Death by Force

Duvan Betancourth-Gonzalez

Male, age 34 · Austin, Texas

Killed Jul 3, 2022 · 4 years ago

On July 3, 2022, 34-year-old Duvan Betancourth-Gonzalez, a male of Hispanic ethnicity, was found dead in his car near Interstate 35 in Central Austin, Texas. The Austin Police Department received a call from Betancourth-Gonzalez around 10:20 p.m., stating…

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Kawayne Tyson

Male, age 29 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jul 3, 2022 · 4 years ago

Kawayne Tyson, a 29-year-old male from Houston, Texas, tragically lost his life on July 3, 2022. He was shot in his car and subsequently robbed while on his way to purchase fireworks for the upcoming 4th of July celebration. Kawayne left behind a loving…

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Khamaya Donelson

Female, age 5 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jul 3, 2022 · 4 years ago

On July 3, 2022, Khamaya Dior Donelson, a 5-year-old girl of African American ethnicity from Houston, Texas, tragically lost her life in a drive-by shooting. She was riding with her mother, Kristena Watters, and her 9-year-old brother, Khamani Watters, when…

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Royta Giles Jr

Male, age 8 · Hoover, Alabama

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a summer afternoon, the life of 8-year-old Royta Giles Jr., a male, was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire at the Riverchase Galleria in Hoover, Alabama. The boy, who was looking forward to starting the third grade, was shopping with his family for…

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Robert Ezell Smith

Male, age 27 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a summer afternoon in Birmingham, Alabama, a dispute tragically cut short the life of Robert Ezell Smith, a 27-year-old Black man. The fatal encounter unfolded on Friday, July 3, 2020, at approximately 1:36 p.m. in the vicinity of 47th Street and 9th…

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Joseph Benjamin Toki

Male, age 35 · Scottsdale, Arizona

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 3, 2020, Joseph Benjamin Toki, a 35-year-old male, tragically lost his life during an armed robbery at a Circle K convenience store in Scottsdale, Arizona. The incident was part of a violent crime spree that had begun…

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Davie Harmon

Male, age 21 · Worcester, Massachusetts

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early hours of July 3, 2020, Davie Harmon, a 21-year-old Black/African American man, was fatally shot near a basketball court at the Lakeside Apartments in Worcester, Massachusetts. The incident, which occurred at approximately 1:20 a.m., also resulted…

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Jordyn Simmons

Female, age 20 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a warm evening just before the Fourth of July, a burst of violence shattered the night in Southeast Washington, D.C., claiming the life of 20-year-old Jordyn Simmons. A resident of Hyattsville, Maryland, she was a young woman whose life was just beginning…

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James Bannister

Male, age 24 · Dawson-springs, Kentucky

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

On the evening of July 3, 2020, a violent encounter in Caldwell County, Kentucky, abruptly ended the life of 24-year-old James Bannister of Eddyville. The incident unfolded in the 100 block of Wood Lane, where Bannister was shot with a handgun at…

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Coner Noel Kyle

Female, age 26 · Baldwyn, Mississippi

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 3, 2020, the life of 26-year-old Coner Noel Kyle was tragically cut short in Baldwyn, Mississippi. Kyle, a White female, was found deceased from a gunshot wound at Adams Auto Sales on South 4th Street. The shooting occurred…

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Cordaryl Weathersby

Male, age 26 · Biloxi, Mississippi

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a summer afternoon in Biloxi, Mississippi, the life of 26-year-old Cordaryl Weathersby of Pascagoula was tragically cut short. On July 3, 2020, Weathersby, a male, was found deceased in the east parking lot of the Super 8 motel located on U.S. 90. The…

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Deja Monet Madison

Female, age 24 · Muskegon, Michigan

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 3, 2020, the life of 24-year-old Deja Monet Madison, a female from Muskegon, Michigan, was tragically cut short. She was discovered in her car at the East Park Manor apartment complex, having been fatally shot. The events…

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Anthony Young

Male, age 37 · Irvington, New Jersey

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

On the summer evening of July 2, 2020, a burst of gunfire shattered the night at the intersection of 18th Avenue and 21st Street in Irvington, New Jersey. When the noise subsided, Anthony E. Young, a 37-year-old Black male from nearby Newark, was found shot.…

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Laquan T. Nowlin

Male, age 32 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

Laquan T. Nowlin, a 32-year-old Black male from East Orange, New Jersey, found his life cut tragically short on the evening of July 3, 2020. Nowlin, who served as a juvenile detention officer at the Essex County Youth Detention Center, was in Newark's West…

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Jeremiah Parker

Male, age 19 · South-bend, Indiana

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

On the evening of July 3, 2020, Jeremiah Roosevelt Parker, a 19-year-old male from South Bend, Indiana, was fatally shot. Known to his loved ones as 'JaJa,' he was a 2019 graduate of Riley High School and was working at Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen at the time…

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Bander Abdel-Majed

Male, age 18 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

Bander Abdel-Majed, an 18-year-old white male, was fatally shot on the afternoon of July 3, 2020, in St. Louis, Missouri. A recent graduate of Parkway South High School, he had ambitions of attending college. Known for his joyful and funny personality, he was…

