Deaths by Force on May 21

Deaths by Force (504)

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Le’ondra Messner

Female, age 18 · Mansfield, Ohio

Killed May 21, 2026 · this year

An 18-year-old woman, identified as Le’ondra Messner, was killed in a shooting on the evening of May 20, 2026, in Mansfield, Ohio. The incident occurred at approximately 10:38 p.m. at a residence located in the 700 block of West Third Street. Messner, a Black…

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Mikail Nasir Khalid Payne

Male, age 14 · Denver, Colorado

Killed May 21, 2026 · this year

In a place that was meant to be a safe haven for the youth of the community, a senseless act of violence cut short the life of 14-year-old Mikail Nasir Khalid Payne on the evening of May 21, 2026. The tragic event unfolded at the Montbello Recreation Center…

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Robert Lee Rothwell III

Male, age 22 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed May 21, 2026 · this year

In the early evening of Thursday, May 21, 2026, the northbound lanes of Interstate 71 in Cincinnati, Ohio, became the scene of a tragic and violent act. Robert Lee Rothwell III, a 22-year-old man, was a passenger in a vehicle traveling along the interstate…

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Shondell Latress White

Male, age 46 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed May 21, 2026 · this year

In the afternoon of Thursday, May 21, 2026, a sense of unease settled over the 1300 block of Perkins Street in Jackson, Mississippi. Inside a residence, the life of 46-year-old Shondell Latress White, a Black male, had been tragically cut short. Responding to…

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Taylor Sylver

Female, age 38 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed May 21, 2026 · this year

An argument in the early morning hours of May 21, 2026, tragically escalated, leaving 38-year-old Taylor Sylver dead from a gunshot wound on a sidewalk in Charlotte, North Carolina. The incident occurred shortly after 2 a.m. in the 3200 block of North…

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Tylan ArTavious Horne

Male, age 25 · Gordon, Georgia

Killed May 21, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of Thursday, May 21, 2026, the quiet community of Ivey in Wilkinson County, Georgia, was disturbed by an act of violence that claimed the life of 25-year-old Tylan ArTavious Horne. Authorities from the Wilkinson County Sheriff's Office were…

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William Warhol III

Male, age 40 · Splendora, Texas

Killed May 21, 2026 · this year

In the small town of Splendora, Texas, a dispute between two acquaintances on May 21, 2026, escalated with fatal consequences for 41-year-old William Warhol III. Earlier in the day, an unrelated vehicle accident had reportedly caused tensions to rise between…

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Azriel Lloyd

Male, age 16 · Mesa, Arizona

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a Wednesday evening in May, a gathering at a Mesa, Arizona, apartment complex took a tragic turn, ending the life of 16-year-old Azriel Lloyd. The incident unfolded just before 10 p.m. on May 21st at the Premiere at Dana Park apartments, located at 1439 S.…

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Ernesto Jae Sandoval

Male, age 18 · Aurora, Colorado

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of May 21, 2025, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet of a residential street in northwest Aurora, forever altering the lives of two families. When police arrived at the 3100 block of Ursula Street around 7:15 p.m., they discovered two young…

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Sarah Lynn Milgrim

Female, age 26 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the heart of Washington, D.C., a promising life was tragically cut short on a Wednesday evening. Sarah Lynn Milgrim, a 26-year-old Jewish American woman, was leaving an event at the Capital Jewish Museum with her boyfriend, Yaron Lischinsky. The couple…

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Yaron Lischinsky

Male, age 30 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the heart of Washington, D.C., a promising future was tragically cut short on the evening of May 21, 2025. Yaron Lischinsky, a 30-year-old man, was killed in a fatal shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum. He and his girlfriend, Sarah Milgrim, were…

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Azareel J. Martinez

Male, age 26 · Davenport, Florida

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

Azareel J. Martinez, 26, a male of Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, arrived home in Davenport, Florida, on the evening of May 21, 2025, as an ordinary family disagreement spiraled into chaos. Inside a bedroom, his 9-year-old brother had just been disciplined for…

