Deaths by Force on May 18

Deaths by Force (502)

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James Sheehy

Male, age 35 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed May 18, 1902 · 124 years ago

James H. Sheehy, a 35-year-old male police officer with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, tragically died on May 18, 1902. Officer Sheehy was shot and killed while escorting a prisoner to the station. He was providing backup to a fellow officer on Logan Street…

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Luis Quintero

Male, age 53 · Jersey City, New Jersey

Killed May 18, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of Monday, May 18, 2026, the Greenville section of Jersey City was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the lives of two men. Inside a residence at 109-111 Old Bergen Road, Luis Quintero, a 53-year-old Jersey City resident…

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Dave Jefferson

Male, age 45 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed May 18, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Hollygrove, New Orleans, a Sunday afternoon was shattered by the sound of gunfire on May 18, 2025. Responding to a call of shots fired at the intersection of Edinburgh and Eagle Streets, New Orleans police officers arrived to a…

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Nicholas Bott

Male, age 44 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed May 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

On May 18, 2024, Nicholas Bott, a 44-year-old former substitute teacher from Las Vegas, Nevada, died by suicide. The Clark County coroner's office confirmed that Bott died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. His death occurred just two days after…

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Daondre Bullock

Male, age 18 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed May 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

On May 18, 2024, Da'ondre Bullock, an 18-year-old from Columbus, Ohio, was tragically killed in a shooting incident that also claimed the lives of two other individuals. The shooting occurred around 2:45 a.m. in the Italian Village neighborhood, specifically…

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Eddie Randall Jr.

Male, age 19 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed May 18, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late hours of a Saturday night in St. Louis, a gathering of around 200 young people in a parking lot in the Midtown neighborhood turned into a scene of violence that claimed the life of 19-year-old Eddie Randle Jr. The incident, which unfolded around…

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Antonique Alexander

Female, age 16 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed May 18, 2022 · 4 years ago

African American female Antonique Alexander, age 16, was shot in the head inside a home in Chicago's West Garfield Park on the evening of Friday, May 13, 2022, in the 4300 block of West Adams Street. Officers found the 16-year-old girl lying face down and…

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Delfon Cain

Male, age 29 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed May 18, 2020 · 6 years ago

On a warm spring evening in Philadelphia, the life of 29-year-old Delfon Cain was tragically cut short. On Monday, May 18, 2020, at approximately 9:49 p.m., police responded to reports of a shooting on the 1100 block of East Stafford Street in the East…

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Willie West

Male, age 69 · Trenton, New Jersey

Killed May 18, 2019 · 7 years ago

An argument between two older men in Trenton, New Jersey, escalated to a fatal shooting that left one man dead. Willie West, a 69-year-old man, was shot and killed on Saturday, May 18, 2019. The incident was reported to have stemmed from a dispute, after…

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Isaac Christian Serrano

Male, age 39 · Los Angeles, California

Killed May 18, 2018 · 8 years ago

On May 18, 2018, thirty-nine-year-old Isaac Christian Serrano died in Los Angeles, California. The incident brought county authorities and coroners to investigate the circumstances surrounding his sudden loss of life, but comparatively few public details were…

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Lynn Wright- Matthews

Female, age 58 · Los Angeles, California

Killed May 18, 2018 · 8 years ago

Lynn Wright-Matthews was 58 years old when she died on Friday, May 18, 2018, in Sunland, nearly 11 months after she was attacked on a street in neighboring Tujunga. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt…

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Christopher Dwayne Lawson

Male, age 30 · Los Angeles, California

Killed May 18, 2017 · 9 years ago

Christopher Dwayne Lawson was 30 years old when he died on Thursday, May 18, 2017, in downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds near the corner of Crocker and Agatha streets. His death was ruled…

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Bernard Collado

Male, age 28 · Springfield, Massachusetts

Killed May 18, 2015 · 11 years ago

Bernard Collado, a 28-year-old resident of Springfield, Massachusetts, lost his life to gun violence on May 18, 2015. The incident occurred in Springfield, a city that has faced its share of violent crimes, and it is one of the many tragic cases of gun…

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Rodney Dorm

Male, age 58 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed May 18, 2015 · 11 years ago

On May 18, 2015, 58-year-old Rodney Dorm of Marietta, Pennsylvania, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at The Range 702, a shooting range located at 4699 Dean Martin Road in Las Vegas, Nevada. First responders were called to the scene around 4:15 p.m.…

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Rupert Everton Samuels

Male, age 38 · Glenarden, Maryland

Killed May 18, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early hours of a Monday morning in May 2015, the quiet streets of Glenarden, Maryland, were disturbed by the aftermath of what initially appeared to be a simple car accident. However, upon closer inspection, a grim discovery was made inside the vehicle…

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Miguel Ortega

Male, age 37 · Los Angeles, California

Killed May 18, 2015 · 11 years ago

Miguel Ortega was 37 years old when he was found dead on Monday, May 18, 2015, in Central-Alameda, a neighborhood in South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma in the 5700 block…

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Ryan Christopher Bobbitt

Male, age 24 · Austell, Georgia

Killed May 18, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a tragic evening in Austell, Georgia, a 24-year-old African American male named Ryan Christopher Bobbitt lost his life in a violent shootout. The events of May 18, 2014, unfolded on Cardell Road when what was supposed to be a drug transaction quickly…

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Erien Amanda Smith

Female, age 22 · Cherokee-indian-reservation, North Carolina

Killed May 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

Erien Amanda Smith, a 22-year-old woman from the Cherokee Indian Reservation in North Carolina, tragically lost her life on May 18, 2010. The incident occurred in the early morning hours when James Ernest Lespier, an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of…

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Larry D Pargo

Male, age 49 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed May 18, 2008 · 18 years ago

Larry D Pargo was 49 years old when he was killed in St. Louis, Missouri, on Sunday, May 18, 2008. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis from 2007…

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Alfredo Morales

Male, age 26 · Los-angeles, California

Killed May 18, 2007 · 19 years ago

Alfredo Morales, a 26-year-old Latino man, tragically lost his life on May 18, 2007, in Los Angeles, California. The incident occurred at approximately 11:47 p.m. when Morales was standing in a parking lot at 3654 E. Olympic Boulevard. A suspect approached…

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Houng Bihn Lieu

Male, age 33 · Denver, Colorado

Killed May 18, 1987 · 39 years ago

On May 18, 1987, in Denver, Colorado, 33-year-old Houng Bihn Lieu, an Asian male, stepped outside to find out why the alarm on his car had suddenly begun to sound. What started as a simple, practical response to a blaring alarm—something countless vehicle…

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Daniel Kenneth Henry

Male, age 22 · Salisbury, Maryland

Killed May 18, 1968 · 58 years ago

In the spring of 1968, against a backdrop of national turmoil following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the city of Salisbury, Maryland, was grappling with its own deep-seated racial tensions. It was in this charged atmosphere that the life…

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