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Dwayne Lipscomb

Male, age 48 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed May 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the late spring of 2018, a weekend in Indianapolis was marred by a string of violence that left the community shaken. Among the lives tragically cut short was that of Dwayne Lipscomb, a 48-year-old Black or African American man. On the evening of Sunday…

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John Clark

Male, age 39 · Birch-tree, Missouri

Killed May 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the quiet woods of Shannon County, Missouri, the life of John Howard Clark, a 39-year-old man, came to an abrupt and violent end on May 20, 2018. Clark was fatally shot in an incident that has since been shrouded in a degree of public ambiguity, despite…

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Milton Alexander Johnson

Male, age 31 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the spring of 2018, the life of Milton Alexander Johnson, a 31-year-old male from Baltimore, Maryland, was tragically cut short. On Sunday, May 20, 2018, Johnson was fatally wounded in a shooting incident in the city. The event was one of several separate…

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Rodney Snowden

Male, age 28 · Oxon-hill, Maryland

Killed May 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

On a Sunday evening in May of 2018, life for 28-year-old Rodney Snowden tragically ended. He was fatally shot on May 20th in the 5600 block of St. Barnabas Road in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Another man was also wounded in the incident and was taken to a hospital…

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Lawrence Burns

Male, age 19 · Monticello, New York

Killed May 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the early morning hours of a Sunday in May 2018, the quiet of Monticello, New York, was broken by a grim discovery. The body of 19-year-old Lawrence Burns of Brooklyn was found on the grounds of the Monticello Meadows apartment complex. Responding to a 911…

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Jesus Teolbaldo Ortega

Male, age 27 · Lamont, California

Killed May 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

Jesus Teolbaldo Ortega, a 27-year-old resident of Lamont, California, tragically lost his life on May 20, 2018, due to a fatal shooting. The incident occurred late Sunday night, just before 10:30 PM, in the area of Gail Marie Drive off Main Street. Deputies…

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Thao Luu

Male, age 70 · San-jose, California

Killed May 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

Thao Quoc Luu, a 70-year-old resident of San Jose, California, tragically lost his life on May 20, 2018, in a shooting incident at his home. The San Jose Police Department responded to a call at approximately 7:38 p.m. on the 2600 block of Senter Road, where…

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Marquette Clark

Male, age 16 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed May 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

Marquette Clark, a 16-year-old from Jacksonville, Florida, was tragically killed on May 20, 2018. His body was discovered on Moncrief Road near the Ribault River, close to the Washington Heights Apartments. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office responded to a…

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Jequan Strozier

Male, age 16 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed May 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the spring of 2018, the life of a promising Atlanta teenager was tragically cut short. Jequan Strozier, a 16-year-old male student at Frederick Douglass High School, was fatally shot on the evening of May 20th. The incident occurred near the intersection…

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David Thomas

Male, age 16 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed May 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

David A. Thomas, a 16-year-old African American male from Chicago, IL, tragically lost his life on May 20, 2018. David was a student at Little Village Lawndale High School and was known for his charismatic personality and creative pursuits. He had a passion…

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Arvion Finley

Male, age 20 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed May 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

On May 20, 2018, Arvion Finley, a 20-year-old Black man, was killed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in a shooting that unfolded in broad daylight near Gus Young Avenue. Police said the gunfire erupted around 3 p.m. in a car wash parking lot near an elementary…

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Brandon Scooter Lewis

Male, age 30 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed May 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the spring of 2018, the life of 30-year-old Brandon 'Scooter' Lewis was tragically cut short by gun violence in the Fairgrounds neighborhood of New Orleans. On the evening of Sunday, May 20, 2018, Lewis, also known by his initials 'BL,' was shot and…

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Corey Lyntrell Anderson

Male, age 25 · Laplace, Louisiana

Killed May 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 20, 2018, the life of 25-year-old Corey Lyntrell Anderson, a Black male, was tragically cut short in LaPlace, Louisiana. Anderson was riding his motorcycle on Yorktowne Drive when he was fatally shot in what authorities have…

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Kelvin Howard

Male, age 41 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed May 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the evening hours of Sunday, May 20, 2018, a burst of violence shattered the quiet of a Baton Rouge neighborhood, leaving one man dead and another wounded. Kelvin Denardo Howard, a 41-year-old U.S. Army veteran, was fatally shot in the 500 block of 17th…

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Marcus Clay

Male, age 45 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed May 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the spring of 2018, a dispute in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, tragically cut short the life of 45-year-old Marcus Clay. On the evening of May 20th, in the 1800 block of North Harco Drive, Clay was discovered with gunshot wounds. He was quickly transported to a…

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Anthony Wilson

Male, age 38 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed May 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

Anthony Wilson, a 38-year-old African American man from Dayton, Ohio, tragically died on May 20, 2018, from a gunshot wound to the head. He was found in a home on Brooklyn Avenue in Dayton, and despite being rushed to the hospital, he succumbed to his…