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Wesley Robertson

Male, age 51 · Kissimmee, Florida

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

Wesley Robertson, a White / Caucasian male, 51, died on May 21, 2025 in Kissimmee, Florida after a confrontation at a Checkers on West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway. According to investigators, the dispute began when Wesley Robertson questioned his food order…

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Jerry Barnette

Male, age 56 · South Bend, Indiana

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of a spring evening in South Bend, Indiana, a verbal dispute outside a convenience store escalated into a fatal encounter that ended the life of 56-year-old Jerry Barnette. The white male became involved in a confrontation with a juvenile on…

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Casey Fernando Bostick

Male, age 36 · Savannah, Georgia

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the city of Savannah, Georgia, the life of 36-year-old Casey Fernando Bostick, Jr. was tragically cut short on the evening of May 21, 2025. Known affectionately as CJ to his loved ones, Bostick was a man remembered for his vibrant spirit and infectious…

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Jaden Pierce

Male, age 22 · Jonesboro, Georgia

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of May 21, 2025, a dispute in the parking lot of a Jonesboro, Georgia nightclub tragically escalated, ending the life of 22-year-old Jaden DeShaun Pierce. The fatal encounter unfolded just after 3 a.m. outside the Skyboxx ATL, a…

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James Nathan Smith

Male, age 49 · Columbus, Georgia

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

In Columbus, Georgia, a 49-year-old male community activist named James Nathan Smith, known as Nathan, died on Wednesday, May 21, 2025. His death was the result of a gunshot wound to the torso. Emergency services were called to a residence on Old Post Court…

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Jaquavious Watkins

Male, age 26 · Augusta, Georgia

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early evening of May 21, 2025, a sense of unease settled over the 2500 block of Lumpkin Road in Augusta, Georgia. Responding to a call, deputies from the Richmond County Sheriff's Office discovered a scene that would soon escalate to a homicide…

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Jeremy Beckworth

Male, age 41 · Baxley, Georgia

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late evening of May 21, 2025, the life of 41-year-old Jeremy Beckworth, a male resident of Baxley, Georgia, was tragically cut short. Beckworth, a native of Appling County and an ironworker and welder by trade, was known for his outgoing personality…

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Jonathan Scott Lacour

Male, age 36 · Northbridge, Massachusetts

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of a Wednesday evening in Northbridge, Massachusetts, on May 21, 2025, a single gunshot shattered the quiet of a home on Legion Way. Inside, 36-year-old Jonathan Scott Lacour, a White male, was found with a fatal wound. Police responded to…

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Corey Brooks

Male, age 17 · Alexandria, Louisiana

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late afternoon of Wednesday, May 21, 2025, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet of the 4000 block of Clark Street in Alexandria, Louisiana. When Alexandria Police Department officers arrived at the scene around 5:30 PM, they found that three…

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Marlon Becker

Male, age 43 · Pass Christian, Mississippi

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a quiet home on Demourelle Road in Pass Christian, Mississippi, a story of spiritual guidance and alleged demonic possession took a fatal turn, leaving one man dead and another facing a murder charge. Marlon Becker, a 43-year-old male from Pequannock, New…

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Estarling Peralta

Male, age 18 · Bronx, New York

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the Bronx, an argument escalated into a fatal encounter, leaving 18-year-old Estarling Peralta dead from a gunshot wound to the head. The incident occurred on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, shortly before 6 p.m. near the corner of East Gun Hill Road and Putnam…

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Nashon Thomas

Male, age 12 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the night of May 21, 2025, in a home on the 800 block of Brooklyn Street in West Philadelphia, 12-year-old Nashon Thomas, a Black male, lay in bed when a single gunshot shattered the quiet. Officers who answered the 9 p.m. hour call found Nashon Thomas…

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Seth Rysean Marshall

Male, age 15 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a West Philadelphia grocery store on a Wednesday afternoon, the life of 15-year-old Seth Rysean Marshall was tragically cut short. On May 21, 2025, Marshall was inside the store located on the 5400 block of Race Street when gunfire erupted. Responding to…

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Natalie Ruth Howie

Female, age 18 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

Natalie Ruth Howie, age 18, a White/Caucasian female from the Charlotte area, died on May 21, 2025 after being found shot inside a residence on Applewood Lane near Lawyers Road in east Charlotte. First reports that evening said one person had been pronounced…

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T. M.

