Deaths by Force on July 4

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Titus Deshaun Moton

Male, age 24 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early morning hours of Independence Day in 2022, the life of Titus Deshaun Moton, a 24-year-old Black male, was tragically cut short in Little Rock, Arkansas. The incident unfolded at the Big Country Chateau Apartments located on Colonel Glenn Road.…

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Jayla Heaven

Female, age 22 · Hartford, Connecticut

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

A spirited young Black/African American woman, 22-year-old Jayla Heaven, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of July 4, 2022, in Hartford, Connecticut. The incident occurred at approximately 2:15 a.m. at a large house party that was taking place at a…

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John Tubac

Male, age 17 · New Haven, Connecticut

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the night of July 3, 2022, in New Haven, Connecticut, 17-year-old John Tubac, a recent high school graduate with plans for college, was fatally shot. The male teenager was in his Ford pickup truck with a female passenger on Poplar Street when a man, later…

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Ivanildo Cabral

Male, age 29 · Randolph, Massachusetts

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the evening of the Fourth of July in 2022, a celebration at a Randolph, Massachusetts nightclub ended in tragedy, claiming the life of 29-year-old Ivanildo Cabral, a Black/African American male. The incident occurred around 8 p.m. in the parking area of…

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Kane Nathaniel Andres Acosta

Male, age 21 · Englewood, Colorado

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the summer of 2022, on the Fourth of July, the life of 21-year-old Kane Nathaniel Andres Acosta was tragically cut short in Englewood, Colorado. The young man, who was known to have a heart of gold, was fatally shot in what has been described as an act of…

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Robert Damontay Sillemon

Male, age 31 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a summer evening in Denver, Colorado, the life of 31-year-old Robert Damontay Sillemon was cut short by an act of gun violence. The shooting occurred on the night of the Fourth of July in 2022, in the 2100 block of West Pacific Place. Sillemon was a…

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Daquan Hodge

Male, age 20 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early moments of the Fourth of July in 2022, a wave of violence shattered the festive atmosphere in Washington, D.C., leaving a young man's life tragically cut short. Just after midnight, at approximately 12:01 a.m., the sound of gunshots echoed in the…

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Anderail Armstrong

Male, age 20 · Kenosha, Wisconsin

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

Anderail Keith Cashmere Armstrong Jr., a 20-year-old resident of Kenosha, Wisconsin, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2022. Armstrong, known for his love of basketball and his vibrant personality, was fatally shot in a mass shooting incident that occurred…

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Ja’Juan Webb

Male, age 16 · Grand-rapids, Michigan

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a summer afternoon in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 16-year-old Ja’Juan Webb was riding his bicycle with friends, a simple pleasure that turned tragic in an instant. It was July 4, 2022, and as the group made their way along Leonard Street NE, a vehicle…

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JaRay Robertson

Male, age 28 · Fraser, Michigan

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the Fourth of July in 2022, a dispute that began in Roseville, Michigan, escalated into a fatal encounter in the nearby city of Fraser, ending the life of 28-year-old JaRay Robertson. The incident, which authorities would later describe as an execution…

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Nicole Marie Schneider Allison

Female, age 27 · Adrian, Michigan

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

Nicole Marie Schneider Allison, a 27-year-old Caucasian woman from Adrian, Michigan, tragically lost her life on July 4, 2022. A graduate of Adrian High School and Siena Heights University, she was a mother to three sons and four stepdaughters. Nicole was…

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Patrese Sayas

Female, age 63 · Southfield, Michigan

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

Patrese Sayas, a 63-year-old registered nurse, was found deceased in her Southfield, Michigan, home on July 4, 2022, after she failed to show up for her job at the Detroit Medical Center for three days, causing concern among her family and colleagues.…

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Ayres Gray Jr.

Male, age 26 · Neptune, New Jersey

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early morning hours of the Fourth of July in Neptune, New Jersey, the life of 26-year-old Ayres Gray, Jr. was tragically cut short. The young man, a resident of Manalapan, was discovered inside a parked vehicle on South Concourse, suffering from…

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Mailk Taylor

Male, age 42 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a summer evening that should have been filled with the sounds of celebration, tragedy struck in Newark, New Jersey. Malik S. Taylor, a 42-year-old Black male from the neighboring city of East Orange, found his life cut short by gunfire on July 4, 2022. The…

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Raakin J. Brown

Male, age 39 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the midst of Fourth of July celebrations in Newark, New Jersey, a burst of violence cut a man's life short. Raakin J. Brown, a 39-year-old resident of the city, was found with gunshot wounds on the 100 block of Irvine Turner Boulevard on Monday, July 4…

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Rayanne Reven

Female, age 53 · Mullica Township, New Jersey

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the quiet community of Mullica Township, New Jersey, the life of 53-year-old Rayanne Reven was tragically cut short on July 4, 2022. Her death, which stunned the local community, was investigated by the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office as a…

