publicly identified his race or…

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ELija Tanoy Richardson

Male, age 17 · Garland, Texas

Killed Jul 17, 2026 · this year

On a warm summer evening in Garland, Texas, the life of 17-year-old E'Lija Tanoy Richardson was tragically cut short by an act of gun violence. On July 17, 2026, just after 9 p.m., police responded to a call of a gunshot disturbance at an apartment complex…

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Emanuel Fitzgerald Lee

Male, age 64 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Jul 17, 2026 · this year

In the summer of 2026, a tragedy struck the city of Jackson, Mississippi, when a man's attempt to act as a good Samaritan ended in his untimely death. Emanuel Fitzgerald Lee, a 64-year-old man, was fatally shot on the evening of July 17, 2026. The incident…

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Gabriel Trujillo Garcia

Male, age 21 · Hope, Arkansas

Killed Jul 17, 2026 · this year

On a Friday night in Hope, Arkansas, the life of 21-year-old Gabriel Trujillo Garcia of Paris, Texas, was tragically cut short. On July 17, 2026, at approximately 10:45 p.m., officers from the Hope Police Department were dispatched to a residence in the 1000…

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Jason Ernesto Martinez Hernandez

Male, age 19 · Newport News, Virginia

Killed Jul 17, 2026 · this year

On the evening of Friday, July 17, 2026, police were called to the scene of a shooting on Teardrop Lane in Newport News, Virginia. At approximately 8:48 p.m., officers arrived to find two men who had been shot. One victim was discovered inside a vehicle…

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Lillan Bobadilla

Female, age 17 · Springdale, Arkansas

Killed Jul 17, 2026 · this year

A quiet Friday evening in Springdale, Arkansas, turned tragic on July 17, 2026, ending the life of 17-year-old Lillan Bobadilla. Around 9:30 p.m., officers were called to the 2300 block of Sunset Avenue after reports of a shooting. There, they found that…

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Mark Doran Kline

Male, age 45 · Kansas City, Kansas

Killed Jul 17, 2026 · this year

Mark Doran Kline, a 45-year-old man, was a beloved father, son, and friend in his community, known for his caring nature and the joy he found in spending time with his loved ones. He was an avid sports fan, always ready to cheer on his favorite teams. His…

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Vandee Hughes

Male, age 49 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jul 17, 2026 · this year

On a summer afternoon in Indianapolis, tragedy struck when 49-year-old Vandee Hughes was shot and killed. The incident occurred on Friday, July 17, 2026, in the 5300 block of Traditions Drive in Lawrence. Lawrence police officers responded to a report of a…

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Brian Lee Masterson

Male, age 52 · Empire, Alabama

Killed Jul 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the small community of Empire, Alabama, a beloved family man's life was cut short on a Thursday afternoon, sending ripples of shock and grief through those who knew him. Brian Lee Masterson, a 52-year-old Caucasian male from the nearby city of Jasper, died…

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Corey Lavel Tremble

Male, age 38 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Jul 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the summer of 2025, a burst of gunfire shattered the morning quiet in a Birmingham, Alabama neighborhood, leaving a family grieving and a community in shock. Corey Lavel Tremble, a 38-year-old man, was found shot in an alley in the Ensley community on…

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DeAndre Gooden

Male, age 18 · Jacksonville, Arkansas

Killed Jul 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

De’Andre Gooden, an 18-year-old Black male from Jacksonville, Arkansas, was fatally shot on the evening of July 17, 2025, during an incident at Dupree Park. Gooden’s full name was reported by his family as D’Andre Augustus Gooden. He had been born March 9…

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Tarell Rice

Male, age 19 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Jul 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of July 17, 2025, a sense of unease settled over a neighborhood in Little Rock, Arkansas, as police responded to reports of a shooting. In the 7700 block of Morris Drive, a grim discovery was made. Nineteen-year-old Tarell Rice Jr.…

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Cuiyun Fu

Female, age 54 · Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Killed Jul 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

Cuiyun Fu ran a small massage business on the second floor of a shopping plaza at 2700 West Oakland Park Boulevard, suite 20, where she was discovered on July 17, 2025, with a fatal gunshot wound. Deputies from the Broward Sheriff’s Office arrived around 2…

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