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Demetrius Simpson

Male, age 41 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the summer of 2020, a life was tragically cut short in Saint-Louis, Missouri. Demetrius Simpson, a 41-year-old male, became a victim of the gun violence that has plagued many American cities. On the third of July, in the suburb of Jennings, Simpson was…

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Kevon Watson

Male, age 17 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the midst of a violent Fourth of July weekend in Saint-Louis, Missouri, in 2020, a young life was tragically cut short. Kevon Watson, a 17-year-old male, was fatally shot on the evening of Friday, July 3rd. The incident was one of several deadly shootings…

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Steven Joseph

Male, age 25 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

On Friday, July 3, 2020, violence erupted inside the Quick Stop Market located at 4475 Natural Bridge Road in North St. Louis, Missouri. Steven Joseph Jr., a 25-year-old male, was inside the business shortly after noon when the shooting occurred. Officers…

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Acacio Carro

Male, age 45 · Goose-creek, South Carolina

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

On the evening of July 3, 2020, a violent series of events unfolded in the Oakside Mobile Home Park in Goose Creek, South Carolina, resulting in a triple homicide. Acacio Carro, a 45-year-old White male, was one of three victims who lost their lives during an…

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Anthony Antoine Douglas Smith

Male, age 40 · Bennettsville, South Carolina

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the summer of 2020, the life of Anthony Antoine Douglas Smith, a 40-year-old Black man, was tragically cut short in Bennettsville, South Carolina. On the evening of July 3rd, deputies from the Marlboro County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to Hill Top…

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Jose Torrez-Padilla

Male, age 39 · Goose-creek, South Carolina

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the summer of 2020, a violent and tragic event unfolded in a Goose Creek, South Carolina neighborhood that resulted in the death of Jose Torrez-Padilla, a 39-year-old Hispanic male. On the evening of July 3rd, an armed robbery attempt on Oakside Drive…

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Salvador Dominguez

Male, age 32 · Goose-creek, South Carolina

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the summer of 2020, a violent armed robbery in Goose Creek, South Carolina, claimed the life of 32-year-old Salvador Dominguez and two other men. The incident, which unfolded on July 3rd, ended in a triple homicide, leaving the community in shock. The…

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Benjamin Knefel

Male, age 31 · Owings-mills, Maryland

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a summer evening in Owings Mills, Maryland, the life of 31-year-old Benjamin Knefel was tragically cut short. On July 3, 2020, Knefel was involved in a dispute in a parking lot on Richmar Road that ended in a fatal shooting. Responding to the call…

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Leslie Hirschorn

Female, age 54 · Yonkers, New York

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

In a quiet Yonkers neighborhood, a heated argument on the front lawn of a home on Oakland Avenue shattered the summer evening calm on July 3, 2020. This tragic dispute culminated in the death of 54-year-old Leslie Hirschorn, a woman remembered by friends and…

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Ari Gershman

Male, age 45 · Downieville, California

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

Ari Gershman, a 45-year-old pulmonary doctor from Danville, California, tragically lost his life on July 3, 2020, in a shooting incident near Downieville, CA. Gershman was off-roading in the Tahoe National Forest with his teenage son, Jack, when they…

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Deshan Lamar Washington

Male, age 43 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

Deshan Lamar Washington, a 43-year-old Black man, was tragically shot and killed on July 3, 2020, in the 2100 block of East 115th Street in Watts, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Washington was in a parking lot within the…

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Ian Brown

Male, age 21 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

Ian Brown, a 21-year-old Black male, tragically lost his life on July 3, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Ian was shot near 739 W. 53rd St. in the Vermont Square neighborhood. The…

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Jazman Leeshawn Winston

Male, age 31 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

Jazman Leeshawn Winston, a 31-year-old resident of Long Beach, California, tragically lost his life on July 3, 2020. He was fatally shot near 341 N. La Brea Avenue in the Fairfax district of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical…

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Michael Love

Male, age 22 · Sacramento, California

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

On the night of July 3, 2020, Michael Love III, a 22-year-old resident of Sacramento, California, was tragically killed in a shooting incident. The incident occurred in the northwest corner of The Marina Vista Housing Complex, located off Seavey Circle in…

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Otis Rayjon Williams

Male, age 14 · Florence---firestone, California

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

Otis Rayjon Williams, a 14-year-old boy from Florence-Firestone, California, was tragically shot and killed on the night of July 3, 2020. Otis was walking alone in an alley near Central Avenue and East 98th Street when a blue Dodge Challenger pulled up beside…

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Bree Black

Male, age 27 · Pompano-beach, Florida

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

Bree Black, a 27-year-old Black transgender woman, was tragically shot to death on July 3, 2020, in Pompano Beach, Florida. Bree was pronounced dead shortly after police arrived at the scene. Her death has been a significant point of sorrow and outrage within…

