Death by Force

John Jones

Male, age 24 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of the Fourth of July weekend in 2015, the life of 24-year-old John Nathaniel Jones was tragically cut short in Southeast Washington, D.C. Authorities reported that on Sunday, July 5, 2015, at approximately 5:29 a.m., Jones was…

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Damien C. Hill

Male, age 24 · Miami, Florida

Found Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Damien C. Hill, aged 24, was tragically killed on July 5, 2015, in Miami, Florida. His death was ruled as a homicide, and local authorities continue to seek justice for him. Hill’s death occurred under circumstances that are still under investigation, with…

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Dominic Jr Fairley

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Dominic Jr. Fairley, aged 28, was fatally shot on July 5, 2015, in Chicago, Illinois. The homicide took place amidst a challenging year for Chicago, which saw a significant rise in gun violence and homicides. Fairley was shot in an area experiencing…

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Gene Cary

Male, age 26 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the summer of 2015, a night of violence in Louisville, Kentucky, set in motion a chain of events that would ultimately claim the life of Gene Earl Cary, a 26-year-old Black male. On the evening of July 5th, Cary was on Quail Court, off Poplar Level Road…

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Michael Thomas

Male, age 33 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a summer evening in Louisville, Kentucky, the life of Michael Thomas Jr., a 33-year-old Black man with a passion for music, was tragically cut short. On July 5, 2015, Thomas was found shot to death at an apartment complex near Iroquois Park. He was a…

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Edward Burroughs

Male, age 26 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the evening of July 5, 2015, a burst of gunfire shattered the summer calm on the 2000 block of Kennedy Avenue, a dense residential street in East Baltimore. When the chaos subsided, 26-year-old Edward Burroughs, a Black / African American man known to his…

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Tyreek Mason

Male, age 22 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Tyreek Mason, a 22-year-old resident of Philadelphia, was found dead on July 5, 2015. His body was discovered inside the rear seat of a 2015 Volkswagen Passat at around 3:11 a.m. on the 5100 block of Front Street. Mason had been shot multiple times, and…

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Reggie Ellis

Male, age 44 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late hours of a Sunday evening in North Philadelphia, tragedy struck, forever altering the lives of those connected to Randall Ellis. On April 30, 2017, the 29-year-old man was discovered in a hallway of his residence on the 3000 block of North 10th…

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Deaanna Riddle

Female, age 25 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

On July 5, 2015, Deanna Riddle, a 25-year-old resident of Philadelphia, was found dead in her home on the 1600 block of West Lehigh Avenue. Philadelphia Police officers responded to a call at around 7:23 a.m. and discovered Deanna lying on the bed in a front…

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Cameron S. Johnson

Male, age 32 · El Dorado, Arkansas

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the summer of 2015, on July 5th, the life of 32-year-old Cameron S. Johnson, a Black male, was cut tragically short in El Dorado, Arkansas. In the parking lot of the Hillsboro Manor apartment complex, Johnson was found lying face down between two vehicles…

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Garnett Godfrey Henry

Male, age 43 · Hartford, Connecticut

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the summer of 2015, the life of Garnett Godfrey Henry, a 43-year-old Black man, was tragically cut short in Hartford, Connecticut. In the early morning hours of Sunday, July 5th, Henry was at a basement party on Edgewood Street when gunfire erupted. He was…

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Paris Anton Guston

Male, age 16 · Salt Lake City, Utah

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 5, 2016, a summer night of teenage mischief turned deadly for 16-year-old Paris Guston in Salt Lake City, Utah. The young man, known for his infectious smile and witty humor, was riding in a car with two friends in the…

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Andres Rojo

Male, age 28 · Artesia, New Mexico

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of July 5, 2015, in Artesia, New Mexico, a gathering took a tragic turn, ending the life of 28-year-old Hispanic male, Andres Rojo. The incident unfolded on the 1400 block of Yucca, where a confrontation led to bloodshed, forever altering…

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Richard Perez

Male, age 37 · Deming, New Mexico

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the summer of 2015, in the small city of Deming, New Mexico, a violent encounter led to the death of Hispanic / Latino male Richard Perez, age 37. On the evening of July 5th, Deming police officers were dispatched to the 1100 block of Gold Street following…

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Sabrae Monte McAlester

Male, age 16 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of a violent Fourth of July weekend in 2015, the life of 16-year-old Sabrae Monte McAlester, a male from St. Louis Park, was tragically cut short in downtown Minneapolis. Just after 2 a.m. on July 5th, near a bus shelter at the…

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Chaz Schmitz

Male, age 31 · Auburn, Washington

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the warm evening of July 5, 2015, a dispute in Auburn, Washington's Les Gove Park tragically cut short the life of 31-year-old Chaz Schmitz, a White Caucasian male. Schmitz, along with a 29-year-old woman named Sara Arthur, was at the park when an argument…

