Death by Force

James Bacon

Male, age 25 · Winter-garden, Florida

Killed Jul 4, 2019 · 7 years ago

James Bacon, a 25-year-old resident of Winter Garden, Florida, tragically lost his life in the early hours of July 4, 2019. The incident occurred around 1:45 a.m. on West Crown Point Road, where Bacon was found shot and unresponsive. Despite efforts to save…

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Phillip M. Owsley

Male, age 29 · Fort-lauderdale, Florida

Killed Jul 4, 2019 · 7 years ago

Phillip M. Owsley, a 37-year-old African American male, was tragically shot to death on July 4, 2019, in Sunrise, a city near Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The incident occurred around 9:23 p.m. when police responded to multiple calls about a shooting in the area…

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Jalante Brown

Male, age 17 · Marietta, Georgia

Killed Jul 4, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the early morning hours of the Fourth of July in 2019, tragedy struck in Marietta, Georgia, when 17-year-old Jalante Brown, an African American male, was found deceased inside his home on Penny Lane. The teenager, a student at Marietta High School, had…

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Aaron Quintavious Huff

Male, age 19 · Conyers, Georgia

Killed Jul 4, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the summer of 2019, on the Fourth of July, the life of 19-year-old Aaron Quintavious Huff of Conyers, Georgia, was tragically cut short by gun violence. On that Thursday afternoon, at approximately 3:30 p.m., Rockdale County sheriff's deputies were…

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Roger Dale Littleton

Male, age 56 · Toccoa, Georgia

Killed Jul 4, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the summer of 2019, on the Fourth of July, the life of 56-year-old Roger Dale Littleton of Toccoa, Georgia, was tragically cut short. A self-employed carpenter with a love for hunting and fishing, Littleton was a man who had spent most of his years in…

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John Johnny J. Garza

Male, age 35 · Maywood, Illinois

Killed Jul 4, 2019 · 7 years ago

John Johnny J. Garza, a 35-year-old male from Maywood, Illinois, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2019. Garza was outside a family member’s home near North 6th Avenue and Lake Street when someone drove by and opened fire. He was shot three times and taken…

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Lisheka Haggard

Female, age 34 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 4, 2019 · 7 years ago

Lisheka Haggard, a 34-year-old African American woman, tragically lost her life on July 4, 2019, in Chicago, IL. The incident occurred in the Garfield Park neighborhood, where Lisheka was drinking with a male acquaintance. During their interaction, a struggle…

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Robert Purdle

Male, age 30 · Peoria, Illinois

Killed Jul 4, 2019 · 7 years ago

Robert Purdle, a 30-year-old African American male from Peoria, Illinois, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2019. He was pronounced dead at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center following an early morning shooting. The incident marked Peoria's thirteenth…

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Shanay Moore

Female, age 29 · Springfield, Illinois

Killed Jul 4, 2019 · 7 years ago

Shanay Latreese Moore, a 29-year-old African American woman from Springfield, Illinois, tragically lost her life on July 4, 2019. Shanay was found unresponsive in her home on Bryant Lane, having suffered a fatal gunshot wound. The incident turned what should…

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Jaqualon Sellers

Male, age 18 · Carencro, Louisiana

Killed Jul 4, 2019 · 7 years ago

On the evening of July 4, 2019, in Carencro, Louisiana, 18-year-old Jaqualon Sellers, a male, was fatally wounded by gunfire. The incident that claimed his life unfolded in the 400 block of Bobby Street. Responding to reports of the shooting, Carencro Police…

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Khira Bernetta Denise Ruth

Female, age 23 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Jul 4, 2019 · 7 years ago

Khira Bernetta Denise Ruth McKinley, a 23-year-old African American woman, was tragically found dead in her car on July 4, 2019, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The incident occurred in the 7200 block of Oakwinds Court, where police responded to a call…