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Kendrick Young

Male, age 44 · Columbus, Georgia

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a summer evening in Columbus, Georgia, a dispute that had simmered for a month allegedly reached a fatal conclusion. On July 3, 2020, 44-year-old Kendrick Lamar Young was shot and killed in a park near the city's Waterworks facility on Third Avenue. In the…

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Lewis Funches

Male, age 22 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

Lewis Funches, a 22-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on July 3, 2020, in Chicago, Illinois. Funches was a young man with a promising future, known for his passion for dancing and his aspiration to become a Chicago police officer. He…

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Brian Hayes

Male, age 41 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

On the afternoon of July 3, 2020, a shooting incident in the West Lake Forest neighborhood of New Orleans East resulted in the death of 41-year-old Brian Hayes. The male victim was discovered around 3:30 p.m. in the 8400 block of the I-10 Service Road, having…

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Kevin Thomas Jr

Male, age 35 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

A 35-year-old man, Kevin Thomas Jr., was fatally shot on the afternoon of Friday, July 3, 2020, in the Central City neighborhood of New Orleans. The incident occurred in front of a Dollar General store situated in the 2800 block of South Claiborne Avenue.…

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Bakeea Abdulla Douglas

Female, age 34 · Greensboro, North Carolina

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

Bakeea Abdulla Douglas, a 34-year-old African American woman, tragically lost her life on July 3, 2020, in Greensboro, North Carolina. She was a mother of eight children and a grandmother of one. Douglas had moved from New Jersey to North Carolina in search…

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Rodney Letroy Stout

Male, age 34 · Greensboro, North Carolina

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

Rodney Letroy Stout, a 34-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on July 3, 2020, in Greensboro, North Carolina. The incident occurred near North Carolina A&T State University, where both Stout and another victim, Bakeea Abdulla Douglas, also…

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Di’Jon Robinson

Male, age 26 · Akron, Ohio

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

Di'Jon Robinson, a 26-year-old African American male from Akron, Ohio, tragically passed away on July 3, 2020. He was found shot multiple times around 4:30 a.m. on Blanche Street in Akron's Sherbondy Hill neighborhood. The preliminary cause of death was…

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Janine Surgen

Female, age 20 · Akron, Ohio

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

Janine Lyn Surgen, a 20-year-old woman from Akron, Ohio, tragically lost her life on July 3, 2020. Janine, known affectionately as "NiNi" or "Bean," was a free-spirited and artistic individual who enjoyed painting, sketching, and music. She was deeply loved…

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Ahmad Rashad Morales

Male, age 24 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

Ahmad Rashad Morales, a 24-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity, was tragically murdered on July 3, 2020, in Philadelphia, PA. He was shot multiple times while walking to a corner store in the Point Breeze section of the city. Surveillance footage revealed…

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Joseph Robert Warrick Sr

Male, age 46 · Burgettstown, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

Joseph Robert Warrick Sr., a 46-year-old man from Burgettstown, PA, tragically passed away on July 3, 2020. He was born on September 12, 1973, and worked as a warehouse manager for Knickerbocker Russell in Robinson Township for 15 years. An avid outdoorsman…

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Elijah Moore

Male, age 38 · Desoto, Texas

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

Elijah Moore, a 38-year-old white male, was tragically shot and killed on July 3, 2020, in DeSoto, Texas. The incident occurred at his residence in the 200 block of Rob Lane. The DeSoto Police Department received an emergency call from a neighbor after…

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Marcus Mop Samuels

Male, age 35 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

On July 3, 2020, Marcus Mop Samuels, a 35-year-old man from Fort Worth, Texas, tragically lost his life due to two fatal gunshot wounds. He was transported to John Peter Smith Hospital by a private vehicle but was pronounced dead upon arrival. The incident…

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Samuel Salazar

Male, age 17 · Richardson, Texas

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

Samuel Salazar, a 17-year-old male from Dallas, Texas, was found dead in an alley in Richardson on July 3, 2020. The Richardson Police Department responded to a call about a person lying in the alley in the 800 block of South Sherman Street at approximately…

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Steven Calhoun

Male, age 62 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jul 3, 2020 · 6 years ago

Steven Calhoun, a 62-year-old man from Dallas, Texas, tragically lost his life on July 3, 2020. He was fatally shot in the front yard of his home located on the 5100 block of Echo Avenue. When officers arrived at the scene around 6:30 p.m., they found Steven…

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Tavosiea Thomas

Male, age 29 · Anniston, Alabama

Killed Jul 3, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the early hours of July 3, 2019, Tavosiea Thomas, 29, a Black male from Anniston, Alabama, was found shot in the 1800 block of Moore Avenue after what police described as a dispute that turned deadly. Investigators said the violence grew out of an argument…

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James David Alan Echols

Male, age 28 · Hot Springs National Park, Arkansas

Killed Jul 3, 2019 · 7 years ago

On the evening of July 3, 2019, the life of 28-year-old James David Alan Echols was abruptly ended in a burst of violence outside his home on Cooper Street in Hot Springs, Arkansas. A salesman and a loving husband and father, Echols was in the presence of his…

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