Deaths by Force on July 23

Deaths by Force (556)

Death by Force

James Haynes

Male · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Jul 23, 1968 · 58 years ago

On the night of July 23, 1968, during the Glenville shootout in Cleveland, Ohio, James Haynes, a 30-year-old African American male, was tragically killed. Employed full-time as a stock clerk at TRW, Haynes also served as the maintenance man and night watchman…

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Leroy Jones

Male, age 47 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Jul 23, 1968 · 58 years ago

On July 23, 1968, Lieutenant Leroy C. Jones, aged 47, was fatally shot during the Glenville Shootout in Cleveland, Ohio. The incident occurred when black nationalists led by Fred Evans ambushed police officers, resulting in the deaths of three officers and…

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Louis Golonka

Male, age 33 · Glenville, Ohio

Killed Jul 23, 1968 · 58 years ago

Patrolman Louis E. Golonka, aged 33, was a dedicated officer of the Cleveland Police Department. On July 23, 1968, during the Glenville Shootout, Golonka responded to a call about police officers being shot at. He and other officers pursued snipers into an…

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Willard J. Wolff

Male, age 30 · Glenville, Ohio

Killed Jul 23, 1968 · 58 years ago

Patrolman Willard J. Wolff, aged 30, was a dedicated officer of the Cleveland Division of Police, Ohio. On July 23, 1968, he tragically lost his life during the Glenville Riots, a violent series of confrontations that erupted in Cleveland's Glenville…

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Benjamin Cleveland Keith

Male, age 33 · Chatsworth, Georgia

Killed Jul 23, 1907 · 119 years ago

In the summer of 1907, the life of Murray County Sheriff Benjamin Cleveland Keith was cut short in a fatal encounter with a wanted fugitive. At the age of 33, the male sheriff was a respected lawman in the community of Chatsworth, Georgia. The incident that…

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Walter W. Stansbury

age 33 · Beaumont, Texas

Killed Jul 23, 1903 · 123 years ago

On July 23, 1903, Officer Walter W. Stansbury, aged 33, of the Beaumont Police Department in Texas, was shot and killed while responding to a domestic disturbance. The incident began when neighbors reported a disturbance at a residence around 11:00 a.m. When…

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Deion Byrd

Male, age 18 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jul 23, 2026 · this year

In the late hours of a Thursday night in July, the life of 18-year-old Deion Byrd was brought to a sudden and violent end. On July 23, 2026, a recent high school graduate with his future ahead of him, Byrd was in the 1000 block of South James Road in east…

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Jamil Wyatt

Male, age 16 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the Oxford Circle neighborhood of Philadelphia, a bright summer afternoon was shattered by a hail of gunfire that ended the life of 16-year-old Jamil Wyatt. On Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at approximately 4:04 p.m., the young Black male was walking to a store…

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Jeffrey Poor

Male, age 44 · Long Beach, California

Killed Jul 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

On July 23, 2024, a tragic shooting occurred in North Long Beach, California, claiming the life of 44-year-old Jeffrey Poorman. The incident took place at approximately 1:30 p.m. in the 5900 block of Lime Avenue, where multiple gunshots were reported.…

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Desmond Allante Nelson

Male, age 32 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jul 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early hours of a summer morning in Detroit, a dispute at a gas station tragically escalated, ending the life of 32-year-old Desmond Allante Nelson. The incident, which unfolded on Sunday, July 23, 2023, at a BP gas station on West McNichols Road…

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Darion Antangalo Antonio Jones

Male, age 22 · Chester, South Carolina

Killed Jul 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the summer of 2023, the life of 22-year-old Darion Antangalo Antonio Jones was cut tragically short in Chester, South Carolina. On Sunday, July 23, 2023, Jones was fatally shot in what authorities have described as an ambush. The incident occurred off…

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Angel Hacias

Male, age 15 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Jul 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

The Hispanic teenager Angel Macias, also referred to in some reports as Angel Hacias, was fifteen years old when his life was cut short following a violent incident in the summer of 2023. On the evening of July 23, a Sunday, officers from the Kansas City…

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Keisha Graff

Female, age 19 · Lamar, Colorado

Killed Jul 23, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the summer of 2022, a tragic event unfolded in the city of Lamar, Colorado, forever altering the lives of several families. On the afternoon of Saturday, July 23rd, violence erupted within the Lamar Apartments on Mullen Street. Inside one of the…

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Keith Cole

Male, age 55 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Jul 23, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the afternoon of July 23, 2022, police in Kansas City, Missouri, responded to reports of gunfire in the residential area near East 39th Street and South Benton Avenue. Upon arriving at the scene around 5:00 p.m., officers discovered a male victim lying…

