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Deaths by Force on May 24

724 open cases in our database happened on May 24. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (519)

David Alan Creamer - Tok, Alaska
Death by Force

David Alan Creamer

Male, age 68 · Tok, Alaska
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

White male David Alan Creamer, 68, of Tok, Alaska, died on May 24, 2025. That morning, Alaska State Troopers were notified at 9:37 a.m. that a man had been found unresponsive at a highway pullout just north of Chicken on the Taylor Highway. Responding…

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Bethany Lee - Tallassee, Alabama
Death by Force

Bethany Lee

Female, age 30 · Tallassee, Alabama
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of May 24, 2025, a distressing 911 call was made from a residence in Tallassee, Alabama, setting in motion a tragic investigation into the death of 30-year-old Bethany Dawn Lee. Her husband, 34-year-old Zachary Lee, was on the other…

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Clayton Mark Randall - Mulga, Alabama
Death by Force

Clayton Mark Randall

Male, age 17 · Mulga, Alabama
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

A bright Saturday spent fishing and boating on the water took a tragic turn for 17-year-old Clayton Mark Randall of Mulga, Alabama. On the evening of May 24, 2025, as Clayton, his father, and two friends were trying to get off the water to beat an approaching…

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Michael Tusa - Phoenix, Arizona
Death by Force

Michael Tusa

Male, age 27 · Phoenix, Arizona
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a tragic incident on the afternoon of May 24, 2025, 27-year-old Michael Tusa, a male, was fatally shot in north Phoenix. The shooting occurred around 3:23 p.m. in the area of 22nd Avenue and Thunderbird Road. First responders discovered Tusa under the…

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Christopher Shannon Allen - Homestead, Florida
Death by Force

Christopher Shannon Allen

Male, age 54 · Homestead, Florida
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Christopher Shannon Allen, 54, male, Black, was shot late on May 24, 2025, in Florida City, a community just south of Homestead, Florida. Officers were dispatched around 11:23 p.m. to the area of 1445 Northwest 2nd Court, where they found Christopher Shannon…

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William Robert McArthur - Panama City Beach, Florida
Death by Force

William Robert McArthur

Male, age 64 · Panama City Beach, Florida
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

William Robert McArthur, a 64-year-old male, White/Caucasian, was working a late-night Lyft shift in Panama City Beach, Florida, when his final ride turned deadly in the early hours of May 24, 2025. Deputies responded around 2:24 a.m. to Wildwood Road near…

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Cindel Mae Rhoden - Dalton, Georgia
Death by Force

Cindel Mae Rhoden

Female, age 33 · Dalton, Georgia
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet town of Dalton, Georgia, a tragedy unfolded in late May of 2025, claiming the life of 33-year-old Cindel Mae Rhoden, a hardworking and kind-hearted single mother. The devastating events began to come to light on Friday, May 23rd, when coworkers…

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Isiah Macon - Macon, Georgia
Death by Force

Isiah Macon

Male, age 62 · Macon, Georgia
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of Saturday, May 24, 2025, tragedy struck in west Macon, Georgia, when 62-year-old Isiah Macon was fatally shot. The incident occurred in the 800 block of Key Street at approximately 5:53 a.m. When deputies from the Bibb County…

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Rebeca Nicole Akins - Dalton, Georgia
Death by Force

Rebeca Nicole Akins

Female, age 35 · Dalton, Georgia
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet town of Dalton, Georgia, the life of 35-year-old Rebeca Nicole Akins was brought to a tragic and violent end in what investigators have described as a double murder-suicide. The series of events began to unfold on Friday, May 23, 2025, when…

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John Ramos - Los Angeles, California
Death by Force

John Ramos

Male, age 29 · Los Angeles, California
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

John Ramos, 29, a male Latino from Los Angeles, died on May 24, 2025 after being shot in an alley off the intersection of Florence and Dalton avenues in South Los Angeles. First responders arrived just after 6:24 p.m. to a chaotic scene and found three…

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Kevin Ball - Los Angeles, California
Death by Force

Kevin Ball

Male, age 48 · Los Angeles, California
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Kevin Ball, 48, a male Black resident of Los Angeles, was shot to death on the evening of May 24, 2025, in a narrow alley near Florence Avenue and Dalton Avenue in the city's Manchester Square area. First responders found him mortally wounded, and the county…

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Anthony McIntosh - Boston, Massachusetts
Death by Force

Anthony McIntosh

Male, age 66 · Boston, Massachusetts
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the night of May 24, 2025, a burst of gunfire shattered the peace on Franklin Hill Avenue in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, leading to the tragic death of 66-year-old Black / African American male, Anthony McIntosh. Responding to a ShotSpotter…

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Walter Marcus Wilkins - Boston, Massachusetts
Death by Force