Male, age 28 · Salt Lake City, Utah

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

On May 21, 2025, in a South Salt Lake apartment near 900 West and 4000 South, T.M., a male resident, opened his door and was fatally shot. His body was discovered the next day, May 22, with a paintball-style “less-lethal” handgun found near his side—set to…

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Charles Wilburn Presler

Male, age 65 · Lancaster, South Carolina

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a tragic turn of events, 65-year-old Charles Wilburn Presler, a local business owner from Rock Hill, South Carolina, was killed on May 21, 2025. His death was the culmination of a violent rampage that began with a domestic dispute. The man responsible…

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Johnny Edward Lind

Male, age 36 · Forest Hill, West Virginia

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

Johnny Edward Lind, a 36-year-old man, was found dead on May 21, 2025, inside a residence along State Route 12 in Forest Hill, West Virginia. West Virginia State Police were sent to the property at approximately 11:48 a.m. after authorities received a…

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Tevon Dean Haskins

Male, age 29 · Woodbridge, Virginia

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a wooded area behind a Woodbridge, Virginia shopping center, a verbal dispute tragically escalated, ending the life of 29-year-old Tevon Dean Haskins. On the evening of May 21, 2025, Prince William County Police responded to reports of a shooting in the…

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Zakiy Robertson

Male, age 19 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

Zakiy W. Robertson, a 19-year-old Black/African American male, was shot and killed on the evening of May 21, 2025, near a Citgo gas station on Milwaukee’s north side. The shooting unfolded shortly after 8:00 p.m. along North Avenue, between Dr. Martin Luther…

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George Coulum

Male, age 88 · Plantersville, Texas

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

George Coulam, 88, male, White/Caucasian, was found dead on the morning of May 21, 2025, at his home in Todd Mission, a small city in Grimes County, Texas. A housekeeper discovered him inside the residence near the Texas Renaissance Festival grounds he…

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Kearon Deon Taylor

Male, age 16 · Fort Worth, Texas

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

Kearon Deon Taylor, 16, a Black male, was shot on the evening of Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in the 3800 block of Great Basin Lane in south Fort Worth. Police were called around 8 p.m. and found him inside an apartment where he died of multiple gunshot wounds…

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Rondal Ross Smith Jr.

Male, age 36 · Waco, Texas

Killed May 21, 2025 · 1 year ago

Rondal Ross Smith Jr., 36, male, was found shot to death on the night of May 21, 2025, on Waco's south side. Officers were dispatched at about 10:05 p.m. to the 5100 block of Hawthorne Drive, where the 36-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. The time…

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Tracy Thomas Bradford

Male, age 58 · Scottsboro, Alabama

Killed May 21, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the small community of Pikeville, Alabama, a violent altercation on the evening of May 21, 2024, tragically claimed the life of 58-year-old Tracy Thomas Bradford of Scottsboro. Authorities received a 911 call around 7:30 p.m. reporting a shooting on County…

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Ashley Michelle Kuregian

Female, age 38 · Keaau, Hawaii

Killed May 21, 2024 · 2 years ago

Ashley Michelle Kuregian, 38, a White woman from Kea'au, Hawai‘i, disappeared in mid-May 2024 after she was last seen the evening of May 14 at a residence on 15th Avenue in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision. When she still hadn't turned up days later…

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Akeem Broadway

Male, age 32 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed May 21, 2024 · 2 years ago

