Deaths by Force on July 7

Deaths by Force (517)

Death by Force10th anniversary

Maximilian Rikard Rottmann

Male, age 71 · Punta-gorda, Florida

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

Maximilian Rikard Rottmann, a 71-year-old male from Punta Gorda, FL, died on July 7, 2016. His death was part of a tragic incident identified as a murder-suicide. Maximilian, along with his 72-year-old wife, Urte Rottmann, were found deceased in their home.…

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Urte Rottman

Female, age 72 · Punta-gorda, Florida

Killed Jul 7, 2016 · 10 years ago

Urte Rottmann, a 72-year-old woman from Punta Gorda, Florida, was found dead on July 7, 2016. Her death was part of a tragic incident that also involved her husband, Rikard Rottmann, aged 71. The couple was discovered in their upscale home on Royal Tern Drive…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

James Greg

Male, age 28 · Huntington-beach, California

Killed Jul 7, 1986 · 40 years ago

James Gregory "Greg" Hill, aged 28, tragically passed away on July 7, 1986, in Huntington Beach, California. The circumstances surrounding his death were deeply troubling and led to a significant investigation. Hill's death was initially reported as…

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Gregory Hill

Male, age 28 · Whitley, Kentucky

Killed Jul 7, 1986 · 40 years ago

In the summer of 1986, the quiet of Whitley County, Kentucky, was broken by a grim discovery. On a July day, the body of a man in his late 20s, Gregory “Wildman” Hill, was found by a relative on Upper Mulberry Cemetery Road, not far from his home in Dead…

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Death by Force115th anniversary

Edward Mcconnell

Male, age 33 · Asheville, North Carolina

Killed Jul 7, 1911 · 115 years ago

Edward Charles McConnell, aged 33, was a patrolman with the Asheville Police Department in North Carolina. On July 7, 1911, he succumbed to injuries sustained four days earlier when he was shot by a prisoner he was transporting. The incident occurred at the…

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Death by Force125th anniversary

Ole McMillan

Male · Humboldt, Iowa

Killed Jul 7, 1901 · 125 years ago

In the quiet summer of 1901, the town of Humboldt, Iowa, was shaken by the sudden and violent death of one of its own. Ole McMillan, a 28-year-old male, served as the community's night watchman, a familiar and trusted presence in the small town. His life was…

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Alexander Rutledge

Male, age 18 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of Tuesday, July 7, 2026, the life of 18-year-old Alexander Rutledge was tragically cut short in the Copper Hill neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida. Police responded to a call of a person shot on Bridges Road at approximately…

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Andre Leonard Barnes

Male, age 66 · Fort Pierce, Florida

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

In the quiet community of Fort Pierce, Florida, the life of a beloved 66-year-old man, Andre Leonard Barnes, was tragically cut short on July 7, 2026. A retired art teacher, Barnes was a respected and cherished figure, known for his kind soul and the positive…

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Anthony Creer

Male, age 36 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of Tuesday, July 7, 2026, the life of 36-year-old Anthony Creer Jr. was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire in Cincinnati's West End. The incident unfolded just before 8:30 a.m. in the 800 block of West Liberty Street, a…

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Daryle Hall

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

In the early evening of July 7, 2026, the life of 26-year-old Daryle Hall was tragically cut short on the streets of Chicago. Just before 7 p.m. in the Back of the Yards neighborhood, police officers responded to a call and discovered Hall with a gunshot…

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Dejuan Mitchell

Male · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

A quiet Tuesday morning in the Arlington neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida, was shattered by the sound of multiple gunshots on July 7, 2026. Around 9:30 a.m., officers from the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office responded to calls about a shooting in the 1200…

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Everett Deaver

Male, age 7 · Jacksonville, Arkansas

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

Everett Deaver, a 7-year-old boy, was fatally shot on July 7, 2026, inside a home in northern Pulaski County near Jacksonville, Arkansas. At approximately 6:06 p.m., Pulaski County sheriff’s deputies were called to the 24000 block of Highway 107 following a…

