Death by Force

Beth Eileen Lancelotta

Female, age 48 · Ellicott-city, Maryland

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

Beth Eileen Lancelotta, a 48-year-old woman, tragically lost her life on May 15, 2017, in the suburban community of Ellicott City, Maryland. The events of that night unfolded in the backyard of her Sheppard Lane home, a place that had been the backdrop to her…

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Javares Face Batts

Male, age 38 · Queens, New York

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the spring of 2017, a dispute outside the Queensbridge Houses in Long Island City, Queens, tragically cut short the life of 38-year-old Javares Face Batts. On the afternoon of May 15, Batts, who was also known by the nickname 'Face,' was shot multiple…

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Omar Emilio Benitez

Male, age 22 · Long-beach, California

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

Omar Emilio Benitez, a 22-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on May 15, 2017, in Long Beach, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Benitez died after being shot multiple times by police officers. The incident occurred…

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Roy A Pike III

Male, age 28 · Cape-coral, Florida

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

Roy A. Pike III, a 28-year-old resident of North Fort Myers, Florida, tragically lost his life on May 15, 2017, in Cape Coral. The incident occurred in the 1900 block of Cornwallis Parkway, where Pike was found suffering from gunshot wounds outside a home.…

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Timothy Davis Jr

Male, age 34 · Saint-petersburg, Florida

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

Timothy Davis Jr., a 34-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on May 15, 2017, in St. Petersburg, Florida. The incident occurred in the Jordan Park area, specifically near the intersection of 23rd Street and 11th Avenue South. Davis…

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Victoria Braddock

Female, age 28 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

Victoria Braddock, a 28-year-old woman from Jacksonville, Florida, tragically lost her life on May 15, 2017. She was found with a gunshot wound on Cortez Road at Brookview Drive South and was rushed to UF Health Jacksonville, where she succumbed to her…

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Anterrance Dejuan Gresham

Male, age 30 · Lithonia, Georgia

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

Anterrance Dejuan Gresham, a 30-year-old father of five, was fatally shot on May 15, 2017, in Lithonia, Georgia. The incident occurred in the evening as Gresham was outside the Lithonia Package store on Chupp Road near Covington Highway. He had reportedly…

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Armand Peck

Male, age 82 · Augusta, Georgia

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

Armand Peck, an 82-year-old White man, died on May 15, 2017, at his residence in Augusta, Georgia, in a killing that stunned the community around Richmond Hill Road West. Online obituary records portray him as “Arnie,” a retired U.S. Army veteran of the…

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Genaro Rojas Martinez

Male, age 39 · Smyrna, Georgia

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the night of May 15, 2017, Genaro Rojas-Martinez, a 39-year-old Hispanic male, finished his shift at a restaurant in Smyrna, Georgia, and headed to a nearby Texaco gas station on South Cobb Drive. What he didn't know was that he was being followed. After…

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Jesus Monroe

Male, age 29 · Union-city, Georgia

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

In a tragic turn of events stemming from a domestic dispute, a 29-year-old man, Jesus Monroe of Forest Park, lost his life. The fatal encounter unfolded in the early morning hours of a Tuesday in May 2017, inside a room at the Country Hearth Inn located on…

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Jonathan Young

Male, age 23 · Union-city, Georgia

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

In a tragic turn of events stemming from a domestic dispute, 23-year-old Jonathan Young, a Black male, lost his life on Monday, May 15, 2017. The fatal incident unfolded inside a room at the Country Hearth Inn located on Shannon Parkway in Union City…

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Dwayne McKeithen Hitchens Jr.

Male, age 31 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the spring of 2017, the life of 31-year-old Dwayne McKeithen Hitchens Jr. was tragically cut short in New Orleans. On May 15th, the professional truck driver was fatally shot, leaving behind a grieving family and a community searching for answers. The male…

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April Caleodis

Female, age 31 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

April Nicole Caleodis, a 31-year-old woman from Gahanna, Ohio, tragically passed away on May 15, 2017. She was a veterinary technician at Gahanna Animal Hospital and a recent graduate of the Paramedic program at Columbus State Community College. April was…

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Damecco Daquan Jonnel Charles

Male, age 22 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

Damecco Daquan Jonnel Charles, a 22-year-old male, tragically lost his life on May 15, 2017, in Columbus, OH. He was shot inside a home while attempting to enter through a second-story window around 1 A.M. The circumstances surrounding his death were unclear…

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Treyvon Warren

Male, age 18 · Toledo, Ohio

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

Treyvon Warren, an 18-year-old male from Toledo, OH, tragically lost his life on May 15, 2017. He was fatally shot in the head while in a car. The incident occurred within hours of another shooting of a teenager a few blocks away, but there is no indication…

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Angela Ceccarelli

Female, age 79 · Allison-park, Pennsylvania

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet retirement community of Cumberland Woods Village in McCandless, a suburb of Pittsburgh, the morning of Monday, May 15, 2017, was shattered by a tragic event. Inside their third-floor apartment, 79-year-old Angela Marie Ceccarelli, a female…

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Courtney Deontea Gillette

Male, age 25 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

In a quiet North Knoxville neighborhood, the lives of two 25-year-old men were tragically cut short on May 15, 2017. Courtney Deontea Gillette, an African American male, and his friend, James Aaron Taylor, Jr., were killed in a shooting that unfolded on…

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Derrick Pendergrass

Male, age 21 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a tragic evening in Memphis, Tennessee, the life of 21-year-old Derrick Pendergrass was cut short. On May 15, 2017, Pendergrass was one of two men who lost their lives in a double shooting at the Sycamore Lakes Apartments in the northeast part of the city.…

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James Aaron Taylor Jr.