Walter Marcus Wilkins

Male, age 36 · Boston, Massachusetts
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of May 24, 2025, Walter Marcus Wilkins, a 36-year-old Black/African American male from Quincy, Massachusetts, was fatally shot in Boston. The incident occurred around 9:46 p.m. on Franklin Hill Avenue in the Dorchester neighborhood, where…

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Eric Warren-Spears - Colchester, Illinois
Death by Force

Eric Warren-Spears

Male, age 35 · Colchester, Illinois
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Eric Warren-Spears, 35, male, died on May 24, 2025, in Colchester, Illinois, from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to the McDonough County Sheriff, deputies were dispatched that Saturday morning after Eric Warren-Spears called the county’s emergency…

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Joaquin Trujillo - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Joaquin Trujillo

Male, age 35 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Joaquin Trujillo, 35, a Hispanic/Latino male, was arguing from his car with a man in another vehicle in Chicago’s Humboldt Park just before dawn on May 24, 2025, when the confrontation spilled into the street. Around 2:45 a.m. in the 1700 block of North…

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Thomas Barnes - Baltimore, Maryland
Death by Force

Thomas Barnes

Male, age 28 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the warm spring of 2025, a burst of violence shattered the peace of a Baltimore neighborhood, leaving a young man fatally wounded. Thomas Barnes, a 28-year-old Black male, was found shot on the afternoon of May 24, 2025. The incident occurred in the 400…

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Brett Daigle - Lake Charles, Louisiana
Death by Force

Brett Daigle

Male, age 48 · Lake Charles, Louisiana
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

In what should have been a routine child custody exchange, a 48-year-old man, Brett Daigle, lost his life in a burst of gunfire. The male victim, a resident of Cañon City, Colorado, had traveled to Lake Charles, Louisiana, for the arranged meeting. The events…

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Coby Elmore Jr. - Monroe, Louisiana
Death by Force

Coby Elmore Jr.

Male, age 20 · Monroe, Louisiana
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a tragic day in Monroe, Louisiana, the life of 20-year-old Coby Elmore Jr., a Black male, was cut short. On May 24, 2025, the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office responded to a call on Roy Drive where a vehicle had crashed into an apartment complex. Inside…

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Justin Washington - Opelousas, Louisiana
Death by Force

Justin Washington

Male, age 17 · Opelousas, Louisiana
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

In what was initially believed to be a tragic accident, the life of 17-year-old Justin Washington was cut short on Saturday, May 24, 2025, in Opelousas, Louisiana. The teenager, a male, sustained a fatal gunshot wound and was rushed to a local hospital where…

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Jamal Pruitt - Laurel, Mississippi
Death by Force

Jamal Pruitt

Male, age 17 · Laurel, Mississippi
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late spring of 2025, tragedy struck the community of Laurel, Mississippi, with the death of 17-year-old Jamal Pruitt. The young man, a male resident of Laurel, succumbed to injuries sustained in a shooting incident. His life was cut short on May 24…

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Jordan Neal - Saint Louis, Missouri
Death by Force

Jordan Neal

Male, age 9 · Saint Louis, Missouri
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of May 24, 2025, what began as a birthday celebration for Johnisha Hillard in St. Louis, Missouri, ended in a devastating tragedy. While riding in a car with their four children, Richard Neal Jr. and Hillard were ambushed by gunfire. The family…

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Zavion N. Horn - Kansas City, Missouri
Death by Force

Zavion N. Horn

Male, age 34 · Kansas City, Missouri
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

On a Saturday evening in Kansas City, Missouri, what began as an interaction between two men in a parking lot escalated into a fatal burst of gunfire that claimed the life of 34-year-old Zavion N. Horn and injured two others. The shooting occurred on May 24…

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Erik Bockemeier - Albuquerque, New Mexico
Death by Force

Erik Bockemeier

Male, age 47 · Albuquerque, New Mexico
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Erik Bockemeier, a 47-year-old male from Albuquerque—White / Caucasian—was found shot to death on May 24, 2025, inside a home in the 2800 block of Georgia St. NE after firefighters responded to a reported house fire around 6 a.m. The Albuquerque Police…

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Marcia Elizabeth Hagele Bockemeier - Albuquerque, New Mexico
Death by Force

Marcia Elizabeth Hagele Bockemeier

Female, age 78 · Albuquerque, New Mexico
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Marcia Elizabeth Hagele Bockemeier, 78, female, White/Caucasian, died on May 24, 2025, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was found inside her family's northeast Albuquerque home after firefighters responded to a reported house fire in the 2800 block of Georgia…

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Stephen William Bockemeier - Albuquerque, New Mexico
Death by Force

Stephen William Bockemeier

Male, age 77 · Albuquerque, New Mexico
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet neighborhoods of Albuquerque, New Mexico, a tragedy unfolded on May 24, 2025, claiming the life of Stephen William Bockemeier, a 77-year-old White male, and members of his family. The day began with a call to firefighters shortly after 6:00 a.m.…

