Deaths by Force on July 7

Deaths by Force (517)

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Kendrick West

Male, age 22 · Houston, Texas

Found Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

On July 7, 2016, Kendrick West, aged 22, was found dead in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred late at night, with reports indicating that Kendrick was involved in an altercation prior to the fatal shooting. The Houston Police Department responded to the…

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Robert L. Bob Hanna

Male, age 51 · Lincoln, Nebraska

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

Robert L. Hanna, a 51-year-old White male, was working as a clerk at a Kwik Shop in Lincoln, Nebraska, on the night of July 7, 2016. In the early hours of the morning, a man entered the convenience store located at 14th Street and Adams Street. The individual…

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David Stewart

Male, age 23 · Charleston, West Virginia

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

David Stewart, a 23-year-old White man from Charleston, West Virginia, was killed during the early morning hours of July 7, 2016, at the Orchard Manor housing complex on Charleston’s West Side. Court records later established that Stewart had driven his…

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Brandon Smith

Male, age 28 · Dorchester, Massachusetts

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a summer day in Dorchester, Massachusetts, the life of a 28-year-old Black / African American man, Brandon Smith, was tragically cut short. The incident occurred in the broad daylight of July 7, 2016, on Hancock Street, where violence erupted in the form…

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James Jerome Salter

Male, age 52 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 7, 2016, a Minneapolis street corner became the final scene in the life of 52-year-old James Jerome Salter. He was found lying on the pavement at the intersection of 5th Avenue South and Lake Street, the victim of a fatal…

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John Lee Hennington

Male, age 15 · Hammond, Indiana

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the early morning of July 7, 2016, a violent incident unfolded in the quiet residential area of Hammond, Indiana, claiming the life of a young teenager. John Lee Hennington, a 15-year-old male, was discovered suffering from a fatal gunshot wound in the…

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Jeremiah Bonilla

Male, age 22 · Bell, California

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jeremiah Bonilla, a 22-year-old resident of Huntington Park, was tragically shot and killed in Bell, California, on July 7, 2016. The incident occurred around 3:30 a.m. in the 6200 block of Riverside Avenue. According to authorities, Bonilla was found in his…

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John Vargas

Male, age 29 · Naples, Florida

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

John Vargas, a 29-year-old man from the Bronx, New York, was found dead on July 7, 2016, in a wooded area near the 700 block of Goodlette-Frank Road in Naples, Florida. Vargas was on vacation in Naples to celebrate his upcoming 30th birthday and to visit his…

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Tania Badal Woodrum

Female, age 66 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

Tania Badal Woodrum, a 66-year-old salon owner from Jacksonville, Florida, tragically passed away on July 7, 2016. Her death was the result of a murder-suicide involving her husband, Juan Antonio Martinez. On the night of her death, Tania called the police…

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Xavier Sierra

Male, age 18 · Naples, Florida

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

Xavier Sierra, an 18-year-old from Naples, Florida, tragically lost his life on July 7, 2016. The circumstances surrounding his death were deeply distressing and involved a complex web of personal vendettas and legal proceedings. Xavier was lured to a…

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Stephanie Jean Riddle

Female, age 35 · Hapeville, Georgia

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

Stephanie Jean Riddle, a 35-year-old mother of five, found her life tragically cut short on July 7, 2016, in a Hapeville, Georgia, hotel. Her death was the culmination of a period of escalating domestic violence at the hands of her boyfriend, Jerrell Berger.…

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Domingo Rodriguez Rhines

Male, age 40 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a summer evening in Shreveport, Louisiana, the life of 40-year-old Domingo Rodriguez Rhines, a Black male, was tragically cut short. On July 7, 2016, Rhines was shot and killed in the Mooretown neighborhood, marking another grim statistic in the city's…

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Kevin S. Foots Sr.

Male, age 55 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, the life of 55-year-old Kevin S. Foots Sr. was tragically cut short in a fatal shooting in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans. On the evening of Thursday, July 7, 2016, police were called to the 4500 block of Jasmine Street where…

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Tommie Earl Brown

Male, age 21 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

Tommie Earl Brown, a 21-year-old male of mixed ethnicity, tragically lost his life on June 8, 2016, in Columbus, Ohio. He was fatally shot at a carryout store located on the 2700 block of East 5th Avenue. Alongside Tommie, two other individuals, Kris V. Pace…

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Jennifer Brewer Rooney

Female, age 44 · Bristol, Tennessee

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a summer morning in Bristol, Tennessee, Jennifer Brewer Rooney, a 44-year-old newspaper carrier for the Bristol Herald Courier, was senselessly killed in a spree of random violence. The tragic events unfolded in the early hours of July 7, 2016, when a…

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Brent Alan Thompson

Male, age 43 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

Brent Alan Thompson, a 43-year-old white male, was a police officer with the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police Department. On July 7, 2016, he was tragically killed during a protest in downtown Dallas, Texas. The protest was organized in response to the fatal…

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Michael Leslie Krol

Male, age 40 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

Michael Leslie Krol, a 40-year-old white male police officer, tragically lost his life on July 7, 2016, in Dallas, Texas. Officer Krol was one of the five police officers killed during a protest in downtown Dallas. The protest was in response to recent police…