In Little Rock, Arkansas, a life was tragically cut short on the evening of May 21, 2024. Akeem Deshun Broadway, a 32-year-old Black male, was fatally shot at an apartment complex on Colonel Glenn Road. The Little Rock Police Department responded to a call…

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Courtney Ladell Young

Male, age 35 · Helena, Arkansas

Killed May 21, 2024 · 2 years ago

Courtney Ladell Young, a 35-year-old Black / African American male from Helena, Arkansas, spent most of his life rooted in the small towns and communities along the Mississippi River before his life was cut short by gunfire on May 21, 2024. Born on September…

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Lashonda Shonda Wilkerson

Female, age 45 · Augusta, Georgia

Killed May 21, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late spring of 2024, a tragedy unfolded in Augusta, Georgia, ending the life of 45-year-old Lashonda 'Shonda' Wilkerson. On Tuesday, May 21st, Wilkerson was found on Druid Park Avenue, having been fatally shot. The Richmond County Coroner's Office…

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Malachi Darrius Lundy

Male, age 17 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed May 21, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the spring of 2024, the life of a young man with dreams of designing video games and owning a business was tragically cut short on a street in downtown Atlanta. Malachi Darrius Lundy, a 17-year-old male, was known by his family as a beloved son, grandson…

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Andre Uel Lara

Male, age 16 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed May 21, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the spring of 2024, the life of 16-year-old Andre Manuel Lara Jr. was tragically cut short on the evening of May 21st. The male teenager, known affectionately as Dre to his friends and family, was in his Lawrence neighborhood in Indianapolis, riding bikes…

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Aaron Cabrera

Male, age 30 · Springfield, Massachusetts

Killed May 21, 2024 · 2 years ago

Aaron Cabrera, a 30-year-old Hispanic male from Ludlow, Massachusetts, was fatally shot on the night of Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Springfield. The incident occurred on Fort Pleasant Avenue. Following the shooting, Cabrera was transported to Baystate Medical…

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Kelly David Ankeny Jr.

Male, age 39 · Portland, Oregon

Killed May 21, 2024 · 2 years ago

On May 21, 2024, a fatal shooting occurred in the Hazelwood Neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. The incident took place in the parking lot of the 130th Stark Street Mall, where officers from the Portland Police Bureau East Precinct responded to reports of shots…

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Johnathon Lee Rodgers

Male, age 14 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed May 21, 2024 · 2 years ago

Johnathon Lee Rodgers, a 14-year-old male, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, May 21, 2024, in Louisville, Kentucky. Known affectionately as “Man-Man,” he was born on September 8, 2009. Those who knew him described him as a kind and selfless young man with…

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Stanford Mouton

Male, age 70 · Lafayette, Louisiana

Killed May 21, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of a Tuesday in Lafayette, Louisiana, a senseless act of violence claimed the life of 70-year-old Stanford David Mouton. On May 21, 2024, at approximately 4:30 a.m., Mouton was asleep in his bed inside his home on Macklyn Street…

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Regina Young Fellows

Female, age 65 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed May 21, 2024 · 2 years ago

Regina Young Fellows, a 65-year-old resident of Cleveland, Ohio, tragically lost her life on May 21, 2024, due to gun violence. Her death occurred during a violent incident that also claimed the life of another individual, 51-year-old Ritchie Welch. The…

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Ritchie Welch

Male, age 51 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed May 21, 2024 · 2 years ago

On May 21, 2024, Ritchie Welch, a 51-year-old resident of Cleveland, Ohio, was tragically killed during a violent incident that unfolded over a lengthy standoff with police. The event began around 7:30 PM when law enforcement responded to reports of a…

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Darlene Owney

Female, age 27 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed May 21, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the heart of Milwaukee, a family's world was shattered on a Tuesday night, May 21, 2024. Darlene Owney, a 27-year-old Black female, was senselessly killed while sitting in her car near 12th and Locust in the Harambe neighborhood. Known as a vibrant and…

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