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Brittany McDowell

Female, age 28 · Lewis-center, Ohio

Killed Jul 4, 2019 · 7 years ago

Brittany D. McDowell, a 28-year-old woman from Columbus, Ohio, was found dead on July 4, 2019, in Alum Creek State Park near Lewis Center, Ohio. Her body was discovered in a shallow grave by an officer with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The…

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Bryan Messer

Male, age 18 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Jul 4, 2019 · 7 years ago

Bryan Messer, an 18-year-old male from Cincinnati, Ohio, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2019. He was shot in the parking lot of a Dollar General store on Glenway Avenue in West Price Hill. The incident occurred just before 11 p.m., and despite being…

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Derjuan Elston PeeWee Gambrell

Male, age 27 · Toledo, Ohio

Killed Jul 4, 2019 · 7 years ago

Derjuan Elston "PeeWee" Gambrell, a 27-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2019, in Toledo, Ohio. He was a former standout football player at Rogers High School and briefly played for Ohio State University. On that fateful day…

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Kendrick Grayer

Male, age 23 · Clarksville, Tennessee

Killed Jul 4, 2019 · 7 years ago

On a summer evening in Clarksville, Tennessee, the life of 23-year-old Kendrick Grayer, a male U.S. Army soldier, was cut short. On July 3, 2019, police responded to a call of shots fired on Eighth Street around 11 p.m. and discovered Grayer on a basketball…

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Jesus Rosario

Male, age 51 · Astoria, New York

Killed Jul 4, 2019 · 7 years ago

Jesus Rosario, a 51-year-old man, died on July 4, 2019, after a meeting with Angelina Barini at a motel in Astoria, Queens. Investigators ultimately connected Rosario’s death to a series of fatal druggings involving Barini during the summer of 2019. Federal…

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Courtney E. Gaboriault

Female, age 29 · Barre, Vermont

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the summer of 2018, on the Fourth of July, the life of a 29-year-old White/Caucasian woman, Courtney Gaboriault, was tragically cut short. In the city of Barre, Vermont, a place she called home, Courtney was found outside her apartment, having sustained…

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Deondra Lee

Male, age 36 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

On the evening of July 4, 2018, Deondra Lee, a 36-year-old Black / African American male, was in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, enjoying the Fourth of July fireworks with his pregnant wife. They had been at a neighbor's cookout and walked down the…

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Dacraig Johnson

Male, age 25 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the summer of 2018, a burst of violence on the streets of Newark, New Jersey, claimed the life of 25-year-old Dacraig D. Johnson. On the evening of July 4th, as Independence Day celebrations were underway, shots rang out near the intersection of 16th…

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Brandan Smith

Male, age 28 · Portsmouth, Virginia

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

A 28-year-old man named Brandan Smith was shot and killed in Portsmouth, Virginia, on the Fourth of July in 2018. The fatal incident occurred late at night, just after 11:15 p.m., in the 1600 block of Watts Avenue. When Portsmouth Police officers arrived at…

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Kelly Phillips

Female, age 36 · Hampton, Virginia

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

On a tragic Fourth of July in 2018, the life of 36-year-old Kelly Phillips was cut short in Hampton, Virginia. Around noon on that holiday, the sound of gunshots pierced the air on East Pembroke Avenue. Initially, some neighbors dismissed the noise as early…

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Aubry Edwards

Male, age 17 · South-bend, Indiana

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the early hours of the Fourth of July in 2018, a gathering of young people on South Hollywood Boulevard in South Bend, Indiana, took a tragic turn, ending the life of 17-year-old Aubry Edwards. The male teenager was attending a bonfire party when he was…

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Jessie Brown

Male, age 29 · Gary, Indiana

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the summer of 2018, the life of 29-year-old Jessie Brown was cut short in an act of gun violence that unfolded in Gary, Indiana. A Black male, Brown was fatally shot on the Fourth of July, a day typically marked by celebration. His death was part of a…

