Deaths by Force on March 17

Deaths by Force (441)

Death by Force15th anniversary

Ebony Mack

Female, age 26 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Mar 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the early hours of a Wednesday morning in Washington, D.C., the life of a young woman was tragically cut short. On March 16, 2011, Ebony Denise Mack, a 26-year-old Black female, was found inside a residence in the 3300 block of 15th Street, SE, suffering…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Carlos Morales

Male, age 32 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Mar 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

Carlos Morales, a 32-year-old resident of Chicago, was fatally shot on March 17, 2011. His death occurred during a time when Chicago was grappling with a high rate of violent crime. Morales' homicide was part of a series of violent incidents reported that…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Brandon Kelvin Carter

Male, age 29 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Mar 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

On a Thursday evening in Baltimore, March 17, 2011, 29-year-old Brandon Kelvin Carter, a male resident of the city, was inside a carryout restaurant on Pennsylvania Avenue when his life was abruptly ended. In a sudden burst of violence, two gunmen appeared at…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Ronald Morton

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Mar 17, 2006 · 20 years ago

Ronald Morton was found stabbed to death inside an apartment at 3805 Jay Street NE in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, February 22, 2006, at approximately 3:20 p.m. He was an African-American male. Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department responded…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Lionel Homsombath

Male, age 8 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Mar 17, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the early morning hours of March 17, 2006, the life of 8-year-old Lionel Homsombath was tragically cut short in a violent act that also claimed the lives of his mother and sister in their Northeast Portland, Oregon, apartment. The young boy was found in…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Soupaphane Homsombath

Female, age 24 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Mar 17, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the early morning hours of March 17, 2006, the life of 24-year-old Soupaphane Homsombath was tragically cut short in a violent encounter inside her northeast Portland apartment. The female victim was discovered deceased on her couch, having been shot. The…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Armand Jones

Male, age 18 · Anaheim, California

Killed Mar 17, 2006 · 20 years ago

Armand Jones, an 18-year-old actor from Anaheim, California, tragically lost his life on March 17, 2006. Jones had just completed filming for the movie "Freedom Writers," where he portrayed a student challenged by gang members. On the night of his death…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Terry Foster

Male, age 54 · Independence, Missouri

Killed Mar 17, 2001 · 25 years ago

Terry Eugene Foster, a 54-year-old male, was a veteran officer with the Independence Police Department in Missouri who tragically lost his life just weeks before his planned retirement. On March 17, 2001, he responded to a domestic disturbance call at a…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Kloe Ruf

Female · Los Angeles, California

Killed Mar 17, 2001 · 25 years ago

On March 17, 2001, an infant named Kloe Ruf lost her life in Los Angeles County, California. She was a white female child under one year of age whose death was subsequently evaluated and classified by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

David Jon Malloy

Male, age 44 · North Vancouver, British Columbia

Killed Mar 17, 1996 · 30 years ago

David Jon Malloy, a 44-year-old White/Caucasian male, was working as a taxi driver for Vancouver Yellow Cab when an ordinary Sunday shift turned into a fatal robbery. Malloy had moved to the Vancouver area from California in 1976, later attending the…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Eric King Wilson

Male, age 33 · Aberdeen, Mississippi

Killed Mar 17, 1991 · 35 years ago

In the small town of Aberdeen, Mississippi, a sense of unease settled over the community on March 17, 1991. On that day, 33-year-old Eric King Wilson, a Black / African American male and a respected officer with the Aberdeen Police Department, was found shot…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Vernon Abdoo

Male, age 58 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Mar 17, 1986 · 40 years ago

On the evening of March 17, 1986, Vernon Abdoo, a 58-year-old male and U.S. veteran, was walking home after leaving a local liquor store in Tulsa, Oklahoma. As he made his way down the street at approximately 7:30 p.m., just a block from his house in the…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