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Jon Jones

Male, age 27 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a summer evening in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the life of 27-year-old Jon Jones, a Black / African American male, was tragically cut short. On July 5, 2015, Jones was sitting in a parked vehicle with a 25-year-old friend in the 4300 block of N. 104th Street.…

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Craig Wingard

Male, age 33 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the summer of 2015, a dispute over a set of car keys in Tulsa, Oklahoma, escalated into a fatal encounter for 33-year-old Craig Wingard. A former U.S. Marine, Wingard was a White male known for his love of the outdoors, including hunting, fishing, and BMX…

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Douglas McGill

Male, age 37 · Waynesboro, Mississippi

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of July 5, 2015, a dispute that began inside Club Embassy in Waynesboro, Mississippi, spilled out into the parking lot and ended in the tragic death of 37-year-old Douglas McGill. The Black male was shot and killed during the altercation…

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Jabarri Goudy

Male, age 17 · Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the early morning of July 5, 2015, violence erupted outside of Club Memories in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, claiming the life of Jabarri Goudy. The 17-year-old Black male was fatally shot around 2 a.m. in the chaotic scene at the local nightclub. The…

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Kelcay Anthony Humphrey

Male, age 25 · Brookhaven, Mississippi

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the summer of 2015, on the evening of July 5th, the life of 25-year-old Kelcay Anthony Humphrey was cut short in Brookhaven, Mississippi. He was walking at the Cloverdale apartment complex on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive when an assailant approached him…

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Ahmad Mahir Crudup

Male, age 22 · East Orange, New Jersey

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a summer evening in East Orange, New Jersey, the life of a young man was tragically cut short. Ahmad Mahir Crudup, a 22-year-old male from Maplewood, was shot and killed on Sunday, July 5, 2015. The incident occurred shortly before 11:30 p.m. on the 200…

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Holly Jones

Female, age 28 · Gary, Indiana

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a spring evening in May 2003, 10-year-old Holly Jones walked a friend home in her Toronto, Ontario neighborhood, a simple act of friendship that tragically ended in her abduction and murder. After she failed to return home, her worried parents reported her…

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Jeremy Smith

Male, age 33 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 5, 2015, the sound of sirens pierced the quiet of a University City neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri. A fire had broken out at a home on the 6800 block of Julian Avenue, drawing an emergency response. Inside the…

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Adrian Jamil Eaglin

Male, age 20 · Eutawville, South Carolina

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

A simmering holiday weekend dispute at a popular boat landing in Eutawville, South Carolina, violently erupted, leaving a young man dead and shattering the festive atmosphere. Adrian Jamil Eaglin, a 20-year-old Black male from Sumter, was shot and killed on…

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Anna H. Moore

Female, age 50 · Rock-hill, South Carolina

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet suburban landscape of Rock Hill, South Carolina, a grim discovery was made on Sunday, July 5, 2015, at a home on Dunlap Roddey Road. Inside and outside the residence, which had only recently become home to a new family, lay the bodies of four…

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Jason Andrew Lockamy

Male, age 31 · Rock-hill, South Carolina

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a summer evening in Rock Hill, South Carolina, the life of 31-year-old Jason Andrew Lockamy was tragically cut short in a violent act that also claimed the lives of his mother and girlfriend. On Sunday, July 5, 2015, Jason, his mother, Anna Hubbard Moore…

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Lora Young

Female, age 31 · Rock-hill, South Carolina

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a summer day in Rock Hill, South Carolina, a family cookout turned into a scene of unimaginable horror. Lora Kathryn Young, a 31-year-old woman, was tragically killed on July 5, 2015, in a violent sequence of events that claimed three other lives. The…

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Quincy Richardson

Male, age 34 · Hartsville, South Carolina

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the summer of 2015, the community of Hartsville, South Carolina, mourned the loss of Quincy Lee Richardson, a 34-year-old man known affectionately as 'Q.' Born on June 6, 1981, Quincy was a lifelong resident of Hartsville. He passed away on Sunday, July 5…

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Huiyuan Wang

Male, age 17 · Queens, New York

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Huiyuan Wang was reported to have gone to the Breezy Point shoreline in Queens on the night of July 5, 2015, moving through a place that was still busy with the summer atmosphere but edged with isolation once you got closer to the dunes and the service paths…

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James Kohl

Male, age 35 · Plattsburgh, New York

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the summer of 2015, the life of 35-year-old James E. Kohl, Jr. was tragically cut short in Plattsburgh, New York. On July 5th, Kohl, a man remembered for his sense of humor and love for his family, died from a gunshot wound in what was described as a…

