Death by Force

Charles Paul

Male, age 23 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

Charles Lee Paul, a 23-year-old Black man from New Orleans, Louisiana, died on July 4, 2014. In the wake of that day, the only firmly visible pieces left to the public are the ones families are forced to create when answers are scarce: announcements…

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Keon Johnson

Male, age 22 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early hours of the Fourth of July in 2014, a celebration at a Residence Inn in Oklahoma City turned tragic, leaving a young man's life cut short and a family searching for answers. Keon S. Johnson, a 22-year-old male, was attending a party at the hotel…

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James Oh

Male, age 76 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the summer of 2014, a beloved 76-year-old male shopkeeper, James Oh, became the victim of a fatal act of violence in Washington, D.C. On the evening of July 4th, as Mr. Oh and his wife were preparing to close their Gold Corner Market located in the 5500…

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Antwan Frazier

Male, age 34 · Kansas City, Kansas

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

Antwan Dwayne Frazier, a 34-year-old Black/African American male, was fatally shot on the evening of July 4, 2014, in Kansas City, Kansas. The incident occurred in the 4100 block of Waverly Avenue, where Frazier was pronounced dead at the scene. Following the…

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Derrick Sanders

Male, age 45 · Lamar, Mississippi

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet farm town of Lamar, Mississippi, a gruesome discovery was made on the Fourth of July in 2014. The body of 45-year-old Derrick Lawrence Sanders, known to some as 'Spot,' was found on Highway 7 North. The nature of his death was violent; reports…

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Kelvin Harris

Male, age 19 · Meridian, Mississippi

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

Kelvin Devonte Tyronne Harris was 19 years old, a young man from Meridian, Mississippi, standing at the threshold between high school and adulthood when his life was cut short on the night of Friday, July 4, 2014. He had just graduated with the Meridian High…

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Cletis Southwick

Male, age 49 · Excelsior-springs, Missouri

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

In what appeared to be a tragic culmination of neighborly disputes, Cletis Ray Southwick, a 49-year-old man, was fatally shot in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. The incident unfolded late on a Friday night, leaving a community unsettled and seeking answers. The…

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Edward Cohee

Male, age 29 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the evening of July 4, 2014, a festive Independence Day gathering in the Kingsway East neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, turned into a tragedy that would haunt a local family for over a decade. Edward Cohee, a 29-year-old African American man, was…

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Timothy Todd Logan

Male, age 53 · Excelsior-springs, Missouri

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the summer of 2014, a disagreement between neighbors in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, escalated to a tragic and fatal conclusion, leaving two men dead. The chain of events unfolded late on a Friday night, shattering the quiet of the 1300 block of Lake…

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Anthony Eugene

Male, age 43 · North-charleston, South Carolina

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the summer of 2014, the life of Anthony Eugene, a 43-year-old man from North Charleston, South Carolina, was tragically cut short. On the Fourth of July, a day typically filled with celebration and joy, Eugene became a victim of gun violence. The shooting…

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Charles Grogan

Male, age 77 · Sheep-leg-road, South Carolina

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a summer day in 2014, the life of Charles Emmett Grogan, a 77-year-old male, was brought to a violent end. The incident that claimed his life unfolded on Sheep Leg Road in South Carolina on the Fourth of July. It was later determined that Grogan died as a…

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Terrence Kendall McNeil

Male, age 19 · Hanahan, South Carolina

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the early morning of July 4, 2014, residents in the quiet community of Hanahan, South Carolina, were startled by a violent sequence of events that shattered the holiday peace. Around 4:30 a.m., a vehicle careened off the road and crashed into a residential…

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Matthew Drake

Male, age 34 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the fourth of July in 2014, in the Forest Park neighborhood of West Baltimore, 34-year-old Matthew Drake was fatally shot. The incident marked the city's 100th homicide of the year. Police were called to the 3200 block of Chelsea Terrace where they…

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Scott Wright Jr

Male, age 19 · Binghamton, New York

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a summer evening celebrating the Fourth of July in 2014, the life of 19-year-old Scott Wright Jr. was tragically cut short in Binghamton, New York. A recent graduate of Binghamton High School, Scott was known for his love of football and his kind, humorous…

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Darian Anthony Lytle

Male, age 23 · Paramount, California

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

Darian Anthony Lytle, a 23-year-old man from Paramount, California, was tragically shot and killed on July 4, 2014. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, Lytle was visiting a friend at an apartment complex in the 7200 block of Petrol Street.…

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Ernesto Topete

Male, age 21 · Compton, California

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

Ernesto Topete, a 21-year-old Latino, was tragically shot and killed on July 4, 2014, in Compton, California. The incident occurred around 8:45 p.m. on the 1100 block of West 131st Street. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, Topete was…