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Patricio patrick Zamarripa

Male, age 32 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

Patricio "Patrick" E. Zamarripa, a 32-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically lost his life on July 7, 2016, in Dallas, Texas. He was one of five police officers killed during a peaceful protest in downtown Dallas. The incident occurred when a sniper…

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Ruben Flores

Male, age 22 · Spring, Texas

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

Ruben Flores, a 22-year-old male, tragically lost his life on July 7, 2016, in Spring, Texas. The incident occurred around 7:40 p.m. in the 3400 block of Ramsgate Drive near Ridgewood Drive. According to the Harris County Sheriff's Office, Flores was involved…

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Lorne Bradley Ahrens

Male, age 48 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

Senior Corporal Lorne Bradley Ahrens, aged 48, was a dedicated officer with the Dallas Police Department. He was born on May 9, 1968, in Los Angeles, California, and had served with the Dallas Police Department for 14 years. Ahrens was also a former member of…

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Michael Joseph Smith

Male, age 55 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

Sergeant Michael Joseph Smith, aged 55, was born on October 8, 1960, in Taiwan and passed away on July 7, 2016, in Dallas, TX. He was a dedicated member of the Dallas Police Department for over 27 years. Tragically, he was one of five officers assassinated…

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Michael J. Smith

Male, age 55 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

Michael J. Smith was a 55-year-old male, a veteran police sergeant with the Dallas Police Department, and of Taiwanese ethnicity. He had served for nearly three decades in law enforcement after also completing military service. On July 7, 2016, he was working…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Ezra Flowers

Male, age 20 · Oakland, California

Found Jul 7, 2011 · 15 years ago

Ezra Flowers, age 20, was fatally shot on July 7, 2011, in Oakland, California. He was one of several victims in a series of shootings that occurred over the Fourth of July weekend. The incident took place on the 7100 block of International Boulevard, and…

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Alexis Garcia

Male, age 23 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 7, 2011 · 15 years ago

On July 7, 2011, 23-year-old Alexis Garcia was killed in a shooting in Chicago, adding to the city's alarming homicide statistics. The details surrounding Garcia's death remain limited, but he was one of many victims in a year that saw a significant amount of…

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Dominic Guerrier

Male, age 31 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Jul 7, 2011 · 15 years ago

On a summer night in Boston, the life of 31-year-old Dominic Guerrier, a Black male, was cut short by a hail of bullets. On July 7, 2011, at approximately 11:20 p.m., police responded to reports of a person shot at the intersection of Mascot Street and…

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Ronald Fennell

Male, age 52 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jul 7, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the summer of 2011, a tragedy unfolded on the streets of Detroit that would leave a family grieving and a community searching for answers. Ronald Fennell, a 52-year-old African-American man, was killed on July 7, 2011. The incident occurred near the…

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David Wayne Raisch-Day

Male, age 18 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Jul 7, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 7, 2011, the life of 18-year-old David Wayne Raisch-Day, a male from Cass Lake, Minnesota, was tragically cut short in Minneapolis. A sanitation worker on their route made the grim discovery in an alley in the 2500 block…

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Keith A Handson

Male, age 33 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Jul 7, 2011 · 15 years ago

On the night of July 7, 2011, a violent incident claimed the life of 33-year-old Keith A. Handson, an African American man from Kansas City, Missouri. Police officers were dispatched late that evening to the intersection of Independence Avenue and Bales…

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Harold Avery

Male, age 25 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jul 7, 2011 · 15 years ago

On a summer evening in Memphis, Tennessee, the life of 25-year-old Harold Avery, Jr. was tragically cut short. On July 7, 2011, at approximately 6:06 p.m., police responded to a shooting at the Hunter Oaks Apartments located at 662 Woodstone Circle. Arriving…

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Keithian Ingram

Male, age 39 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jul 7, 2011 · 15 years ago

Keithian Ingram, a 39-year-old Black man, died in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 7, 2011, after a homicide that would leave more questions than answers. The killing was reported in the city at an incident location recorded as 1481 S. Cooper Street, a corridor of…

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Corey E Pruitt

Male, age 26 · Fort Worth, Texas

Found Jul 7, 2011 · 15 years ago

On July 7, 2011, Corey E. Pruitt, a 26-year-old from Fort Worth, Texas, passed away under circumstances tied to a violent incident. His death came during a time when the Fort Worth area was grappling with a heightened focus on public safety due to a rise in…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Amanda Emkens

Female, age 27 · Grand-rapids, Michigan

Killed Jul 7, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the summer of 2011, a tragic event unfolded in Grand Rapids, Michigan, forever altering the lives of several families. On July 7th, Amanda Renee Emkens, a 27-year-old female, was killed in a violent rampage that claimed the lives of six others. The…

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Jennifer Heeren

Female, age 29 · Grand-rapids, Michigan

Killed Jul 7, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the summer of 2011, a tragic series of events unfolded in Grand Rapids, Michigan, forever altering the lives of several families. Jennifer Heeren, a 29-year-old woman, was among the victims of a violent rampage carried out by her ex-boyfriend, 34-year-old…