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Dave Matthews

Male, age 31 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

On July 4, 2018, a 31-year-old White male named Dave Matthews was working his shift as a delivery driver for Imo's Pizza in St. Louis, Missouri. Around midnight, while fulfilling an order in the Tower Grove South neighborhood, he was ambushed near the…

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Pamela Taylor

Female, age 38 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the early morning hours of the Fourth of July in 2018, the life of 38-year-old Pamela Taylor, a female resident of Saint-Louis, Missouri, was tragically cut short. She was found shot and killed in the street near her home in the 1500 block of Wellston…

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Thomas Hearst

Male, age 31 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 4, 2018, a fatal incident unfolded in South St. Louis County, Missouri, involving a confrontation over an attempted property theft. The sequence of events began when 31-year-old Thomas Michael Hearst Jr. and an accomplice…

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Donald Bernard Brown

Male, age 34 · Gaston, South Carolina

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the summer of 2018, the life of 34-year-old Donald Bernard Brown was cut short in Gaston, South Carolina. On the morning of Wednesday, July 4th, deputies from the Lexington County Sheriff's Department responded to a call at a residence on Ball Park Road.…

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Felipe Gonzalez-Len

Male, age 28 · Hyattsville, Maryland

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the early morning hours of the Fourth of July in 2018, the life of 28-year-old Felipe Gonzalez-Len was tragically cut short in a fatal shooting in Langley Park, Maryland. At approximately 3:00 a.m., Prince George's County patrol officers were dispatched to…

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Michael Earlsey

Male, age 42 · Rochester, New York

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the early hours of July 4, 2018, in Rochester, New York, a violent encounter cut short the life of 42-year-old Michael Earlsey. The incident unfolded around 1:00 A.M. on York Street, where Earlsey and a 28-year-old woman were shot. Earlsey sustained at…

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Gary Smith

Male, age 46 · Olympic-valley, California

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

Gary Smith, a 46-year-old resident of Olympic Valley, CA, was reported missing in July 2018. His disappearance led to a prolonged and complex investigation that eventually revealed a tragic and gruesome end. Smith's body was discovered dismembered and…

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Israel Cruz

Male, age 18 · Reedley, California

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

Israel Cruz, an 18-year-old resident of Reedley, California, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2018. Cruz was shot multiple times in the upper body while crossing the intersection of Parlier and Frankwood avenues around 9:30 p.m. Despite being rushed to the…

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Curtis Lamar Wright

Male, age 25 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the early hours of July 4, 2018, Curtis Lamar Wright, a 25-year-old African American male, was fatally shot outside the Ice Bar Lounge and Restaurant in College Park, an Atlanta suburb. The tragic incident unfolded around 1:40 a.m. when a dispute that…

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David Sloan

Male, age 34 · Mount-vernon, Illinois

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

David Sloan, a 34-year-old white male from Mount Vernon, Illinois, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2018. The incident occurred after a day of heavy drinking and a physical altercation with his brother, Matthew Sloan. According to court records, the…

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Marcus Robinson

Male, age 33 · Riverdale, Illinois

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

Marcus Robinson, a 33-year-old African American male, was fatally shot on July 4, 2018, in Riverdale, Illinois. The incident occurred around 2:20 a.m. in the 14200 block of South Clark Street. Robinson was shot multiple times, leading to his untimely death.…

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Benorian Leonard

Male, age 18 · Carencro, Louisiana

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

On the night of July 4, 2018, in Carencro, Louisiana, 18-year-old Benorian Leonard, an African American male, was fatally shot. The incident occurred around 11:47 p.m. in the 100 block of Lindsey Circle. When Lafayette Parish Sheriff's deputies arrived at the…

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Dorian Colston

Male, age 21 · Lake-charles, Louisiana

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the early morning hours of the Fourth of July in 2018, the life of 21-year-old Dorian Colston of Lake Charles, Louisiana, was tragically cut short. What initially appeared to be a car accident on Highway 90 near Jones Road was soon discovered to be a…