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Alex Devonte Saunders - Winston Salem, North Carolina
Death by Force

Alex Devonte Saunders

Male, age 32 · Winston Salem, North Carolina
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Alex Devote’ Saunders, 32, a Black/African American man, was shot on the afternoon of May 24, 2025, in the 2700 block of Piedmont Circle in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Officers responded around 1:30 p.m. and found him suffering from gunshot wounds; he was…

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Billy Hardy - Dudley, North Carolina
Death by Force

Billy Hardy

Male · Dudley, North Carolina
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Billy Ray Hardy Jr., 40, a Black male, was killed on the night of May 24, 2025, at a home on Durham Lake Road in Dudley, North Carolina. Deputies with the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office were called around 9:20 p.m. and found Hardy shot multiple times; he was…

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Deeaudrey Copeland - Charlotte, North Carolina
Death by Force

Deeaudrey Copeland

Male, age 46 · Charlotte, North Carolina
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Deeaudrey Copeland, 46, a Black male, was shot on the evening of Saturday, May 24, 2025, during Memorial Day weekend in north Charlotte. According to investigators and early reports, two people inside a dark red sedan were struck by gunfire around 8:30 p.m.…

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Montague Baldwin - Broadway, North Carolina
Death by Force

Montague Baldwin

Male, age 45 · Broadway, North Carolina
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Montague Baldwin, a 45-year-old man, died after being shot in Hoke County, North Carolina, on May 24, 2025. Deputies were dispatched around 1:30 p.m. to the 100 block of Payton Place, where they found him lying in the roadway with gunshot wounds; EMS…

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Brian Bailey - Brandon, Vermont
Death by Force

Brian Bailey

Male, age 46 · Brandon, Vermont
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet town of Brandon, Vermont, the life of 46-year-old Brian Bailey, a White male, was unexpectedly cut short on Saturday, May 24, 2025. Bailey was discovered unresponsive in his residence on Champearl Road by first responders shortly after 7 a.m. and…

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Tayler Gennalee Maraj - Piedmont, South Carolina
Death by Force

Tayler Gennalee Maraj

Female, age 24 · Piedmont, South Carolina
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a tragic sequence of events on May 24, 2025, Tayler Gennalee Maraj, a 24-year-old Black female, lost her life in what authorities have described as a murder-suicide. The incident began to unfold in broad daylight at approximately 11:40 a.m. outside a Spinx…

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Deven Price Singleton - Roanoke, Virginia
Death by Force

Deven Price Singleton

Male, age 31 · Roanoke, Virginia
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the night of May 24, 2025, in Roanoke, Virginia, a call reporting an assault in progress on Glengary Avenue NW came into the E-911 Center at approximately 11:05 p.m. Just a minute later, a second call reported a shooting at the same location. When police…

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Cameron Ray Newsome - San Angelo, Texas
Death by Force

Cameron Ray Newsome

Male, age 16 · San Angelo, Texas
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Cameron Ray Newsome, a 16-year-old male, was shot in the early morning hours of May 24, 2025, in a southwest San Angelo neighborhood and later died from his injuries. Police were called at about 4:45 a.m. to the 4400 block of Bermuda Drive, where officers…

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Davion NeRay Clines - Dallas, Texas
Death by Force

Davion NeRay Clines

Male, age 22 · Dallas, Texas
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Davion NeRay Clines, 22, was a Black/African American male from Dallas whose Saturday turned fatal on May 24, 2025. Just before evening settled over Elmwood in central Oak Cliff, officers were called to an alley off the 1900 block of Berkley Avenue. They…

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DeeAnthony Renaze Armstead - Dallas, Texas
Death by Force

DeeAnthony Renaze Armstead

Male, age 18 · Dallas, Texas
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

DeeAnthony Renaze Armstead, 18, male, Black/African American, was shot in the early morning hours of May 24, 2025, in the 4300 block of Roseland Avenue in Old East Dallas. Officers were dispatched around 1:45 a.m.; when they arrived, they found DeeAnthony…

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Jamarion Brown - Pittsburg, Texas
Death by Force

Jamarion Brown

Male, age 21 · Pittsburg, Texas
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jamarion Brown, a 23-year-old man, was shot during a crowded late-night pool party near Pittsburg in Camp County, Texas, just after midnight on May 24, 2025. Reports describe multiple gunshots amid a large gathering; Brown, a Mount Pleasant native and junior…

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Jose Melecio Martinez - Dallas, Texas
Death by Force

Jose Melecio Martinez

Male, age 36 · Dallas, Texas
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jose Melecio Martinez, 36, male, Hispanic/Latino, was found shot just after 3 a.m. on May 24, 2025, along the 6200 block of East Grand Avenue by Samuell-Grand Park in East Dallas. Officers arriving on the scene discovered Jose Melecio Martinez wounded; Dallas…

