Death by Force

David Jerome Scott

Male, age 31 · Compton, California

Killed May 21, 2014 · 12 years ago

David Jerome Scott, a 31-year-old man from Compton, California, was tragically shot and killed on May 21, 2014. The incident occurred in the 1100 block of East Bennett Street. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, deputies responded to a call…

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Lemuel Andres Goode

Male, age 54 · Los-angeles, California

Killed May 21, 2014 · 12 years ago

Lemuel Andres Goode, a 54-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on May 21, 2014. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Goode was shot in Chesterfield Square, a neighborhood in South Los Angeles. The incident…

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Darrell Coleman Hall

Male, age 30 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed May 21, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 21, 2014, the life of 30-year-old Darrell Coleman Hall, an African American man, was tragically cut short on a street in southwest Atlanta, Georgia. Known affectionately as 'Lil Darrell,' he was discovered with multiple…

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Lewis Jenkins

Male, age 38 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed May 21, 2014 · 12 years ago

Lewis Jenkins, a 38-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on May 21, 2014, in Chicago, IL. The circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of extensive investigation and legal proceedings. Jenkins' death was initially reported…

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Rodney Johnson

Male, age 24 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed May 21, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a Wednesday in late spring, the life of a young man from Napoleonville who was residing in New Orleans was tragically cut short. Rodney Johnson, known to many as 'Brown Man,' was 24 years old when he was fatally shot on May 21, 2014. The male victim's…

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Charles Daniel Chuck Smith

Male, age 36 · Lowgap, North Carolina

Killed May 21, 2014 · 12 years ago

Charles Daniel "Chuck" Smith, a 37-year-old white male from Lowgap, North Carolina, was reported missing by his family on April 26, 2014. His body was discovered on May 21, 2014, in a shallow grave covered in cement inside an outbuilding on River Rat Lane in…

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Grant Bowers

Male, age 32 · Springhill-township, Pennsylvania

Killed May 21, 2014 · 12 years ago

In a tragic turn of events stemming from a domestic dispute, 32-year-old Grant L. Bowers died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after shooting his estranged wife in Springhill Township, Fayette County. The incident unfolded at a residence on Morgantown Road…

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DeSean Pierce

Male, age 22 · Chattanooga, Tennessee

Killed May 21, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, a violent encounter on a street in East Chattanooga ended the life of 22-year-old DeSean Pierce. A Black male, Pierce sustained multiple gunshot wounds on the evening of May 21st on Appling Street, not far from Glass Street. He died at…

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William Mark Hill

Male, age 27 · Dallas, Texas

Killed May 21, 2014 · 12 years ago

William Mark Hill, a 27-year-old male of unspecified ethnicity, tragically died on May 21, 2014, in Dallas, TX. The circumstances surrounding his death have remained a mystery, as the case has not been solved to this day. The Dallas Police Department has…

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Jose Orellana-Cruz

Male, age 54 · Oakland, California

Found May 21, 2013 · 13 years ago

On May 21, 2013, 54-year-old Jose Orellana-Cruz was killed in Oakland, California, in what was one of the city's 92 homicides for that year. The details surrounding the incident indicate that Orellana-Cruz was fatally shot in East Oakland, marking one of the…

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Jason D Lacey

Male, age 33 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed May 21, 2013 · 13 years ago

On the night of May 21, 2013, violence erupted on the east side of Indianapolis, claiming the life of 33-year-old Jason D. Lacey. The incident occurred at his residence near the intersection of 35th Street and Sherman Drive. According to reports, the…

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Jermaine J Johnson

Male, age 20 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed May 21, 2013 · 13 years ago

On May 20, 2018, **Jermaine Efrem Johnson** died in St. Louis, Missouri. A resident of the area born in Kirkwood, he was the son of Shirley Ann Spears and Van Efrem Johnson. Jermaine had attended Kirkwood High School and later trained as a phlebotomist…

