Deaths by Force on March 26

Deaths by Force (421)

Death by Force10th anniversary

Shiraz Al-Samarrai

Male, age 24 · Renton, Washington

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

Shiraz Al-Samarrai, a 24-year-old resident of Renton, WA, tragically lost his life on March 26, 2016. The incident occurred at an apartment building in Renton, where Shiraz was shot and killed. The suspect in this case, Omar Acevedo, was charged with…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Lisa Smith

Female, age 50 · Frankfort, Indiana

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

In March of 2016, a domestic argument in Frankfort, Indiana, escalated to a fatal conclusion, ending the life of 50-year-old Lisa Smith. The woman was shot and killed in her home, a tragedy that would soon lead to the arrest of her husband. Her body was…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Shawn Reinhart

Male, age 40 · Fort-wayne, Indiana

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the afternoon of Saturday, March 26, 2016, authorities in Fort Wayne, Indiana, responded to a report of a person down on the city’s southeast side. Upon arriving at the scene, law enforcement officers discovered a male victim inside a parked vehicle. The…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Timothy Shamar Williams

Male, age 30 · Fountain-inn, South Carolina

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

A 30-year-old man, Mr. Timothy Shamar Williams, Sr., passed away in Fountain Inn, South Carolina, on Sunday, March 27, 2016. Born in Greenville, he was the son of Timothy Moore and Sharon Williams Black. At the time of his passing, he was a resident of 531…

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Malcolm Lowrie

Male, age 22 · Elkton, Maryland

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet community of Elkton, Maryland, a gathering of friends and family turned tragic on the night of March 26, 2016. Malcolm Lowrie, a 22-year-old male, was visiting a home in the Winding Brook community when the unexpected and violent intrusion of…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Malik Booker

Male, age 21 · Richmond, California

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

On March 26, 2016, Malik Booker, a 21-year-old resident of Richmond, California, was tragically shot and killed. The incident occurred around 6 p.m. on the 1700 block of Maine Avenue. When officers arrived at the scene, they found Booker lying on the ground…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Vallan Clinton Gavilan Jr

Male, age 21 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

Vallan Clinton Gavilan Jr., a 21-year-old aspiring bodybuilder, was tragically shot and killed on March 26, 2016, in the Vermont Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles. The incident occurred around 8:15 p.m. while Gavilan was standing near his Chevy Malibu on the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jasmine McAfee

Female, age 24 · Apopka, Florida

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jasmine McAfee, a 24-year-old woman from Apopka, Florida, tragically lost her life on March 26, 2016. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning when McAfee was found dead in a car on the side of State Road 429 near Colonial Drive. Alongside her…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Anthony Meredith

Male, age 24 · Columbus, Georgia

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

An ongoing investigation into the death of Anthony Meredith in Columbus, Georgia, has led to a second arrest. Dequoyae Waldon, 20 years old, was taken into custody and is currently held in the Muscogee County Jail. He is facing charges of murder and…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Duntavious Pittman

Male, age 21 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late hours of a March evening in 2016, a gathering at a home in southwest Atlanta turned tragic, leaving a young man's life cut short. On March 26, police responded to a call of a person shot on the 4000 block of Bakers Ferry Road. Upon arrival, they…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Richard Benjamin Trantham Jr

Male, age 35 · Screven, Georgia

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet community of Screven, Georgia, the life of 35-year-old Richard Benjamin Trantham Jr. was abruptly ended by a single act of gun violence on March 26, 2016. What began as a seemingly casual evening visit from an acquaintance would tragically…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Diana Marie Edgerton

Female, age 23 · Louisburg, North Carolina

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

Diana Marie Edgerton, a 23-year-old woman from Louisburg, NC, tragically lost her life on March 26, 2016. She was one of three victims in a horrific triple homicide that took place in the 100 block of Harris Road. Diana was visiting Keisha Livingston, 36, and…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Emanuel Montez Blowe Jr.

Male, age 31 · Fayetteville, North Carolina

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

Emanuel Montez Blowe Jr., a 31-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on March 26, 2016, in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning at the Body Tapp strip club located on Bragg Boulevard. Police…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Hunter Curtis

Male, age 22 · Franklin, North Carolina

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

Hunter Curtis, a 22-year-old male from Franklin, North Carolina, tragically lost his life on March 26, 2016. The incident occurred during a domestic dispute at the Curtis household. Hunter's father, Tony Curtis, shot him during an altercation that escalated…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Keisha Livingston

Female, age 36 · Louisburg, North Carolina

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

Keisha Livingston, a 36-year-old African American woman, was tragically killed on March 26, 2016, in a shooting incident at a home in Louisburg, North Carolina. The incident occurred at 119 Harris Road, where three people were shot. Keisha Livingston, Shamare…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Shamare Malik Harris

Female, age 18 · Louisburg, North Carolina

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

Shamare Malik Harris, an 18-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on March 26, 2016, in a shooting incident in Louisburg, North Carolina. The incident occurred around 1 p.m. in the 100 block of Harris Road. Harris, along with Keisha…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Gary Tisdale

