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Jerry Lee Lyons Jr

Male, age 34 · Pascagoula, Mississippi

Killed May 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a Monday morning in Pascagoula, Mississippi, the life of 34-year-old Jerry Lee Lyons Jr. was tragically cut short. On May 22, 2017, Lyons, a Black male, was shot multiple times at a residence on Martin Street. The incident unfolded at approximately 8:36…

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Christopher Balzer

Male, age 10 · Trenton, Michigan

Killed May 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In a quiet Woodhaven apartment complex, a devastating scene unfolded, leaving a family shattered and a community in shock. Ten-year-old Christopher Balzer, a fourth-grade student at Garfield Elementary School, was found deceased in what authorities would…

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Don Dudley

Male, age 20 · Sparta, Michigan

Killed May 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early hours of a May morning near Sparta, Michigan, a heated encounter on the road escalated into a fatal confrontation, ending the life of 20-year-old Donald Dudley. The incident, which unfolded on M-37, began as a tense interaction between two…

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Sherry Multop

Female, age 49 · Trenton, Michigan

Killed May 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In what should have been a peaceful evening on May 22, 2017, a tragedy unfolded at the Marsh Creek Village apartments in Woodhaven, Michigan, forever altering the lives of a local family. Sherry Multop, a 49-year-old Caucasian woman from the nearby city of…

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Desean Lucas

Male, age 28 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed May 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late spring of 2017, the life of 28-year-old Desean R. Lucas was tragically cut short. On the evening of Monday, May 22, police were called to the InTown Suites on Midlothian Turnpike in South Richmond, Virginia. Inside one of the rooms, they…

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Jason Heck

Male, age 29 · Kokomo, Indiana

Killed May 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late hours of May 21, 2017, and the early morning of May 22, 29-year-old Jason Michael Heck, a White male, was at his Kokomo, Indiana home with his girlfriend when he received a call from Marcus D. Byars, a man he had known for years. Byars, who had…

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Sherrod Carter

Male, age 39 · Gary, Indiana

Killed May 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late spring of 2017, a confrontation in Gary, Indiana, turned deadly, leaving a 39-year-old Black man, Sherrod Carter, dead from a gunshot wound. The fatal encounter unfolded on May 22, 2017, in an alley behind an apartment building in the 2100 block…

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Azad Saleem

Male, age 20 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed May 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the city of Saint-Louis, Missouri, a young man's life was cut tragically short. Azad Saleem, a 20-year-old male, was found with multiple gunshot wounds on May 22, 2017. Despite the efforts of first responders, he succumbed to his injuries at the scene, and…

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Cameron Scott Caruthers

Male, age 28 · Columbia, Missouri

Killed May 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the spring of 2017, the life of 28-year-old Cameron Scott Caruthers came to a tragic end in Columbia, Missouri. On May 22nd, Caruthers was shot and killed by Ricky Gurley at Gurley's residence on Dawn Ridge Road. The events of that day were the culmination…

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Johnny Lee Pyles

Male, age 24 · Fountain-inn, South Carolina

Killed May 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late spring of 2017, the life of 24-year-old Johnny Lee Pyles, a Black / African American male, came to a tragic end in Fountain Inn, South Carolina. On the evening of May 22, 2017, deputies from the Laurens County Sheriff's Office arrived at a…

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Trevon Boswell

Male, age 24 · Mount-vernon, New York

Killed May 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early hours of May 22, 2017, Trevon Boswell, a 24-year-old man, was returning to his Mount Vernon, New York, apartment on Washington Street with his brother. After attending a rap showcase in Brooklyn, he was confronted in the hallway of his building…

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Bansa Douangpanya

Male, age 33 · Sacramento, California

Killed May 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

Bansa Douangpanya, a 33-year-old resident of Sacramento, California, tragically lost his life on May 22, 2017. On that fateful evening, the Sacramento Police Department responded to a call about a shooting incident on Lily Street near Harris Avenue in North…

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Richard Hopwood

Male, age 34 · Porterville, California

Killed May 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

Richard Hopwood, a 34-year-old resident of Porterville, California, tragically lost his life on May 22, 2017. On that fateful evening, at approximately 8:30 PM, Porterville Police Officers responded to a distress call at an apartment complex located in the…

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Clifford Wright

Male, age 28 · Augusta, Georgia

Killed May 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early evening of May 22, 2017, a dispute at the Yellow Store on East Boundary Street in Augusta, Georgia, escalated into a fatal encounter for 28-year-old Clifford R. Wright, an African American male. An altercation that began outside the convenience…

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April Pryor

Female, age 24 · Woodridge, Illinois

Killed May 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

April Pryor, a 24-year-old African American woman, tragically lost her life on May 22, 2017, in Woodridge, Illinois. The incident was a devastating case of domestic violence that culminated in a murder-suicide. April Pryor, who was seven months pregnant at…

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Darnell Coleman

Male, age 34 · Harvey, Illinois

Killed May 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

Darnell Coleman, a 34-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on the evening of May 22, 2017, in Harvey, Illinois. According to reports, Coleman was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the 14800 block of Lincoln Avenue. He was…

