Deaths by Force on June 1

Deaths by Force (540)

Death by Force10th anniversary

Victor Felix

Male, age 16 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the morning of June 1, 2016, 16-year-old Hispanic male Victor Felix was fatally shot in Chicago's West Elsdon neighborhood while walking to school. Known affectionately as “Baby Vic,” Victor was a sophomore at John Hancock College Prep High School.…

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Anthony Walker

Male, age 23 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 1998 in Indianapolis, a meeting between two men over a small drug transaction escalated into a fatal encounter. On the afternoon of June 23, 18-year-old Anthony Walker met James Smith in an apartment parking lot to purchase marijuana. After…

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Courtney Lynn Beaudette

Female, age 28 · Colorado Springs, Colorado

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the summer of 2016, the life of 28-year-old Courtney Lynn Beaudette was tragically cut short in her Colorado Springs apartment. On the first of June, what should have been an ordinary day turned into a nightmare when three masked men forced their way into…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Art Wulf

Male, age 69 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

In a quiet, gated community in the Summerlin neighborhood of Las Vegas, the lives of Arthur "Art" Wulf and his wife, Jan Morgan-Wulf, came to a tragic end on June 1, 2016. Arthur, a 69-year-old Caucasian male and a semi-retired attorney, was found deceased in…

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Jan Wulf

Female, age 66 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

In a tragic event that unfolded in a quiet, gated community in Las Vegas, Nevada, 66-year-old Jan Morgan-Wulf, a White female, lost her life on June 1, 2016. Her death, along with that of her 69-year-old husband, Arthur Steven Wulf, was the result of a…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Ashley Erin Hasti

Female, age 31 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Park, the life of 31-year-old White/Caucasian female Ashley Erin Hasti was cut tragically short in early June of 2016. A promising medical student at the University of Minnesota, she was discovered deceased in her…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Cheyenne Clough

Female, age 19 · Buffalo, Minnesota

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

Cheyenne Clough, a 19-year-old from Buffalo, Minnesota, was tragically murdered on June 1, 2016. She was found with multiple gunshot wounds in Crow Springs County Park and was discovered by a girl walking to school. Despite being rushed to the hospital…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Ricardo Defiel

Male, age 57 · Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

On June 1, 2016, 56-year-old Ricardo John 'Rick' Defiel was found dead in his Fergus Falls, Minnesota, home. Born on November 8, 1959, in St. Paul, Minnesota, Rick graduated from Harding High School in 1978 and served as a military policeman in the U.S. Army…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Corbin Armock

Male, age 26 · Grand-rapids, Michigan

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late spring of 2016, a young man's long and private battle with depression came to a tragic end in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Corbin J. Armock, a 26-year-old resident of nearby Wyoming, took his own life on Wednesday, June 1, 2016. His death, which…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Elvin Grimsley

Male, age 38 · Trenton, New Jersey

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early evening of June 1, 2016, a sense of tragic familiarity descended upon a Trenton, New Jersey, family. Elvin Grimsley, a 38-year-old Black male, was sitting in his car near the intersection of Whittaker Avenue and Elmer Street when he was fatally…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Zaire Gibbs

Male, age 25 · Trenton, New Jersey

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

In a moment of street violence that would ultimately prove fatal, Zaire Gibbs, a 25-year-old Black man from Trenton, New Jersey, was shot on June 1, 2016. The incident occurred in the first block of Washington Street in Trenton. He was rushed to Capital…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jonathan Powers

Male, age 19 · Hampton, Virginia

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early summer evening of June 1, 2016, emergency dispatchers in Hampton, Virginia, began receiving multiple calls reporting a shooting at the intersection of North King Street and Huffman Drive. When officers arrived at the scene, they found a young man…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Thomas Craig

Male, age 48 · Concordia, Missouri

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

Just after dawn on June 1, 2016, a call came in about a man lying in a roadway near the Dunksburg Bridge in rural Johnson County, Missouri, south of Interstate 70 between Concordia and Sweet Springs. When a deputy arrived around 5:15 a.m., the stillness of…

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Anthony Neil Biggerstaff

Male, age 45 · Spartanburg, South Carolina

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late spring of 2016, the life of 45-year-old Anthony Neil Biggerstaff came to a violent and tragic end in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. The circumstances surrounding his death began to unfold when his car was discovered partially submerged in…

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Antwon Gilchrist

Male, age 31 · Greenwood, South Carolina

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early summer of 2016, a birthday celebration in Greenwood, South Carolina, turned into a scene of violence that ended the life of Antwon Lavasia Gilchrist. A 31-year-old man, Gilchrist was attending a birthday party on June 1st when gunfire erupted…

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Conrad Cole

Male, age 20 · Hyattsville, Maryland

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a summer afternoon in Hyattsville, Maryland, 20-year-old Conrad Cole was walking with two caregivers from the group home where he resided. They were on their way to a nearby basketball court on June 1, 2016, when a car pulled up beside them at the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Tyquan Holmes