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Desijuan Berry

Male, age 20 · New-albany, Indiana

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a summer evening in New Albany, Indiana, the life of a young, aspiring musician was tragically cut short. Desijuan Berry, a 20-year-old Black man, was shot and killed on July 4, 2022. The incident occurred just after 11 p.m. in the 1300 block of Bono Road.…

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Joshua Alvarez

Male, age 19 · Lake-station, Indiana

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the evening of July 4, 2022, in Lake Station, Indiana, a young man named Joshua Alvarez, 19, was fatally shot. The incident occurred in the 3300 block of Edison Drive as he was walking home after watching a fireworks display. An argument is believed to…

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Bryant Jones

Male, age 32 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 4, 2022, 32-year-old Bryant Jones was driving through the City of Northwoods, a suburb in St. Louis County, Missouri, when his vehicle suddenly careened off the road. Police officers from the Northwoods department responded…

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Carlo Enrique Collado

Male, age 19 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the early morning of July 4, 2022, in Kansas City, Missouri, police officers were dispatched to the 5700 block of Mersington Avenue following reports of gunfire. Around 3:45 a.m., responding units arrived at a residence in the area, where they were…

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Carlos Martinez-Ramirez

Male, age 30 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the evening of July 4, 2022, law enforcement officers in Kansas City, Missouri, were dispatched to the 8900 block of Longview Road in the southern part of the city following reports of a person lying on the ground. Upon arrival around 6:00 p.m., first…

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Jai’Bryn Johnson

Male, age 18 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

On July 4, 2022, the Kansas City, Missouri community was shaken by the violent death of 18-year-old Black male Jai’Bryn Johnson. In the early morning hours, approximately 3:30 a.m., a vehicle arrived at the Research Medical Center emergency room entrance. The…

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Lamantris Sample

Male, age 18 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a summer afternoon in St. Louis, tragedy struck an 18-year-old male named Lamantris Sample. The date was July 4, 2022, when Sample was at a Mobil gas station located at the intersection of Kingshighway Boulevard and St. Louis Avenue in the Kingsway East…

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Makahyah Griffin

Male, age 17 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the afternoon of July 4, 2022, violence erupted in the Kingsway West neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, claiming the life of 17-year-old Makahyah Griffin. The fatal incident unfolded around 4:00 p.m. near the intersection of Maffitt Avenue and Union…

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Latoya McMillan

Female, age 37 · Bamberg, South Carolina

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the small community of Bamberg, South Carolina, the life of 37-year-old Latoya Yvette McMillan, a Black female, was tragically cut short on July 4, 2022. On that day, she was discovered deceased in her residence on Houser Street, the victim of a fatal…

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Leroy Jeter III

Male, age 42 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early morning hours of the Fourth of July in 2022, the sound of gunfire echoed through a Baltimore neighborhood, leading to the discovery of 42-year-old Leroy Jeter III. A Black male, Jeter was found by patrolling officers at approximately 3:12 a.m. in…

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Tyuane Johnson

Male, age 24 · Cambridge, Maryland

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the evening of the Fourth of July in 2022, tragedy struck in Cambridge, Maryland, ending the life of 24-year-old Tyuane Johnson Jr.. Shortly before 9:00 p.m., officers from the Cambridge Police Department were dispatched to the 1000 block of Cosby Lane…

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Amir Green

Male, age 19 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

A holiday evening in Brooklyn turned deadly on July 4, 2022, when a shooting inside an East New York bodega claimed the life of Amir Green. Green, a male whose age is reported conflictingly as 19 and 23 years old, was one of two fatalities in the violent…

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John Edwards

Male, age 62 · Bronx, New York

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the warm evening air of a Fourth of July celebration in the Bronx, 62-year-old John Edwards sat in his customary blue chair outside his building on Prospect Avenue, a familiar and comforting sight to his neighbors. A veteran and a beloved figure in the…

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Malik Sharif Shipman

Male, age 19 · Syracuse, New York

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

A sense of celebration was in the air on the Fourth of July in Syracuse, New York, but the holiday atmosphere was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of a young soldier. Malik Sharif Shipman, a 19-year-old male, was in the city to enjoy an…

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Sulaiman Odunsa

Male, age 21 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the late hours of the Fourth of July in 2022, a burst of violence inside an East New York bodega shattered the holiday calm, leaving two men dead and another critically wounded. One of the victims was 21-year-old Sulaiman Odunsa, a resident of the Brooklyn…

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Greg Najee Grimes

Male, age 31 · Sacramento, California

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

Greg Najee Grimes, a 31-year-old high school football coach and former Boise State University defensive lineman, was tragically shot and killed in the early hours of July 4, 2022, in downtown Sacramento, California. The incident occurred near 15th and L…

