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Marcus Randolph

Male, age 22 · Savannah, Georgia

Killed Jun 27, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the early morning hours of Wednesday, June 27, 2012, the life of a young Savannah man was tragically cut short. Marcus Donte Randolph, a 21-year-old male, was discovered shot inside a car on East 32nd Street, just to the east of Waters Avenue. The Savannah…

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Ardo J Garza

Male, age 27 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jun 27, 2012 · 14 years ago

Armando J. Garza, age 27, was killed on June 27, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois. His homicide occurred during a year when Chicago was experiencing a high number of violent incidents, highlighting the broader struggles with gun violence and crime that the city…

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Phillip Washington

Male, age 21 · Buffalo, New York

Killed Jun 27, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the summer of 2012, the life of 21-year-old Phillip Washington was abruptly ended on a Wednesday afternoon in Buffalo, New York. On June 27th, Washington was gunned down in an alleyway on Goembel Avenue, a tragic event that unfolded just a block away from…

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Akeal Christopher

Male, age 14 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Jun 27, 2012 · 14 years ago

Akeal Christopher, a 14-year-old Black male, was enjoying a summer evening with friends after leaving a graduation party in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn on June 27, 2012. As the group of friends walked near the intersection of Cornelia Street and…

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Heaven Sutton

Female, age 7 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jun 27, 2012 · 14 years ago

Heaven Sutton, a 7-year-old African American girl, was tragically killed on June 27, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois. Heaven was standing outside her home in the Austin neighborhood, helping her mother run a makeshift candy stand, when she was struck by a stray…

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Brian Balderrama

Male, age 15 · Long Beach, California

Found Jun 27, 2010 · 16 years ago

Brian Balderrama, a 15-year-old from Long Beach, California, was tragically killed in a shooting on June 27, 2010. The incident occurred around 6:25 a.m. in the 1400 block of Gaviota Avenue. Balderrama was shot multiple times and rushed to a local hospital…

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Charles Bell

Male, age 29 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Jun 27, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the early hours of a Sunday morning in Washington, D.C., a life was tragically cut short, leaving a void in the community and a case that continues to seek answers. On June 27, 2010, at approximately 3:07 a.m., Charles Bell was shot and killed in the Unit…

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Yusuf S Yusuf

Male, age 30 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Jun 27, 2010 · 16 years ago

Yusuf S. Yusuf, a 30-year-old Hispanic/Latino man from Chicago, was killed in the early minutes of June 27, 2010, on a quiet stretch of South Sacramento Avenue in the city's Gage Park neighborhood. What should have been an ordinary summer night on the…

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Brian Kidd

Male, age 21 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Jun 27, 2010 · 16 years ago

On June 27, 2010, the life of 21-year-old Brian Kidd, an African American male, was violently cut short in Detroit, Michigan. The incident took place at the intersection of Joy Road and Heyden, a specific location on the city’s west side that became the scene…

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James David Doyle

Male, age 16 · Indianola, Iowa

Killed Jun 27, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the summer of 2010, the life of a Caucasian male, 16-year-old James David Doyle of Indianola, Iowa, was tragically cut short. On June 27, James, a student at Indianola High School with a passion for woodshop, weight lifting, and NASCAR, died from a single…

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Justin Edwards

Male, age 22 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Jun 27, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the early morning hours of June 27, 2010, the life of a young Black man, Justin Edwards, was tragically cut short. At the age of 22, Edwards was shot and killed at the intersection of Washington Avenue and South Rocheblave Street in New Orleans. The…

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Keith Khalif Edmonds

Male, age 36 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Jun 27, 2010 · 16 years ago

In a Chester neighborhood known for its history of violence, the life of 36-year-old Keith Khalif Edmonds was cut short in a brutal act that, to this day, remains a somber mystery. On a late Sunday evening in June 2010, just after 11 p.m., Edmonds was…