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Gail Hozjan

Female, age 43 · Tucson, Arizona

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

In what should have been just another summer day in a quiet Tucson, Arizona neighborhood, the life of 43-year-old Gail Hozjan came to a tragic and violent end on July 7, 2026. A neighbor discovered a chilling note left on her door, a confession from Gail's…

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Giovanna Myrie

Female, age 15 · Gwynn Oak, Maryland

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

A quiet evening in Gwynn Oak, Maryland, was shattered on July 7, 2026, marking a tragedy that would leave a community in mourning. Inside a home in the 6100 block of Talles Road, 15-year-old Giovanna Myrie and her 9-year-old brother, Steve Allen, were found…

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Herbert Lomax

Male, age 48 · Mundelein, Illinois

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

In what has been described as a targeted, domestic-related incident, 48-year-old Herbert Lomax was shot and killed on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, in a Mundelein, Illinois apartment. The shooting, which also left a 47-year-old woman seriously injured, occurred at…

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Howaun Roberts

Male, age 20 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

In the North Lawndale neighborhood of Chicago, a young man's life was cut short on July 7, 2026. Howaun Roberts, a 20-year-old male, was discovered in an alley, having been fatally shot. The incident added another statistic to the city's ongoing struggle with…

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JaCarless Rupert

Male, age 18 · Gulfport, Mississippi

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of Tuesday, July 7, 2026, a devastating incident unfolded in a Gulfport, Mississippi neighborhood that would end the life of 18-year-old JaCarless Rupert. Around 8:25 a.m., an event occurred in the 4200 block of Ohio Avenue that…

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Jackie Harper

Male, age 33 · Huntington, West Virginia

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

Jackie Sebastian Harper, a 33-year-old man from South Charleston, was fatally shot on July 7, 2026, inside a residence in the 2400 block of Ninth Avenue in Huntington, West Virginia. The shooting was reported shortly after 1 p.m., near Ninth Avenue and 24th…

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Jaelen McCormick

Male, age 20 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of Tuesday, July 7, 2026, a gathering at the S&D Banquet Hall in the University City area of Charlotte, North Carolina, turned tragic. Jaelen McCormick, a 20-year-old former high school football player with college offers, was fatally shot.…

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Javanti Smith

Male, age 40 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of Tuesday, July 7, 2026, Javanti Smith, a 40-year-old man, was fatally shot in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood. The incident occurred around 2:10 a.m. in the 400 block of West Evergreen Avenue, near Sedgwick Street. Responding officers…

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Jermaine Newton

Male, age 47 · Oakland, California

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of July 7, 2026, Jermaine Newton, a 47-year-old employee of the Oakland Public Works Department, was taking his dog for a walk in his East Oakland Hills neighborhood. The quiet residential area near Leona Drive and Old Quarry Loop…

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Juan Gabriel Sanchez

Male, age 35 · Decatur, Georgia

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of June 29, 2026, the life of 35-year-old Juan Gabriel Sanchez was tragically cut short in a senseless act of violence behind a Goodyear store on Memorial Drive in Decatur, Georgia. Sanchez, a father of two young children, was shot…

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Kevin Laurin

Male, age 16 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

The summer evening of July 7, 2026, was shattered by a tragedy that would leave the community of Columbus, Ohio, in stunned disbelief. Sixteen-year-old Kevin Laurin, a vibrant and well-liked teenager, was found deceased in a wooded area of a local park, his…

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Lorenzo Salgado Araujo

Male, age 52 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

On the morning of July 7, 2026, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old man from Mexico, was shot and killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Houston, Texas. Salgado Araujo was driving his work van with his brother and two co-workers to…

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Marzee Li Buck Ford

Male, age 19 · Tupelo, Mississippi

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

In the warm summer night of July 7, 2026, the life of 19-year-old Marzee Li Buck Ford was tragically cut short in Tupelo, Mississippi. The initial sounds that broke the midnight silence in the Bristow Acres area were mistaken by some residents as fireworks, a…