Male, age 17 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the spring of 2016, a burst of gunfire in a Brooklyn housing complex tragically cut short the life of 17-year-old Tyquan Holmes. The young man, a male resident of the borough, was found with a gunshot wound to his head in the lobby of a New York City…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Dermelle Davenport

Male, age 51 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

Dermelle Davenport, a 51-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on June 1, 2016. Davenport was fatally shot at an Arco gas station in the Hyde Park neighborhood of South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Moises Nicholas Aguilar Lopez

Male, age 19 · Bakersfield, California

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

Moises Nicholas Aguilar Lopez, a 19-year-old resident of Bakersfield, California, tragically lost his life on June 1, 2016. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning on Union Avenue, near a medical marijuana dispensary. Lopez was in a vehicle…

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Sylvia Chavarria

Female, age 28 · Modesto, California

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

Sylvia Chavarria, a 28-year-old resident of Modesto, California, was tragically found dead on June 1, 2016. Her body was discovered in the backyard of a residence in South Modesto following reports of gunshots around midnight. Emergency medical personnel…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

William Scott Bill Klug

Male, age 39 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

William Scott "Bill" Klug, a 39-year-old professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at UCLA, tragically lost his life on June 1, 2016, in a shooting incident at his office in the Engineering IV building on the UCLA campus. Klug, who was known for his…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Irving Edwards

Male, age 17 · Fort-myers, Florida

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

Irving Edwards, a 17-year-old African American male from Fort Myers, Florida, tragically lost his life on June 1, 2016, due to a gunshot wound. The incident occurred at the Lexington Palms at the Forum apartment complex in Fort Myers. Irving was found shot…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Victoria Brown

Female, age 58 · Cape-coral, Florida

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

Victoria Brown, aged 58, was found dead in her home in Cape Coral, Florida, on June 1, 2016. The Cape Coral Police Department identified the cause of death as a gunshot wound. The incident occurred in the 2900 block of SE 8th Place, a typically quiet…

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Alexia Jackson

Female, age 19 · Jeffersonville, Georgia

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

Alexia Jackson, a 19-year-old Black woman, died on June 1, 2016, in a case that unfolded with heartbreaking suddenness behind Twiggs County Middle-High School in Jeffersonville, Georgia. That morning, a school custodian discovered Jackson and her boyfriend…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Knickolus B. Jones

Male, age 18 · Jeffersonville, Georgia

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet town of Jeffersonville, Georgia, a heartbreaking story unfolded in June of 2016, leaving a community in sorrow. Knickolus B. Jones, an 18-year-old male, was found deceased, leaving behind questions and a profound sense of loss. On the morning of…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Kevin Atkins

Male, age 21 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

Kevin M. Atkins, a 21-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on June 1, 2016, in Chicago, Illinois. The circumstances surrounding his death were both shocking and deeply saddening for his family and the community. Kevin was found with…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jamaal L. Taylor

Male, age 36 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jamaal L. Taylor, a 36-year-old Black male from Columbus, Ohio, tragically died on June 1, 2016. He was found unresponsive in the front seat of a vehicle on Barnett Road, suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. Despite the efforts of emergency responders…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Carl Walker

Male, age 49 · Reading, Pennsylvania

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

Carl Walker, a 49-year-old male, was killed in Reading, Pennsylvania, in the early morning hours of June 1, 2016, after gunfire broke out at the Getty Mart at West Greenwich Street and Schuylkill Avenue. The shooting happened around 1:15 a.m., turning an…

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Juan Jackson

Male, age 21 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late hours of a Wednesday evening in Memphis, Tennessee, the life of 21-year-old Juan Jackson was tragically cut short. On June 1, 2016, police responded to a call around 10:30 p.m. near the intersection of Tahoe Road and Double Tree Road in the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Iris Rodriguez

Female, age 7 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Jun 1, 2016 · 10 years ago

Iris Rodriguez, a 7-year-old girl from San Antonio, Texas, tragically lost her life on June 1, 2016. She was fatally shot in the head while walking with her family near Cuellar Park on the West Side of San Antonio. Iris was taken to University Hospital but…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

John Kelly

Male, age 25 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jun 1, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the early hours of a Wednesday morning in Baltimore, a grim discovery was made. The body of a young man, later identified as 25-year-old John Kelly of Rossville, was found on June 1, 2011, in the 5800 block of Moores Run Court. Kelly, a Black male, had…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

William Stevenson

Male, age 32 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jun 1, 2011 · 15 years ago

On a summer evening in 2011, the life of 32-year-old William Stevenson was cut short on Mayfield Street in Detroit. On June 1st of that year, Stevenson became a grim statistic in the city's homicide records, his death occurring in the 14400 block of that…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Darius Williams

Male, age 20 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jun 1, 2011 · 15 years ago

Darius Williams, a 20-year-old Black man, was killed on June 1, 2011, in Detroit, Michigan. Records tied to the case place the incident at 14400 Mayfield in Detroit’s 48205 area, marking it as a homicide reported that day at that address. In the wake of the…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Jaycee Powell

