Death by Force

Valerie Jackson

Female, age 49 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Mar 17, 2018 · 8 years ago

Valerie Jackson, 49, was killed in the 6300 block of South Rhodes Avenue in the Woodlawn community on Chicago's South Side on Saturday, March 17, 2018, St. Patrick's Day. The Chicago Police Department investigated, and the Chicago Sun-Times homicide tracker…

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Twallis Mcclendon

Male, age 45 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the spring of 2017, the life of 45-year-old Twallis McClendon was tragically cut short in Birmingham, Alabama. On Friday, March 17, 2017, Mcclendon, a male, was found deceased, the victim of what was determined to be a homicide. His death was caused by…

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Quinchez Spradley

Male, age 35 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the east side of Birmingham, Alabama, a grim discovery was made on Friday, March 17, 2017. Quinchez Spradley, a 35-year-old male, was found deceased, the victim of gun violence. He was not alone; alongside him was 45-year-old Twallis McClendon, who had…

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Cedric W Adkins-Malone

Male, age 22 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

An African-American, Cedric W. Adkins-Malone, 22, was outside his home in Chicago's Rosemoor neighborhood on a mild Friday afternoon, working on a vehicle around 2:15 p.m., when a figure emerged from a gangway across South Calumet Avenue and opened fire.…

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Charles E Luckett

Male, age 32 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

Charles E. Luckett, age 32, was fatally shot on March 17, 2017, in the East Garfield Park neighborhood of Chicago. The incident occurred in an area that has been affected by ongoing issues with crime and violence for many years. Luckett was found shot in the…

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Davon Jr. Fair

Male, age 24 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the spring of 2017, a 24-year-old male named Davon Jr. Fair was tragically killed in Baltimore, Maryland. On the night of March 14, Fair was on his way to his apartment in the 4000 block of White Avenue when he was shot by unknown individuals. He was…

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Tony Walls

Male, age 29 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On March 17, 2017, 29-year-old Tony Laron Walls was found shot to death in North College Hill, a neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident began with reports of gunshots in the 6500 block of Simpson Avenue at around 9:36 PM. Shortly after, officers…

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Anthony T. Free

Male, age 47 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On March 17, 2017, shortly after midnight, a double shooting took place at or near the Airport Inn, an extended-stay motel close to 24th Street and Van Buren in Phoenix, Arizona. Local TV coverage described officers responding to a shooting call at the motel…

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Tammy Mattison

Female, age 49 · Peoria, Arizona

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In what Peoria, Arizona police described as a tragic case of domestic violence, 49-year-old Tammy Mattison, a female, lost her life on March 17, 2017. The devastating event unfolded at the Country Village apartments situated near 88th and Peoria avenues…

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Ronald Dean Esser Jr

Male, age 42 · Dover, Arkansas

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet community of Dover, Arkansas, the life of Ronald Dean Esser Jr., a 42-year-old White/Caucasian male, was abruptly ended on March 17, 2017. The incident that led to his death unfolded on Oak Meadows Road, near State Highway 164, where he was…

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Keon Huff Jr

Male, age 15 · Hartford, Connecticut

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the evening of March 17, 2017, in Hartford, Connecticut, 15-year-old Keon Huff Jr., a Black/African American male, was found shot in the head in the hallway of a residential building on Garden Street. Emergency services responded to a call around 10:39…

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Trey Leon Lee

Male, age 24 · Des Moines, Iowa

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a spring afternoon in Des Moines, Iowa, the life of Trey Leon Lee, a 24-year-old Black / African American male, was tragically cut short. On March 17, 2017, at a residence near Evelyn Davis Park, gunfire erupted, leaving Lee fatally wounded and another…

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Anthony Smith

Male, age 26 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the winter of 2017, a young man's life was tragically cut short over a coveted pair of sneakers. Seventeen-year-old James Anthony Smith, a junior at Ballou High School in Washington, D.C., had recently received an early Christmas present from his mother: a…

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Bernard peewee Cole Jr.

Male, age 43 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of March 17, 2017, Bernard “PeeWee” Coleman Jr., a 43-year-old Black or African American male, was fatally shot inside his home in the 4000 block of Cole Boulevard, SE in Washington, D.C. His body was discovered later that morning…

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Steven Edward Stewart Jr

Male, age 33 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a Friday morning, March 17, 2017, in Washington, D.C., 33-year-old Steven Edward Stewart Jr., a Black male, was shot and killed. The incident occurred around 8:50 a.m. in the 2200 block of Minnesota Avenue, SE. The Metropolitan Police Department promptly…

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Sandra Flores

Female, age 26 · Wichita, Kansas

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the morning of Friday, March 17, 2017, 26-year-old Hispanic female Sandra Flores was likely searching for a job, a task she had been dedicated to for weeks. Her search brought her to the Westway Plaza Shopping Center in the 2500 block of South Seneca in…

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Kamani Kristopher Salaam Davis

