Deaths by Force on July 18

Deaths by Force (551)

Death by Force5th anniversary

John Calloway

Male, age 31 · Hallettsville, Texas

Killed Jul 18, 2021 · 5 years ago

John Calloway, a 31-year-old man from Hallettsville, Texas, was tragically shot and killed early Sunday morning, July 18, 2021, at a party in rural Lavaca County. The party, which had been posted on social media, attracted a large crowd and was held at the…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Robert Joe Frazier

Male, age 51 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jul 18, 2021 · 5 years ago

Robert Joe Frazier, a 51-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on July 18, 2021, in Dallas, Texas. The incident occurred in the 1200 block of East 9th Street, where he was identified by the Dallas County Medical Examiner's office. The…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Kent Raymond Jacobs

Male, age 65 · Gardena, California

Killed Jul 18, 2021 · 5 years ago

Kent Raymond Jacobs was 65 years old when he died on Sunday, July 18, 2021, in Gardena, a city in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma near 2201 W.…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Lawrence Henry Iii Juniel

Male, age 40 · Oakland, California

Found Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

On July 18, 2016, 40-year-old Lawrence Henry III Juniel was shot and killed in Oakland, California. The incident occurred amidst a period of heightened violence in the city, with many homicides involving disputes either between or within gangs, as well as…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Darrell Peden

Male, age 17 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

Darrell Peden, age 17, was tragically shot and killed on July 18, 2016, in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood. The incident took place in the 4400 block of West West End Avenue. Darrell was found lying in the street with gunshot wounds when officers…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Brandon Hansford

Male, age 29 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late hours of a Monday in Louisville, Kentucky, the life of 29-year-old Brandon Hansford was tragically cut short. On July 18, 2016, just after midnight, the male victim had dropped off a friend and was stopped at the intersection of Graston Avenue and…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Kent Franklin

Male, age 21 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, a young man's life was tragically cut short on the streets of New Orleans. Kent Franklin, a 21-year-old male, was killed by gunfire on Monday, July 18, 2016. The incident that claimed his life took place in the Milan neighborhood…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Shaun Stewart

Male, age 38 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

A summer night in East Baltimore turned deadly on July 18, 2016, ending the life of 38-year-old Shaun Stewart. At approximately 10:50 p.m., Stewart was standing near his residence in the 700 block of Mello Court when he was struck by gunfire. He was found…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Charles Edwarf Ervin

Male, age 83 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, the quiet life of an elderly Baltimore man came to a tragic and violent end. Charles Edward Ervin, an 83-year-old Black male, was found deceased in his home on July 18, 2016. The discovery was made by firefighters who were responding to…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Albert Lee Iii Pitt

Male, age 25 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, a violent feud between rival gangs in Baltimore would claim the life of Albert Lee Pittman III, a 25-year-old Black male. On the evening of July 18th, Pittman was shot in the 4800 block of Midline Road. He was rushed to Johns Hopkins…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Kathleen Ploutz

Female, age 62 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, the life of 62-year-old Caucasian female Kathleen Ploutz came to a tragic and violent end. On July 18, 2016, her body was discovered by National Park Service rangers in the scenic yet desolate landscape of the Lake Mead National…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Daniel Jr Lovato

Male, age 27 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

Daniel Lovato Jr., aged 27, was tragically murdered on July 18, 2016, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was found shot in an alleyway near 604 Kentucky Street SE. The circumstances surrounding his death remain unresolved, and no suspects have been publicly…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Breon Wills

Male, age 20 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the heat of a July afternoon in West Philadelphia, on July 18, 2016, the life of 20-year-old Breon Wills, a Black male also known as Shawn Allen, was tragically cut short. Around 2:30 p.m., on the unit block of North Paxon Street, gunfire shattered the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Frankie Mitchell

Male, age 20 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

Frankie Mitchell, a 20-year-old man, was tragically stabbed and killed on July 18, 2016, in Philadelphia. The incident took place on the 3200 block of Shelbourne Street. Philadelphia Police responded to the scene on East Allegheny Avenue around 2:00 p.m. and…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Dereck Lawton

Male, age 44 · Houston, Texas

Found Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

On July 16, 2016, Dereck Lawton, aged 44, was the victim of a fatal shooting in his Houston residence located in the 7800 block of Tierwester Street. The incident occurred around 11:30 p.m. when two unknown suspects forcibly entered his home. This violent…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Francisco Martinez

Male, age 35 · Houston, Texas

Found Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

On July 17, 2016, Francisco Ortega Martinez, a 35-year-old Hispanic male, was fatally shot in the driveway of his residence in southeast Houston, Texas. The incident occurred around 3:25 a.m. when Francisco Ortega Martinez and his girlfriend returned home to…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jermaine Smith

Male, age 34 · Wilmington, Delaware

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jermaine Smith, a 34-year-old Black man, was fatally shot on the afternoon of July 18, 2016, in Wilmington, Delaware. The violence unfolded in the 700 block of West Fifth Street, near the Hicks Anderson Community Center, an area that would ordinarily have…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Mikhal Dalove Bailey

Male, age 22 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 18, 2016, the life of 22-year-old Mikhal Dalove Bailey, a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short in Little Rock, Arkansas. Police responded to a call shortly after midnight about a motorcycle left in the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Michael Ealy Jr.