James Bledsoe

Male · San Antonio, Texas

Killed Mar 17, 1986 · 40 years ago

James Bledsoe lived in the office of the All Star Inn Motel at 5522 N. Pan Am (IH-35). On Monday, March 17, 1986, around 10:30 pm, Mr. Bledsoe had been walking around the motel when he was seen in the breezeway in front of Room 150 struggling with the…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

William Parr

Male, age 62 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Mar 17, 1981 · 45 years ago

William Parr was a 62-year-old white man from St. Louis who made his living behind the wheel of a Yellow Cab, taking calls that often sounded routine until they suddenly weren’t. Near midnight on March 17, 1981, he waited in the cab line at the Greyhound Bus…

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Death by Force50th anniversary

Idell M. Friedman

Female, age 21 · San Mateo County, California

Killed Mar 17, 1976 · 50 years ago

Idell Mona Friedman, a 21-year-old woman, was found murdered in her apartment on March 17, 1976. She had recently started a new job at a food import company before her untimely death. Her case remains unsolved and is believed to be potentially linked to the…

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Death by Force120th anniversary

Andrew McNaughton

Male, age 43 · Oxnard, California

Killed Mar 17, 1906 · 120 years ago

Night Watchman Andrew W. McNaughton, aged 43, tragically lost his life on March 17, 1906, in Oxnard, California. McNaughton was performing his duties when he attempted to arrest three men in a Japanese pool hall located in the red light district. During the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Kelontay Akil Croom

Male, age 22 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Mar 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Kelontay Akil Croom, a 22-year-old man from St. Paul, Minnesota, tragically lost his life on March 17, 2016, during a violent incident in Minneapolis. The event occurred around 2 a.m. at the intersection of Logan Avenue and 53rd Avenue North. Croom was…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Andre Dewayne Lee

Male, age 30 · Schenectady, New York

Killed Mar 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of St. Patrick's Day in 2016, a burst of violence on Germania Avenue in Schenectady claimed the life of Andre Dewayne Lee. Born on July 7, 1986, the 30-year-old male was struck by several bullets. He was rushed to Ellis Hospital…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Darryl Samuels

Male, age 21 · Bronx, New York

Killed Mar 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the Soundview section of the Bronx, a burst of gunfire shattered the afternoon calm on March 17, 2016, claiming the life of 21-year-old Darryl Samuels. The young man was standing in front of his home at the James Monroe Houses, a place familiar to him…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Christopher Tony Dial

Male · Robeson, North Carolina

Killed Mar 17, 2006 · 20 years ago

Christopher Tony Dial, a 23-year-old male of Robeson County, North Carolina, tragically died on March 14, 2006. Dial was a construction worker who lived in a mobile home at 690 Ozieley Drive in Lumberton. His death was discovered after a fire engulfed his…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Jason Padilla

Male, age 29 · East Whittier, California

Killed Mar 17, 2006 · 20 years ago

Jason Padilla was 29 years old when he died on Friday, March 17, 2006, in East Whittier. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 15813 Lemon Drive. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Los…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Ralph Shell

Male, age 52 · Bossier-city, Louisiana

Killed Mar 17, 1981 · 45 years ago

In the spring of 1981, the community of Bossier City, Louisiana, was struck by a violent crime that claimed the life of a local man. Ralph Arlis Shell, a 52-year-old male, was killed by gunfire on March 17, 1981. The incident marked another grim statistic in…

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Darrie Miles

Male, age 60 · Tuskegee, Alabama

Killed Mar 17, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of a Tuesday morning in Tuskegee, Alabama, a sudden act of violence claimed the life of a 60-year-old man, Darrie Miles. The incident unfolded on March 17, 2026, on Bibb Street, where officers were dispatched following reports of a…

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Desirae Tovereda

Female, age 37 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Mar 17, 2026 · this year

In a tragic turn of events on March 17, 2026, 37-year-old Desirae Tovereda lost her life in her Las Vegas apartment, the victim of a fatal shooting. The devastating incident unfolded as a domestic dispute, leaving behind a grieving family, including her three…