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Carrie Jean Melvin

Female, age 30 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Carrie Jean Melvin, a 30-year-old woman, was tragically killed on July 5, 2015, in Hollywood, Los Angeles. On that fateful night, Carrie and her boyfriend were walking near North McCadden Place and Sunset Boulevard when a man approached them from behind and…

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Harley Crawford

Male, age 18 · Pittsburg, California

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Harley Crawford, an 18-year-old from Pittsburg, CA, tragically lost his life on July 5, 2015, in a shooting incident in Bay Point. According to reports, Harley was in the process of picking up a friend when a car approached from behind and shot him in the…

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Kevin Jacobo

Male, age 20 · Santa-ana, California

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Kevin Jacobo, a 20-year-old resident of Santa Ana, California, tragically lost his life on July 5, 2015. The incident occurred in what was described as a car-to-car shooting, which took place in the 2300 block of West Harvard Street. Kevin was critically…

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Antonio L. Davis

Male, age 40 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Antonio L. Davis, aged 40, passed away on July 5, 2015, in Jacksonville, Florida. His death was a result of a tragic incident that has since been the subject of extensive investigation and legal proceedings. On the day of his death, Davis was found with fatal…

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Cornellius Poole

Male, age 21 · Tallahassee, Florida

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Cornellius Jamal Poole, a 21-year-old African American male from Tallahassee, Florida, tragically lost his life on July 5, 2015. Poole, along with his friend Lance Love, was found dead in their apartment on West Tharpe Street. The apartment had been set on…

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Lance Love

Male, age 22 · Tallahassee, Florida

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Lance Thomas Love, a 22-year-old resident of Tallahassee, Florida, tragically lost his life on July 5, 2015. Born in Albany, Georgia, Lance was a lifelong resident of Tallahassee and a graduate of Amos P. Godby High School. He was employed at Dale Earnhardt…

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Michael Richardson

Male, age 24 · Seffner, Florida

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Michael Richardson, a 24-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on July 5, 2015, in Seffner, Florida. The circumstances surrounding his death were both shocking and heartbreaking for the community. Michael was found dead in a car outside a…

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Randy Virgil Jr.

Male, age 23 · Pahokee, Florida

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Randy Virgil Jr., a 23-year-old resident of Pahokee, Florida, tragically lost his life on July 5, 2015. The incident occurred during the early hours of the morning in the parking lot of the Pahokee Save-A-Lot. According to reports, Virgil was involved in a…

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James Napoleon Hawkins

Male, age 44 · Albany, Georgia

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

James Napoleon Hawkins, a 44-year-old Black man, was killed in Albany, Georgia, on July 5, 2015, in a burst of violence that the courts later traced back to a planned armed robbery near a motel. According to the evidence summarized by the Supreme Court of…

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John Hester

Male, age 68 · Norman-park, Georgia

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet community of Norman Park, Georgia, the life of 68-year-old John David Hester Sr. came to a tragic and unexpected end in the summer of 2015. A retired resident known and loved in his small town, his final moments were a testament to his protective…

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Mark Turner

Male, age 37 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 5, 2015, a dispute that began inside an Atlanta gentlemen's club on Marietta Street tragically escalated, spilling into the street and ending in fatal violence. Mark Turner, a 37-year-old African American male, was shot and…

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Nakita Holland

Female, age 36 · Carrollton, Georgia

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the summer of 2015, in Carrollton, Georgia, the life of 36-year-old Nakita Lashawn Holland was tragically cut short. Holland, a female, was nine months pregnant and just days away from delivering her son, whom she had already named Ryder. Her family grew…

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Anthony Strong

Male, age 48 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Anthony Strong, a 48-year-old African American male, was fatally shot on July 5, 2015, in the Calumet Heights neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred under circumstances that led to a significant investigation by local law enforcement.…

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Jeremy Spivey

Male, age 23 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Jeremy Spivey, a 23-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on July 5, 2015, in the Albany Park neighborhood of Chicago, IL. Known by the nickname "Smokey," Jeremy's death was a significant loss to his community. The incident occurred…

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John Hunter

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

John Hunter, a 25-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on July 5, 2015, in Chicago, IL. His death was the result of a violent incident that occurred in the Englewood neighborhood, a community often plagued by gun violence. On that fateful…

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Willie Hunter

Male, age 31 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Willie Hunter, a 31-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on July 5, 2015, in Chicago, Illinois. Willie, along with his 25-year-old brother John Hunter, was fatally shot while sitting in an SUV in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood. The…

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Christopher Brazil

Male, age 27 · Gastonia, North Carolina

Killed Jul 5, 2015 · 11 years ago

Christopher Brazil, a 27-year-old African American male, passed away on July 5, 2015, in Gastonia, North Carolina. He was born in Mecklenburg County to Wayne and Frankie Woods Brazil. His death was reported to have occurred at CaroMont Regional Medical Center…

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