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Greg Smith

Male, age 52 · Irvine, California

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

Greg Smith, aged 52, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2022, in Irvine, California. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning when Irvine police received a 911 text at 2:19 a.m. from a witness who reported hearing an argument followed by…

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Lamar Gant

Male, age 49 · Compton, California

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

Lamar Gant, a 49-year-old resident of Los Angeles, was tragically shot to death on July 4, 2022, in Compton, California. The incident occurred around 11:20 p.m. on the 1000 block of West 134th Place. According to the Los Angeles County Medical…

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Luis Enrique Gonzalez

Male, age 27 · Healdsburg, California

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

Luis Enrique Gonzalez, a 27-year-old resident of Windsor, California, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2022, in Healdsburg. The incident occurred shortly after the city's Fourth of July fireworks show, which had just concluded at Healdsburg High School. At…

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Susana Ortiz

Female, age 48 · Bakersfield, California

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

Susana Ortiz, a 48-year-old resident of Bakersfield, California, tragically lost her life on July 4, 2022, in a shooting incident. The incident occurred just after 11 p.m. on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Bakersfield Police officers responded to the…

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Terrence Hanes

Male, age 29 · Carmichael, California

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

Terrence Hanes, a 29-year-old resident of Carmichael, California, was tragically found dead in his home on July 4, 2022. The Sacramento County Coroner's Office identified Hanes, who had suffered multiple gunshot wounds. The discovery was made after a friend…

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Tyree Foster

Male, age 52 · Oakland, California

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

Tyree Foster, a 52-year-old man from Burbank, California, was tragically killed on July 4, 2022, in Oakland. Foster was shot while he was in the driver's seat of his vehicle in the 8700 block of Dowling Street in East Oakland. The incident occurred shortly…

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Demetrick Devon Brown

Male, age 26 · Winter-haven, Florida

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

Demetrick "Meaty" Devon Brown, a 26-year-old resident of Winter Haven, Florida, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2022, during a block party celebration. The incident occurred shortly before midnight on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, where a physical…

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Tamia Shantoria Fleming

Female, age 21 · Newton, Georgia

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the summer of 2022, on the Fourth of July, the life of 21-year-old Tamia Shantoria Fleming was tragically cut short in Newton, Georgia. Fleming, a female, was fatally wounded by gunfire during a fight that broke out during the holiday festivities. Details…

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Eduardo Uvaldo

Male, age 69 · Highland-park, Illinois

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

Eduardo Uvaldo, a 69-year-old Hispanic male, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2022, during the Highland Park Independence Day parade in Illinois. Uvaldo, who had immigrated to the United States from Mexico at the age of 15, was attending the parade with…

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Irina McCarthy

Female, age 35 · Highland-park, Illinois

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

Irina McCarthy, a 35-year-old woman from Highland Park, Illinois, tragically lost her life on July 4, 2022, during a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade. Irina, along with her husband Kevin McCarthy, 37, was among the seven victims who…

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Jacki Sundheim

Female, age 63 · Highland-park, Illinois

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

Jacquelyn "Jacki" Lovi Sundheim, a 63-year-old white woman, tragically lost her life on July 4, 2022, during the Highland Park parade in Illinois. Jacki was a beloved member of the North Shore Congregation Israel, where she had been a lifelong congregant and…

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Katherine Goldstein

Female, age 64 · Highland-park, Illinois

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

Katherine Goldstein, a 64-year-old white woman, tragically lost her life on July 4, 2022, during a mass shooting at the Highland Park Fourth of July parade in Illinois. Katherine, affectionately known as Katie, was a devoted mother and an avid bird-watcher.…

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Kevin McCarthy

Male, age 37 · Highland-park, Illinois

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

Kevin McCarthy, a 37-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2022, during the Highland Park parade shooting in Illinois. Kevin, along with his wife Irina McCarthy, was among the seven victims who were fatally shot when a gunman opened fire…

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Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza

Male, age 79 · Highland-park, Illinois

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

Nicolas Toledo-Zaragoza, a 78-year-old Mexican man, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2022, during a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois. Toledo-Zaragoza was visiting his family in the United States when the incident…

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Quinton Maurice Scott Jr

Male, age 19 · Peoria, Illinois

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

Quinton Maurice Scott Jr., a 19-year-old African American male from Peoria, Illinois, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2022. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning at the Taft Homes, a low-income housing complex in Peoria. According to…

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Stephen Straus

Male, age 88 · Highland-park, Illinois

Killed Jul 4, 2022 · 4 years ago

Stephen Straus, an 88-year-old Jewish man, tragically lost his life on July 4, 2022, during the Highland Park Fourth of July parade. Stephen was a beloved husband, father, and grandfather, known for his warmth, humor, and active lifestyle. He was a regular…

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