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Jose Vera Garcia

Male, age 43 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 23, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of a summer Saturday, the residents of a Baltimore neighborhood were largely unaware of the tragedy that had unfolded on their streets. On July 23, 2022, at approximately 1:47 a.m., a call was placed to the Baltimore Police Department…

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Ratha Chhuk

Male, age 31 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jul 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

Ratha Chhuk, a 31-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on July 23, 2020. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Ratha Chhuk was fatally shot near East 52nd and Duarte streets in the…

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Jerry Scott

Male, age 82 · Alexandria, Virginia

Killed Jul 23, 2018 · 8 years ago

On a summer morning in Alexandria, Virginia, 82-year-old Jerry Scott was found dead in his home on East Reed Avenue. It was July 23, 2018, when police responded to a call and discovered Scott with trauma to his upper body; he was pronounced dead at the scene.…

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Luis A. Hernandez

Male, age 52 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Jul 23, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the summer of 2017, a man's life was tragically cut short on a street in Newark, New Jersey. Luis A. Hernandez, a 52-year-old male, was gunned down on July 23rd of that year. The shooting took place in the evening, leaving a community to grapple with the…

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Luis Garcia

Male, age 40 · Bronx, New York

Killed Jul 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a summer morning in the Bronx, 40-year-old Luis Garcia’s life was brought to an abrupt and violent end. It was around 8:40 a.m. on July 23, 2015, in the Melrose section of the borough, when a man approached Garcia from behind on Westchester Avenue, near…

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Kejon Atkins

Male, age 22 · Compton, California

Killed Jul 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

Kejon Wayne Atkins, a 22-year-old man from Compton, California, tragically lost his life after being shot on July 23, 2015. On that fateful morning, Atkins was standing on the sidewalk in the 1800 block of East 126th Street in Willowbrook when a gold-colored…

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Timothy Wilson

Male, age 49 · Oakland, California

Killed Jul 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

Timothy Wilson, aged 49, was tragically shot and killed on July 23, 2014, in East Oakland, California. The incident occurred in the 5900 block of East 17th Street at approximately 3:08 p.m. Responding officers found Wilson suffering from gunshot wounds, and…

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Carl Blackman

Male, age 32 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 23, 2013 · 13 years ago

On July 23, 2013, Carl L. Blackman, a 31-year-old male from Illinois, was among several individuals who lost their lives to violence in Chicago during the week spanning July 17 to July 23. The list of victims from that period includes Devonte Pearson…

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Reginald Jr. Williams

Male, age 32 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jul 23, 2012 · 14 years ago

On a summer day in Memphis, Tennessee, the life of 32-year-old Reginald Jr. Williams, a Black male, came to an end on July 23, 2012. Born on May 10, 1980, he was a resident of the city where he would ultimately meet his untimely death. The specific…

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Kevin Glen Polinskey

Male, age 29 · Lancaster, California

Killed Jul 23, 2009 · 17 years ago

Kevin Glen Polinskey was 29 years old when he died on Thursday, July 23, 2009, in Lancaster. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 1617 E. Avenue I. His death was ruled a homicide, and it…

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Alexander Gregory George

Male, age 55 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 23, 2005 · 21 years ago

Alexander Gregory George was 55 years old when he died on Saturday, July 23, 2005, in Adams-Normandie, a neighborhood in South Los Angeles near the University of Southern California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of…

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Stephon Walton

Male, age 19 · Chesapeake, Virginia

Killed Jul 23, 2000 · 26 years ago

In the summer of 2000, a young man's life was tragically cut short in Chesapeake, Virginia. On the night of July 23rd, 19-year-old Stephon Walton found himself at a local nightclub called City Lights, located at Bainbridge Boulevard and Portlock Road. It was…

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Clifford Miller

Male, age 22 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Jul 23, 1968 · 58 years ago

On the night of July 23, 1968, during the Glenville shootout and subsequent riots in Cleveland, Ohio, 22-year-old African American Clifford Miller was tragically killed. According to eyewitnesses, around midnight, two white men in an automobile shot at three…

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D.E. Tidwell

Male, age 39 · Russellville, Alabama

Killed Jul 23, 1929 · 97 years ago

On a summer evening in 1929, the quiet of Franklin County, Alabama, was shattered by a violent encounter that would ultimately claim the life of a dedicated lawman. Deputy Sheriff D. E. Tidwell, a 39-year-old officer with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office…

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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.