Male, age 24 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a Friday night in Minneapolis, what was meant to be the start of a night out with friends ended in tragedy for a 24-year-old Black / African American man. Kamani Kristopher Salaam Davis was at a house on the 3600 block of Aldrich Avenue North with a group…

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Jose Cruz

Male, age 31 · Bowling-green, Kentucky

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

On March 17, 2017, a tragic series of events unfolded at the La Placita market in Bowling Green, Kentucky, culminating in the death of 31-year-old Jose Cruz. Mr. Cruz, a male of Hispanic descent, had arrived at the Morgantown Road grocery store in the…

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Jamarcus Townsend

Male, age 21 · Newton, Mississippi

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late hours of March 17, 2017, the life of 21-year-old Jamarcus Townsend of Newton, Mississippi, was tragically cut short. Just before midnight, gunshots erupted in front of a house on Tillman Street. When police arrived, they found Townsend deceased…

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Aaron Anderson

Male, age 27 · Paterson, New Jersey

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early hours of Friday, March 17, 2017, the life of 27-year-old Aaron Anderson of Paterson, New Jersey, was tragically cut short in a brutal act of violence. Firefighters responding to a vehicle fire on East 28th Street in Paterson made a grim discovery…

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Antonio Vega Jr

Male, age 25 · Paterson, New Jersey

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early hours of March 17, 2017, a grim discovery was made on East 28th Street in Paterson, New Jersey. Firefighters, after extinguishing a blaze that had fully engulfed a white Audi, found the bodies of two men inside. The victims were later identified…

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Dontre’yal Weathersbee

Male, age 23 · Columbia, South Carolina

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of March 17, 2017, the quiet of a hotel near Columbia, South Carolina, was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 23-year-old Dontre’yal Weathersbee. A Black male from Columbia, Weathersbee was discovered deceased…

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Steven Beck

Male, age 61 · Rockville, Maryland

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early hours of a March morning in Rockville, Maryland, a thunderous explosion shattered the pre-dawn quiet, leveling a house on Ashley Drive and shaking the surrounding neighborhood. The blast was so powerful it blew out windows in nearby homes and…

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Jorge Martinez

Male, age 44 · San-francisco, California

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jorge Martinez, a 44-year-old resident of San Bruno, was tragically shot and killed in San Francisco's Mission District on March 17, 2017. The incident occurred around 12:50 a.m. near the intersection of 19th and Capp streets. Martinez was transported to a…

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Steffon Deprese Townsend

Male, age 47 · Bakersfield, California

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

Steffon Deprese Townsend, aged 47, was tragically killed in a shooting incident in South Bakersfield on March 17, 2017. The incident occurred early in the morning, and Townsend was identified as the victim shortly after the event. The circumstances…

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Joseph D. Jorden

Male, age 57 · Bay-pines, Florida

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

SFC Joseph D. Jorden, aged 57, passed away on March 17, 2017, at the Bay Pines VA Medical Center in Florida. He had a distinguished military career, having enlisted in the U.S. Army in February 1978 and serving in the Special Forces. Throughout his career, he…

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Dorothy Russell

Female, age 51 · Auburn, Georgia

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late afternoon of March 17, 2017, a domestic dispute in the parking lot of an Ingles grocery store in Auburn, Georgia, ended in tragedy. Dorothy Russell, a 51-year-old female, was found in her vehicle with a gunshot wound. First responders were called…

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Dezmeion Poole

Male, age 24 · Springfield, Illinois

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

Dezmeion A. Poole, a 24-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on March 17, 2017, in Springfield, Illinois. Dezmeion was found dead in his apartment located in the 2100 block of Watch Avenue, having suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Born on…

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Renaldo Bennett

Male, age 33 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Allendale in Shreveport, Louisiana, the life of 33-year-old Renaldo Bennett, a Black male, was tragically cut short on March 17, 2017. The day that began like any other ended in violence when Bennett was shot and killed in an…

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Verrick Bills

Male, age 37 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of March 17, 2017, the life of Verrick Bills, a 37-year-old Black male, was tragically cut short in New Orleans. Emergency responders were called to the 3400 block of Kabel Drive in the Algiers neighborhood around 5:37 a.m. Upon…

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Thomas Sams

Male, age 34 · Akron, Ohio

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

Thomas E. Sams, a 34-year-old male resident of Akron, Ohio, tragically passed away on March 17, 2017. He was involved in a fatal shootout on the front porch of a home on Lakeland Avenue in Copley, Ohio. The incident occurred around 6 p.m. when police…

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Maurice Horton

Male, age 74 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

In a quiet North Memphis neighborhood, a long-standing friendship ended in sudden and unforeseen tragedy. Maurice Horton, a 74-year-old man, was visiting his close friend of many years, 82-year-old Roosevelt Hodge, at his home in the 2500 block of Hanwood on…

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Chester Pickett

Male, age 37 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Mar 17, 2017 · 9 years ago