Male, age 25 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

James Aaron Taylor Jr., a 25-year-old male of African American ethnicity, tragically lost his life on May 15, 2017, in Knoxville, TN. Taylor was found dead inside a home on Whittle Springs Road, having suffered multiple gunshot wounds. The incident occurred…

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Rashid Tony Awwad

Male, age 27 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early evening of a mid-May day in Memphis, Tennessee, what began as a disagreement over a cell phone repair tragically escalated into a fatal encounter for Rashid Tony Awwad. On May 15, 2017, the 27-year-old male was at his job at a Boost Mobile store…

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Deonne Crosby

Male, age 26 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed May 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

Deonne Crosby, Jr., a 26-year-old male of African American ethnicity from Fort Worth, TX, tragically passed away on May 15, 2017. The circumstances surrounding his death were investigated as a murder case. The investigation revealed that Deonne Crosby was…

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Roy Lee

Male, age 45 · Oakland, California

Found May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

Roy Lee, a 45-year-old resident of Oakland, California, was shot and killed on May 15, 2015, in the Allendale neighborhood of East Oakland. The incident occurred in the evening, and no suspects or motives were initially identified. Roy Lee was a father to…

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Robi Vancol

Male, age 24 · Tampa, Florida

Found May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

On May 15, 2015, Robi Vancol, aged 24, was shot and killed in Tampa, Florida. He was found dead from gunshot wounds in an incident that occurred late at night. The Tampa Police Department responded to the scene, and Vancol was discovered in the vicinity of a…

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Jaquon Reeves

Male, age 17 · Jacksonville, Florida

Found May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

Jaquon Reeves, age 17, was fatally shot on May 15, 2015, during a vigil held at William Sheffield Park in Jacksonville, Florida. The gathering was meant to honor Johnell Johnson, another First Coast High student who had been killed two weeks prior. The…

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Rashard Jackson

Male, age 35 · Oxon Hill, Maryland

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a late Friday night in Oxon Hill, Maryland, the promise of the weekend was shattered by gunfire. It was May 15, 2015, when 35-year-old Rashard Jackson, a male resident of Bowie, found his life tragically cut short in a violent encounter. The incident also…

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Eric Jr. Diggs

Male, age 23 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, the life of Eric Ron Diggs Jr., a 23-year-old man from Baltimore, Maryland, was suddenly cut short. Born on February 10, 1992, to his parents Eric Sr. and Joy Diggs, he was a young man known to his loved ones by the affectionate…

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Wade Mckinley Jr. Purvey

Male, age 29 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the evening of May 15, 2015, a 29-year-old Black/African American man named Wade McKinley Jr. Purvey was fatally shot in Baltimore, Maryland. The incident occurred on the 2400 block of East Hoffman Street. When first responders arrived at the scene, they…

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Deangelo Green

Male, age 24 · Oxon Hill, Maryland

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late hours of a Friday night in Oxon Hill, Maryland, the promise of the weekend was shattered by gunfire. On May 15, 2015, 24-year-old Deangelo Green was standing outside on Audrey Lane when he was struck by multiple gunshots. The Prince George's…

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Donnell Durham

Male, age 59 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

Donnell Durham was taken too soon, leaving behind the kind of absence that doesn’t stay neatly contained to one address or one family. He was 59, a Black man from Detroit, Michigan, and the fact of his death is all that’s been placed into the open here—bare…

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Demetri Randoulph Ning

Male, age 51 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the morning of Friday, May 15, 2015, the Minneapolis Police Department was called to a residence in the 2300 block of Ilion Avenue North. There, they discovered the body of a man who had been shot. The victim was later identified as 51-year-old Demetri…

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Camrin Starr

Male, age 30 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

Camrin Starr, aged 30, was tragically shot and killed on May 15, 2015, in Cincinnati, Ohio. The incident took place around 8:20 p.m. near the intersection of Hamilton Avenue and Marlowe Avenue. District Five officers responded to a report of gunshots and…

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Gary Cooper

Male, age 50 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

Gary Cooper, a 50-year-old Black male from Philadelphia, was killed on Thursday, May 14, 2015, in the area where he lived on the 100 block of Linton Street. That evening, at about 6:49 p.m., Philadelphia police officers were called to the block and found him…