Male, age 30 · Aurora, Colorado

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, a life was tragically cut short in Aurora, Colorado. Michael Ealy Jr., a 30-year-old Black/African American man, was fatally shot on July 18, 2016. The incident that claimed his life unfolded near Havana Street, at 10782 E. Exposition…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Brandon Douglas Hansford

Male, age 29 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, the life of 29-year-old Brandon Douglas Hansford was cut short in Louisville, Kentucky, leaving a family searching for answers that have yet to come. On the night of July 18th, Hansford, a father and an assistant manager at AutoZone…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jovanni Sims

Male, age 29 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, a gathering of mourners outside a Milwaukee tavern turned into the scene of a fatal shooting that claimed the life of 29-year-old Jovanni Sims, a Black male. The incident occurred on the evening of July 18, 2016, outside of Elim's…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Danny Cherry

Male, age 34 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, a dispute over a video game console tragically escalated, leading to the death of Danny Keith Cherry in Jackson, Mississippi. On July 18th of that year, the 33-year-old Black male was shot in the face. Reports indicate the violent…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Addison Hollywood Shearin

Male, age 46 · Norfolk, Virginia

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, a grim discovery was made in Norfolk, Virginia's Lafayette Park. On the morning of July 18th, police responded to a call about an unknown problem in the 3500 block of Granby Street. There, they found 46-year-old Addison Hollywood…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Michael Brown

Male, age 52 · Charleston, South Carolina

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2014 in North Charleston, South Carolina, a family dispute over a car escalated into a tragedy that ended a young man's life. On July 26th, 19-year-old Michael Brown Jr., a male known to his loved ones as 'Mike Mike,' was fatally shot. The…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Anthony Victoriano Villahermosa

Male, age 32 · Inglewood, California

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

Anthony Victoriano Villahermosa, a 32-year-old resident of Inglewood, California, tragically lost his life on July 18, 2016. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Villahermosa was fatally shot, marking another instance of gun violence in the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Frank Moreno Brady

Male, age 35 · Garden-grove, California

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

Frank Moreno Brady, aged 35, tragically lost his life on July 18, 2016, in Garden Grove, California. The incident occurred in the parking lot of a business located at Harbor Boulevard and Trask Avenue. Brady was shot multiple times in the chest with a…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Sheric Anderson

Male, age 47 · Fort-lauderdale, Florida

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

Sheric Anderson, aged 47, tragically lost his life on July 18, 2016, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The incident occurred during a drug deal at the Fort Lauderdale Tri-Rail station. According to police reports, Anderson arrived at the station around 9:30 p.m.…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Darrell Thomas Peden

Male, age 17 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

Darrell Thomas Peden, a 17-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on July 18, 2016, in Chicago, IL. Darrell's death was a result of gun violence, a pervasive issue in the city. He was described by his high school teacher as a…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

HenryLee Varnado

Male, age 36 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, a single act of violence cut short the life of HenryLee Varnado, a 36-year-old man, in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans. On the evening of July 18th, officers from the New Orleans Police Department were called to a residence on…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Kevin David Powell

Male, age 21 · Durham, North Carolina

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

Kevin David Powell, a 21-year-old African American male, was tragically shot to death on July 18, 2016, in Durham, North Carolina. The incident occurred in the 1100 block of Linwood Avenue. The Durham Police Department launched an investigation into the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Mark Wells

Male, age 43 · Springfield, Ohio

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

Mark Allen Wells, a 43-year-old man from Springfield, Ohio, passed away unexpectedly on July 18, 2016. He was born on February 8, 1973, to the late Master Kim Wells and Guadalupe Wells in Urbana, Ohio. Mark was a family man with seven children and had…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

John Stowers

Male, age 56 · Madison, Tennessee

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, a quiet street in Madison, Tennessee, became the scene of a tragedy that cut short the life of 56-year-old John Stowers. On July 18th, a friend made a grim discovery on the porch of Stowers' mobile home on Queen Ann Drive, finding him…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Justin Tyler Davis

Male, age 21 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a summer evening in Memphis, Tennessee, the sounds of a basketball game at the Raleigh Community Center were tragically interrupted by gunfire. It was July 18, 2016, a day that would end in the death of 21-year-old Justin Tyler Davis, a Black/African…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Suzanne Perez