Chester Pickett, a 37-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on March 17, 2017, in Dallas, Texas. The incident occurred during a confrontation with his wife, Shazetta Jackson-Pickett, at his workplace on West Ledbetter Drive in the Dallas…

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Lucas Mendoza-Barrera

Male, age 41 · Westminster, Colorado

Killed Mar 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a Tuesday afternoon in Westminster, Colorado, a quiet suburban street was pierced by an act of violence that would leave a family shattered and a community searching for answers. On March 17, 2015, Lucas Mendoza-Barrera, a 41-year-old White male, was found…

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Alton Herron Wallace III

Male, age 27 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Mar 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, the life of Alton Herron III Wallace, a 27-year-old Black / African American male, was tragically cut short on the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. On the evening of Tuesday, March 17, 2015, Wallace was discovered inside a vehicle in the…

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Ditwan Morgan

Female, age 41 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Mar 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the evening of March 17, 2015, a tragedy unfolded on the east side of Detroit that left a family shattered and a community searching for answers. Ditwan Morgan, a 41-year-old African-American mother of two, was fatally shot as she was entering her home in…

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Jason Remer

Male, age 28 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Mar 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late hours of March 17, 2015, a 28-year-old Caucasian/White male named Jason Remer was walking home in Las Vegas, Nevada. As he made his way through the west valley, a vehicle, described as a dark-colored sedan with tinted windows, approached him. An…

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Lilliana Restrepo

Female, age 30 · Hartford, Connecticut

Killed Mar 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

In a quiet neighborhood in Hartford, Connecticut, the life of 30-year-old Lilliana Restrepo was tragically cut short on March 17, 2015. A Hispanic female from the neighboring town of Wethersfield, she was found inside an apartment on Congress Street, the…

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Terry Oakes Bourret

Female, age 71 · Durham, Connecticut

Killed Mar 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet town of Durham, Connecticut, the spring of 2015 was shattered by a tragedy that unfolded within the walls of a home on Main Street. On March 17th, Terry Oakes Bourret, a 71-year-old White/Caucasian female, was found deceased in her residence. A…

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Vondre Smithers

Male, age 20 · Lexington, Kentucky

Killed Mar 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of March 17, 2015, a discovery was made on Bellefonte Drive in Lexington, Kentucky, that would unravel a story of a young life cut short. Vondre R. Smithers, a 20-year-old male, was found lying in the street, initially believed to…

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Genaro Garza Jr.

Male, age 16 · Grandview, Washington

Killed Mar 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the small city of Grandview, Washington, a life full of promise was tragically cut short on the evening of March 17, 2015. Genaro Garza Jr., a Caucasian male of 16 years, found himself in a situation that would abruptly end his journey into manhood. The…

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McKaya Ledford

Female, age 10 · Comanche, Oklahoma

Killed Mar 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the small town of Comanche, Oklahoma, a bright and beloved 10-year-old girl named McKaya Raquel Ledford, a female student at Grandview School known for her straight A's and vibrant spirit, tragically lost her life in March of 2015. Described as a 'little…

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Terron White

Male, age 21 · Florissant, Missouri

Killed Mar 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of a Tuesday morning, the life of 21-year-old Terron D. White was tragically cut short in a burst of violence outside a north St. Louis County bar. On March 17, 2015, in Florissant, Missouri, a dispute escalated into a fatal shooting that…

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Aliyah Taylor

Female, age 20 · Stockton, California

Killed Mar 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the evening of March 17, 2015, a tragic drive-by shooting occurred outside Madison Market in Stockton, California, claiming the lives of three individuals, including 20-year-old Aliyah Taylor. The incident unfolded around 8:20 p.m. when a dark-colored SUV…

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Arniska Lofton

Female, age 27 · Stockton, California

Killed Mar 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Arniska Lofton, a 27-year-old resident of Stockton, California, tragically lost her life on March 17, 2015, in a drive-by shooting that also claimed the lives of two other individuals, Aliyah Taylor, 20, and Kabin Kennebrew, 23. The incident occurred outside…

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Javier Indalecio

Male, age 21 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Mar 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

Javier Indalecio, a 21-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on March 17, 2015, in Van Nuys, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Javier was shot multiple times while standing in the carport of his residence. The…

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Kabin Kennebrew

Male, age 24 · Stockton, California

Killed Mar 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the evening of March 17, 2015, a tragic drive-by shooting occurred at Madison Market in Stockton, California, resulting in the deaths of three individuals, including 23-year-old Kabin Kennebrew. The incident, which took place around 8:20 p.m., also claimed…

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Jamal Terrell Williams

Male, age 32 · Cartersville, Georgia

Killed Mar 17, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, the life of Jamaal Terrell Williams, a 32-year-old African American man from Cartersville, Georgia, was tragically cut short. On the afternoon of March 17th, Williams was fatally shot inside an apartment on Iron Belt Court. Remembered…

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