Deaths by Force (737)

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Kaamil Arnold

Male, age 30 · Homewood, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 4, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the midst of a Fourth of July cookout in 2014, Kaamil Arnold, a 30-year-old male, was shot and killed in the kitchen of a home in Homewood, Pennsylvania. The celebration turned to tragedy at approximately 3:15 p.m. when a man entered the residence through…

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Dennis Tillet

Male, age 25 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jul 4, 2012 · 14 years ago

Dennis Herbert Tillet, a 25-year-old man, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2012, in Los Angeles, California. The incident occurred in the Hyde Park neighborhood, specifically in the 4800 block of 2nd Avenue. According to reports, Tillet was among a group…

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Cornelius Hudson

Male, age 21 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Jul 4, 2007 · 19 years ago

Cornelius Hudson, a 21-year-old male from Birmingham, died on July 4, 2007, in a killing that unfolded on the 8600 block of 2nd Avenue North. The online record of his death is spare in some places and painfully specific in others: he was killed in Birmingham…

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Renard Davidson

Male, age 19 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Jul 4, 2007 · 19 years ago

Renard Shaundel Davidson, a 19-year-old male from the Birmingham-area community of Lipscomb, Alabama, died on July 4, 2007—on a day when the city’s summer heat and holiday noise would normally blur into fireworks and family gatherings, but for his loved ones…

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Jimmy Bo Chunn

Male, age 71 · Causey, New Mexico

Killed Jul 4, 2005 · 21 years ago

Jimmy S. Chunn, a 71-year-old resident of Causey, New Mexico, was murdered on or about July 4, 2005. The investigation into his death revealed a complex and sinister plot involving the Aryan Brotherhood, a prison-born gang. The primary suspect in Chunn's…

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Marlon Maynor

Male, age 21 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 4, 2005 · 21 years ago

Marlon Maynor, a 21-year-old male of African American ethnicity, tragically died on July 4, 2005, in Chester, Pennsylvania. The details surrounding his death indicate that he was murdered. The investigation into his death revealed that he was shot multiple…

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Gerardo Rodriguez

Male, age 46 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jul 4, 2004 · 22 years ago

Gerardo Rodriguez, aged 46, tragically passed away on July 4, 2004, in Los Angeles, California. His death was the result of a pedestrian accident on the 110 Freeway. Early that morning, Rodriguez was struck by a vehicle while standing on the transition road…

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Debra Allen Vazquez

Female, age 50 · Ocala, Florida

Killed Jul 4, 2004 · 22 years ago

Debra Allen Vazquez, a 50-year-old professor at Central Florida Community College, tragically lost her life on July 4, 2004, in Ocala, Florida. The incident occurred in front of the Ocala Police Department headquarters, where she had driven to seek help from…

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Alejandro Salcedo

Male, age 23 · Pasadena, California

Killed Jul 4, 2004 · 22 years ago

Alejandro Salcedo was 23 years old when he died on Sunday, July 4, 2004, in Pasadena. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 861 N. Madison Ave. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Pasadena…

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Joseph Gregory Rodriguez

Male, age 22 · Cerritos, California

Killed Jul 4, 2003 · 23 years ago

Joseph Gregory Rodriguez was 22 years old when he died on Friday, July 4, 2003, in Cerritos, a city in southeast Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 16704 Marquardt…

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Jacob Clemons

Male, age 45 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 4, 2002 · 24 years ago

Jacob Clemons was 45 years old when he died on Thursday, July 4, 2002, in East Hollywood. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at Hobart Boulevard and Rosewood Avenue. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is…

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Lucy Crable

Female, age 81 · Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 4, 1995 · 31 years ago

On the Fourth of July in 1995, 81-year-old Lucy Crable was found murdered in her home on Boas Street in Susquehanna Township, Pennsylvania. The scene discovered by a neighbor, who noticed the backyard gate open and a screen slit, was one of brutal violence.…

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Edward Wise

Male, age 47 · Orlando, Florida

Killed Jul 4, 1982 · 44 years ago

Edward Wise, a 47-year-old man, was tragically found deceased in his Orlando, Florida, home on July 15, 1982. The discovery was made after a postman noticed that mail had been left uncollected for several days, accompanied by a foul odor emanating from the…

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William Mouse Droneneburg

Male, age 32 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Jul 4, 1979 · 47 years ago

William Mouse Droneneburg, a 32-year-old white male, was tragically killed on July 4, 1979, in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was a member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, and his death was part of a larger incident known as the Outlaws Motorcycle Gang…

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Thomas Blake

Male, age 36 · Prichard, Alabama

Killed Jul 4, 1942 · 84 years ago

In the summer of 1942, a tragic incident cut short the life of Patrolman Thomas Jackson Blake in Prichard, Alabama. On the fourth of July, the 36-year-old officer was involved in a struggle with a suspect. During the altercation, a fellow officer accidentally…

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Wesley Davis

Male, age 53 · Mound-city, Illinois

Killed Jul 4, 1910 · 116 years ago

Deputy Sheriff Wesley G. Davis, aged 53, was shot and killed on July 4, 1910, in Mound City, Illinois. Davis, an African American peace officer, was attempting to arrest two men who were causing a disturbance. The suspects, also African American, were…

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George Smith

Male, age 57 · Suffolk, Virginia

Killed Jul 4, 1908 · 118 years ago

In an event that unfolded with tragic swiftness, Policeman George T. Smith of the Suffolk Police Department was shot and killed. Earlier in the day, he had arrested a man, a railroad foreman, for being drunk in public. The man was subsequently released on…

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Deaths by Force on July 4

Deaths by Force (737)