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Kayon Dafney

Male, age 24 · Long-beach, California

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

On July 4, 2014, Kayon Dafney, a 24-year-old resident of Long Beach, California, was tragically shot and killed. The incident occurred around 12:30 p.m. in an alley located in the 1900 block of East 65th Street. Long Beach Police officers responded to a call…

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Maurice Marshall

Male, age 33 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

Maurice Emmanuel Marshall, a 33-year-old man, was tragically shot and killed on July 4, 2014, in the Vermont Square neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, the incident occurred in the 600 block of West…

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Raymond Fisher

Male, age 45 · Fresno, California

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

Raymond Fisher, aged 45, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2014, in Fresno, California. On that fateful day, Fisher was sitting on his father-in-law's porch, awaiting the arrival of his children for a Fourth of July barbecue. Suddenly, he was shot and…

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Willie Grier

Male, age 64 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

Willie Grier Jr., a 64-year-old Black man from Atlanta, was killed in the early hours of July 4, 2014, after violence erupted at the Aspen Courts Apartments in the 1600 block of Stanton Road SW. According to contemporaneous reporting, Atlanta police were…

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Pedro Rios Jr.

Male, age 14 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

Pedro Rios Jr., a 14-year-old Latino boy, was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer on July 4, 2014. The incident occurred in the Portage Park neighborhood when officers observed Pedro crossing Cicero Avenue at Berenice and suspected he was holding…

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Robert Cotten

Male, age 35 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

Robert Cotten, a 35-year-old African American male, was found dead on July 4, 2014, in Chicago, Illinois. His death was a result of multiple gunshot wounds, which led the authorities to classify the case as a homicide. The incident occurred in the Englewood…

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Lynn Tyjuan Clanton

Male, age 30 · Garysburg, North Carolina

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

Lynn Tyjuan Clanton, a 30-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2014, in Garysburg, North Carolina. Clanton, affectionately known as "Tweety," was found lying on his back in the street near Poplar Street and Turner's Store, off…

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Raymelle Smith

Male, age 31 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

Raymelle Jake Smith, a 31-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2014, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The incident occurred in the northern part of the city, where Smith was fatally shot. The circumstances surrounding his death…

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James Brown

Male, age 32 · Painesville, Ohio

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

James L. Brown, a 32-year-old male from Painesville, OH, tragically died on July 4, 2014. He was shot while sitting in a car in the 900 block of Hine Avenue around 8:30 p.m. Brown was taken to TriPoint Medical Center in Concord Township, where he later…

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Michael Rowe

Male, age 30 · Johnson-city, Tennessee

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a summer evening in Johnson City, Tennessee, the life of Michael Alexis Lee Rowe, a 30-year-old Black / African American male, was tragically cut short. On July 4, 2014, Rowe was sitting in a vehicle, engaged in a conversation, when he was fatally shot.…

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Michael William Tyler Womack

Male, age 20 · Athens, Tennessee

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the Fourth of July in 2014, a young man from Athens, Tennessee, named Michael William Tyler Womack, was found dead from a gunshot wound. The 20-year-old male’s life was cut short in what investigators would soon unravel as a burglary gone tragically wrong.…

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Don Frazier

Male, age 69 · Harris, Texas

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

Donald Frazier, a 69-year-old male pastor and gospel musician, was tragically shot and killed on July 4, 2014, in his home in Harris, Texas. The incident occurred during a burglary when Daniel Travis Durham, a 30-year-old male, broke into Frazier's home in…

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Donald Frazier

Male, age 69 · Deerfield-village, Texas

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

Donald Frazier, a 69-year-old male pastor and gospel musician, was tragically shot and killed in his home in Deerfield Village, Texas, on July 4, 2014. The incident occurred during an apparent burglary. Frazier, who had been an ordained minister for over 40…

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Yolanda Santos

Female, age 46 · Dayton, Texas

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

Yolanda Santos, a 46-year-old woman of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically lost her life on July 4, 2014, in Dayton, Texas. She was shot in the parking lot of the Double "B" Oaks Club, where she worked, around 10:15 p.m. Witnesses reported seeing a white male…

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John Agbor Takoh Takoh

Male, age 42 · Westmont, California

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

John Agbor Takoh Takoh was 42 years old when he died on Friday, July 4, 2014, in Westmont. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 9407 Vermont Avenue. His death was ruled a homicide, and it…

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Marlon D Obannor

Male, age 31 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 4, 2013 · 13 years ago

On July 4, 2013, Marlon D. Obannor, age 31, was fatally shot while sitting on a porch in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The shooting occurred around 9:30 p.m. in the 6200 block of South Marshfield Avenue. Two unidentified individuals…

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Theodis Young

Male, age 36 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 4, 2013 · 13 years ago