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Donmaid Brooks

Male, age 26 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Mar 17, 2026 · this year

Donmaid Brooks, 26, was found shot to death in the Hyde Park area of South Los Angeles on the morning of March 17, 2026, in a killing that unfolded on a quiet stretch near 59th Street and Third Avenue. Police were called to the area at about 6:45 a.m., where…

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Erica Sanders

Female, age 38 · Center Line, Michigan

Killed Mar 17, 2026 · this year

On the evening of March 17, 2026, Erica Marie Sanders, a 38-year-old mother, was shot and killed in the kitchen of her home in Center Line, Michigan. The incident occurred at approximately 5:30 p.m. on Sterling Street near Van Dyke. Authorities allege that…

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Herman Glassman

Male, age 48 · Brookline, Massachusetts

Killed Mar 17, 2026 · this year

On March 17, 2026, Herman Glassman, 48, of Brookline, Massachusetts, lost his life, and in that single cruel moment, everything around his name was forever changed. A death is never just a fact on a page, never just a date or a place or a line in a report. It…

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JMauri Smarr

Male, age 16 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Mar 17, 2026 · this year

In the late evening of March 17, 2026, in a residential neighborhood in South Fulton, a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, the lives of two teenagers were tragically cut short by gun violence. JMauri Smarr, a 16-year-old male, was fatally shot along with his…

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Jeremiah Carter

Male, age 14 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Mar 17, 2026 · this year

In the quiet residential neighborhood of Cooks Landing in South Fulton, Georgia, a tragic event unfolded on the evening of March 17, 2026, that claimed the lives of two teenagers. Fourteen-year-old Jeremiah Carter and his sixteen-year-old friend, Jamauri…

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Jonal N. Hodge

Female, age 22 · High Point, North Carolina

Killed Mar 17, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of a Tuesday morning in High Point, North Carolina, a tragedy unfolded that cut short the life of 22-year-old Jonal N. Hodge. On March 17, 2026, Jonal, a Black female, was discovered in a vehicle in the parking lot of the Oaks at Silver…

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Julian Cyruss Spencer

Male, age 24 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Mar 17, 2026 · this year

In a remote area of west Charlotte, the body of 24-year-old Julian Cyruss Spencer was discovered on the morning of March 17, 2026. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded to a call at approximately 10:15 a.m. and found Spencer in a utility…

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Markese Callahan-Davis

Male, age 18 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Mar 17, 2026 · this year

In the late evening of March 17, 2026, tragedy struck in the city of Richmond, Virginia, claiming the life of 18-year-old Markese Callahan-Davis. The young man, a resident of Richmond, found his life cut short by gunfire in the Gilpin Court neighborhood. The…

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Marvin Dzib

Male, age 28 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Mar 17, 2026 · this year

On a day that began like any other, March 17, 2026, Marvin Dzib, a 28-year-old man, was going about his work. Known for his positive and easy-going nature, his presence was a bright spot for his co-workers at Denver Dustless, a floor installation business.…

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Mickey Dewayne Tuggle

Male, age 48 · Nashville, Georgia

Killed Mar 17, 2026 · this year

Mickey Dewayne Tuggle, a 48-year-old White male from Nashville, Georgia, was shot and killed on March 17, 2026, in Berrien County. His daughter has said that her father was not part of a road-rage incident at all, and that the situation began when a woman…

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Nicholas Nic Crews

Male, age 34 · Jasper, Georgia

Killed Mar 17, 2026 · this year

Nicholas “Nic” Crews, 34, was a male social work case manager from Marietta, Georgia, whose final hours unfolded inside the Veterans Affairs clinic on East Church Street in Jasper on March 17, 2026. What began as an ordinary workday turned catastrophic when…

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Pete Guadalupe Martinez

Male, age 28 · Sacramento, California

Killed Mar 17, 2026 · this year

In the morning hours of Tuesday, March 17, 2026, a verbal argument between two men outside a Sacramento County apartment complex tragically escalated, ending the life of 28-year-old Pete Guadalupe Martinez. The dispute, which took place at a complex on the…

