Death by Force

Antonio Avelar

Male, age 30 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed May 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

On May 17, 2023, Antonio Avelar, a 30-year-old autistic man, was fatally shot outside his family’s home on the East Side of Chicago. The incident occurred in the 11200 block of South Avenue O, where Avelar was hosting a yard sale to help his family. At the…

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Ronnie Roper

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed May 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

On May 17, 2023, Ronnie Roper, a 28-year-old member of the Chicago CRED (Create Real Economic Destiny) organization, was fatally shot in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago. The incident occurred in a parking lot near the Chicago CRED outreach center, where…

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Ivan Trejo

Male, age 26 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed May 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early hours of May 17, 2023, the life of 26-year-old Hispanic male Ivan Trejo was cut short in a burst of violence inside a Las Vegas residence. Police were called to a home on the 4400 block of Libby Drive around 4:30 a.m. following reports of a…

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Roddrick Beasley

Male, age 35 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed May 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

On May 17, 2023, a tragic incident occurred in Las Vegas, Nevada, resulting in the death of 35-year-old Roddrick Beasley. Beasley fell victim to gun violence, adding to the growing list of lives lost to firearms in the United States. The circumstances…

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George Geo Jensen

Male, age 40 · Barberton, Ohio

Killed May 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

On May 17, 2023, George "Geo" Jensen, a 40-year-old resident of Barberton, Ohio, was tragically shot and killed during a road rage incident on Interstate 76 in Norton. Jensen was driving home from work when he became involved in a confrontation with another…

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Ramiro Mosqueda Camacho III

Male, age 33 · Yakima, Washington

Killed May 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early hours of Wednesday, May 17, 2023, the life of 33-year-old Ramiro Mosqueda Camacho III, a male resident of Selah, Washington, was tragically cut short in Yakima. Police responded to a report of shots fired around 1:20 a.m. and discovered Camacho…

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Matthew T. Morales

Male, age 28 · Trenton, New Jersey

Killed May 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the quiet, early hours of May 17, 2023, a confrontation in Hamilton Township, New Jersey, ended in the tragic death of 28-year-old Matthew T. Morales. The male victim, from Blackwood, New Jersey, was found suffering from a gunshot wound in the 4900 block…

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Kirk Lowe Jr.

Male, age 40 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed May 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

On the afternoon of Wednesday, May 17, 2023, police officers in St. Louis, Missouri, responded to a call reporting a shooting in the Vandeventer neighborhood. At approximately 4:19 p.m., authorities arrived at the 4200 block of Cook Avenue, where they…

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Jeremy Valencia

Male, age 27 · Bronx, New York

Killed May 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 17, 2023, the life of 27-year-old Jeremy Valencia was tragically cut short in the Kingsbridge Heights neighborhood of the Bronx. At approximately 6:30 a.m., police responded to a 911 call reporting a man shot in front of 3470…

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Shanell Nicole Alston

Male, age 30 · Durham, North Carolina

Killed May 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

On the night of May 17, 2023, at approximately 10:15 p.m., Durham Police Department officers responded to a reported shooting at the Chapel Tower apartment complex, located in the 3300 block of Glasson Street, off Morreene Road in Durham, North Carolina. Upon…

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William Ronnie Oliver Jr.

Male, age 47 · Princeton, North Carolina

Killed May 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

On May 17, 2023, 47-year-old William Ronnie Oliver Jr. was fatally shot outside his residence on Progressive Church Road in Princeton, North Carolina. The Johnston County Sheriff's Office responded to a 911 call at approximately 7:25 p.m. from 73-year-old Joe…

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Joaquin Navarrette

Male, age 28 · Madera, California

Killed May 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

On May 17, 2023, at approximately 3:35 p.m., 28-year-old Joaquin Navarrete was fatally shot outside his residence in the 300 block of South L Street in Madera, California, near Madera High School. Responding to multiple reports of gunfire, officers found…

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Juan Luis Cantu

Male, age 26 · Delano, California

Killed May 17, 2023 · 3 years ago

On the evening of May 17, 2023, at approximately 8:45 PM, 26-year-old Juan Luis "Booboo" Cantu was found deceased near the 10800 block of Casey Avenue, just outside the city limits of Delano, California. He had suffered fatal gunshot wounds. The Kern County…

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Emir Casillas

Male, age 14 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

Emir Rivas Casillas, a 14-year-old Hispanic / Latino male from Phoenix, Arizona, died on May 17, 2022, after being shot while riding in a car in central Phoenix. According to police and subsequent media reports, officers were first alerted when he was brought…

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Jordan Robinson

Female, age 21 · North Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a Tuesday evening in May, the life of a young woman was tragically cut short in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Twenty-one-year-old Jordan Robinson, a Black female from Little Rock, was found inside a vehicle on the evening of May 17, 2022, in the 5500 block…

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Terrence TJ Edwin Mills

Male, age 26 · Parkersburg, West Virginia

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the evening of May 17, 2022, a tragic series of events unfolded in Parkersburg, West Virginia, leading to the death of 26-year-old Terrence "TJ" Edwin Mills. A male resident of Parkersburg, Mills was lured to the 1400 block of Covert Street under the…

