Deaths by Force on July 4

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Ruben Edward Gomez

Male, age 20 · Norwalk, California

Killed Jul 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

Ruben Edward Gomez, a 20-year-old resident of Norwalk, California, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2016. According to reports, Gomez was standing with four friends on the 13000 block of Elmcroft Avenue when a dark-colored SUV approached them around 11:29…

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Steven Jackson

Male, age 31 · Sacramento, California

Killed Jul 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

Steven Jackson, a 31-year-old resident of Sacramento, California, tragically passed away on July 4, 2016. His death was the result of a violent incident that shocked the local community. On that fateful day, Jackson was found with multiple stab wounds in his…

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Julien Wyant

Male, age 24 · Covington, Georgia

Killed Jul 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the evening of July 4, 2016, in Covington, Georgia, the life of 24-year-old Julien R. Wyant was tragically cut short. An aspiring professional boxer, Wyant, an African American male, was discovered around 8 p.m. at the Orchard Cove apartment complex on…

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Timothy Hill

Male, age 38 · Decatur, Georgia

Killed Jul 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the heat of a Fourth of July in 2016, a senseless argument over a parking space at a gas station in Decatur, Georgia, escalated into a tragedy that claimed the life of 38-year-old Timothy Hill, a male who was a father of three. The incident, which unfolded…

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Marquis Marshall

Male, age 27 · Maywood, Illinois

Killed Jul 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

Marquis Marshall, a 27-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2016, in Maywood, Illinois. The circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of various investigations and legal proceedings. Marshall's death was…

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Antonio Collins

Male, age 33 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Jul 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

A simmering disagreement over late-night fireworks on the Fourth of July in 2016 tragically escalated, leaving a Shreveport man dead from a gunshot wound. Antonio Collins, a 33-year-old male, was killed on that Monday night in a confrontation that also left…

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Markas Vereen

Male, age 19 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Jul 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

Markas Vereen, a 19-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on July 4, 2016, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The incident occurred early in the morning on Wheatley Avenue. Vereen was in a vehicle that subsequently crashed near the…

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Kennir Parr

Male, age 14 · Braddock, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the evening of the Fourth of July in 2016, 14-year-old Kennir Parr was celebrating the holiday with friends in the courtyard of the Hawkins Village housing complex in Rankin, Pennsylvania. As fireworks illuminated the sky, a gunshot rang out, a sound that…

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Robert Allen Payne

Male, age 31 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the Fourth of July in 2016, Robert Allen Payne, a 31-year-old African American man and a respected educator in the Chester-Upland School District, was found dead in his car. The vehicle was still running at the corner of Third and Kerlin streets in…

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Aisha Lebrea Bearden

Female, age 23 · Chattanooga, Tennessee

Killed Jul 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, a young woman's life was tragically cut short in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Aisha Lebrea Bearden, a 23-year-old female, was found deceased in her home in the College Hill Courts housing complex. The discovery was made by her concerned…

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Marcus Cal

Male, age 28 · Chattanooga, Tennessee

Killed Jul 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the night of July 4, 2016, a burst of gunfire shattered the holiday peace on Jarvis Avenue in Chattanooga, Tennessee, leaving 28-year-old Marcus Cal, an African American man, fatally wounded. The attack was not a random act of violence but is believed to…

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Charles Jackson

Male, age 28 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jul 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

Charles Jackson, a 28-year-old male of unspecified ethnicity, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2016, in Houston, TX. The incident occurred during a neighborhood fireworks display in the Fourth Ward area. Jackson was attending the gathering when he was…

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Daquarius Tucker

Male, age 19 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jul 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

Daquarius Tucker, a 19-year-old male, was fatally shot on July 4, 2016, during a Fourth of July block party in Houston's Fourth Ward. Tucker, who was African American, was attending a neighborhood fireworks display when he was targeted by a rival gang.…

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Jamal Dixon-Lackey

Male, age 26 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jul 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jamal Dixon-Lackey, a 26-year-old male of African American ethnicity, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2016, in Houston, Texas. He was one of three victims fatally shot during a neighborhood block party in the Fourth Ward area. The incident occurred in the…

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Dominik Johnson

Male, age 28 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Jul 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

On the Fourth of July in 2011, a holiday celebration in Denver took a tragic turn, ending in the death of 28-year-old Dominick Johnson. A Black male, Johnson was attending a party when an altercation broke out. The dispute moved from the party to a nearby…

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Bobby Flemister

Male, age 19 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Jul 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the late afternoon of August 7, 2018, a dispute that began inside a Kroger grocery store in Decatur, a city in the Atlanta metropolitan area, escalated into a fatal shooting in the parking lot, claiming the life of 25-year-old Jeremiah Flemister. The…

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Victor Gomes

Male, age 31 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Jul 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

An African-American man named Victor Gomes was killed on July 4, 2011, in Boston, Massachusetts. The 31-year-old male was at a holiday cookout at his parents' home on Norton Street in the Dorchester neighborhood when the fatal incident occurred. Family and…

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James Coakley

Male, age 17 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Jul 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