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Qwaviez Hamilton

Male, age 22 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

On a Tuesday afternoon in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the life of 22-year-old Qwaviez Hamilton was tragically cut short. On July 7, 2026, police were called to the Mirage Villa Apartments located on Florida Boulevard around 4 p.m. following reports of a shooting.…

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Seth Jayden Eccles

Male, age 19 · Avondale Estates, Georgia

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

In the early afternoon of July 7, 2026, events were set in motion that would tragically end the life of 19-year-old Seth Jayden Eccles of Savannah. On that day, the DeKalb County Police Department was investigating the armed robbery of a U.S. Postal Service…

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Shital Wrzesien

Female, age 57 · Smyrna, Georgia

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

In the quiet suburban neighborhood of Smyrna, Georgia, a tragedy shattered the evening of July 7, 2026. Shital Wrzesien, a 57-year-old woman of Indian-American descent, was found shot to death inside her home on Laurel Creek Trail. The incident, which…

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Steve Allen

Male, age 9 · Gwynn Oak, Maryland

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

In the typically quiet neighborhood of Gwynn Oak, Maryland, a horrific scene unfolded on the evening of July 7, 2026, forever altering the sense of peace for its residents. Inside a home on Talles Road, the lives of nine-year-old Steve Allen and his…

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Terrill Coltrane Gilmore

Male, age 34 · Gastonia, North Carolina

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

A quiet afternoon in Gastonia, North Carolina, turned tragic on July 7, 2026, ending the life of 34-year-old Terrill Coltrane Gilmore. The incident unfolded around 3 p.m. at the Greenview Meadows Apartments on Greenview Drive, where officers from the Gastonia…

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Daryl Curry

Male, age 55 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 7, 2026 · this year

Daryl B. Curry, 55, was beaten to death in the 1200 block of South Keeler Avenue in North Lawndale, on Chicago's West Side, on the night of Tuesday, July 7, 2026. He lived in the 5400 block of West Haddon Avenue. The Chicago Police Department investigated his…

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Demetrius Antonius Hundley

Male, age 24 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Jul 7, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet of a warm July evening in 2025, the life of Demetrius Antonius Hundley, a 24-year-old Black man, was tragically cut short in a barrage of gunfire. On Monday, July 7th, shortly after 9:30 p.m., residents of a typically peaceful East Birmingham…

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Blake Hulbert

Male, age 40 · Mesa, Arizona

Killed Jul 7, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a Monday morning in Mesa, Arizona, what began as a routine workday for Blake Hulbert, a 40-year-old male, ended in a fatal encounter. Just after 11:30 a.m. on July 7, 2025, Hulbert, a superintendent for a construction company, was in the parking lot of a…

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Jordan Elizabeth Labarre

Female, age 32 · Breckenridge, Colorado

Killed Jul 7, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the small town of Blue River, Colorado, south of Breckenridge, the life of 32-year-old Jordan Elizabeth Labarre was tragically cut short on the evening of July 7, 2025. A female, Labarre was found deceased inside a residence in what authorities would soon…

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Craig Anderson

Male, age 39 · Delaware City, Delaware

Killed Jul 7, 2025 · 1 year ago

Craig Anderson, 39, a male, was found mortally wounded in the Delaware City Trailer Park on the morning of July 7, 2025. Officers were dispatched to the 100 block of Fifth Street at about 9:27 a.m., where they discovered him suffering from multiple gunshot…

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Jordan Hill

Male, age 34 · Kissimmee, Florida

Killed Jul 7, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jordan Hill, 34, was found mortally wounded on July 7, 2025, in Kissimmee, Florida. According to local reporting and public memorial records, the shooting occurred in the parking lot of the Ambassador Inn on West Vine Street, where Jordan Hill, 34, was shot…