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Larry R Pitt

Male, age 21 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed May 21, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early hours of a Tuesday morning in Richmond, Virginia, the life of a young man was tragically cut short. On May 21, 2013, at approximately 1:30 a.m., police responded to a report of a shooting in the 2200 block of Walcott Place in the city's East End.…

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Larry Pittman

Male, age 21 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed May 21, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early hours of a Tuesday morning in Richmond, Virginia, the life of Larry Rashaun Pittman, a 21-year-old male, was tragically cut short. On May 21, 2013, at approximately 1:30 a.m., police responded to a report of a shooting in the city's East End.…

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Margaret Louise Maggie Hollifield

Female, age 10 · Crozet, Virginia

Killed May 21, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the quiet community of Crozet, Virginia, the life of a bright and beloved 10-year-old girl, Margaret Louise 'Maggie' Hollifield, was tragically cut short in her own home. A female of Caucasian descent, Maggie was a vibrant child, known for her love of…

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Angel Cano

Male, age 16 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed May 21, 2013 · 13 years ago

Angel Cano, a 16-year-old Hispanic male, was tragically killed on May 21, 2013, in the Back of the Yards neighborhood of Chicago, IL. Authorities discovered his body near 43rd Street and Paulina, where he had been shot once in the torso and five times in the…

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Alejandro Brown

Null, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 21, 2012 · 14 years ago

Alejandro Brown, age 26, was fatally shot on May 21, 2012, in Chicago. His death occurred during a particularly violent year in the city, which saw a sharp increase in homicides. Alejandro’s death added to the grim total of over 500 murders in Chicago that…

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Esteban H Alvarez

Male, age 27 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 21, 2012 · 14 years ago

Esteban H. Alvarez, aged 27, was fatally shot on May 21, 2012, in Chicago. His death was part of a particularly violent year for the city, as Chicago experienced an increase in homicides throughout 2012. The shooting occurred in a year that saw over 500…

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Alejandro Monoz

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 21, 2012 · 14 years ago

Alejandro Munoz, age 26, was fatally shot on May 21, 2012, in the Lower West Side of Chicago. The shooting occurred in the early morning hours on the sidewalk in the 2200 block of South Leavitt Street. Munoz, along with another victim, was targeted in a…

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Brandon Carter

Male, age 30 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 21, 2012 · 14 years ago

Brandon Carter was a 30-year-old from Detroit, Michigan, whose life ended in a killing that is recorded among the city's long list of 2012 homicides. On May 21, 2012, his name appears in a community-compiled ledger of Detroit murder victims, paired with an…

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Adam Davis

Male, age 16 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 21, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the spring of 2012, the life of 16-year-old Adam Davis was cut short in a burst of violence on the streets of Detroit. On May 21st, at the intersection of Eastburn and Anvil, a place that would become irrevocably linked to his memory, Adam was the victim…

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Adam Vaughan

Male, age 16 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 21, 2012 · 14 years ago

In Detroit, the death of Adam Vaughan remains a case shrouded in silence, a story with more questions than answers. The investigation into his murder has been met with a significant challenge that plagues many similar cases in the city: a lack of witness…

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Claude Pringle

Male, age 33 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 21, 2012 · 14 years ago

On May 21, 2012, the life of 33-year-old Claude Pringle came to a sudden and violent end in Detroit, Michigan. A Black male, Pringle was discovered in the 12000 block of Morang Avenue on the city's east side, where responding officers investigated the scene…

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Rodney Robinson

Male, age 42 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Found May 21, 2012 · 14 years ago

On May 21, 2012, 42-year-old Rodney Robinson was fatally shot in Charlotte, North Carolina. His death is part of an unsolved case that remains under investigation by the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Robinson's body was discovered after reports of…