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Kenneth Trae Leaks III - Houston, Texas
Death by Force

Kenneth Trae Leaks III

Male, age 18 · Houston, Texas
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Kenneth “Trae” Leaks III, a Black 18-year-old male from Houston, was killed on May 24, 2025. He was identified by name and age in memorial and funeral records that also fix the date of death. Those notices, standing quiet and stark, mark the end of a life…

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Michael Redd - Jackson, Mississippi
Death by Force

Michael Redd

Male, age 52 · Jackson, Mississippi
Killed May 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Michael Wayne Redd, a 52-year-old White male from the Jackson, Mississippi area, died on May 24, 2025, after authorities found him inside a burning home on North Sunset Terrace off Terry Road in Jackson. Firefighters had been called to the residence after a…

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Ellarea Dickson - Cullman, Alabama
Death by Force

Ellarea Dickson

Female, age 77 · Cullman, Alabama
Killed May 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

A tragic series of events on the morning of May 24, 2024, led to the death of 77-year-old Ellarea Dickson in Cullman, Alabama. The incident began when a Hartselle Police Department officer observed a vehicle driving erratically and at a high rate of speed on…

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Annasia Woods - Troy, Alabama
Death by Force

Annasia Woods

Female, age 23 · Troy, Alabama
Killed May 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

Annasia Woods was a 23-year-old Black woman whose life was cut short in Troy, Alabama. On Friday, May 24, 2024, Woods was fatally shot in the 400 block of Aster Circle. Officers with the Troy Police Department responded to the scene and found her deceased…

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Chad Christopher Minor - Stanaford, West Virginia
Death by Force

Chad Christopher Minor

Male, age 46 · Stanaford, West Virginia
Killed May 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

Chad Christopher Minor, a 46-year-old male from Lanark, died on Friday, May 24, 2024, after a shooting in the Stanaford area of Raleigh County, West Virginia. The incident unfolded at a home on Hoist Road, where deputies with the Raleigh County Sheriff's…

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Gino Barrett Bonner - Little Rock, Arkansas
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Gino Barrett Bonner

Male, age 50 · Little Rock, Arkansas
Killed May 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

Gino Barrett Bonner, a 50-year-old resident of Little Rock, Arkansas, passed away on May 25, 2024, due to gunshot wounds. The incident occurred on Friday, May 24, 2024, near 2302 South Valentine Street. Patrol officers from the 12th Street Division responded…

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Andrew Gunn - Hartford, Connecticut
Death by Force

Andrew Gunn

Male, age 57 · Hartford, Connecticut
Killed May 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the morning of May 24, 2024, a grim discovery was made in a third-floor apartment at 159 Wethersfield Avenue in Hartford, Connecticut. Responding to a report that someone may have been shot, police found the body of 57-year-old Andrew Gunn, a Black /…

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Sabrina Carson - Stonecrest, Georgia
Death by Force

Sabrina Carson

Female, age 56 · Stonecrest, Georgia
Killed May 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

In what was initially reported as a car accident, 56-year-old Sabrina Kay Carson was found deceased inside her vehicle on the morning of May 24, 2024, in Stonecrest, Georgia. DeKalb County police responded to a call around 7:30 a.m. and discovered a car that…

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Sametria Edwards-McCord - Decatur, Georgia
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Sametria Edwards-McCord

Female, age 29 · Decatur, Georgia
Killed May 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

In a tragic turn of events, 29-year-old Sametria Edwards-McCord, a Black female, lost her life on May 24, 2024, in Decatur, Georgia. A recent nursing graduate, she had just begun her career at Grady Memorial Hospital four days prior, eager to dedicate her…

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Edward Colon - Pembroke-township, Illinois
Death by Force

Edward Colon

Male, age 32 · Pembroke-township, Illinois
Killed May 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

On May 24, 2024, a shooting incident occurred near a banquet hall in Pembroke Township, Illinois, resulting in the deaths of two individuals, including Edward E. Colon. Colon, a 32-year-old man from Chicago, was pronounced dead at the scene around 12:30 a.m.…

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Jaime I. Serrano - Chicago, Illinois
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Jaime I. Serrano

Male, age 21 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

Jaime I. Serrano, a 21-year-old resident of Chicago, Illinois, was fatally shot on May 24, 2024, in the Albany Park neighborhood. The incident occurred late Friday night, just before 11:30 p.m., in an alley near the intersection of Leland and Troy streets.…

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Dates are the day last seen (missing), the day of death, or when the date of death is unknown the day found or reported missing (deaths by force), the day found (unidentified and unclaimed), the victim's date of death (serial killers) and the day of the attack (mass murders). Solved, located, identified and claimed cases are not listed.