Deaths by Force on July 20

Deaths by Force (523)

Death by Force45th anniversary

Ronald Tracey

Male, age 29 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 20, 1981 · 45 years ago

On a warm summer evening, what began as a routine assignment for Officer Ronald L. Tracey of the Baltimore City Police Department ended in a sudden and tragic act of violence. The 29-year-old male officer was investigating a minor property damage accident at…

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Death by Force50th anniversary

Virginia Vangler

Female, age 68 · Whitehall, Ohio

Killed Jul 20, 1976 · 50 years ago

On July 20, 1976, 68-year-old Virginia Vangler was found dead in Whitehall, Ohio, under suspicious circumstances. Vangler had been staying at the Holiday Inn East, located at 4801 East Broad Street in Whitehall, for approximately four months prior to her…

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Death by Force60th anniversary

Curtis Prunty

Male, age 40 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jul 20, 1966 · 60 years ago

Curtis Hamilton Prunty Jr. was a 40-year-old man whose life came to an end on July 20, 1965. Born on March 19, 1925, Curtis lived through four decades of change, growth, and personal experiences that shaped him into the man he became. While details about his…

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Death by Force125th anniversary

Thomas Price

Male, age 42 · Monterey, Tennessee

Killed Jul 20, 1901 · 125 years ago

Thomas Price, a 42-year-old man, set out before dawn with a small band of revenue officers and local helpers into the rough country outside Monterey, Tennessee, hunting the hidden stills that had become a quiet industry in the hills. Near four o’clock on the…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Ezequiel Vittorio Van Schuerbeck

Male, age 19 · Paramount, California

Killed Jul 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

Ezequiel Vittorio Van Schuerbeck, a 19-year-old resident of Bellflower, California, tragically lost his life on July 20, 2021. Ezequiel was shot near 8217 Somerset Blvd. in Paramount, California. The incident was reported by the Los Angeles County Medical…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Ulysses Bugarin-Alcaraz

Male, age 29 · Florence, California

Killed Jul 20, 2021 · 5 years ago

Ulysses Bugarin-Alcaraz, a 29-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on July 20, 2021, in Florence, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Ulysses was shot near 5924 Woodlawn Ave. in Florence. The incident…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Binjeem Russell

Male, age 33 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Jul 20, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, the life of 33-year-old Binjeem Russell was tragically cut short in a senseless act of violence in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. On the early morning of July 20th, Russell was near Herbert Von King Park when…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Marvin Hayes

Male, age 22 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 20, 2011 · 15 years ago

Marvin Hayes, 22, was stabbed in the 800 block of North Gilmor Street and died of his injuries. The Baltimore Sun's homicide database records his death on Wednesday, July 20, 2011. The Baltimore Police Department investigated, and the Sun's database lists the…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Coby Joe Mcbee

Male, age 36 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 20, 2006 · 20 years ago

Coby Joe Mcbee was 36 years old when he died on Thursday, July 20, 2006, in Venice, on the Los Angeles coast. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at Ocean Front Walk and Dudley Avenue. His death was ruled a…

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Death by Force115th anniversary

Thomas E. Tyus

Male · Sapulpa, Oklahoma

Killed Jul 20, 1911 · 115 years ago

Thomas E. Tyus was a 42-year-old male deputy sheriff in Creek County, Oklahoma, working the Bristow area in the years when the young oil towns around Sapulpa were rough, busy, and often volatile. He had moved his family to Bristow around 1905, first going…

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Adam J. Wilwerding

Male, age 43 · Saint Paul, Minnesota

Killed Jul 20, 2026 · this year

On what began as a typical Monday afternoon in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the lives of three individuals were tragically cut short in a dispute over a parking space. Adam J. Wilwerding, a 43-year-old man from Oakdale, was among those killed on July 20, 2026…

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Claude Wayne Doc Holsclaw

Male, age 79 · Hickory, North Carolina

Killed Jul 20, 2026 · this year

In the summer of 2026, concern began to mount for 79-year-old Claude Wayne "Doc" Holsclaw, a longtime resident of Brookford, North Carolina. On the evening of July 16, officers from the Brookford Police Department responded to his home to conduct a welfare…

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Dena M. Silcox

Female, age 56 · Saint Paul, Minnesota

Killed Jul 20, 2026 · this year

On a summer afternoon in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the life of 56-year-old Dena M. Silcox was tragically cut short in a senseless act of violence. On July 20, 2026, Silcox, a dedicated employee at the Davern Park Apartments leasing office, was killed at her…

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Derrick Coleman

Male, age 32 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Jul 20, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of July 20, 2026, the life of 32-year-old Derrick Wayne Coleman Jr., a man from Houston, Texas, was tragically cut short in Shreveport, Louisiana. The incident, which marked another grim statistic in the city's homicide count, unfolded in…

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Dominic Rhames Sr.