Male, age 26 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found Jun 1, 2011 · 15 years ago

On June 1, 2011, Jaycee Powell, a 26-year-old Black male, was murdered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The homicide took place on the 1600 block of Reed Street, a residential area in the city. The circumstances of his death remain unclear, and to date, no…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Alberto Covarrubias

Male, age 56 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jun 1, 2006 · 20 years ago

In a tragic event that unfolded on June 1, 2006, 56-year-old Alberto Covarrubias was killed in his Indianapolis, Indiana, home in what became known as the Hamilton Avenue murders. Covarrubias, a native of Zacatecas, Mexico, was a maintenance supervisor for a…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

David Covarrubias

Male, age 8 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jun 1, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the summer of 2006, a horrific crime shook the city of Indianapolis, claiming the life of 8-year-old David Covarrubias and six members of his family in their home on North Hamilton Avenue. The young boy was found murdered alongside his father, Alberto…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Emma Valdez

Female, age 46 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jun 1, 2006 · 20 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on June 1, 2006, 46-year-old Emma Valdez was killed in her Indianapolis, Indiana home in what has become known as the Hamilton Avenue murders. Six other members of her family, spanning three generations, were also killed in the…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Flora Albarran

Female, age 22 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jun 1, 2006 · 20 years ago

On a tragic evening in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 1, 2006, 22-year-old Flora Albarran, a Hispanic female, became one of seven victims in a brutal mass murder that claimed the lives of three generations of her family. The horrifying events unfolded at a…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Luis Albarran

Male, age 5 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jun 1, 2006 · 20 years ago

In what is considered one of the most horrific mass murders in Indianapolis history, 5-year-old Luis Albarran, a young Hispanic male, was tragically killed on June 1, 2006. The brutal crime, which took place at a home on North Hamilton Avenue, also claimed…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Magno Albarran

Male, age 29 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Jun 1, 2006 · 20 years ago

On the evening of June 1, 2006, Magno Albarran, a 29-year-old Hispanic male, arrived at his family's home on North Hamilton Avenue in Indianapolis, carrying a box of takeout food. This seemingly ordinary act would be his last, as he unwittingly walked into a…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

James Paredes

Male, age 25 · Lawndale, California

Killed Jun 1, 2006 · 20 years ago

James Paredes, a 25-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on January 1, 2006, in Lawndale, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Paredes was fatally shot on that day. The incident occurred in the early hours of the…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Andrew Witherow

Null, age 20 · Sacramento, California

Killed Jun 1, 2001 · 25 years ago

On June 1, 2001, 20-year-old Andrew Witherow was tragically killed in a drive-by shooting while traveling on Highway 99 in Sacramento County, California. Witherow was a passenger in a car driven by his friend Loc Huynh when a vehicle pulled up alongside them…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Patricia Ann Castillo

Female, age 21 · Houston, Texas

Killed Jun 1, 1991 · 35 years ago

Patricia Ann Castillo, a 21-year-old woman from East Houston, went missing on June 1, 1991. She was last seen on Delmar Street near her grandmother's house. For years, her family searched for answers, distributing flyers and holding out hope that she would…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Kenneth J Clennell

Male, age 35 · Anderson, California

Killed Jun 1, 1981 · 45 years ago

Kenneth J. Clennell, age 35, was found dead on June 1, 1981, in Anderson, California. His body was discovered in a 30-foot well, and it took law enforcement over 26 years to identify his remains. Police suspect a man who is currently serving two life…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Raymond Nels Nelson

Male, age 59 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jun 1, 1981 · 45 years ago

On June 1, 1981, Raymond Nels Nelson, a 59-year-old male, was found murdered in his apartment located at 701 Quincy Street, NE, near Catholic University in Washington, D.C.. A prominent figure in Washington politics, Nelson was a former bureau chief for The…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

William Henry Warner

Male, age 22 · Sacramento, California

Killed Jun 1, 1981 · 45 years ago

William Henry Warner, a 22-year-old police officer with the Sacramento Police Department, tragically died on June 1, 1981, due to an accidental gunshot wound. On that fateful day, Officer Warner was in the police department's locker room, preparing to go on…

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Death by Force100th anniversary

Vaughn Grant

Male, age 37 · Hendersonville, North Carolina

Killed Jun 1, 1926 · 100 years ago

Vaughn Echols "Eccles" Grant, born on September 8, 1888, in Hendersonville, North Carolina, was a former sheriff and U.S. Treasury Department Revenue Officer. He was involved in enforcing Prohibition laws in Western North Carolina. On June 1, 1926, Grant was…

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Death by Force120th anniversary

Robert Adams Jr.

Male, age 57 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jun 1, 1906 · 120 years ago

Robert Adams Jr., a 57-year-old white male, was a long-serving Republican congressman from Pennsylvania’s 2nd District and a former United States minister to Brazil, known in Washington for his cultivated manner, wide circle of social acquaintances, and long…

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