Deaths by Force on July 9

Deaths by Force (505)

Death by Force10th anniversary

LaRita Dewberry

Female, age 26 · Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

LaRita Yvonne Renee Dewberry, a 26-year-old Black female from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was fatally shot on the night of July 9, 2016. The incident occurred at approximately 10:10 p.m. while she was inside her sport utility vehicle, which was parked outside…

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Nay Martinez

Female, age 27 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, a domestic dispute escalated into a tragic double homicide in Detroit, Michigan, claiming the life of 27-year-old Nay Martinez. On July 9, Martinez and another woman, 42-year-old Martha Veronica Rodriguez Rios, were fatally shot. At the…

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Jakaiye Ingram

Male, age 24 · Penns Grove, New Jersey

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a summer afternoon in July 2016, a life was tragically cut short in Penns Grove, New Jersey, following a roadside dispute. Jakaiye Ingram, a 24-year-old male, was driving his Volkswagen Jetta with his girlfriend and their 1-year-old son when an exchange of…

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Tristan Branch

Male, age 26 · Elkhart, Indiana

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 9, 2016, the life of Tristan Branch, a 26-year-old Black male from Chicago, was tragically cut short in Elkhart, Indiana. Police responded to a report of shots fired at the Rosedale Highrise apartment complex on West Indiana…

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Carl Marty Dane Martin

Male, age 49 · Crane, Missouri

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Carl 'Marty' Dane Martin III was a forty-nine-year-old resident of Crane, Missouri, known for his love of the outdoors and his dedication to his family. Born in Wichita, Kansas, to Carl and Mary Martin, he built a life in Stone County where he worked in the…

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Tywan Smith

Male, age 45 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of July 9, 2016, a confrontation in St. Louis, Missouri, tragically ended the life of 45-year-old Tywan Smith. The incident unfolded on Natural Bridge Avenue, where Smith was shot multiple times. When police arrived at the scene…

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Amanda Fisher

Female, age 29 · North-myrtle-beach, South Carolina

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, the life of 29-year-old Amanda Renee Fisher was cut short in a tragic and violent manner. On the morning of July 9, 2016, her body was discovered in the parking lot of a K&W Cafeteria in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Fisher, a…

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Jamila Odom

Female, age 41 · Fort-washington, Maryland

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a summer evening in 2016, a domestic dispute tragically escalated, ending the life of 41-year-old Jamila Odom. On July 9th, in Fort Washington, Maryland, Odom was discovered in her car, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds. The grim discovery was made…

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Gilbert Esparza

Male, age 35 · Bell, California

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Gilbert Esparza, a 35-year-old Latino, was tragically shot and killed on July 9, 2016, while riding his bicycle along the Los Angeles River bike trail near River Drive and Southhall Lane in Bell, California. The incident occurred around 1:12 a.m., when Bell…

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Bernard Antonio Richards

Male, age 31 · Clearwater, Florida

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Bernard Antonio Richards, a 31-year-old resident of Clearwater, Florida, tragically lost his life on July 9, 2016, following a violent altercation. The incident occurred outside the Stop-N-Shop convenience store located at the corner of S. Martin Luther King…

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Paul McLees

Female, age 78 · Winter-haven, Florida

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Paul McLees, a 78-year-old Caucasian male, was tragically killed on July 9, 2016, in Winter Haven, Florida. The incident occurred during a violent home invasion at his residence on Laurel Oak Drive. The suspect, identified as 25-year-old Ricardo Garcia Gomez…

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Rory Hayward

Male, age 31 · Palatka, Florida

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Rory Devon Hayward, a 31-year-old African American man from Palatka, Florida, was found dead on July 9, 2016. He was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds inside his home on North 10th Street around 4:30 a.m. The Palatka Police Department responded to the…

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Briana Stamper

Female, age 28 · Rockford, Illinois

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Briana Nicole Stamper, a 28-year-old African American woman from Rockford, Illinois, tragically lost her life on July 9, 2016. Born on August 5, 1987, Briana was a beloved member of her community, known for her work in customer service at ServiCom and her…

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Glennell Fairley

Male, age 21 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Glennell Fairley, a 21-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on July 9, 2016, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred at Ogden Park in the Englewood neighborhood on the city's South Side. Fairley was playing basketball with a 15-year-old…

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Jessica Rogers

Female, age 18 · Calumet-city, Illinois

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jessica Rogers, an 18-year-old African American woman from Calumet City, Illinois, tragically lost her life on July 9, 2016. Her death was the result of a violent incident that shocked the local community. Jessica was found deceased in her home, and the…

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Sequita Walsh

Female, age 34 · Joliet, Illinois

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Sequita Monique Walsh, a 34-year-old African American woman, tragically lost her life on July 9, 2016, in Joliet, Illinois. Born on November 7, 1981, Sequita, affectionately known as "Quita," was a beloved member of her community. She was known for her…

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Christopher Stephen Onley

Male, age 29 · Greensboro, North Carolina

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Christopher Stephen Onley, a 29-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on July 9, 2016, in Greensboro, North Carolina. The incident occurred as a result of a fatal shooting, which left the community in shock and mourning. Onley…