Female, age 52 · Newport, Tennessee

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

Suzanne Renee Perez, a 52-year-old White woman, was shot and killed on July 18, 2016, in Cocke County near Newport, Tennessee, a death that left a stunned pocket of East Tennessee trying to make sense of how quickly an argument could turn final. In the hours…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Alfred Matthews

Male, age 28 · Austin, Texas

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

Alfred Matthews, a 28-year-old male, was tragically shot and killed on July 18, 2016, in East Austin, Texas. Matthews was discovered on the ground with a gunshot wound at the Park Plaza apartment complex in the 6200 block of Loyola Lane. He was quickly…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Joyce Abramowitz

Female, age 82 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jul 18, 2016 · 10 years ago

Joyce Abramowitz, an 82-year-old woman, tragically lost her life on July 18, 2016, in Dallas, Texas. Her death was initially ruled as natural causes, but subsequent investigations revealed a far more sinister reality. Joyce, who was of Israeli descent, was…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Marcus London

Male, age 19 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 18, 2011 · 15 years ago

Marcus London, a 19-year-old from Chicago, was fatally shot on July 18, 2011. The homicide occurred on the sidewalk in the Washington Park neighborhood, an area that has been plagued by a history of violence. Washington Park, located on Chicago's South Side…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Anthony Patterson

Male, age 20 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 18, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the summer of 2011, amidst a wave of violence that gripped Philadelphia, a young man's life was cut short, leaving a family to mourn and a community on edge. Twenty-year-old Anthony Patterson, an African-American male, was discovered deceased on July 18…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Gary Schultz

Male · Apple Valley, California

Killed Jul 18, 2006 · 20 years ago

On July 18, 2006, Gary Schultz, aged 59, was tragically killed in Apple Valley, California, during an armed robbery at Frogee's Bar. Two masked gunmen entered the establishment, and during the robbery, one of the suspects shot and killed Schultz, who was a…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Daniel Bailey

Male, age 14 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jul 18, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the summer of 2024, a burst of gunfire shattered the evening calm in a Northeast Washington, D.C. neighborhood, leaving a young life extinguished. On the first of August, at approximately 7:51 p.m., police responded to reports of a shooting on Tuckerman…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Edwin Robles

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jul 18, 2006 · 20 years ago

On July 18, 2006, Edwin Robles, a 26-year-old resident of Columbus, Ohio, was tragically killed in a shooting. He sustained a fatal gunshot wound to the upper body at his residence on Kingsford Road in Columbus. Despite initial investigations by the Columbus…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Donald Keith West

Male, age 39 · Benson, North Carolina

Killed Jul 18, 2006 · 20 years ago

Donald Keith West, a 39-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity from Benson, NC, tragically died on July 18, 2006. He was the president and CEO of West-Tek Inc., a private police company based in Smithfield, NC. West had a long career in law enforcement, having…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Joseph Thomas

Male, age 31 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jul 18, 1996 · 30 years ago

A nine-year veteran of the New Orleans Police Department, Detective Joseph C. Thomas, a 31-year-old male, tragically lost his life in the line of duty. On July 18, 1996, he was part of a team executing a narcotics search warrant at a residence located at 1118…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Phillip Shelton

Male, age 26 · Mountain Home, Alabama

Killed Jul 18, 1991 · 35 years ago

In the summer of 1991, a sense of unease settled over the small community of Mountain Home, Alabama, when 26-year-old Phillip Shelton vanished without a trace. His father reported him missing on July 18th of that year, after several days had passed with no…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Carrie Moss

Female, age 14 · New Boston, New Hampshire

Killed Jul 18, 1991 · 35 years ago

In the summer of 1989, fourteen-year-old Carrie Moss, a Caucasian female, was living in the small town of New Boston, New Hampshire. On July 25th, she told her family she was heading to nearby Goffstown to meet up with some friends. It was the last time they…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Ronald White

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jul 18, 1986 · 40 years ago

On July 18, 1986, Ronald White, aged 43, was found dead at 304 W. Mound Street in Columbus, Ohio. The details surrounding his death are unclear, and the cause has been categorized as undetermined. The Columbus Police Department investigated the incident, but…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

William Joe Kennedy

Male, age 71 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Jul 18, 1981 · 45 years ago

On a summer day in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the life of William Joe Kennedy, a 71-year-old man, was brought to a tragic and violent end. On July 18, 1981, authorities were called to his residence at 415 S. Quebec, where they discovered his house engulfed in flames.…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Michael Lee Miller

Male, age 73 · Coarsegold, California

Killed Jul 18, 2021 · 5 years ago

Michael Lee Miller, aged 73, passed away on July 18, 2021, in his home in Coarsegold, California. His death was the result of a tragic incident that occurred late in the morning. Michael was known for his love of four-wheeling and fishing, and he was…

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