Male, age 42 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 20, 2026 · this year

In the summer of 2026, tragedy struck a Baltimore family when 42-year-old Dominic Rhames Sr. was killed. A father of four and a respected Maryland Transit Administration supervisor, Rhames was fatally shot on the evening of July 20th. The incident unfolded in…

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Edgar Buitmea

Male, age 24 · Santa Monica, California

Killed Jul 20, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of July 20, 2026, a violent altercation in a parking lot near the iconic Santa Monica Pier tragically cut short the life of 24-year-old Edgar Buitmea. The incident, which occurred around 12:30 a.m. in the Lot 1 North parking area at 1550…

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Elijah Bernard

Male, age 25 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Jul 20, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of a summer morning in Denver, Colorado, the life of 25-year-old Elijah Bernard was tragically cut short. On July 20, 2026, a dispute that began earlier in the day at an event in Aurora escalated into deadly violence at the Ultra Lounge on…

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Mark Jhawntee Louis

Male, age 53 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Jul 20, 2026 · this year

Mark Jhawntee Louis, a 53-year-old man from Birmingham, Alabama, was killed in a late-night shooting on July 20, 2026, along Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest in west Birmingham. At approximately 10:42 p.m., Birmingham Police Department West Precinct officers were…

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Nansi G. Fuentes Zambrano

Female, age 25 · Saint Paul, Minnesota

Killed Jul 20, 2026 · this year

On a summer afternoon in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the life of 25-year-old Nansi G. Fuentes Zambrano was tragically cut short in a senseless act of violence. On July 20, 2026, Fuentes Zambrano and two of her colleagues, Dena M. Silcox, 56, and Adam J.…

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Paco M. Moore

Male, age 28 · Keansburg, New Jersey

Killed Jul 20, 2026 · this year

In the summer of 2026, a family outing in the small town of Keansburg, New Jersey, took a tragic turn, leaving a community in mourning and a family shattered. On the evening of July 20th, 28-year-old Paco M. Moore was enjoying a night out with his fiancée…

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Patrick Dominique Payne

Male, age 31 · Denham Springs, Louisiana

Killed Jul 20, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of July 20, 2026, the life of 31-year-old Patrick Dominique Payne was brought to an abrupt and violent end in Denham Springs, Louisiana. As he was leaving his residence at the Parc at Denham Springs apartment complex to head to…

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Richard Arnold Carrillo

Male, age 62 · San Antonio, Texas

Killed Jul 20, 2026 · this year

A what was meant to be a joyous birthday celebration turned into a scene of tragedy on the evening of July 20, 2026, in San Antonio, Texas, resulting in the deaths of a father and son, 62-year-old Richard Arnold Carrillo and 39-year-old Richard Arnold…

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Aquantis Kendarrel Thomas

Male, age 23 · Troy, Alabama

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a summer evening in Troy, Alabama, the life of 23-year-old Aquantis Kendarrel Thomas, a Black male, was tragically cut short in a violent sequence of events that left two men dead before the gunman took his own life. The incident began to unfold around…

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Christopher Stanford

Male, age 37 · Troy, Alabama

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a summer evening in Troy, Alabama, the life of Christopher C. Stanford, a 42-year-old male, was tragically cut short. On July 20, 2025, what began as another Sunday quickly devolved into a scene of violence that would leave a community shaken and multiple…

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Curtis Jerome Pruitt

Male, age 65 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the heart of a Birmingham, Alabama summer, Curtis Jerome Pruitt, a 65-year-old man, found his life abruptly ended. On a Sunday afternoon, July 20, 2025, Pruitt was seated in his SUV on Center Street North when he was fatally shot. The brazen act, occurring…

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Desanco Smith

Male, age 28 · Montgomery, Alabama

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the predawn hours of a Sunday morning in Montgomery, Alabama, the life of 28-year-old Desanco Smith was tragically cut short. On July 20, 2025, at approximately 1:40 a.m., law enforcement responded to a call on the 3200 block of Meadow Lane. There they…

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Reggie Mills

Male, age 43 · Los Angeles, Alabama

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

Reggie Mills, a 43-year-old Black man, died on July 20, 2025, after a shooting in Los Angeles County. The online record trail is sparse and frustratingly quiet, but the core facts are stark: he was taken to a hospital after being shot, and his death was later…

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Dvanthony Williams

Male, age 22 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

Dvanthony Williams, 22, a Black male, was found fatally shot in South Los Angeles on the morning of Sunday, July 20, 2025. Officers were dispatched around 6 a.m. to the 8500 block of South Hoover Street, near 85th Street in the Vermont Knolls area, after a…

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Ismael Hernandez

Male, age 35 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

Ismael Hernandez, 35, a Latino male, died on July 20, 2025, in Los Angeles after suffering gunshot wounds that the county medical examiner ruled a homicide. He was pronounced dead at a hospital on Sunday, and public records list his case under number…

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Jorge Iniguez Vallejo

Male, age 33 · Palmdale, California

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

Hispanic/Latino. In the predawn stillness of July 20, 2025, Jorge Iniguez Vallejo Jr., 33, a male, was shot after what authorities described as a confrontation in Palmdale, California. Deputies responded around 1:16–1:20 a.m. to the 4600 block of East Avenue…

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Steven Lowe

Male, age 60 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

Steven Lowe, 60, a Black male from Los Angeles, was found dead at his residence on July 20, 2025. The county medical examiner identified him and determined that he died from a gunshot wound to the head. The manner of death was ruled a suicide, with the formal…