Male, age 38 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

Gary Lamar Tisdale, a 38-year-old African American man from Dayton, Ohio, tragically passed away on March 26, 2016. He was born on April 24, 1977, in Lima, Ohio, and was well-loved by his family and friends. Tisdale's death was the result of a violent…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

John Thomas Carter III

Male, age 36 · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

John Thomas Carter III, a 36-year-old African American man from Harrisburg, PA, was fatally shot on March 26, 2016. He was the nephew of Harrisburg Police Chief Thomas Carter. Carter was walking home from a store when he was shot multiple times in the 200…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Rodrick Mason

Male, age 23 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the spring of 2016, a young life was violently cut short on the streets of Nashville, Tennessee. Rodrick Mason, a 23-year-old African American man, was fatally shot on the evening of March 26th. The incident unfolded in the 1600 block of 14th Avenue North…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Erin Wright

Female, age 39 · Kyle, Texas

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

Erin Nicole Wright, a 39-year-old woman of Caucasian ethnicity, tragically lost her life on March 26, 2016, in Kyle, Texas. Erin was born on September 20, 1976, in Biloxi, Mississippi, and had been living in Kyle, Texas, at the time of her death. She was a…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Juan Guerrero

Male, age 17 · San-angelo, Texas

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

Juan Julio Guerrero, an 18-year-old male from San Angelo, Texas, was tragically killed on March 26, 2016. Guerrero was found with a gunshot wound near his right eye in the backyard of a home on East 22nd Street. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Zane Lopez

Male, age 16 · San-angelo, Texas

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

Zane Lopez, a 16-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity from San Angelo, Texas, tragically died on March 26, 2016, from a gunshot wound to the head. He was found in the backyard of his house along with Juan Julio Guerrero, 18, who was pronounced dead at the…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Duntavius Pittman

Male, age 21 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

Duntavius Pittman, 21, was shot and killed at a gathering inside a home in southwest Atlanta in late March 2016. The Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Atlanta from 2007 through 2017, records his death on Saturday, March 26, 2016…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Maurice Sanders

Null, age 38 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Mar 26, 2011 · 15 years ago

Maurice Sanders, aged 38, was shot and killed on March 26, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois. He was struck by multiple gunshots in an incident that remains unsolved, as no suspects were taken into custody at the time. This homicide was part of the ongoing wave of…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

James Michael Read

Male, age 24 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Mar 26, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, on a late March evening in 2011, the life of a young man was tragically cut short. James Michael Read, a 24-year-old African-American male, was fatally shot on March 26, 2011. The incident occurred at 37 Ellington…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Brian Dunson

Male, age 22 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Mar 26, 2011 · 15 years ago

Brian Bernard “King of Colors” Dunson was 22, a Black male from Detroit, Michigan, and the little that remains publicly about his final hours feels like a door left ajar on a life that should have had so much more time. His name still carries warmth and color…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Anthony Troy McKinney

Male, age 43 · Norfolk, Virginia

Killed Mar 26, 2011 · 15 years ago

On a Saturday evening in Norfolk, Virginia, tragedy struck the community. Anthony Troy McKinney, a 42-year-old male, was fatally wounded on March 26, 2011. Known affectionately as 'Ant' by those who knew him, McKinney had been born in Norfolk on March 28…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Oluwatoyin William Salami

Male, age 26 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Mar 26, 2006 · 20 years ago

Oluwatoyin William Salami, a 24-year-old man, tragically lost his life on March 26, 2006, in the Adams-Normandie neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Salami was fatally shot, marking a somber end to…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Clifford Barrymore

Male, age 26 · New Bedford, Massachusetts

Killed Mar 26, 2001 · 25 years ago

In the early morning hours of March 26, 2001, the life of 26-year-old Clifford Barrymore was tragically cut short. The male victim was inside an apartment rented by his girlfriend at the Willows Apartments on Tarkin Hill Road in New Bedford, Massachusetts…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Baby Boy Perez

Male · Inglewood, California

Killed Mar 26, 2001 · 25 years ago

The brief life of Baby Boy Perez came to an end on Monday, March 26, 2001, in the city of Inglewood. The newborn child, identified in county coroner records as a Hispanic male who was zero years old, died at or near a residential property located at 433…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Jakeima Alexis Armstrong

Female · Los Angeles, California

Killed Mar 26, 2001 · 25 years ago

On March 26, 2001, infant Jakeima Alexis Armstrong lost her life in Los Angeles, California. Jakeima, a Black female who was less than one year old, had barely begun her life when it was cut tragically short. Emergency responders and medical personnel were…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Marcus Lamont Porter

Male, age 15 · Spartanburg, South Carolina

Killed Mar 26, 1996 · 30 years ago

In the late winter of 1996, a tragedy struck the community of Spartanburg, South Carolina, with the death of 15-year-old Marcus Lamont Porter. A Black/African American male, Marcus's life was cut short on March 26th of that year. His body was discovered in a…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Louise Medeiros