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Shawn Franklin

Male · West Palm Beach, Florida

Killed Jul 7, 2025 · 1 year ago

Shawn Franklin, 30, male, was fatally shot on the evening of July 7, 2025, in West Palm Beach after police were alerted by ShotSpotter to gunfire near the 700 block of North Tamarind Avenue. Officers found him in a parking lot suffering from gunshot wounds…

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Tarasik Abdell

Male, age 47 · North Miami Beach, Florida

Killed Jul 7, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of July 7, 2025, 47-year-old Tarasik Abdell, a male from North Miami Beach whose race/ethnicity has not been publicly reported, was fatally shot during a double-shooting at an apartment off Northeast 161st Street. Officers arrived to find two…

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Gustavo Melendrez-Hernandez

Male, age 29 · Coachella, California

Killed Jul 7, 2025 · 1 year ago

Gustavo Melendrez-Hernandez, 29, a Hispanic/Latino male from Coachella, was shot late Monday morning, July 7, 2025, at a residence in the 84000 block of Avenue 51. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Thermal Station arrived around 10 a.m., rendered…

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Khalil Pettway

Male, age 31 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 7, 2025 · 1 year ago

Khalil Pettway, 31, a male from Los Angeles, was found lifeless at his residence on July 7, 2025, where authorities pronounced him dead that day. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner identified Khalil Pettway, 31, and recorded the location as a residence…

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Amia N. Cox

Female, age 22 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Jul 7, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the summer of 2025, a young woman's hope for a new beginning in Louisville, Kentucky, was tragically cut short. Amia Nicole Cox, a 22-year-old female, was found shot to death on July 7, 2025, in a residence in Shively, a city within the Louisville metro…

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Sontia R. Simmons

Female, age 26 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Jul 7, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of July 7, 2025, the life of 26-year-old Sontia R. Simmons was tragically cut short in a violent act that also claimed the life of her friend, 22-year-old Amia N. Cox. The two women were found shot to death inside a home in the 3200…

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Wallace Cornett

Male, age 63 · Viper, Kentucky

Killed Jul 7, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the rural community of Viper, Kentucky, a retired coal miner, Wallace Cornett, a 63-year-old male, was killed on Monday, July 7, 2025. Cornett, a man known for his caring heart and love for the outdoors, was fatally shot at close range with a shotgun…

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James Skarda IV

Male, age 35 · Dundalk, Maryland

Killed Jul 7, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the summer of 2025, a quiet Dundalk, Maryland neighborhood was disrupted by a tragic event that claimed the life of 35-year-old James Francis Skarda IV. On the afternoon of July 7th, police were called to the 8200 block of Bullneck Road following reports…

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Jermaine McFadden

Male, age 37 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 7, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the summer of 2025, a burst of violence on a Baltimore street claimed the life of Jermaine McFadden, a 37-year-old Black male. The evening of July 7th took a tragic turn in the 4900 block of Reisterstown Road. It was there, at approximately 9:56 p.m., that…

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Jiveston Antonio Hebert

Male, age 38 · Church Point, Louisiana

Killed Jul 7, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the small town of Church Point, Louisiana, the life of 38-year-old Jiveston Antonio Hebert was tragically cut short on July 7, 2025. Hebert was shot once in the chest on North Wilson Street, near Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Despite being rushed to a…

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Terrence Freeman

Male, age 18 · Baker, Louisiana

Killed Jul 7, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a summer evening in Baker, Louisiana, tragedy struck the Freeman family. On July 7, 2025, 18-year-old Terrence Freeman, a recent graduate of Baker High School, was shot and killed on Seville Avenue. The male teenager was pronounced dead at the scene just…

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Cameron Richard Lollis

Male, age 20 · Laurel, Mississippi

Killed Jul 7, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the predawn hours of a Tuesday morning in Laurel, Mississippi, the life of Cameron Richard Lollis, a 20-year-old male, was cut short by gunfire. On July 8, 2025, deputies from the Jones County Sheriff's Department were called to the Lone Oak Apartments on…

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