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Emmanuel Robert Gent

Male, age 26 · Rocky-mount, North Carolina

Killed May 21, 2012 · 14 years ago

Emmanuel Robert Gent, a 26-year-old man from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, was tragically shot and killed on the night of May 21, 2012. The incident occurred outside a house at 1414 Branch Street, where Gent was visiting his friend Tavarius Monquele Alston…

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Donta Trabue

Male, age 28 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed May 21, 2010 · 16 years ago

On May 21, 2010, 28-year-old Donta Trabue, a Black man from Louisville, Kentucky, was murdered at the Parkway Place apartment complex on Patton Court, where the Louisville Metro Housing Authority manages a cluster of residential buildings at 1737 Patton…

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Regina Mcdaniel

Female, age 20 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 21, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the autumn of 2009, a young mother's mysterious disappearance from Detroit, Michigan, began a heart-wrenching saga that would end in tragedy. Twenty-year-old Regina McDaniel, an African-American student studying to become a pharmacy technician, vanished on…

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Anton Marktavies Warren

Male, age 31 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed May 21, 2010 · 16 years ago

On a Friday morning in May 2010, the lives of two Minneapolis men were tragically cut short in a case that remains a mystery. Anton Marktavies Warren, a 31-year-old African-American male, and his housemate, Romaze Stevens, aged 30, were discovered shot to…

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Romaze Chardell Stevens

Male, age 30 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed May 21, 2010 · 16 years ago

On a late spring evening in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the life of 30-year-old Romaze Chardell Stevens, an African-American male, was tragically cut short. On May 21, 2010, Stevens became the victim of a homicide. The specific details of the events leading to…

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Carmello Graham

Male, age 22 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed May 21, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the heart of Philadelphia's bustling Center City, a young man's life was tragically cut short, leaving a family searching for answers that have yet to come. On the evening of May 21, 2010, on the 900 block of Filbert Street, 22-year-old Carmello Graham, a…

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Javonne Chappell

Male, age 17 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed May 21, 2010 · 16 years ago

Javonne Chappell, a 17-year-old male, was a student at Chester High School with a passion for basketball. On the evening of May 21, 2010, while talking on his cellphone on a sidewalk in the 1200 block of Pine Lane in Chester, Pennsylvania, he was tragically…

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Lee Ronel Johnson

Male, age 20 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 21, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the quiet streets of Baltimore, a story of violence that began in the autumn of 2008 tragically concluded in the spring of the following year. Lee Ronel Johnson, a 20-year-old African American male, became a victim of the city's relentless cycle of…

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Anthony L Mosley

Male, age 51 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed May 21, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 21, 2009, the life of 51-year-old Anthony L. Mosley came to a tragic and violent end in Kansas City, Missouri. Authorities were initially dispatched to a residence in the 3800 block of Olive after reports of gunshots in the…

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Pa Hou Vang

Female, age 22 · La Crosse, Wisconsin

Killed May 21, 2009 · 17 years ago

In a tragic turn of events on May 21, 2009, Pa Houa Vang, a 22-year-old Asian woman, died in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Her life was cut short in a violent act that authorities would later describe as a murder-suicide. The incident unfolded as her husband shot her…

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Milika Fields

Female, age 31 · San Francisco, California

Found May 21, 2008 · 18 years ago

Milika Fields, aged 31, was fatally shot on May 21, 2008, in San Francisco while driving on Highway 101. The incident occurred at the Mission and Duboce exit, where she was driving with her twin toddlers. Around 7:15 p.m., authorities found her silver Mazda…

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Curtis Robert Holden

Male, age 35 · Oakland, California

Found May 21, 2008 · 18 years ago

Curtis Robert Holden, a 35-year-old man from Oakland, was fatally shot on May 21, 2008. He was one of the many victims of the rising gun violence that plagued the city during that period. Holden's death occurred as part of a string of homicides in Oakland…

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Berhane Tewelde

Male, age 27 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed May 21, 2008 · 18 years ago

Berhane Tewelde, a 27-year-old African-American/Black male, was killed on May 21, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. His death was the result of gun violence, the kind that arrives without warning and leaves a quiet street changed in an instant. The date is fixed in…