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Enrique Luna

Male · Yuma, Arizona

Killed Jun 27, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early morning hours of a summer day in Yuma, Arizona, the sound of gunfire shattered the pre-dawn stillness. On June 27, 2009, in the 2400 block of West 3rd Street, a life was tragically cut short. Enrique Luna, a Hispanic male, was found lying in a…

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Traci Spangler

Female, age 23 · Oakland, California

Found Jun 27, 2009 · 17 years ago

On June 27, 2009, 29-year-old Traci Spangler was tragically shot and killed in Oakland, California. She was fatally wounded in East Oakland, and her death added to the city's escalating homicide count that year. At the time of her death, Spangler was employed…

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Harris Fullbright

Male, age 30 · San Francisco, California

Found Jun 27, 2009 · 17 years ago

On June 27, 2009, 30-year-old Harris Fullbright was shot and killed in the early hours of the morning in San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood. The incident occurred around 3:00 a.m. near the intersection of Ellis and Jones streets. Fullbright was…

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Freddy Vasquez

Male, age 37 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jun 27, 2009 · 17 years ago

Freddy Vasquez, aged 37, was killed on June 27, 2009, in Chicago. His death occurred during a particularly challenging period for the city, which was grappling with persistently high rates of violent crime. Freddy’s homicide is one among many during 2009…

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Javon Lee

Male, age 23 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jun 27, 2009 · 17 years ago

Javon Lee, aged 23, was tragically shot and killed on June 27, 2009, in Chicago. The shooting occurred on the city's South Side, in an area known for high levels of violence. His death was part of a broader wave of gun-related homicides in Chicago during that…

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Roderick Scott

Male, age 22 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jun 27, 2009 · 17 years ago

Roderick K. Snowden, age 32, was shot and killed on June 27, 2009, in Chicago, Illinois. His death took place during a period when the city was facing a significant number of homicides, especially in neighborhoods with persistent issues related to gang…

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Melvin Vallejo

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jun 27, 2009 · 17 years ago

Melvin Vallejo, a 28-year-old male, was shot and killed on June 27, 2009, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred amidst a period of ongoing gun violence in the city, adding to the troubling statistics of homicides in Chicago that year. Melvin's shooting was…

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Willie Short

Male, age 38 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jun 27, 2009 · 17 years ago

Willie Short, a 38-year-old male, was fatally shot on June 27, 2009, in Chicago. He became one of the many victims of Chicago's ongoing gun violence problem, which predominantly affects certain neighborhoods. The incident took place in an area that has…

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Ricardo Valdez

Male, age 21 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jun 27, 2009 · 17 years ago

Ricardo Valdez, a 21-year-old male, was fatally shot in Chicago on June 27, 2009. The incident took place during a particularly violent period in Chicago, which had a high rate of homicides that year. Valdez's death added to a growing list of homicide victims…

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Jessie Payne

Male, age 16 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Jun 27, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the summer of 2009, a wave of violence cast a dark shadow over the city of St. Louis, and among the lives tragically cut short was that of Jessie Payne. A 16-year-old Black or African American male, Jessie was shot and killed on June 27, 2009. His death…

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James Snow

Male, age 51 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Jun 27, 2009 · 17 years ago

James Snow, age 51, was found dead on June 27, 2009, in Columbus, Ohio, in an incident that remains unsolved. The Columbus Police Department continues to seek assistance from the public to gather any potential information about his death. According to…

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Gabriel Gonzalez

Male, age 18 · Lawrence, Massachusetts

Killed Jun 27, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early hours of a summer morning in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the life of 18-year-old Gabriel Gonzalez was tragically cut short. On June 27, 2009, the young Hispanic male was walking with a friend near the intersection of Grafton and Exeter streets, not…

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Jonathan Paraison

Male, age 23 · Neptune, New Jersey

Killed Jun 27, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the summer of 2009, a dispute tragically cut short the life of 23-year-old Jonathan Paraison. A resident of Asbury Park, New Jersey, Paraison was born in Neptune. On the evening of June 27th, he found himself in a confrontation directly across the street…