On July 4, 2013, in Chicago, 36-year-old Theodis L. Young, a Black man, crossed into the holiday afternoon with no way of knowing his name would soon be added to the city's grim roll of the dead. Independence Day on the South Side was supposed to be a time of…

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Ron Derosin

Male, age 43 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Killed Jul 4, 2013 · 13 years ago

Ron Derosin was found shot to death in the front yard of a home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on a Thursday morning, a sudden, violent end that left more questions in the air than answers on the record. In the first light of the day, the scene was already beyond…

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Demetrius Jackson

Male, age 25 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jul 4, 2013 · 13 years ago

On the Fourth of July in 2013, what should have been a festive day on the east side of Detroit turned into a scene of violence and loss. That evening, Demetrius Jackson Jr., a young man just two days shy of his 26th birthday, was enjoying a game of dice with…

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Justin Williams

Male, age 24 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jul 4, 2013 · 13 years ago

On the evening of the Fourth of July in 2013, Justin Jovan Williams, a 23-year-old male, was celebrating the holiday with others at a park on the west side of Detroit. The festive atmosphere of the fireworks display was shattered by the sound of gunfire. In…

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Muhyadin Farah

Male, age 26 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Jul 4, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early hours of the Fourth of July in 2013, a life was tragically cut short in a Minneapolis apartment building. Muhyadin Mohamud Farah, a 26-year-old Black male, was fatally shot in what police would later describe as a non-random act of violence. The…

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Stephan Jr. Austin

Male, age 39 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Jul 4, 2013 · 13 years ago

On July 4, 2013, Stephan Austin Jr., age 39, was fatally shot on the front porch of a residence at 608 E. 4th Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. Officers responded shortly after midnight to reports of a gunshot and found Austin with severe injuries. Despite immediate…

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Robert Witherspoon

Male, age 41 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 4, 2013 · 13 years ago

On the evening of July 4, 2013, in Philadelphia, what should have been a night of celebration turned into a scene of violence that claimed the life of 41-year-old Robert Witherspoon, a Black/African American male. The incident also resulted in the death of…

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Brendon Mackey

Male, age 7 · Chesterfield, Virginia

Killed Jul 4, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the summer of 2013, a tragic incident cut short the life of seven-year-old Brendon Mackey in Chesterfield, Virginia. On the evening of July 4th, the young boy was walking with his father, excited to watch a fireworks display near the Swift Creek Reservoir.…

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Robert L Snipes

Male, age 31 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 4, 2012 · 14 years ago

Robert L. Snipes, a 31-year-old man, was shot and killed on July 4, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred during a period of escalating violence in the city, which saw a significant rise in homicides in 2012. The shooting took place in a neighborhood…

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Korey B Parker

Male, age 27 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 4, 2012 · 14 years ago

Korey B. Parker, aged 27, was fatally shot on July 4, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident took place in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood, a community that has faced significant challenges with violence over the years. On the day of his death, Korey had…

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Antonio D Givan

Male, age 35 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 4, 2012 · 14 years ago

Antonio D. Givan, age 35, was shot and killed on July 4, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred amidst a significant surge in homicides throughout the city, a trend that was particularly evident in the early part of 2012. The year saw a substantial…

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Eugene Woodall

Male, age 33 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jul 4, 2012 · 14 years ago

Details regarding the death of Eugene Woodall, a 33-year-old Black male who died on July 4, 2012, in New Orleans, Louisiana, are limited in available online sources. Information concerning the specific circumstances of his death, including whether it was the…

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Clayton Desmond Batchelor Jr.

Male, age 14 · Henderson, North Carolina

Killed Jul 4, 2012 · 14 years ago

Clayton Desmond Batchelor Jr., a 14-year-old African American boy, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2012, in Henderson, North Carolina. Clayton, affectionately known as C.J. in his neighborhood, was shot and killed while riding his bike home from a…

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Marisol Rojas

Female · Raleigh, North Carolina

Killed Jul 4, 2012 · 14 years ago

On July 4, 2012, in Raleigh, North Carolina, 37-year-old Marisol Mendoza Rojas, a Hispanic female, was fatally shot by her husband, 47-year-old Fernando Palma Carias. The incident occurred at their residence on Manor Plantation Drive, where the couple lived…

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Deandre Murphy

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 4, 2010 · 16 years ago

On July 4, 2010, Deandre Murphy, aged 26, was tragically killed in a shooting in Chicago's South Side, specifically in the West Englewood neighborhood. The incident took place on the 1600 block of West 56th Street, just after 3:45 p.m. Two other individuals…

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Paul R Garrette

Male, age 22 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 4, 2010 · 16 years ago

Paul R. Garrette, aged 22, was fatally shot on July 4, 2010, in Chicago. The incident occurred on a Sunday afternoon in the city's troubled West Side. Garrette was walking when he became the target of a shooting. Though police reports suggest that he may have…

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