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Kamrie Heeren-Dantzler

Female, age 12 · Grand-rapids, Michigan

Killed Jul 7, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the summer of 2011, a heartbreaking tragedy unfolded in Grand Rapids, Michigan, forever altering the lives of a local family. Twelve-year-old Kamrie Heeren-Dantzler, a bright and promising female student, was among the victims of a horrific shooting spree…

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Kimberlee Ann Emkens

Female, age 23 · Grand-rapids, Michigan

Killed Jul 7, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the summer of 2011, a tragedy unfolded in Grand Rapids, Michigan, forever altering the lives of several families. Kimberlee Ann Emkens, a 23-year-old Caucasian woman, found her life abruptly and violently cut short on July 7th of that year. Her death was…

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Marissa Lynn Emkens

Female, age 10 · Grand-rapids, Michigan

Killed Jul 7, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the summer of 2011, a tragic event unfolded in Grand Rapids, Michigan, forever altering the lives of several families. Ten-year-old Marissa Lynn Emkens was a young girl full of life, known for her helpful and sweet nature at North Park Elementary School…

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Rebecca Heeren

Female, age 52 · Grand-rapids, Michigan

Killed Jul 7, 2011 · 15 years ago

On a summer day in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the life of 52-year-old Rebecca Heeren was tragically cut short in a wave of violence that stunned the community. On July 7, 2011, she, along with members of her family, became victims of a shooting rampage carried…

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Thomas Heeren

Male, age 51 · Grand-rapids, Michigan

Killed Jul 7, 2011 · 15 years ago

Thomas 'Frank' Heeren, a 51-year-old male, was tragically killed in his Grand Rapids, Michigan home on July 7, 2011, in a devastating act of violence that also claimed the lives of his wife, Rebecca, their daughter, Jennifer, and their granddaughter, Kamrie.…

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Juan Carter

Male, age 26 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jul 7, 2011 · 15 years ago

Juan Carter, a 26-year-old African-American man, was shot and killed in New Orleans on July 7, 2011. On that Thursday, Carter was traveling with his mother to a court hearing where he was scheduled to face a double murder charge from a 2010 incident. As they…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

John Jackson

Male, age 21 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jul 7, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the early morning hours of June 20, 2024, a verbal dispute between two men in Northeast Washington, D.C., escalated into a fatal encounter. Outside an apartment building in the 4400 block of Hunt Place, 21-year-old Marcellus Jackson was engaged in an…

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Joshua Boggess

Male, age 25 · Charleston, West Virginia

Killed Jul 7, 2006 · 20 years ago

Joshua Boggess was a 25-year-old White/Caucasian male whose killing occurred near midnight on July 6, 2006, in downtown Charleston, West Virginia. Contemporary reporting described Boggess as a hardworking man who had been working at Chili’s in the Charleston…

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Randi Regensberg

Female, age 21 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Jul 7, 2006 · 20 years ago

On July 7, 2006, the life of 21-year-old Randi Regensberg was tragically cut short in Albuquerque, New Mexico. On that evening, friends of the young woman, who was six months pregnant, grew increasingly concerned for her safety when she was at the home of her…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Michael West

Male, age 28 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Jul 7, 1996 · 30 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 7, 1996, a sense of normalcy was shattered by the eruption of gunfire at a Portland intersection, leaving a young man dead and a community searching for answers that remain elusive to this day. Michael Arvell West, a…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Kenneth French

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jul 7, 1991 · 35 years ago

Kenneth French, aged 39, died on July 7, 1991, in Columbus, Ohio, due to circumstances that involved a fire at his home. The incident took place at 1044 Loretta Avenue, where Kenneth was caught in the blaze. Authorities responded to the scene, but the details…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Kermit Fitzpatrick

Male, age 30 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jul 7, 1991 · 35 years ago

On a summer morning in Detroit, Michigan, the life of a dedicated state trooper was tragically cut short. On July 7, 1991, 30-year-old Kermit Fitzpatrick, a Michigan State Trooper, was conducting a routine traffic stop on the Jeffries Freeway. It was…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Jeremiah Weinberger

Male, age 23 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Jul 7, 1991 · 35 years ago

Jeremiah Benjamin Weinberger was a 23-year-old Hispanic/Latino man of Puerto Rican descent who was living in Chicago in the summer of 1991. He worked in customer service for a video business and was remembered by people close to him as organized, attentive to…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Donald Barney

Male, age 61 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Jul 7, 1986 · 40 years ago

Donald Barney, a 61-year-old man, was a patient at Drake Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, when he died on July 7, 1986. Contemporary reporting later identified his death as one of a series of killings committed by hospital orderly Donald Harvey. According to…

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Eduardo Hernandez Martinez

Male, age 17 · Queens, New York

Killed Jul 7, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the summer of 2021, a young man's life was cut short in a brazen daylight shooting in Queens, New York. Seventeen-year-old Eduardo Hernandez Martinez was fatally shot on July 7, 2021, in a confrontation that stemmed from a planned marijuana sale. The…

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