James Coakley, a 17-year-old Black male, was shot on the sidewalk outside his home on Hollander Street in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood on the evening of July 4, 2011. Police from District B-2 were called to 60 Hollander Street a little after 7 p.m.…

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Ngoubdo Babagana

Female, age 23 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Jul 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the summer of 2011, the life of a young woman, Ngoubdo Babagana, was tragically cut short in what remains an unsolved mystery. A 23-year-old African American female, her sudden death on the Fourth of July cast a somber shadow over the holiday. The incident…

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Dominik Teraret Johnson

Male, age 29 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Jul 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

On the Fourth of July in 2011, a day meant for celebration, 29-year-old Dominik Teraret Johnson, a Black male, was fatally shot in Denver, Colorado. The evening took a tragic turn during a holiday party in the 3200 block of Dahlia Street. An altercation…

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Nicolas Telemaque

Male, age 27 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Jul 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the early hours of a July morning in 2011, tragedy struck in a Brooklyn neighborhood, forever altering the lives of one family. Nicolas Telemaque, a 27-year-old male, was leaving the C-PAC nightclub and walking towards his car when he was ambushed and shot…

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L.C. Lyons

Male, age 58 · Sylvania-township, Ohio

Killed Jul 4, 2011 · 15 years ago

L.C. Lyons Jr., a 58-year-old male from Sylvania Township, OH, tragically died on July 4, 2011. Initially, it was believed that Lyons perished in a house fire at his home on Inland Drive. However, further investigation revealed that his death was a homicide…

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Brenda Warren

Female, age 31 · Portland, Maine

Killed Jul 4, 2006 · 20 years ago

On a tragic Fourth of July in 2006, the life of 31-year-old Brenda Lee Warren was cut short in Portland, Maine. She was a mother to two daughters, Santana and Tiffany, and was remembered by those who knew her as a person loved by everyone. Friends and…

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Victor Hugo Flores

Male, age 31 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jul 4, 2001 · 25 years ago

On July 4, 2001, 31-year-old Victor Hugo Flores was fatally shot in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred in the early morning hours near the 5000 block of Ennis Street. According to reports, Flores was approached by an unknown assailant who fired…

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Nathaniel Levi Gaines

Male, age 25 · New-york, New York

Killed Jul 4, 1996 · 30 years ago

Nathaniel Levi Gaines, a 25-year-old African-American male from Yonkers, New York, was fatally shot on July 4, 1996. The incident that led to his death occurred on the 167th Street subway station platform of the 'D' line in the Bronx. Gaines, a veteran of the…

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Sherry Latham

Female, age 37 · Riverside County, California

Killed Jul 4, 1991 · 35 years ago

Sherry Ann Latham, a 37-year-old white female, was found murdered on July 4, 1991, in Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, California. Her body was discovered by picnickers in light brush approximately 15 feet east of Grape Street, near a roadside parallel to…

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Stacey B. Gilman

Female, age 19 · Honolulu, Hawaii

Killed Jul 4, 1981 · 45 years ago

Stacey B. Gilman, a 19-year-old White female, came to Oahu from New Jersey and found herself in the crush of Independence Day crowds along Waikiki Beach, near Fort DeRussy. Fireworks were in the sky on July 4, 1981, and the shoreline was full of people moving…

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Jesse Craig

Male, age 59 · Rocky Ford, Colorado

Killed Jul 4, 1911 · 115 years ago

In the quiet town of Rocky Ford, Colorado, a beloved lawman, City Marshal Jesse B. Craig, Sr., a 59-year-old man, met a tragic and untimely end on the fourth of July in 1911. His death was not the result of a sudden accident, but a violent confrontation that…

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Jacob A. Jake Kipper

Male, age 41 · Rocky Ford, Colorado

Killed Jul 4, 1911 · 115 years ago

On a Tuesday in the summer of 1911, a family disturbance in Rocky Ford, Colorado, turned deadly for two local law enforcement officers. Night Marshal Jacob A. 'Jake' Kipper, a 41-year-old male, and Marshal Jesse Craig were dispatched to the scene to arrest a…

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Henry Harris

Male, age 29 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Jul 4, 1911 · 115 years ago

In the midst of the boisterous and chaotic Fourth of July celebrations in Seattle's Pioneer Square in 1911, a tragedy unfolded that would remain a mystery for years to come. Henry L. Harris, a 29-year-old White male police officer, was working overtime to…

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Devin Davis

Male, age 32 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

On the Fourth of July in 2021, a violent encounter in Baltimore led to the death of 28-year-old Christopher McCargo. The incident, which unfolded on the 4700 block of Gwynn Oak Avenue, culminated in a fatal shooting, forever altering the lives of two…

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Anthony Eason

Male, age 35 · Miami, Florida

Killed Jul 4, 2021 · 5 years ago

Anthony Eason, a 35-year-old Black male, was tragically shot on July 4, 2021, near the intersection of NW 7th Court and 16th Street in the Allapattah neighborhood of Miami, FL. The Miami Police Department has been actively seeking information regarding his…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Quinten Lynn

Male, age 31 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Jul 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