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Monty Ray Amick

Male, age 53 · Lawrence, Kansas

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the evening of May 17, 2022, a road-rage incident in Lawrence, Kansas, escalated into a fatal shooting that left two men dead, including 53-year-old White/Caucasian male Monty Ray Amick. The altercation began near the intersection of 23rd and Harper…

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Zachary Michael Sutton

Male, age 22 · Lawrence, Kansas

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a Tuesday evening in Lawrence, Kansas, a conflict that began on the road tragically ended the life of 22-year-old Zachary Michael Sutton, a White/Caucasian male. The events of May 17, 2022, unfolded from a verbal dispute into a fatal exchange of gunfire in…

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Eric D Boone

Male, age 42 · Lexington, Kentucky

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the spring of 2022, on May 17th, the life of Eric D. Boone, a 42-year-old Black male, was cut short in Lexington, Kentucky. The incident unfolded in the late afternoon, around 5:57 p.m., in the 400 block of East New Circle Road, a busy thoroughfare in the…

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Luis Vazquez-Garcia

Male, age 31 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the evening hours of May 17, 2022, a burst of gunfire shattered the night in Camden, New Jersey, leaving 31-year-old Luis Vazquez-Garcia fatally wounded. A ShotSpotter alert drew Camden County police officers to the 700 block of State Street shortly before…

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Mark Virgile

Male, age 26 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

On the evening of May 17, 2022, in Camden, New Jersey, a burst of violence cut short the life of 36-year-old Mark Virgile. The male victim, a resident of Philadelphia, was discovered inside a vehicle in a parking lot at 1 East Randolph Street around 8:20 p.m.…

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Brandon Gore

Male, age 29 · Danville, Virginia

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the spring of 2022, a fatal shooting in Danville, Virginia, cut short the life of 29-year-old Brandon Alexander Gore. On the morning of May 17, police responded to a call about a man shot at an apartment complex on Richmond Boulevard. There, in the…

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Stariyana Patterson

Female, age 20 · Norfolk, Virginia

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a spring afternoon in Norfolk, Virginia, a dispute over rumors escalated into a tragedy that claimed the life of a young woman. Twenty-year-old Stariyana Latazia-Lynn Patterson, a Black female, was fatally shot on May 17, 2022, in an incident that unfolded…

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Kaylynn Davidson

Female, age 32 · South-bend, Indiana

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

In a tragic turn of events that compounded a family's grief, Kaylynn Davidson, a 32-year-old female from South Bend, Indiana, was fatally shot on May 17, 2022. This incident occurred just five days after she had buried her five-year-old son, Kyler, who died…

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Andreone Hall

Male, age 19 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

On May 17, 2022, a violent incident unfolded at a gas station located at 33rd Street and Linwood Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri, resulting in the death of 19-year-old Andreone Hall. The young Black male was at the business that Tuesday evening when the…

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Darrianna Johnson

Female, age 27 · Halfway, Missouri

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

On May 17, 2022, law enforcement officers responded to a residence in Halfway, Missouri, following a 911 call reporting a suicide. The caller, Lucky J. Johnson, claimed that his wife, 27-year-old female Darrianna Merynn Johnson, had shot herself while he was…

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Shalonda Miller

Female, age 35 · Fenton, Missouri

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a Tuesday evening in May, the life of 35-year-old Shalonda Miller was tragically cut short in a parking lot in Fenton, Missouri. A licensed practical nurse, Miller was a student at the St. Louis College of Health Careers, diligently working towards…

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Alfredo Gomez Macias

Male, age 33 · Richmond, California

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

Alfredo Gomez Macias, a 33-year-old resident of Richmond, California, tragically lost his life on May 17, 2022. The incident occurred in front of his home on Ohio Avenue, where he was working on his RV. Richmond police responded to the scene following an…

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Jason Vitug

Male, age 27 · Fresno, California

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

Jason Vitug, a 27-year-old resident of Fresno, California, tragically passed away on May 17, 2022. Jason's death was the result of a shooting incident that occurred in a Northwest Fresno home on Gregory and Cromwell avenues. According to reports, Jason was…

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Ralph Fields Jr.

Male, age 34 · Palo-alto, California

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

Ralph Fields Jr., aged 34, tragically lost his life on May 17, 2022, in a violent incident at Jack Farrell Park in East Palo Alto, California. Fields, who was the cousin of NFL star Davante Adams, was caught in a deadly gun battle that erupted between two…

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Keontae Jones

Male, age 21 · Pensacola, Florida

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

Keontae Jones, a 21-year-old from Pensacola, Florida, tragically lost his life on May 17, 2022. Jones was found shot to death at the Forest Creek Apartments, a location notorious for violent incidents. He had traveled from Selma, Alabama, to assist his…

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Christopher Harrold

Male, age 44 · Decatur, Georgia

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

An argument at a Decatur, Georgia gas station on a Tuesday evening tragically escalated, claiming the life of 44-year-old Christopher Harrold, a male who was merely an innocent bystander. On May 17, 2022, Harrold, the owner of a tow truck company, was…