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Juan Willingham

Male, age 15 · Chicago-heights, Illinois

Killed May 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

Juan Willingham, a 15-year-old African American boy from Sauk Village, Illinois, was fatally shot on May 22, 2017, in Chicago Heights. The incident occurred in the 1600 block of Aberdeen Street around 3:13 p.m. Responding officers found Juan with a gunshot…

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Carl Allen

Male, age 25 · Dayton, Ohio

Killed May 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

Carl Allen, a 25-year-old male from Dayton, OH, tragically lost his life on May 22, 2017. He was fatally shot in the neck while driving his car, which subsequently crashed into a median and rolled over. His two-year-old daughter, who was with him in the car…

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Isaiah Lampkins

Male, age 24 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed May 22, 2017 · 9 years ago

Isaiah Christopher Lampkins, a 24-year-old African American male from Solon, Ohio, tragically lost his life on May 22, 2017, in Pepper Pike, a suburb of Cleveland. Isaiah was fatally shot during a drug deal gone wrong. He was found on the lawn of an…

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Tyrinb Diggs

Male, age 19 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late hours of a spring night in Baltimore, the life of a young man was tragically cut short. Tyrinb Diggs, a 19-year-old Black male, was found shot on May 22, 2015, at approximately 11:06 p.m.. The incident occurred at 1 Benkert Avenue in the city, a…

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Marcus Price

Male, age 43 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a spring day in Detroit, Michigan, tragedy struck the life of Marcus Price. The 43-year-old African-American man was fatally shot on May 22, 2015, his life violently cut short in an incident that has since been shrouded in unanswered questions. In the…

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Deborah Christner

Female, age 28 · Kalamazoo, Michigan

Killed May 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

Deborah Lynn “Debbie” Christner, a 28-year-old White female, died on May 22, 2015, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in the quiet hours when most of the house was still asleep. She had been staying at a home on the city’s east side, and the morning began like any…

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James Doshie Jr.

Male, age 17 · Flint, Michigan

Killed May 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late spring of 2015, the life of 17-year-old James Doshie Jr., a young man known for his love of basketball and a smile that could light up a room, was tragically cut short in Flint, Michigan. On the evening of May 22nd, a triple shooting occurred at…

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Christopher Duran

Male, age 14 · Bronx, New York

Killed May 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the morning of May 22, 2015, 14-year-old Christopher Duran was shot and killed in the Bronx, New York. The male teenager was on his way to school with his younger brother at approximately 8:30 a.m. when he was fatally shot near his home on Sheridan Avenue…

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Miguel Henry Martinez

Male, age 19 · Fair-oaks, California

Killed May 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

Miguel Henry Martinez, a 19-year-old from Fair Oaks, California, tragically lost his life on May 22, 2015. The incident occurred near a bike trail in Bannister Park, located in the 3800 block of Bannister Road. According to reports, Martinez was with friends…

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Devin Weingarth

Male, age 24 · West-palm-beach, Florida

Killed May 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

Devin Weingarth, a 24-year-old resident of West Palm Beach, Florida, tragically lost his life on May 22, 2015. Devin was shot to death in a drive-by shooting outside Shout, a karaoke club located on Olive Avenue just north of Clematis Street. The incident…

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Jaquishia Smith

Female, age 26 · Milledgeville, Georgia

Killed May 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late spring of 2015, a violent act shattered the peace of a Milledgeville, Georgia, community and irrevocably altered the lives of one family. On the evening of May 22nd, 26-year-old Jaquishia Smith, an African American woman known affectionately as…

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Charles Whitfield

Male, age 20 · Clarksville, Tennessee

Killed May 22, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of Friday, May 22, 2015, a party on College Street in Clarksville, Tennessee, turned tragic, ending the life of 20-year-old Charles Whitfield. Whitfield, a Black male and a 2014 graduate of Rossview High School, was fatally shot…

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Kevin Diaz

Male, age 14 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

Kevin Diaz, aged 14, was fatally shot on May 22, 2014, in the Marquette Park neighborhood on Chicago’s Southwest Side. The shooting took place in the evening when Diaz was on the sidewalk in the 6400-block of South Francisco Avenue. Reports suggest that he…

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Brian Mckinney

Male, age 20 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

Brian McKinney, aged 20, was fatally shot on May 22, 2014, in Chicago's Roseland neighborhood. The incident occurred in the street, reflecting the type of gun violence that is all too common in this part of the city. Roseland, a South Side neighborhood, has…

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Ginica Watkins

Female, age 20 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

On May 22, 2014, 20-year-old Black female Ginica Watkins lost her life in a shooting incident at a residence in Detroit, Michigan. The young woman was at a home in the city when she sustained a fatal gunshot wound. First responders arrived at the scene, but…

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Daron Allen

Male, age 38 · Wilmington, Delaware

Killed May 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

Daron Bryant Allen Sr., a 38-year-old African American male from Wilmington, Delaware, died on May 22, 2014, as a result of a gunshot wound to the head. His death occurred during a particularly violent week in Delaware, which saw multiple homicides in rapid…