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Roberto Visar

Male, age 23 · Palmdale, California

Killed Mar 17, 2026 · this year

In the early afternoon of March 17, 2026, the body of a young Hispanic man, 23-year-old Roberto Visar, was discovered in an alley in Palmdale, California. Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies responded to a call at approximately 12:12 p.m. and found Visar…

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Trevett Cole Rash

Male, age 27 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Mar 17, 2026 · this year

In a wooded area of North Nashville, the discovery of a man's body on Tuesday, March 17, 2026, launched a homicide investigation. A person passing by the woods near the intersection of Doverside Drive and Oakview Drive found the deceased individual and…

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Daisy Ruiz

Male, age 41 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Mar 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a tragic turn of events in Phoenix, Arizona, a 41-year-old woman, Daisy Ruiz, was found deceased in her home in what investigators believe to be a murder-suicide. The grim discovery was made on the morning of March 17, 2025, at a residence near 83rd Avenue…

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Laura Ashley Ruben

Female, age 40 · Greeley, Colorado

Killed Mar 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

In what authorities have described as a domestic violence-related murder-suicide, Laura Ashley Ruben, a 40-year-old female, tragically lost her life on March 17, 2025, in Greeley, Colorado. A dedicated special education teacher and mother of two young…

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Zaire Davis-Shelton

Male, age 22 · Wilmington, Delaware

Killed Mar 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

Zaire Davis-Shelton, a Black / African American male, age 22, met a tragic fate on the morning of March 17, 2025, in Wilmington, Delaware. He was found suffering from gunshot wounds in the unit block of West 27th Street—a neighborhood known for its historic…

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Alejandro Calderon

Male, age 52 · Long Beach, California

Killed Mar 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

Alejandro Calderon, a 52-year-old Hispanic male, was tragically shot and killed in Long Beach, California, on March 17, 2025. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, around 3:49 a.m., when Long Beach police responded to reports of an assault…

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Derbing Alvarado

Male, age 15 · Oakland, California

Killed Mar 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

Derbing Alvarado, a 15-year-old boy from Oakland, California, was fatally shot on March 17, 2025, in what authorities have described as an attempted robbery. Alvarado, a sophomore at Cristo Rey De La Salle East Bay High School, was walking with friends to…

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Hector Tena

Male, age 48 · La Puente, California

Killed Mar 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

Hector Tena, a 48-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on March 17, 2025, in La Puente, California. According to reports, he was pronounced dead at 9:54 p.m. after succumbing to injuries sustained from a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The Los Angeles…

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Jermaine Jordan

Male, age 21 · Wildwood, Florida

Killed Mar 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jermaine Jordan, a 21-year-old male, was fatally shot on March 17, 2025, in Wildwood, Florida. The incident occurred around 6 p.m. in the area of High Street and County Road 242. Authorities believe the shooting stemmed from an attempted robbery during a drug…

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Amari Williams

Male, age 13 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Mar 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

On March 17, 2025, 13-year-old Amari Williams, an African American boy and eighth-grade student at Mason Elementary School in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood, was found fatally shot in the backyard of an apartment building located in the 1500 block of…

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James Henry Simmons

Male, age 57 · East Saint Louis, Illinois

Killed Mar 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

James Henry Simmons, a 57-year-old man from East Saint Louis, Illinois, was identified as the victim of a fatal shooting on March 17, 2025. According to the St. Clair County Coroner, Calvin Dye Sr., Simmons sustained multiple gunshot wounds to his body…

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Jayden Zyshawn Blanchard

Male, age 19 · Amory, Mississippi

Killed Mar 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of a Monday night in Amory, Mississippi, the sound of multiple gunshots shattered the peace on Concord Avenue. When police arrived at the 1300 block of the street on March 17, 2025, they discovered 19-year-old Jayden Zyshawn Blanchard lying…

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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.