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Bryan Henry

Male, age 18 · Toledo, Ohio

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Bryan Henry, an 18-year-old male from Toledo, OH, tragically passed away on July 9, 2016. His death was the result of a shooting incident in his family's apartment on Middlesex Drive in Georgetown Village. Bryan was shot once in the chest by his younger…

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Joshua Cohen

Male, age 25 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Joshua Cohen, a 25-year-old male of unspecified ethnicity, tragically lost his life on July 9, 2016, in Dayton, Ohio. Cohen was fatally shot during an argument on Leland Avenue. The incident occurred when Waymon Jones, Jr., a 26-year-old Dayton man, opened…

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Eugene Mack

Male, age 26 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Eugene Robert Mack, Jr., a 26-year-old Black male from Chester, Pennsylvania, was born on December 2, 1989, and passed away on July 9, 2016. He was educated in the Chester Upland School District. His parents, Trina Bobo and Eugene Robert Mack Sr., along with…

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Gregory Newton

Male, age 29 · Hazleton, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Gregory Newton, a 29-year-old male from Hazleton, PA, tragically died on July 9, 2016, from multiple gunshot wounds. The cause of death was determined to be homicide. Newton was found in the area of First and Seybert streets in Hazleton, and a vehicle crash…

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Alva Braziel

Male, age 38 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Alva Braziel, a 38-year-old African American man, was shot and killed by Houston police officers on July 9, 2016. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning when two officers encountered Braziel standing in the middle of the street with a…

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Geovanni Geo Rios

Male, age 18 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Geovanni "Geo" Rios, an 18-year-old Hispanic male from Houston, Texas, tragically lost his life on July 9, 2016. Geo was fatally shot in the head while riding in a white Chevy Tahoe along the Gulf Freeway access road near Fuqua, Houston. He had just graduated…

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Jacobie Parker

Male, age 25 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

On July 9, 2016, Jacobie Parker, a 25-year-old male, was fatally shot at a car wash in Dallas, Texas. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, leaving the community in shock and prompting an immediate investigation by local law enforcement.…

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Maria Guzman

Male, age 40 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

On July 9, 2016, Maria Guzman, a 40-year-old Hispanic woman, was tragically lost to gun violence in Houston, Texas. Details surrounding the circumstances of her death are limited, and specific information about the incident has not been widely reported. Maria…

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Taylor Burford

Male, age 23 · Garland, Texas

Killed Jul 9, 2016 · 10 years ago

Taylor Raymond Burford, a 23-year-old male from Garland, Texas, tragically passed away on July 9, 2016. Taylor was born on March 7, 1993, in Dallas, Texas, and grew up in Garland. He graduated from South Garland High School and was a student at Eastfield…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Lark Shavers

Male, age 37 · Oakland, California

Found Jul 9, 2011 · 15 years ago

Male Lark Shavers, aged 37, was one of the many victims of Oakland's high homicide rate in 2011. He passed away on July 9, 2011, in Oakland, California. The year 2011 was particularly grim for Oakland, with a total of 110 homicides reported, a pattern…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Ardo Mata-magallanes

Male, age 30 · Greeley, Colorado

Killed Jul 9, 2011 · 15 years ago

Armando Mata-Magallanes, 30, male, left his Denver home for work at 5:30 a.m. on July 8, 2011, and was expected back by midafternoon. He never arrived at his job, and by 9:53 p.m. that night he was reported missing. In the hours after he left, he phoned his…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Christopher Walker

Male, age 32 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Jul 9, 2011 · 15 years ago

Christopher Walker, a 32-year-old Black man from Atlanta, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of July 9, 2011, in the Reynoldstown neighborhood. Police said the shooting happened at about 2 a.m. in the 100 block of Flat Shoals Avenue, a stretch of…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Torrey Cornell Wilson

Male, age 29 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 9, 2011 · 15 years ago

On July 9, 2011, Torrey Cornell Wilson, a 29-year-old male, was shot and killed in Chicago. The incident took place in the West Pullman neighborhood, which was experiencing elevated levels of gun violence at the time. Wilson was shot multiple times while he…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Demitrius Chrystal

Male, age 23 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 9, 2011 · 15 years ago

Demitrius Chrystal, a 23-year-old male from Chicago, Illinois, tragically lost his life on July 9, 2011. The incident occurred in the early morning hours in the city's South Side, adding to the grim statistics of gun violence in Chicago. Chrystal was shot…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Jeffrey Butler

Male, age 21 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jul 9, 2011 · 15 years ago

Jeffrey Butler, a 21-year-old male, was killed on July 9, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois. Butler was fatally shot, becoming one of many victims of gun violence that year. The shooting took place during a particularly violent period in the city, with numerous…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Tremon Fields

Male, age 25 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jul 9, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the summer of 2011, the life of a young man was cut short on a downtown Baltimore street. Tremon Fields, a 25-year-old Black male, was killed on or about July 9, 2011. The incident that claimed his life unfolded at the intersection of North Charles Street…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Lealon I Muldrow