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Kimberly Phillips

Female, age 48 · Chattanooga, Tennessee

Killed May 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the late spring of 2018, a tragedy unfolded in the Chattanooga, Tennessee community of Hixson, ending the life of 48-year-old Kimberly Phillips. On the morning of Sunday, May 20th, Phillips was found in the parking lot of a local gas station, having…

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Ricardo Mendieta

Male, age 48 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed May 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Kingsbury in Memphis, Tennessee, a burst of violence shattered the evening calm on May 20, 2018. Ricardo Mendieta, a 48-year-old Hispanic male, was in the front yard of a residence in the 3600 block of South Lloyd Circle when…

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Kelly Free

Male, age 32 · San Francisco, California

Found May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

Kelly Freeman, aged 32, was fatally shot on May 20, 2017, while he was sleeping on the steps of a building in San Francisco's Marina District. The incident occurred sometime between 6:15 a.m. and 11:00 a.m., and Freeman was discovered unresponsive by a…

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Juan Olivarez

Male, age 43 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

Juan Olivarez, a 43-year-old resident of Chicago, was fatally shot on May 20, 2017. His death was one of the many homicides that marked a particularly challenging year for Chicago, which recorded a significant number of violent incidents during 2017. The city…

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Oluwadayo Epenusi

Male, age 66 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the early morning of May 20, 2017, 66-year-old Oluwadayo Epenusi, a Black male who had immigrated to the United States from Nigeria to work as a pastor, was found critically injured in Indianapolis, Indiana. The incident took place at the Lions Gate…

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Zickey T Self

Male, age 21 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early evening of May 20, 2017, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet of a West Washington Street AutoZone parking lot in Indianapolis, leaving a young man's life cut tragically short. Zickey T. Self, a 21-year-old male, was found with at least one…

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Melvin Jennings

Male, age 26 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

Melvin Jennings, a 26-year-old Black man, was shot on the evening of May 20, 2017, outside a family home on Detroit’s east side, in the 5800 block of Woodhall Street near Chandler Park Drive and Cadieux Road. He had come to the house and found tensions…

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Eric Manning

Male, age 37 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

Eric Manning, an African-American male, 37, was found dead on May 20, 2017, in Albuquerque after officers responded to a “down and out” call near Montgomery and I-25. His body was discovered in an arroyo along the North Diversion Channel, in the area of…

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Brian Pool

Male, age 38 · Searcy, Arkansas

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

In May of 2017, in the town of Searcy, Arkansas, a welfare check led to a grim discovery. On May 20th, police were dispatched to a trailer on East Moore Avenue. Inside, they found the body of 38-year-old Brian Pool, a White male, who had been fatally shot.…

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Kirk David Maroo

Male, age 43 · Colorado Springs, Colorado

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on a Saturday evening, a domestic argument escalated into fatal violence, claiming the life of Kirk David Maroo. The 43-year-old man was fatally shot on May 20, 2017, inside a home located at 5639 Vermillion Bluffs Drive in the…

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Dylan Bland

Male, age 12 · Campbellsville, Kentucky

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

In a quiet corner of Green County, Kentucky, a day of youthful play took a tragic turn, ending the life of 12-year-old Dylan Bland of Campbellsville. On Saturday, May 20, 2017, the young male was at a residence on Busy Baker Road, near the Taylor County line…

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Daquan Hura

Male, age 19 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a Saturday evening in May 2017, 19-year-old Daquan Hura, a Black male from Tulsa, Oklahoma, went to the Mohawk Manor Apartments in north Tulsa, an unremarkable complex near Mohawk Boulevard that would become the scene of his final moments. Around 6 p.m.…

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Felipe Gutierrez

Male, age 46 · South-bend, Indiana

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the afternoon of Saturday, May 20, 2017, Felipe Gutierrez, a 46-year-old man from Ligonier, Indiana, was fatally shot while sitting in the driver's seat of his black BMW. The incident occurred in the parking lot of the Charles Black Recreational Center in…

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Oluwadayomi Epenusi

Male, age 66 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

Oluwadayomi Epenusi, a 66-year-old male, had recently relocated to Indianapolis from Nigeria, where he had served as a pastor. His new life in the United States was tragically cut short one early Saturday morning at an apartment complex situated near 10th…

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Jaquaz Cooper

Male, age 23 · Florence, South Carolina

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the spring of 2017, the life of Jaquaz Cooper, a 23-year-old male, was cut short in a burst of gunfire in Florence, South Carolina. On the evening of Saturday, May 20, 2017, Cooper was in a vehicle on Church Street when violence erupted. He sustained…

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Roydrecilous Irby

Male, age 26 · Laurens, South Carolina

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

On May 20, 2017, the quiet atmosphere of Laurens, South Carolina, was shattered during a large gathering on Winetta Street. A Black male named Roydrecilous Irby, known affectionately to friends and family as "Moe," was attending a block party that had drawn a…

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Sidney Speaks

Male, age 43 · Laurens, South Carolina

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the spring of 2017, a block party on Winetta Street in Laurens, South Carolina, turned into a scene of chaos and violence that left two men dead, including 43-year-old Sidney Speaks. The gathering, attended by over 300 people on the night of May 20th…