Quinten L. Lynn was a 31-year-old man from Jackson, Mississippi, whose Fourth of July in 2016 ended not with fireworks, but with gunfire on a quiet neighborhood street. On the afternoon of July 4, he was shot and killed on Revels Avenue, a residential stretch…

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Jason White

Male, age 38 · North-amityville, New York

Killed Jul 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 4, 2016, a celebration turned tragic outside a home on Emerald Lane North in North Amityville. Jason White, a 38-year-old man from nearby West Babylon, was fatally shot in an incident that also left a 28-year-old Wyandanch…

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Roosevelt Nick Green

Male, age 66 · Thomasville, North Carolina

Killed Jul 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

Roosevelt Nick Green, a 66-year-old African American male, was found dead from a gunshot wound inside his home in Thomasville, North Carolina, on July 4, 2016. The Thomasville Police Department responded to a 911 call at 1016 Ensley Street and discovered…

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Na Li

Female, age 37 · Bellflower, California

Killed Jul 4, 2016 · 10 years ago

Na Li was 37 years old when she died on Monday, July 4, 2016, in Bellflower. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died of stab wounds after she was attacked in the 16400 block of Lakewood Boulevard. Her death was ruled a homicide…

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James John Short

Male, age 36 · Montebello, California

Killed Jul 4, 2001 · 25 years ago

James John Short was 36 years old when he died on Wednesday, July 4, 2001, in Montebello. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 241 S. Park Ave. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Montebello…

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Antonio Cleveland

Male, age 18 · Austin, Texas

Killed Jul 4, 2026 · this year

On the night of the Fourth of July, 2026, while the skies over Austin, Texas, were likely still aglow with celebratory fireworks, a tragedy unfolded that would cut short the life of 18-year-old Antonio Cleveland Jr.. Just before midnight, in the parking lot…

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Brandon Fadden

Male, age 33 · Chantilly, Virginia

Killed Jul 4, 2026 · this year

Brandon Fadden, a 33-year-old man from Centreville, was killed during an early-morning shooting inside a home in Chantilly, Virginia, on July 4, 2026. The violence unfolded as people in the area were beginning the Independence Day holiday, turning what was…

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Cory Dajuan Dixon Goode

Male, age 18 · San Antonio, Texas

Killed Jul 4, 2026 · this year

Cory Dajuan Dixon Goode, an 18-year-old male, was killed during a mass shooting late on July 4, 2026, at the Wheatley Courts Apartments on San Antonio's East Side. Family members and other residents had gathered for an Independence Day barbecue, and children…

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Dakota Keys

Female, age 31 · Capitol Heights, Maryland

Killed Jul 4, 2026 · this year

On the evening of the Fourth of July, 2026, amidst the sounds of fireworks, 31-year-old Dakota Keys was fatally shot in Capitol Heights, Maryland. At approximately 10:10 p.m., officers from the Prince George's County Police Department responded to a report of…

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Dekevion Andrews

Male, age 19 · Centreville, Mississippi

Killed Jul 4, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of July 4, 2026, the town of Centreville, Mississippi, was shattered by an eruption of gunfire that claimed the life of 19-year-old Dekevion Keshawn Andrews. The violent incident unfolded around 12:55 a.m. near the Orchard Cafe on…

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Demetrius Collins

Male, age 39 · Selma, Alabama

Killed Jul 4, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of the Fourth of July holiday in Selma, Alabama, a gathering was tragically cut short by gunfire, leaving two men dead and a community in mourning. Demetrius Antwon Collins, a 39-year-old resident of Marion Junction, was one of the…

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Dominic Adrian Santiago

Male, age 19 · Hubert, North Carolina

Killed Jul 4, 2026 · this year

On the Fourth of July in 2026, the life of 19-year-old Dominic Adrian Santiago was tragically cut short in Hubert, North Carolina. That evening, around 7:25 p.m., deputies responded to a call about an unconscious man at a residence on Goose Creek Road. Upon…

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Donovan Jackson

Male, age 22 · Centreville, Mississippi

Killed Jul 4, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of the Fourth of July, 2026, the small town of Centreville, Mississippi, was rocked by a tragic burst of violence. What should have been a festive time turned into a scene of chaos and sorrow when gunfire erupted near the Orchard Café and…

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Eric Washington

Male, age 37 · Compton, California

Killed Jul 4, 2026 · this year

On a warm Fourth of July evening in 2026, while families and friends gathered across Compton, California, to celebrate with block parties and fireworks, a dedicated community advocate named Eric Washington Jr. found himself in the midst of a fatal conflict.…

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Ignacio Ruiz

Male, age 33 · Highland, California

Killed Jul 4, 2026 · this year

On the evening of the Fourth of July, 2026, a sense of tragedy befell a neighborhood in Highland, California. At approximately 9:51 p.m., deputies from the Highland Station of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department were dispatched to a residence in…

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JaMarion Rashawn Snell

Male, age 18 · Dothan, Alabama

Killed Jul 4, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of the Fourth of July, 2026, a day meant for celebration, violence tragically cut short the life of 18-year-old Ja'Marion Rashawn Snell in Dothan, Alabama. At approximately 2:30 a.m., officers from the Dothan Police Department and…

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