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Mikal Francis

Male, age 32 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late hours of a Friday evening in May 2015, the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of Mikal Francis, a 32-year-old male from Newark, New Jersey. Responding to a call around 9:55 p.m., police…

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Christopher Kevin Mann Jr

Male, age 22 · Providence, Rhode Island

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a spring evening in Providence, Rhode Island, the life of 22-year-old Kevin N. Jr., a Black male, was tragically cut short. On May 15, 2015, he was shot multiple times outside a hookah lounge on Allen's Avenue. Responders rushed him to Rhode Island…

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Benjamin Ben Elisha Schrader

Male, age 5 · Redfield, Arkansas

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

On May 15, 2015, five-year-old Benjamin 'Ben' Elisha Schrader tragically lost his life in Redfield, Arkansas. The incident was reported as an accidental shooting. Following an investigation, the prosecutor determined that there was no criminal conduct…

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Sonny Allan Smith

Male, age 42 · London, Arkansas

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

On May 15, 2015, at approximately 2:30 a.m., 42-year-old Sonny Allan Smith, a reserve deputy with the Johnson County Sheriff's Office in Arkansas, was fatally shot while assisting in the search for a burglary suspect near County Road 1723, approximately 15…

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Jykeria J. Coffer

Female, age 15 · Waterloo, Iowa

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

In Waterloo, Iowa, on the 15th of May, 2015, a promising life was tragically cut short. Jykeria J. Coffer, a 15-year-old Black female, died from a gunshot wound. The incident that led to her death unfolded inside her own home, a place that should have been a…

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Carol Lee Alexander Pickart

Female, age 76 · Winona, Minnesota

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet city of Winona, Minnesota, a tragic event unfolded on a Friday afternoon in May. On May 15, 2015, police were called to a home on the 1500 block of West King Street. Inside, they discovered the body of 75-year-old Carol Lee Alexander-Pickart, a…

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Kendrai Walker

Male, age 18 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the evening of May 15, 2015, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the life of 18-year-old Kendrai Walker, a Black / African American male, was cut short by gunfire. Police were called to the area of 28th and Auer, where they discovered Walker suffering from several…

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Ashley Deanna Hoffman

Female, age 32 · Stafford, Virginia

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a tragic Friday night in Stafford, Virginia, the life of 32-year-old Ashley Deanna Hoffman was cut short in a devastating act of violence. On May 15, 2015, deputies from the Stafford County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a residence on Garrison Woods…

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Deonte Ballard

Male, age 22 · Gary, Indiana

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of May 15, 2015, the day would tragically become the last for 22-year-old Deonte Ballard. A resident of Gary, Indiana, Deonte was at his home in the 1200 block of Aetna Street when an attempt was made to set the house on fire. Despite the…

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Elisabethe Silva

Female, age 52 · Miami-dade, Florida

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

Elisabethe Rose Silva, a 52-year-old white female, tragically lost her life on May 15, 2015, in Miami-Dade, FL. The incident occurred at approximately 10:50 a.m. at a 7-Eleven store located at NW 103rd Street near 5th Avenue. Silva, who owned the store, was…

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Marquez Glover

Male, age 27 · Buford, Georgia

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late afternoon of May 15, 2015, a tragic event unfolded inside a Buford, Georgia, apartment that claimed the life of 27-year-old Marquez Glover. Responding to a 911 call at approximately 4:43 p.m., Gwinnett County police discovered Glover's body just…

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Andre Simmons

Male, age 23 · Rockford, Illinois

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

Andre 'Dre' Cortez LaRay Simmons, a 23-year-old African American male, tragically passed away on May 15, 2015, in Rockford, Illinois. Born on August 17, 1991, in Rockford, he was the son of Patricia Young and Jerry Simmons. Andre was employed by Tridom…

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Mark Farrar

Male, age 41 · Rockford, Illinois

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

Mark T. Farrar, a 41-year-old white male from Rockford, Illinois, died on May 15, 2015. His death was the result of a confrontation with police officers outside his residence. On that day, Farrar, who was reportedly drunk and distraught, retrieved an AR-15…

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Camrin William De’ron Starr

Male, age 30 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

Camrin William De'Ron Starr, a 30-year-old African American male from Cincinnati, Ohio, tragically passed away on May 15, 2015. He was born on January 9, 1985, and his death was the result of a shooting incident in the 6000 block of Hamilton Avenue and…

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Leroy Brewster

Male, age 45 · Springfield-township, Ohio

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

Leroy Brewster, a 45-year-old African American man, was found shot to death on May 15, 2015, in Springfield Township, Ohio. His body was discovered in the bushes behind Burney View Apartments. The cause of death was determined to be a single gunshot wound.…

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Shawn P. Nguyen

Male, age 24 · Houston, Texas

Killed May 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

Shawn P. Nguyen, a 24-year-old man of Asian descent, tragically lost his life on May 15, 2015, in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred at around 12:20 a.m. in the 13200 block of High Star near Rain Lily Lane. Shawn was pronounced dead at the scene, and the…

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