Deaths by Force on March 3

Deaths by Force (357)

Death by Force

Robert James Davey

Male, age 33 · Alameda, California

Killed Mar 3, 1983 · 43 years ago

Robert James Davey Jr., a 33-year-old officer with the Alameda Police Department, tragically lost his life on March 3, 1983, while assisting in a drug raid. Officer Davey had just completed his regular shift when he volunteered to help his colleagues with the…

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Charles Douglas Heinrich

Male · El-paso, Texas

Killed Mar 3, 1983 · 43 years ago

Detective Charles Douglas Heinrich, aged 37, was a dedicated officer with the El Paso Police Department, Texas. On March 3, 1983, Heinrich and his partner, Officer Jesse Eckard, were on patrol when they encountered Edsel Willis, a man previously arrested for…

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Alma Smith

Female, age 18 · Auburn, Washington

Killed Mar 3, 1983 · 43 years ago

Alma Ann Smith, an 18-year-old White/Caucasian female, was last seen on March 3, 1983, along Pacific Highway South in SeaTac, Washington. She had a history of running away from home and, during her teenage years, was involved in sex work. Despite the…

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Roger W. Van Schaik

Male, age 32 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Mar 3, 1979 · 47 years ago

Roger W. Van Schaik, a 31-year-old white male, was a dedicated patrolman with the Chicago Police Department. On March 3, 1979, he and his partner, Patrolman William Bosak, were tragically killed in an ambush attack while on duty. The incident occurred near…

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William Bosak

Male, age 34 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Mar 3, 1979 · 47 years ago

William P. Bosak, a 33-year-old white male, was a dedicated police officer with the Chicago Police Department. On March 3, 1979, while on duty, he was tragically killed in an ambush attack. Officer Bosak and his partner, Officer Roger Van Schaik, had just…

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Norman Stribbling

Male · Gaithersburg, Maryland

Killed Mar 3, 1974 · 52 years ago

In the quiet, early morning hours of March 3, 1974, a grim discovery was made on a lonely stretch of River Road in Montgomery County, Maryland. There, in his own parked car, lay Norman Stribbling, the victim of a single, fatal gunshot wound to the head. The…

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Fred Duckworth

Male, age 72 · Norfolk, Virginia

Killed Mar 3, 1972 · 54 years ago

On the evening of March 3, 1972, former Norfolk mayor W. Fred Duckworth, a 72-year-old male, was taking his customary walk in his neighborhood just south of West Little Creek Road. The chill in the air prompted him to wear a business suit, hat, gloves, and a…

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Marshal Newsome

Male, age 32 · Floral-city, Florida

Killed Mar 3, 1908 · 118 years ago

Marshal J. W. Newsome, a 32-year-old white male, tragically lost his life on March 3, 1908, in Floral City, Florida. Newsome, who served as the City Marshal, was responding to a tip about a man wanted for an earlier shooting. This tip, later believed to be…

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Tayvon Scott

Male, age 43 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Mar 3, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Dundalk, Maryland, the afternoon of March 2, 2022, was shattered by the sound of gunfire. In the 1900 block of Ewald Avenue, Tayvon Scott, a 43-year-old man, was found suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. He was rushed to a…

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Michael Perry

Male, age 27 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Mar 3, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the early morning hours of March 3, 2019, tragedy struck in the city of Baltimore, forever altering the lives of the family and friends of Michael Perry. The 27-year-old Black male was found at approximately 2:09 a.m. in the 1200 block of Hollins Street…

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Maria Virginia Otero

Female, age 71 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Mar 3, 2018 · 8 years ago

Maria Virginia Otero was 71 years old when she died on Saturday, March 3, 2018, in the University Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 2810 S. Figueroa…

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Alex Alexander

Male, age 31 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Mar 3, 2018 · 8 years ago

Alex Alexander, 31, was stabbed to death in the 6900 block of South Michigan Avenue in the Greater Grand Crossing community on Chicago's South Side on Saturday, March 3, 2018. The Chicago Police Department investigated, and the Chicago Sun-Times homicide…

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Robert Jackson

Male, age 26 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Mar 3, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of a Tuesday morning in Louisville, Kentucky, the life of 26-year-old Robert Jackson was violently cut short. On March 3, 2015, a home invasion turned into a harrowing kidnapping and ultimately, his murder. Around 2 a.m., multiple…

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Enrique Rodriguez-Olmos

Male, age 46 · Compton, California

Killed Mar 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

Enrique Rodriguez-Olmos was 46 years old when he died on Monday, March 3, 2014, in Compton. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 4605 E. Alondra Blvd. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Los…

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Denise Rene Moe

Female, age 43 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Mar 3, 2013 · 13 years ago

Denise Rene Moe was 43 years old when she died on Sunday, March 3, 2013, in Pacoima. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 11243 N. Glenoaks Blvd. Her death was ruled a homicide, and it…

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Snow Pu

Male, age 7 · Alhambra, California

Killed Mar 3, 2010 · 16 years ago

Seven-year-old Snow Pu lost his life on Wednesday, March 3, 2010, in the city of Alhambra, California. Authorities responded to the 800 block of North Garfield Avenue, a quiet residential corridor lined with multi-unit condominiums and family residences…

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Gilbert Phillips

Male, age 20 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Mar 3, 2008 · 18 years ago

Gilbert Phillips, a 20-year-old male from the Birmingham area, was killed on March 3, 2008, after a burst of violence turned an ordinary drive through the city’s west side into a fatal scene. According to public case summaries and obituary information…

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William Harper

Male, age 41 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Mar 3, 2007 · 19 years ago

On March 3, 2007, William Harper, a 41-year-old male, was tragically lost to gun violence in Chester, Pennsylvania. Details surrounding the incident, including the circumstances of his death, have not been extensively documented in publicly available sources.…

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David Cleveland

Male, age 66 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Mar 3, 2007 · 19 years ago

David Cleveland was 66 years old when he was killed in Atlanta on Saturday, March 3, 2007. The Atlanta Police Department Homicide Unit investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Atlanta from 2007 through…

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Joe George Espinosa-Montes III

Male, age 29 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Mar 3, 2005 · 21 years ago

Joe George Espinosa-Montes III was 29 years old when he died on Thursday, March 3, 2005. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a Pomona Police Department case.…

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Bernard Fonder

Male, age 49 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Mar 3, 1980 · 46 years ago

Bernard Fonder, a 49-year-old White man, was killed inside his Milwaukee, Wisconsin, home on March 3, 1980, during a period when a series of violent home-invasion murders was terrifying residents of the city. Fonder was found dead on his bed after suffering…

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