Female, age 25 · Waikele Stream, Hawaii

Killed Mar 26, 1986 · 40 years ago

On March 26, 1986, 25-year-old female victim Louise Medeiros, who was of Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander descent according to some reports, disappeared after returning to Oahu from a trip to Kauai. She had traveled to attend her mother's funeral and was…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jibran Gotay-Martinez

Male, age 32 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Mar 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jibran Gotay-Martinez, a 32-year-old man, was killed late on the night of March 26, 2016, after gunfire tore through a vehicle moving along Interstate 10 in New Orleans. Just after 9:30 p.m., police were called to the westbound lanes near the Interstate 610…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Robbie Goodson

Male, age 56 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Mar 26, 2011 · 15 years ago

Robbie Goodson was 56 years old when he was killed in St. Louis on Saturday, March 26, 2011. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis through 2017…

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Death by Force115th anniversary

Claude McDonald

Male, age 30 · Chickasha, Oklahoma

Killed Mar 26, 1911 · 115 years ago

In the dusty railroad yards of Chickasha, Oklahoma, a dedicated lawman’s life was cut tragically short on the evening of March 26, 1911. Claude McDonald, a 30-year-old male and the Chief of Detectives for the Rock Island Railroad, was making his rounds…

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Alisha Shanell Lewis

Female, age 35 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Mar 26, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of Friday, March 27, 2026, the quiet of a north Charlotte apartment complex was shattered by the discovery of a homicide. Alisha Shanell Lewis, a 35-year-old woman, was found deceased in her third-floor apartment on High Glen Drive.…

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Assam Alshaif

Male, age 21 · Bronx, New York

Killed Mar 26, 2026 · this year

A quiet Thursday morning in the Bronx was shattered by violence on March 26, 2026, leaving a young man dead. 21-year-old Assam Alshaif was found unconscious and unresponsive near the intersection of Jerome Avenue and Bainbridge Avenue. He had sustained a…

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Cynthia Duff

Female, age 69 · Thomasville, North Carolina

Killed Mar 26, 2026 · this year

On the evening of March 26, 2026, in Thomasville, North Carolina, a domestic dispute escalated into a fatal shooting that claimed the life of 69-year-old Cynthia Duff and left her teenage grandson wounded. The incident unfolded on Tremont Street, where police…

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Diane Opper

Female, age 56 · Belchertown, Massachusetts

Killed Mar 26, 2026 · this year

In the quiet town of Belchertown, Massachusetts, the life of 56-year-old Diane Opper was cut tragically short on the evening of Friday, March 27, 2026. A woman known for her vibrant personality and deep love for animals, her death sent ripples of shock and…

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Eddie Garcia

Male, age 62 · Alpaugh, California

Killed Mar 26, 2026 · this year

In the small community of Alpaugh, California, a sense of unease settled over the residents after the violent death of 62-year-old Eddie Garcia. On the evening of March 26, 2026, the quiet of the 5400 block of Billing Road was shattered by the sound of…

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Jeffrey Blevins

Male, age 56 · Bartow, Florida

Killed Mar 26, 2026 · this year

In the late hours of a Thursday night in Bartow, Florida, a sequence of events unfolded that concluded in the violent death of 56-year-old Jeffrey Lee Blevins. On March 26, 2026, while outside his apartment at the Fountain Place Apartments on North Wilson…

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Jerel Smith

Male, age 29 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Mar 26, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of March 26, 2026, a dispute in a northeast Oklahoma City neighborhood escalated into a tragedy that claimed the life of 29-year-old Jerel Smith. The Black male became the city's 15th homicide victim of the year following the…

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Jessica Wells

Female, age 43 · Knightdale, North Carolina

Killed Mar 26, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of Thursday, March 26, 2026, a sense of unease settled over the 1200 block of Broken Arrow Court in Knightdale, North Carolina. Just after midnight, the quiet of the neighborhood was shattered by the sound of a gunshot, prompting…

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Malachi Hayes

Male, age 20 · Arlington, Texas

Killed Mar 26, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of Thursday, March 26, 2026, a shooting in an Arlington, Texas, convenience store parking lot claimed the life of 20-year-old Malachi Daron Hayes. Officers responded to the scene in the 2100 block of East Abram Street at approximately 1:24…

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Michael D. Jenkins

Male, age 61 · Farmington, Missouri

Killed Mar 26, 2026 · this year

In a quiet trailer park in Farmington, Missouri, the afternoon of Thursday, March 26, 2026, was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 61-year-old Michael D. Jenkins. Deputies from the St. Francois County Sheriff's Department and officers…

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Roman Valenciano

Male, age 19 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Mar 26, 2026 · this year

On the afternoon of Thursday, March 26, 2026, 19-year-old Roman Valenciano was driving his gray Nissan Sentra in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on his way to pick up his mother from work. His journey was tragically cut short in what police have described as a fatal…

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Samuel Ruben Caraway II

Male, age 18 · Houston, Texas

Killed Mar 26, 2026 · this year

Samuel Ruben Caraway II, 18, male, died on March 26, 2026, in Houston, Texas, and the public record that surfaced afterward was heartbreakingly spare, the kind of thin trail that often follows a young life cut short too soon. Online memorial and obituary…

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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.