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Leland Cameron Dickens

Male, age 22 · Moultrie, Georgia

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

Leland Cameron Dickens, a 22-year-old White/Caucasian male, died on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Moultrie, Georgia. The events of that day would lead to an investigation by state authorities, leaving a community searching for answers. Dickens was a resident of…

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Princeton Morris

Male, age 34 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the spring of 2022, a sense of unease had settled over Princeton Morris. The 34-year-old had been the victim of a home invasion robbery the year prior, an event that had shaken him enough to make plans to move out of his East Point apartment by the end of…

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Cedric Myles

Male, age 36 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

Cedric Myles, a 36-year-old African American man, was tragically shot and killed on May 17, 2022, in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning at a residence located in the 5300 block of West Van…

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Breon Tucker

Male, age 40 · Statesville, North Carolina

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

Breon Tucker, a 40-year-old man, was found dead outside a vehicle in Statesville, North Carolina, on May 17, 2022. The Statesville Police Department responded to the scene on Fifth Street, where they discovered Tucker had been shot to death. The incident was…

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Desmond Miles Brewington

Male, age 25 · Hope-mills, North Carolina

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

Desmond Miles Brewington, a 25-year-old male, tragically lost his life on May 17, 2022, in Hope Mills, North Carolina. Desmond was found shot to death at his home, alongside his mother, Julie Camacho Smith, who was also a victim of the same incident. The…

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Geovanni Emilio Valerio

Male, age 22 · Raleigh, North Carolina

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

Geovanni Emilio Valerio, a 22-year-old male, tragically lost his life on May 17, 2022, in Raleigh, North Carolina. The incident occurred at The Lakes Apartment Complex, located in the 6600 block of The Lakes Drive. On the night of the shooting, police…

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John Allen Garisto

Male, age 55 · Kure-beach, North Carolina

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

John Allen Garisto, a 55-year-old male from Kure Beach, North Carolina, tragically lost his life on May 17, 2022. John was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds at his residence on Ocean View Avenue. The incident was a rare and shocking murder-suicide that…

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Julie Camacho Smith

Female, age 48 · Hope-mills, North Carolina

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

Julie Camacho Smith, a 48-year-old woman from Hope Mills, NC, tragically lost her life on May 17, 2022. She was found dead alongside her 25-year-old son, Desmond Miles Brewington, behind an apartment building on Hackberry Drive. The discovery was made by a…

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Latajah Leatherwood

Female, age 28 · Akron, Ohio

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

Latajah Leatherwood, a 28-year-old African American woman from Akron, OH, tragically lost her life on May 17, 2022. She was a passenger in a vehicle traveling on East Avenue when a suspect in another vehicle opened fire. Leatherwood was shot in the head and…

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Giovanni Canales

Male, age 27 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

On a Tuesday morning, May 17, 2022, a 27-year-old Black/African American man named Giovanni Canales was shot and killed in Philadelphia. The incident occurred at approximately 11:30 a.m. on the 1600 block of Margaret Street in the East Frankford neighborhood.…

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John Wesley Perry III

Male, age 38 · Waco, Texas

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

John Wesley Perry III, a 38-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on May 17, 2022, in Waco, Texas. The incident occurred in the parking lot of Octapharma Plasma, located in the 5300 block of Bosque Boulevard. According to reports, Perry was…

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Jonathan Tyler Rodriguez

Male, age 21 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

Jonathan Tyler Rodriguez, a 21-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity from San Antonio, Texas, tragically lost his life on May 17, 2022. He was fatally shot in the parking lot of the Vintage of Oak Hill Apartments on the city's Northwest Side. Rodriguez was at…

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Joseph Syas

Male, age 65 · Dallas, Texas

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

Joseph Syas, a 65-year-old man of African American ethnicity, was found dead on the sidewalk in the 6700 block of Eastridge Drive in Dallas, TX, on May 17, 2022. He had been shot in the face and was pronounced dead at the scene by Dallas Fire-Rescue. The…

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Mareon Robertson

Male, age 19 · Arlington, Texas

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

On May 17, 2022, 19-year-old Mareon Robertson was fatally shot outside an Arlington, Texas motel. The incident occurred around 6:05 p.m. when Robertson exited the backseat of a vehicle and was approached by 18-year-old Toby Garcia, who shot him as he…

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MarQuavion Lamont Steward

Male, age 19 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed May 17, 2022 · 4 years ago

MarQuavion Lamont Steward, a 19-year-old African American male from Fort Worth, Texas, tragically passed away on May 17, 2022. He was born on July 23, 2002, in Corsicana, Texas, and was raised by his paternal grandmother, Celestine Brown-Loner, after being…

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Rosalio Gutierrez

Male, age 40 · Kenosha, Wisconsin

Killed May 17, 2020 · 6 years ago

Rosalio Gutierrez Jr., a 40-year-old Hispanic/Latino man, was last seen in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on May 17, 2020. What began as a missing-person investigation quickly took on the characteristics of a homicide case. Gutierrez failed to report to work the…

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