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Traci Spangler

Female, age 29 · Oakland, California

Killed Jun 27, 2009 · 17 years ago

Traci Spangler, 29, was killed in the early hours of Saturday, June 27, 2009, when gunfire tore through the quiet stretch of East Oakland around the 5400 block of Foothill Boulevard. It was about 1:30 a.m. when the shots hit, striking her and another person…

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Tommy Heath

Male, age 55 · Jacksonville, Florida

Found Jun 27, 2008 · 18 years ago

Tommy Heath, 55, was killed on June 27, 2008, in Jacksonville, Florida, and his homicide remains unsolved. Heath was found dead in circumstances that left the investigation without enough leads to make arrests. Despite the efforts of law enforcement, the case…

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Cesar Lopez

Male, age 19 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jun 27, 2008 · 18 years ago

Cesar Lopez, age 19, was killed on June 27, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois. He was found shot in the Humboldt Park neighborhood, an area that has historically been plagued by gang-related violence. Lopez's homicide occurred during the early evening hours, near…

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Chicas Santiago

Male, age 38 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jun 27, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the summer of 2008, a 38-year-old Hispanic man named Chicas Santiago was brutally beaten in Baltimore, Maryland. The assault occurred on or around June 23rd of that year. Following the attack, Santiago succumbed to his injuries from blunt force trauma.…

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Paul Mendez

Male, age 25 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Jun 27, 2008 · 18 years ago

Paul Mendez, 25, a Hispanic/Latino male, died by force on June 27, 2008, in Las Vegas, Nevada. Publicly available case listings identify his name, age, date, location, and manner of death but provide no narrative of the circumstances surrounding his final…

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Tanya Rush

Female, age 39 · New Bellmore, New York

Killed Jun 27, 2008 · 18 years ago

In June of 2008, the tragic discovery of Tanya Rush, a 39-year-old female, sent a shockwave through the community of New-Bellmore, New York. A mother of three, Rush's life was cut short in a brutal and horrifying manner. Her dismembered body was found packed…

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Charles Prater-Curtis

Male · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Jun 27, 2008 · 18 years ago

On June 27, 2008, Charles Prater-Curtis was killed in Dayton, Ohio. The 28-year-old man was a lifelong resident of Dayton, and his death was reported as a homicide on the same day. The incident took place in Montgomery County, and authorities from the Dayton…

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Eddie Hammond

Male, age 44 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jun 27, 2008 · 18 years ago

On a tragic Friday, November 23, 1973, Memphis Police Department Patrolman Edward John Hammond, Jr., a male officer, was shot and killed in the line of duty. The incident unfolded on North McNeil Street, just north of Chelsea Avenue, after he and his partner…

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Jairo Hernandez

Male, age 20 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Jun 27, 2008 · 18 years ago

Jario Ismeal Bamaca Hernandez, a 20-year-old Hispanic male, found his life tragically cut short in the early morning hours of Friday, June 27, 2008, in Memphis, Tennessee. The setting of this fatal incident was the Willow Lake Apartments, specifically at 2453…

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Adrian Clay

Male, age 34 · San Antonio, Texas

Found Jun 27, 2008 · 18 years ago

On June 27, 2008, Adrian Clay, a 34-year-old from San Antonio, Texas, was found dead under suspicious circumstances. Clay, who was also known by the name Shari Campbell, was found beaten and stabbed. The incident occurred in an area that led investigators to…

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Sujeiti Ocasio

Female, age 18 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Jun 27, 2008 · 18 years ago

On what should have been a joyous day of celebration, 18-year-old Sujeiti Ocasio was tragically killed. The recent graduate of Barringer High School in Newark, New Jersey, was shot and killed just hours after her graduation party on June 27, 2008. The fatal…

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Mitchell Anderson

Male, age 44 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Jun 27, 2008 · 18 years ago