Male, age 27 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Jul 9, 2011 · 15 years ago

On Saturday, July 9, 2011, the quiet of the 3500 block of East 34th Street in Kansas City, Missouri, was broken when Lealon Muldrow, 27, male, was found suffering from gunshot wounds. Police were called to the scene in the evening, and the first responders’…

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Ronald L Wilcox

Male, age 37 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Jul 9, 2011 · 15 years ago

On July 9, 2011, Ronald L. Wilcox, a 37-year-old Caucasian male, was found deceased in St. Louis, Missouri. The circumstances surrounding his death prompted a homicide investigation by local law enforcement. Details regarding the specific cause of death have…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Montel Bonner

Male, age 18 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Jul 9, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the summer of 2011, the life of 18-year-old Montel Bonner was cut short on the streets of Buffalo, New York. An African-American male, Bonner was killed on July 9, 2011, in a case that continues to baffle investigators and leave a family searching for…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Troy Johnson

Male, age 19 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Jul 9, 2011 · 15 years ago

Troy Johnson, a 19-year-old Black/African American male from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died on July 9, 2011, in a homicide recorded among Philadelphia’s 2011 murder victims. The available online homicide listing places both the assault date and the date of…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Reginald Jones

Male, age 45 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jul 9, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the summer of 2011, the life of 45-year-old Reginald Jones, a male resident of Memphis, Tennessee, came to an untimely end. On July 9, 2011, Jones passed away, leaving family and friends to mourn his loss. Publicly available information confirms his death…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

John-Claude James

Male, age 26 · New Haven, Connecticut

Killed Jul 9, 2011 · 15 years ago

On a summer evening in New Haven, Connecticut, the life of John-Claude James, a 26-year-old African American man, was tragically cut short. On July 9, 2011, near the intersection of Howard Avenue and Putnam Street, James was fatally shot in the chest during…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Krilissa Feldman

Female, age 14 · Ypsilanti, Michigan

Killed Jul 9, 2006 · 20 years ago

On a summer evening in Ypsilanti, Michigan, 14-year-old Krilissa Feldman’s life was tragically cut short in a senseless act of violence. On Sunday, July 9, 2006, Krilissa was with a group of friends inside a mobile home in the Greenbriar Estates trailer park…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Scott Allen Bonar

Male, age 17 · Ypsilanti, Michigan

Killed Jul 9, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the summer of 2006, a simmering dispute erupted into a tragic act of violence that claimed the lives of two teenagers in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The male victim was 17-year-old Scott Allen Bonar. On the night of July 10th, a hail of bullets was fired into a…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Derrick Harrison

Male · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Jul 9, 2001 · 25 years ago

On July 9, 2001, Derrick Harrison was tragically shot and killed at 3401 McHenry Avenue, Apartment #6, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was 42 years old at the time of his death. The Cincinnati Police Department responded to the incident, but the case remains…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Rickey Alexander Grier

Male, age 47 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Jul 9, 2001 · 25 years ago

Rickey Alexander Grier was 47 years old when he died on Monday, July 9, 2001, in downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 506 S. San Pedro Street. His death was ruled a…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Mack Fowler

Male, age 72 · Columbus, Mississippi

Killed Jul 9, 1996 · 30 years ago

In the summer of 1996, the quiet life of Mack Fowler, a 72-year-old Caucasian male, came to a brutal and tragic end in his Columbus, Mississippi home. On the morning of July 9th, his son arrived at the residence with the simple intention of borrowing a…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Robert Gerald Bridges

Male · Clayton, Georgia

Killed Jul 9, 1986 · 40 years ago

A quiet day in Clayton County, Georgia, on July 9, 1986, was shattered by an unforeseen tragedy that resulted in the death of Lieutenant Robert Gerald Bridges, a White/Caucasian male officer of the Clayton County Sheriff's Office. The incident that claimed…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Clarence Harris

Male, age 55 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Jul 9, 1981 · 45 years ago

On a summer afternoon in Denver, Colorado, concern for a local business owner led to a grim discovery. On July 9, 1981, members of the Denver Police Department arrived at the North Park Hill home of 55-year-old Clarence Harris to conduct a welfare check. Mr.…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Valerie Murphy

Female, age 25 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Jul 9, 1981 · 45 years ago

On a summer afternoon in Denver, the course of a welfare check would uncover a tragedy that has remained a mystery for decades. On July 9, 1981, members of the Denver Police Department were dispatched to a home in the North Park Hill neighborhood. Their…

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Death by Force50th anniversary

James Leslie

Male, age 38 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed Jul 9, 1976 · 50 years ago

In the summer of 1976, the vibrant life of James 'Jim' Leslie, a 38-year-old male journalist and public relations executive, was cut short in a professional hit. On the evening of July 9th, Leslie was fatally shot in the parking lot of the Prince Murat Hotel…

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Dates are the day last seen (missing), the day of death, or when the date of death is unknown the day found or reported missing (deaths by force), the day found (unidentified and unclaimed), the victim's date of death (serial killers) and the day of the attack (mass murders). Solved, located, identified and claimed cases are not listed.