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Eddie Jerome Ragland

Male, age 20 · Hagerstown, Maryland

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 20, 2017, the life of 20-year-old Eddie Jerome Ragland was tragically cut short in a shooting at the intersection of Noland Drive and Sherman Avenue in Hagerstown, Maryland. Ragland was one of two men shot while sitting in…

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Azikiwe Christopher Onwuemelie

Male, age 19 · Los-angeles, California

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

Azikiwe Christopher Onwuemelie, a 19-year-old from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on May 20, 2017. Onwuemelie was attending a gathering at a home in the 23000 block of South Livewood Lane in Harbor City when the incident occurred. Just…

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Brandy Meza

Female, age 38 · Bakersfield, California

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

Brandy Jean Meza, a 38-year-old woman from Bakersfield, California, tragically lost her life on May 20, 2017. Her death was ruled a murder-suicide by the Kern County coroner's office. Meza and 71-year-old Eugene Charles Storer were found dead in Storer's…

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Kelly G Freeman

Male, age 32 · San-francisco, California

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

Kelly G. Freeman, aged 32, was found dead on May 20, 2017, in the Marina District of San Francisco, California. Freeman was discovered on the front steps of a building on the 100 block of Alhambra Street, bleeding from the head and unresponsive. The San…

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David Sullivan

Male, age 49 · Fort-white, Florida

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

David Sullivan, aged 49, was found dead on May 20, 2017, in his home located on Southwest Bobcat Drive in Fort White, Florida. The Columbia County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call from a woman who identified herself as Tracey Lea Luckey, claiming she had…

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Madlin Guardado

Female, age 39 · Miami, Florida

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

Madlin Guardado, a 39-year-old Hispanic woman, tragically lost her life on May 20, 2017, in Miami, Florida. The incident occurred at the Latin Cafeteria Restaurant, where Madlin and her sister, Yenat Guardado, 38, were working. An 84-year-old man named Jose…

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Yenat Guardado

Female, age 38 · Miami, Florida

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

Yenat Guardado, a 38-year-old Hispanic woman, tragically lost her life on May 20, 2017, in Miami, Florida. Yenat and her sister, Madlin Guardado, 39, were working at the Latin Café on Coral Way when their uncle, 84-year-old Jose Reina, entered the restaurant…

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Christopher Peters

Male, age 38 · Loves-park, Illinois

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

Christopher Peters, a 38-year-old white male from Loves Park, IL, tragically lost his life on May 20, 2017. Peters was shot and killed following an altercation at a house located in the 5700 block of Park Ridge Road in Loves Park. The incident occurred on a…

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Eric Cybak

Male, age 34 · Skokie, Illinois

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

Eric P. Cybak, a 34-year-old male from Chicago, was found dead on May 20, 2017, in a stairwell of a parking garage at the Westfield Old Orchard Mall in Skokie, Illinois. Cybak, who was of Caucasian ethnicity, was discovered by a mall employee at around 1:30…

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Izaiah Franceschi

Male, age 15 · Des-plaines, Illinois

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

Izaiah Franceschi, a 15-year-old boy from Des Plaines, Illinois, tragically lost his life on May 20, 2017. The incident occurred when Izaiah was accidentally shot in the face by his 10-year-old sibling. The shooting took place at their home on the 2100 block…

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Tina Brown

Female, age 53 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

Tina Brown, a 53-year-old African American woman, was found dead in her home in the South Chicago neighborhood on May 20, 2017. She had suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the head. The incident occurred around 12:20 a.m. in the 8000 block of South Essex…

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Billy Ray Bare

Male, age 39 · Lexington, North Carolina

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the evening of May 20, 2017, a shooting at a residence in Lexington, North Carolina, claimed the life of Billy Ray Bare, a 39-year-old man, and left another person seriously injured. The violence occurred at a home located at 1596 Burkhart Road in Davidson…

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Billy Ray Bare

Male, age 39 · Lexington, North Carolina

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

Billy Ray Bare, a 39-year-old man from Lexington, North Carolina, passed away on May 20, 2017. His death was the result of a shooting incident that occurred at a home in Lexington. On the evening of May 20, Davidson County sheriff's deputies were called to…

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Jayme Malone Lopez

Female, age 54 · Willis-point, Texas

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jayme Malone Lopez, a 54-year-old woman of Hispanic ethnicity from Wills Point, Texas, tragically passed away on May 19, 2017, in Quinlan. She was born on November 16, 1962, in Dallas, Texas, and lived most of her life in Wills Point. Jayme was known for her…

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Jerry Wayne McBride Sr

Male, age 63 · Vernon, Texas

Killed May 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jerry Wayne McBride Sr., a 63-year-old male from Vernon, Texas, was tragically killed on May 20, 2017. He was the owner and operator of the Cowboys Club in Vernon. On the night of his death, McBride was closing up his establishment when he was shot multiple…

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