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Vincent Dino

Male, age 82 · Palmdale, California

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

Vincent Dino, 82, a White/Caucasian male, died on July 20, 2025, at his home in Palmdale, California. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner identified him and determined his manner of death to be suicide, caused by a gunshot wound under the chin; formal…

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Luis Lopez

Male, age 15 · Morehead, Kentucky

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of July 20, 2025, a tragedy unfolded in a triplex on West Sun Street in Morehead, Kentucky, culminating in the death of 15-year-old Luis Jocsan Nanez Lopez. The male teenager, who was about to begin his sophomore year at Rowan…

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Camron Anthony Adams

Male, age 17 · Clinton, Maryland

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a Sunday morning, July 20, 2025, the life of 17-year-old Camron Anthony Adams of Clinton, Maryland, was tragically cut short. At approximately 11:20 a.m., law enforcement responded to a shooting on Killarney Street. Upon their arrival, they discovered the…

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Marvin Wells

Male, age 17 · Ponchatoula, Louisiana

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a summer afternoon in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, the quiet of the Lakeside Circle neighborhood was shattered by gunfire that claimed the life of 17-year-old Marvin Wells, a Black/African American male. On July 20, 2025, Wells was walking with another…

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Trakeyvan Dejay Handy

Male, age 26 · Lake Charles, Louisiana

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of July 20, 2025, the life of 26-year-old Trakeyvan Dejay Handy was tragically cut short by gun violence at the Lake Charles Event Center Seawall in Louisiana. A loving father to two young daughters, Handy was known for his big…

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Deandre Campbell

Male, age 36 · Lansing, Michigan

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

Deandre Campbell, a 36-year-old Black male, found his life tragically cut short in the early morning hours of July 20, 2025. He was attending a large memorial gathering in the 3800 block of Wilson Avenue on the south side of Lansing, Michigan, when gunfire…

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Darnell Hawkins Mapp

Male, age 19 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the predawn quiet of July 20, 2025, 19-year-old Darnell Hawkins Mapp, a male and Black/African American from St. Paul, was shot multiple times near the river's edge at North Mississippi Regional Park, by 5116 Mississippi Drive North in Minneapolis.…

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Steffon Jennings

Male, age 37 · Saint Paul, Minnesota

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a summer afternoon that also marked his 37th birthday, Steffon T. Jennings, a Black/African American male, was killed in a homeless encampment in Saint Paul, Minnesota. On July 20, 2025, police were called to the encampment on Maryland Avenue near Jackson…

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Aaron Williams

Male, age 18 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of Sunday, July 20, 2025, the life of 18-year-old Aaron Williams, a Black male, was tragically cut short in a shooting in Kansas City, Missouri. Just before 6 a.m., the Kansas City Police Department responded to calls of gunfire in…

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Byron Garrett

Male, age 35 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

On July 20, 2025, 35-year-old male Byron A. Garrett and his younger brother were fatally shot during an altercation at a convenience store in Kansas City, Missouri. The incident occurred in the afternoon at a gas station located near East Truman Road and…

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Taylor Garrett

Male, age 32 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

On July 20, 2025, the life of Taylor D. Garrett, a 32-year-old Black male from Kansas City, Missouri, came to a violent end during a Sunday afternoon disturbance at a local convenience store. The incident occurred around 1:15 p.m. at a gas station located…

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Jonni Salazar

Female, age 30 · Bethany, Oklahoma

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet morning hours of July 20, 2025, the life of 30-year-old Jonni Salazar was tragically cut short in what should have been the safety of her own vehicle. Bethany police responded to a 9-1-1 call shortly after 8 a.m. at the Western Oaks Apartment…

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Jalen Hudson

Male, age 21 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late morning of Sunday, July 20, 2025, the Portsmouth neighborhood of North Portland was shattered by the sound of gunfire. At approximately 11:04 a.m., officers from the North Precinct were dispatched to the 9300 block of North Newman Avenue following…

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Samir Tileek Register

Male, age 20 · Tar Heel, North Carolina

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

Samir Tileek Register, 20, male, Black/African American, left home for a summer weekend trail ride in rural Bladen County and never made it back. Just after midnight on July 20, 2025, as the Triple B Ranch event in Tar Heel swelled with more than a thousand…

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Shelby R. Williams

Female, age 34 · Rockford, Tennessee

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

Shelby Rae Williams, a 34-year-old female, passed away on July 20, 2025. She was a loving wife and a mother to four children. Described as the glue that held her family together, she was known for her patient and caring nature. Her life was tragically cut…

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Tremone Franklin

Male, age 15 · Chattanooga, Tennessee

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the life of 15-year-old Tremone Franklin was tragically cut short. On July 20, 2025, police responded to calls about gunfire near the 1700 block of Read Avenue and discovered the male…

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James Edward Sears Jr.

Male, age 52 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Jul 20, 2025 · 1 year ago

I have gathered comprehensive information from the initial searches. I have confirmation of James Edward Sears Jr.'s name, age gender the date location and cause of his death. The search results also detail the events leading to his death, including the car…

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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.