Death by Force

Gennieve Ashworth

Female, age 74 · Glenmora, Louisiana

Killed Jul 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

Gennieve “Jean” Thompson Ashworth, 74, was a White woman who lived in Glenmora, Louisiana, where the summer morning of July 5, 2014, broke with the kind of quiet that makes sudden violence feel even louder. Just before dawn, deputies assigned to the Rapides…

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Daniel Cortez Morrison

Male, age 21 · Fayetteville, North Carolina

Killed Jul 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

Daniel Cortez Morrison, a 21-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on July 5, 2014, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The incident occurred when Morrison, along with another individual, picked up a passenger at a convenience store located at…

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Derek Huggins Jr.

Male, age 19 · Durham, North Carolina

Killed Jul 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

Derek Huggins Jr., a 19-year-old African American male, was tragically shot to death in Durham, North Carolina, on July 5, 2014. The incident occurred in the yard of a home located in the 3000-block of East Weaver Street around 1:40 a.m. When police officers…

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Adrian Days

Male, age 27 · Harrison-township, Ohio

Killed Jul 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

Adrian Days, a 27-year-old man from Harrison Township, OH, tragically died on July 5, 2014. He was working as a security guard at the Old Red Barn Bingo Hall when a fight broke out inside the hall around 2 a.m. As patrons were being escorted outside, someone…

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Robert Harris

Male, age 28 · Toledo, Ohio

Killed Jul 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

Robert Harris, a 28-year-old male from Toledo, OH, tragically lost his life on July 5, 2014. His body was discovered just before 11 p.m. in the 800-block of Vance. The investigation into his death revealed that he was a victim of a violent crime, leading to a…

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Corbin George

Male, age 17 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jul 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

On July 5, 2014, 17-year-old Corbin George from Houston, Texas, tragically lost his life. According to available information, the incident occurred in southeast Houston when a firearm was mishandled, leading to the fatal shooting of the young male. Details…

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Cynthia Marie Cook

Female, age 48 · Westmont, California

Killed Jul 5, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the morning of Saturday, July 5, 2014, emergency personnel from the Los Angeles County Fire Department were working an unrelated assignment in the unincorporated neighborhood of Westmont. While in the area around 10:30 a.m., firefighters were flagged down…

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Keith Smith

Null, age 24 · San Francisco, California

Found Jul 5, 2013 · 13 years ago

Keith Smith, age 24, was fatally shot on July 5, 2013, in San Francisco, California. His death occurred in the Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood, a region that has seen a significant amount of gun violence over the years. The shooting took place during the…

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Mustafa Abushi

Male, age 28 · Oakland, California

Found Jul 5, 2013 · 13 years ago

On July 5, 2013, Mustafa Abushi, a 28-year-old man, was found shot to death in East Oakland, California. The shooting occurred just after midnight, and his body was discovered inside his vehicle, which had crashed at an intersection following the gunshots.…

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Elliot K Frazier

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 5, 2013 · 13 years ago

Elliot K. Frazier, aged 26, was tragically shot and killed on July 5, 2013, in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago. The shooting occurred in the early morning hours near the 7400 block of North Paulina Street. Frazier was found with multiple gunshot…

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Vin Jackson

Male, age 26 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jul 5, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the warm summer of 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana, a young Black man named Vin Jackson, who was 26 years old, passed away. His death, on July 6, 2013, left a void in the lives of those who knew him. Known to many by his nickname "Cuddy," Vin was remembered…

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Devin Christopher Hardy

Male, age 23 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 5, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 5, 2013, the life of 23-year-old Devin Christopher Hardy was tragically cut short on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. A Black male, Hardy was in the company of 33-year-old Tyrone Bailey in the 700 block of East Preston…

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Tyrone Bailey

Male, age 33 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 5, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 5, 2013, violence erupted on a street in Baltimore, Maryland, leaving two men dead. Tyrone Bailey, a 33-year-old Black male, was one of the victims in what police identified as a double-fatal shooting. The incident occurred…

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Delvhon Jones

Male, age 24 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jul 5, 2013 · 13 years ago

On July 5, 2013, a 24-year-old Black male named Delvhon Martez Jones lost his life in the city of Detroit, Michigan. The incident occurred during a summer period often marked by increased activity in the city, but for Jones, the day ended in violence. He was…

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Kelly Boyce-Hurlbert

Female, age 29 · Traverse City, Michigan

Killed Jul 5, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 5, 2013, the life of 29-year-old Kelly Boyce-Hurlbert was tragically cut short in what has become a long-unsolved hit-and-run case in Traverse City, Michigan. A newlywed, Boyce-Hurlbert was riding her bicycle home from her…

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Ned Young

Male, age 26 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Jul 5, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 5, 2013, a night of entertainment at a Las Vegas Latin nightclub turned deadly for Ned Young, a 26-year-old African-American man. The tragic events began to unfold inside The Mayan Club, located near the intersection of…