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Russell Smith

Male, age 57 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed May 21, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the spring of 2008, a quiet street in Memphis, Tennessee, became the scene of a mystery that still lingers today. On the evening of Wednesday, May 21st, a passerby noticed a suspicious vehicle parked behind a house at 79 E. Dover, just north of Person…

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John Malone

Male, age 25 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed May 21, 2007 · 19 years ago

John L. Malone, a 25-year-old Black man from Birmingham, was killed in late May 2007, in a case that still reads like one of those abrupt, unfinished tragedies that leave more silence than answers. He was found dead on the porch of a home at 1869 St. Charles…

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Sheree Gooding

Female, age 24 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed May 21, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the spring of 2007, the life of a young mother in Memphis, Tennessee, was tragically cut short, leaving a void in the lives of her family and community. Sheree Gooding, a 24-year-old African-American woman, was killed on May 21, 2007. A vibrant member of…

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Jesse Quintero

Male, age 33 · San Antonio, Texas

Found May 21, 2007 · 19 years ago

Jesse Johnny "Kiddo" Quintero, aged 33, was tragically killed on May 21, 2007, in San Antonio, Texas. Jesse was known for his close connection to his family, leaving behind his wife Irene Baladez and his two daughters, Alexis Marie Quintero and Samantha Ann…

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Quincey Thomas

Male, age 33 · Houston, Texas

Found May 21, 2007 · 19 years ago

On May 21, 2007, at approximately 7:45 a.m., Houston police responded to a shooting at 9803 West Sam Houston Parkway #2144. Upon arrival, officers discovered 33-year-old Quincey Thomas, a resident of New Orleans, Louisiana, deceased at the scene from…

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John Peter Lima

Male, age 18 · Brockton, Massachusetts

Killed May 21, 2007 · 19 years ago

On the evening of May 21, 2007, 18-year-old John Peter Lima, a Black/African American male, was driving in his hometown of Brockton, Massachusetts, with a friend in the passenger seat. The night took a fatal turn when another vehicle began aggressively…

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Perry Baylor

Male, age 40 · Camden, New Jersey

Killed May 21, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the city of Camden, New Jersey, a violent confrontation on May 21, 2007, tragically ended the life of 40-year-old Perry Baylor, a Black male known to his loved ones as 'Nick'. The incident, which resulted in Baylor's death by gunfire, prompted an immediate…

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Stacy Williams III

Male, age 9 · Bradenton, Florida

Killed May 21, 2007 · 19 years ago

Stacy Williams III, a 9-year-old boy from Bradenton, Florida, tragically lost his life on May 21, 2007. Stacy was riding his bicycle near his home when he was struck by a stray bullet during a street altercation. The incident occurred in the 3300 block of…

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Trae Allen

Male, age 19 · Columbia, Georgia

Killed May 21, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the spring of 2007, the life of 19-year-old Trae Allen was tragically cut short. An African American male, Allen was discovered on May 21, 2007, inside a townhouse located in the 5200 block of Brook Way in Columbia, Georgia. He had sustained multiple…

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Rayburn Simms

Male, age 30 · Durham, North Carolina

Found May 21, 2005 · 21 years ago

On May 21, 2005, Rayburn Antonio Demarcus Simms, aged 30, was fatally shot in Durham, North Carolina. Early that morning, police responded to a single-car accident near the Oaks at Northgate Apartments on Broad Street. Simms, who was driving a green 2001…

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Leon Anthony Adams

Male, age 32 · Halifax, Nova Scotia

Killed May 21, 2005 · 21 years ago

Leon Anthony Adams, a 32-year-old man, was fatally shot inside his home at 6025 Lady Hammond Road in Halifax, Nova Scotia, during the early morning hours of May 22, 2005. Police records place the killing on May 22 rather than May 21. Adams had been at the…

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