Mitchell Anderson was 44 years old when he was killed in Atlanta on Friday, June 27, 2008. The Atlanta Police Department Homicide Unit investigated, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Atlanta from 2007 through 2017, lists…

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Abedalah Oth

Male, age 24 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Jun 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

Abedalah Othman, aged 24, was fatally shot on June 27, 2007, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred during a time when Chicago was grappling with widespread violence across various neighborhoods. The incident took place in one of the high-risk areas of the…

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Jewels Treman Cook

Male, age 36 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Jun 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the summer of 2007, the life of 36-year-old Jewels Treman Cook was tragically cut short in Baltimore, Maryland. An African-American male, his body was discovered by a passerby in the early morning hours of June 27th, around 5:45 a.m., within the serene…

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Steven Brown

Male · Akron, Ohio

Killed Jun 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

On June 27, 2007, 26-year-old Steven Brown was tragically shot and killed in Akron, Ohio. The incident occurred around 3:30 a.m. at Brown's home on 1106 Laurel Avenue. According to reports, Brown arrived home to find that his residence had been burglarized.…

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Floyd Johnson

Male, age 26 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Jun 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the late afternoon of a summer day in Pittsburgh, the life of Floyd Johnson Jr. was brought to a violent and abrupt end. On June 27, 2007, the 26-year-old African American man had just finished his shift at Stagno's Bakery in the Larimer neighborhood. As…

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Ezekiel Cuthbert

Male, age 17 · Randolph, Massachusetts

Killed Jun 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

On June 27, 2007, a tragic incident occurred at the Mutual Gas Station in Randolph, Massachusetts, resulting in the death of 17-year-old Ezekiel Cuthbert. The perpetrator of this crime was Malcolm Carnes, who was 16 years old at the time of the offense.…

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Feliciano Lara-Rocha

Male, age 27 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Jun 27, 2007 · 19 years ago

On a summer evening in Denver, Colorado, what began as a simple conversation between brothers ended in a sudden and tragic loss of life. It was June 27, 2007, and 27-year-old Feliciano Lara-Rocha, a White male, was standing outside his home on the 4700 block…

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Quinnell (QBall) DaRonn Hayes

Male, age 20 · Wilmington, Delaware

Killed Jun 27, 2005 · 21 years ago

Quinnell DaRonn “Q-Ball” Hayes, a 20-year-old Black/African American male, died on June 27, 2005, in Wilmington, Delaware. He was remembered by family as the beloved son of Sharon Calhoun and Rev. Ronald Hayes, and as a brother in a large family that included…

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Phillip \Brian\ Sweat

Male · Gainesville, Florida

Killed Jun 27, 2005 · 21 years ago

On June 27, 2005, Phillip Brian Sweat was tragically murdered in Gainesville, Florida. That afternoon, Sweat called 911 to report that he had been stabbed outside his home, located near Archer Road in a secluded area at 4024 SW 38th Street. Despite his…

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James Weaver

Male, age 59 · Petersburg, Virginia

Killed Jun 27, 2005 · 21 years ago

On a summer afternoon in Petersburg, Virginia, the life of a veteran law enforcement officer was tragically cut short. Dinwiddie County Sheriff's Lieutenant James 'Bo' Weaver, a 59-year-old male, was killed on June 27, 2005. He was a 16-year veteran of the…

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John William Vargas

Male, age 40 · Vincent, California

Killed Jun 27, 2005 · 21 years ago

John William Vargas Jr., a 40-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on June 27, 2005, in Vincent, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Vargas was fatally shot, marking a violent end to his life. The incident occurred in…

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Mauricio Ramos Venegas

Male, age 29 · Vincent, California

Killed Jun 27, 2005 · 21 years ago

Mauricio Ramos Venegas, a 29-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on June 27, 2005, in Vincent, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Venegas was fatally shot on that fateful day. The incident occurred in the driveway of…

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