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Devante Penn

Male, age 21 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Jul 5, 2013 · 13 years ago

On July 5, 2013, 21-year-old Devante Penn was found fatally shot in the middle of Wentworth Road and Windsor Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred at around 3:15 p.m., and police were dispatched to the scene following reports of a shooting. Despite…

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Brieanna Nicole Bell

Female, age 20 · Hampton, Virginia

Killed Jul 5, 2013 · 13 years ago

On a Friday afternoon in Hampton, Virginia, the life of 20-year-old Brieanna Nicole Bell was tragically cut short. On July 5, 2013, Bell was in a car with several other people in the parking lot of the Coliseum Crossing shopping center. An argument broke out…

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John Thomas Brown

Male, age 40 · Hampton, Virginia

Killed Jul 5, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the late morning of July 5, 2013, the life of 40-year-old John Thomas Brown was cut short in the first block of Phelps Circle in Hampton, Virginia. A native of Anderson, South Carolina, Brown had been a resident of Hampton for 27 years and was known as a…

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Jamonni Bland

Male, age 17 · Macon, Georgia

Killed Jul 5, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 5, 2013, a night of entertainment in downtown Macon, Georgia, turned deadly for 17-year-old Jamonni Bland. The young man, a male, was fatally shot in an underground parking deck near the Zodiac Lounge. The violence that…

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Elliott Frazier

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 5, 2013 · 13 years ago

On July 5, 2013, at approximately 5:15 a.m., 26-year-old Elliott Frazier was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds in the 7400 block of North Paulina Street in Chicago's Rogers Park neighborhood. Authorities pronounced the young man dead at the scene at…

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Jovan Lee Morris

Male, age 25 · Elizabeth-city, North Carolina

Killed Jul 5, 2013 · 13 years ago

Jovan Lee Morris, a 25-year-old African American male from Elizabeth City, NC, was reported missing on July 6, 2013. His family last saw him on the evening of July 5, 2013, as he walked to his car in the parking lot of the Woodstock II apartment complex in…

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Julius Ellington

Male, age 35 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jul 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 5, 2012, the life of 35-year-old Julius Barnett Ellington, a Black male from Northwest D.C., was tragically cut short. At approximately 2:20 a.m., in the 600 block of Morton Street, NW, gunshots rang out, leaving Mr.…

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Anthony Suarez

Male, age 27 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

On July 5, 2012, Anthony Suarez, a 27-year-old resident of Chicago, was shot and killed in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. The incident occurred just after 2 a.m. as Anthony was riding in a vehicle in the 1800 block of West 45th Street. Another vehicle…

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Ricardo Alcantara

Male, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

Hispanic male Ricardo Alcantar, 18, was shot on the evening of July 5, 2012, in Chicago's Archer Heights neighborhood, struck in the 4800 block of South Hamlin Avenue. He was attacked around 5:05 p.m., in broad daylight on a Southwest Side residential stretch…

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Sergio Garcia

Male, age 20 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

Sergio Garcia, a 20-year-old male, was killed on July 5, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred amidst a particularly violent year in Chicago, which saw an uptick in homicides and gang-related incidents. The summer of 2012 was marked by increased…

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Quinndale Gahie

Male, age 35 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jul 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

Quinndale Gahie, a 35-year-old Black man from New Orleans, was killed in a late-night shooting on July 5, 2012, on the St. Claude Avenue Bridge. Near 11 p.m., a driver headed eastbound across the bridge came upon a grim scene: a man lying in the roadway…

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Chung Johnson

Female, age 57 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jul 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

Chung Johnson was 57 when her life was taken in New Orleans, Louisiana. She was a woman whose name now sits in public records under the stark, impersonal label of homicide, a word that can’t possibly hold everything she was before that moment. It is the kind…

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Lance Johnson

Male, age 40 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

On a summer day in Baltimore, Maryland, tragedy struck when 40-year-old Lance Johnson was murdered on July 5, 2012. The incident took place at 2343 North Eutaw Place, leaving a community in search of answers. Mr. Johnson, a transgender male, was a resident of…

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Evelyn Stewart

Female, age 35 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jul 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

On July 5, 2012, authorities discovered the body of a 35-year-old African American female named Evelyn Stewart in Redford, Michigan. The discovery was made at a residence located at 22642 Chicago, a street within the Redford Charter Township which sits…

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Devon Stephenson

Male, age 19 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jul 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

On July 5, 2012, law enforcement officials in Detroit, Michigan, were alerted to a situation at the intersection of Chippewa Avenue and Ward Street. Upon arrival at the scene on the city's northwest side, authorities discovered a deceased individual. The…

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Francisco Morales-Sanchez

Male, age 41 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Found Jul 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

On July 5, 2012, Francisco Morales-Sanchez, aged 41, was murdered in Charlotte, North Carolina. Morales-Sanchez's death was part of a series of violent incidents in the area, as he was shot and killed during an altercation. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police…

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Reanna Rodgers

Female, age 17 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Jul 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