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Ashley Lauren (Cimino) Talarico

Female, age 30 · Raleigh, North Carolina

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

Ashley Lauren Talarico, a 30-year-old woman from Raleigh, NC, tragically lost her life on July 4, 2018. Her death was the result of a violent act committed by her husband, Nicholas Robert Talarico, who fatally shot her before turning the gun on himself in a…

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Grayson Ashton Hammond

Male · Thomasville, North Carolina

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

Grayson Ashton Hammond, a baby boy born on January 4, 2018, tragically passed away in July 2018 in Thomasville, North Carolina. Grayson was a resident of North Carolina at the time of his passing. The circumstances surrounding his death are deeply saddening…

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John Mack Caudle

Male, age 58 · Rocky-mount, North Carolina

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

John Mack Caudle, a 58-year-old man from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, was found dead on July 4, 2018. The Rocky Mount Police Department responded to a suspicious call early in the morning and discovered Caudle's body in the 400 block of S. Church Street. The…

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Johnathan Lee Locklear

Male, age 31 · Red-springs, North Carolina

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

Johnathan Lee Locklear, a 31-year-old man of Native American ethnicity from Red Springs, North Carolina, tragically died on July 4, 2018. Locklear was fatally shot in the left leg during an altercation with his uncle, Ferman Locklear Jr., at a family…

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Patrick Donald

Male, age 26 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

Patrick Donald, a 26-year-old male from Cleveland, OH, tragically died on July 4, 2018, from a gunshot wound to the head. He was found in the front yard of a house on the 4200 block of E. 128th Street around 2:50 a.m. A second victim, a 20-year-old male, was…

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Devon Clive Stevens Jr

Male, age 32 · Wilkes-barre, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

On the evening of July 4, 2018, a dispute in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, escalated to a fatal shooting, claiming the life of 32-year-old Devon Clive Stevens Jr. The incident unfolded at the Sherman Hills Apartments, a location that had unfortunately become…

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Elijah Shuler

Female, age 22 · York, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

Elijah Shuler, a 22-year-old male of African American ethnicity from York, Pennsylvania, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2018. He was fatally shot in the 900 block of West Locust Street in York, PA, after exiting his sister's car. According to police…

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Michael Boateng

Male, age 24 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

On the evening of Wednesday, July 4, 2018, a tragic incident unfolded in Philadelphia that resulted in the death of 24-year-old Michael Boateng. At approximately 10:09 p.m., Philadelphia Police officers were dispatched to the 7000 block of Buist Avenue…

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Carlos Nash

Male, age 41 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the summer of 2018, a senseless act of violence cut short the life of 41-year-old Carlos Nash in Memphis, Tennessee. On the Fourth of July, a day typically filled with celebration and community, Nash was simply trying to buy a sandwich on Summer Avenue…

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Chester Falterman

Male, age 65 · Woodbury, Tennessee

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

On the Fourth of July in 2018, the life of 65-year-old Chester Falterman, a White/Caucasian male, was cut short by a shotgun wound to the neck at the OK Corral Shooting Range in Woodbury, Tennessee. A prominent and respected cardiologist from Murfreesboro…

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Carlos Aparicio

Male, age 57 · Grand-prairie, Texas

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

Carlos Aparicio, a 57-year-old Hispanic man, tragically died on July 4, 2018, in Grand Prairie, Texas. He was the owner of a road construction company located in the 200 block of Gilbert Circle. On that fateful day, Aparicio was found unconscious in his…

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Devonte Ortiz

Male, age 19 · Austin, Texas

Killed Jul 4, 2018 · 8 years ago

On July 4, 2018, Devonte Ortiz, a 19-year-old African-American male from Austin, Texas, was fatally shot during a dispute over fireworks. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning at the Pleasant Hills Apartments in southeast Austin. Ortiz and…

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