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Ralph Chavez

Male, age 37 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed May 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

The incident involving the death of Ralph Chavez, aged 37, occurred on May 22, 2014, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. On this day, Albuquerque police were involved in a fatal shooting that resulted in the death of Chavez. The incident began when police encountered…

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Clayton Wesley Bronson

Male, age 18 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed May 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

In a quiet home in southwest Las Vegas, the life of 18-year-old Clayton Wesley Bronson, a White male, was tragically cut short on the evening of May 22, 2014. The promising young man, who was on the cusp of graduating from Sierra Vista High School with plans…

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Matthew Baker

Male, age 25 · Port Angeles, Washington

Killed May 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late hours of May 22, 2014, the life of 25-year-old Matthew R. Baker, a White male, was tragically cut short in Port Angeles, Washington. Baker died from a single gunshot wound to the chest while at a social gathering at a residence on Monroe Road. The…

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Jeffrey Hardnett

Male, age 25 · Beloit, Wisconsin

Killed May 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early hours of a Thursday morning, the life of a young Black/African American man, Jeffrey Hardnett, was tragically cut short. At the age of 25, Hardnett was shot multiple times just after midnight on May 22, 2014, in Beloit, Wisconsin. The overnight…

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Armon Burton

Male, age 3 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed May 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early hours of a Thursday morning in Jackson, Mississippi, three-year-old Armon Burton was asleep in his bed when a barrage of bullets tore through his family's home. It was just after midnight on May 22, 2014, when the shots rang out, shattering the…

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James Lewis Jr.

Male, age 30 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed May 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, the life of 30-year-old James Eddie Lewis, Jr., a male resident of Jackson, Mississippi, was tragically cut short. On the evening of Thursday, May 22, 2014, events unfolded that led to his untimely death. The specific circumstances of…

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Anthony Williams

Male, age 23 · Charleston, South Carolina

Killed May 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, the life of a young Charleston man was abruptly cut short, setting in motion a lengthy pursuit for justice that would cross international borders. On May 22, 2014, Anthony Williams, a 23-year-old Black male, was fatally shot in a…

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Phillip Poe

Male, age 42 · Fresno, California

Killed May 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

Phillip Poe, aged 42, tragically lost his life on May 22, 2014, in Fresno, California. His death was the result of a violent confrontation that occurred when he confronted a young man, Matthew Porraz, who was vandalizing a store wall with graffiti. The…

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Andrew Johnson

Male, age 22 · Baton-rouge-, Louisiana

Killed May 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, a young man's life was cut short in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Andrew Johnson, a 22-year-old male, was killed by gunfire on May 22, 2014. His death was one of 73 homicides recorded in East Baton Rouge Parish that year. Details surrounding…

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William Bill Pike

Female, age 43 · Camden, Ohio

Killed May 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

William J. Bill Pike, a 43-year-old man from Camden, OH, died unexpectedly on May 22, 2014. His death was later determined to be a murder. Pike's decomposing body was discovered rolled in a carpet on May 25, 2014, by a woman walking along Forney Road in…

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Marion Lee Brown

Male, age 54 · Tyler, Texas

Killed May 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

Marion Lee Brown, a 54-year-old white male, was found dead on May 23, 2014, in Smith County near Tyler, Texas. His body was discovered in a burned car, and the investigation revealed that he had been the victim of a robbery and murder. Marion Brown was last…

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Mary Toben

Female, age 73 · Anson, Texas

Killed May 22, 2014 · 12 years ago

Mary Jane Toben, a 73-year-old woman from Anson, Texas, passed away on May 22, 2014. She was born on December 6, 1940, in Ord, Valley County, Nebraska. Mary was laid to rest in McCaulley Cemetery in Fisher County, Texas. Mary Toben's death was the result of a…

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Trevin Deshawn Hullum

Male, age 22 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 22, 2013 · 13 years ago

Trevin Deshawn Hullum, age 22, was killed on May 22, 2013, in Chicago. Hullum was shot during an incident that took place on the city’s South Side, an area that had been struggling with a significant rise in gun violence during that period. His death was part…

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Antwone E Price

Male, age 30 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 22, 2013 · 13 years ago

Antwone E. Price, a 30-year-old male, was found dead on May 22, 2013, in Chicago, Illinois. Price's body was discovered inside a vehicle in the West Englewood neighborhood, one of Chicago's areas known for struggling with high rates of violence. The vehicle…

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Miguel De La Luz

Male, age 17 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 22, 2013 · 13 years ago

Miguel De La Luz, aged 17, was one of the numerous victims of gun violence in Chicago, a city that has struggled with pervasive levels of homicides for decades. Miguel was fatally shot on May 22, 2013, during a year that saw a significant spike in violent…

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Julian Dawkins

Male, age 22 · Alexandria, Virginia

Killed May 22, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early hours of May 22, 2013, a verbal dispute in the Lynhaven neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia, tragically escalated, ending the life of 22-year-old Julian Dawkins. The young man, a shuttle driver for 'PBS Newshour' and a T.C. Williams High School…

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