On July 5, 2012, 17-year-old Reanna Rodgers was shot at a Mobil gas station located off Cleveland Avenue and Weber Road in the North Linden area of Columbus, Ohio. She was at the gas station with another man when an altercation led to gunfire, ultimately…

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Tre Dawkins

Male, age 15 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Jul 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

On July 5, 2012, Tre Dawkins, a 15-year-old from Philadelphia, was tragically shot and killed in a violent incident. The shooting took place in a neighborhood that has seen its share of gun violence, and the young victim's death highlighted the ongoing issues…

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Fredrick Poplar

Male, age 29 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jul 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

On a summer evening in Memphis, Tennessee, the life of 29-year-old Fredrick Poplar was tragically cut short. On July 5, 2012, Poplar, an African-American male, was near Le Moyne-Owen College to attend a basketball event associated with the Bluff City Classic…

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Randal Brooks

Male, age 20 · Elmira, New York

Killed Jul 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the early morning hours of Thursday, July 5, 2012, the life of 20-year-old Randal 'Bede' Brooks of Elmira, New York, was tragically cut short. Brooks was discovered deceased from a fatal gunshot wound outside of the Eastgate Apartments, situated at the…

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Noah Nicholas Matthew McGuire

Male, age 14 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jul 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

Noah Nicholas Matthew McGuire, a 14-year-old boy from Columbus, Ohio, tragically died on July 5, 2012. Noah was a student at Dominion Middle School and was well-loved by his family and friends. He is survived by his father, Matthew McGuire, his mother, Jodi…

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Kyle Ashley Haley

Male, age 30 · Trainer, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 5, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the summer of 2012, a family was forever shattered by a senseless act of violence. Kyle Ashley Haley, a 30-year-old male, was walking alone in the 3900 block of Post Road in Trainer, Pennsylvania, shortly before midnight on the Fourth of July. It was then…

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Deshaun Mcneal

Male, age 35 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 5, 2010 · 16 years ago

Deshaun McNeal, aged 35, was tragically killed on July 5, 2010, in Chicago, Illinois. McNeal was pronounced dead at Jackson Park Hospital after being the victim of gun violence. The incident took place amidst rising concerns about crime in the city…

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Andrew L Jr. Hardrick

Male, age 37 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 5, 2010 · 16 years ago

Andrew L. Hardrick Jr., aged 37, was tragically shot and killed on July 5, 2010, in Chicago. His death came during a time of ongoing violence in the city, with many communities being deeply affected by gun-related homicides. Hardrick's death added to the…

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John Crowder

Male, age 17 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 5, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the early hours of July 5, 2010, the promising life of 17-year-old John Crowder, a Black male, was tragically cut short on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. A nationally ranked basketball standout, Crowder was found bleeding on a sidewalk in East…

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Anthony Griffin

Male, age 32 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 5, 2010 · 16 years ago

On a summer evening in Pittsburgh's Hazelwood neighborhood, tragedy struck when 32-year-old Anthony Griffin, a Black man, was found shot on the front steps of a home on Monongahela Street. It was shortly after 10 p.m. on July 5, 2010, when police responded to…

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Rosalyn Williams

Female, age 51 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Jul 5, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 5th, 2010, a sense of unease settled over a North Nashville neighborhood. An anonymous 911 call, placed at approximately 4:30 a.m., broke the quiet of the morning, directing authorities to a vacant residence at 1817 15th…

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Ricardo Pena-Barriga

Male, age 37 · Oakland, California

Found Jul 5, 2009 · 17 years ago

Ricardo Pena-Barriga, aged 37, was shot and killed on July 5, 2009, in Oakland, California. The incident was part of the ongoing wave of violence that plagued Oakland during that period, contributing to the 104 homicides recorded in the city in 2009. The year…

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Francisco Lopez

Male, age 29 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 5, 2009 · 17 years ago

On July 5, 2009, Francisco Lopez, a 29-year-old Hispanic male, was fatally shot in Chicago, Illinois. According to police reports, the incident occurred in the early morning hours when Lopez was approached by an unknown assailant who opened fire, striking him…

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Msrchello Henderson

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 5, 2009 · 17 years ago

On July 5, 2009, 26-year-old Msrchello Henderson was fatally shot in Chicago, Illinois. His death took place in the midst of an alarming surge of gun violence across the city that year. Henderson's homicide was part of a broader pattern of incidents that…

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Pauletta Harris

Female, age 42 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Jul 5, 2009 · 17 years ago

On a summer day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the life of 42-year-old Pauletta S. Harris was tragically cut short. On July 5, 2009, Harris became a victim of fatal gun violence. The specific details surrounding the circumstances of her death remain publicly…

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Pedro Xochipa

Male, age 21 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jul 5, 2009 · 17 years ago

Pedro Xochipa, a 21-year-old Latino, tragically lost his life on July 5, 2009, following a violent incident that occurred during a Fourth of July celebration in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. According to reports, Xochipa was attending a late-night party on July…

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