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Jerald L. Myers

Male, age 65 · Urbana, Ohio

Killed May 25, 2014 · 12 years ago

Jerald L. Myers, a 65-year-old man from Urbana, Ohio, tragically passed away on May 25, 2014, in his residence. He was a Vietnam War veteran who enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren, watching NASCAR racing, and Ohio State Football and basketball…

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Sheymarr Noble

Male, age 25 · Toledo, Ohio

Killed May 25, 2014 · 12 years ago

Sheymarr R. Noble, a 22-year-old Black / African American man from Toledo, Ohio, was fatally shot on May 25, 2014, during a violent confrontation in the 2100 block of Joffre Avenue. The shooting unfolded at about 3 p.m., when a large number of people were…

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Isaac Johnson

Male, age 17 · Oakland, California

Found May 25, 2013 · 13 years ago

Isaac Johnson, a 17-year-old, was tragically killed on May 25, 2013, in Oakland, California. The incident occurred amidst a surge of violence in the city, which saw 92 homicides that year, reflecting the ongoing struggle Oakland faces with violent crime and…

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Patrick Cotrona

Male, age 33 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed May 25, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the warm, late-spring evening of May 25, 2013, Patrick Cotrona, a 33-year-old male, was enjoying a walk with two friends in his East Atlanta Village neighborhood. A graduate of Georgia Tech, he had carved out a life for himself in the community he had…

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Fearro Denard

Male, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 25, 2013 · 13 years ago

Fearro Denard, an 18-year-old from Chicago, was shot and killed on May 25, 2013, in the South Shore neighborhood. The incident took place in an alley between Dorchester and Dante avenues, just north of 74th Street, not far from his home. Denard was pronounced…

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Quintana E M Love

Female, age 27 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 25, 2013 · 13 years ago

Quintana E. M. Love, aged 27, was shot and killed on May 25, 2013, in Chicago's North Lawndale neighborhood. The incident took place while Love was attending a social gathering. She was initially wounded during a shooting spree that targeted several…

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Jason Ellis

Male, age 33 · Bardstown, Kentucky

Killed May 25, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 25, 2013, a sense of dread settled over the small town of Bardstown, Kentucky. Jason Ellis, a 33-year-old male police officer with the Bardstown Police Department, was on his way home after finishing his shift. As he took the…

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Jeremiah Knight

Male, age 58 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 25, 2013 · 13 years ago

On May 25, 2013, the life of Jeremiah Knight, a 58-year-old Black male, came to a tragic end in Detroit, Michigan. He was the victim of a fatal shooting that occurred within the city limits. The incident added another name to the list of violent crimes in…

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Ethel Williamson

Female, age 56 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 25, 2013 · 13 years ago

Ethel Williamson, 56, a Black woman, died on May 25, 2013, in Detroit, Michigan, leaving behind a sudden silence that family and friends were left to fill with memories, prayers, and the hard work of grieving. Born on January 27, 1957, she had lived through…

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Franklin Igwilo

Male, age 52 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Found May 25, 2013 · 13 years ago

Franklin Festus Igwilo, a 52-year-old resident of Charlotte, North Carolina, was tragically killed on May 25, 2013. His death became part of Charlotte's growing list of unsolved homicide cases. The circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear, and the…

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Jason Scott Ellis

Male, age 33 · Bardstown, Kentucky

Killed May 25, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of May 25, 2013, Bardstown Police Officer Jason Scott Ellis, a 33-year-old male, was heading home after his shift. As he took exit 34 off the Bluegrass Parkway, he encountered a deliberate obstacle: tree limbs scattered across the…

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Danielle Woodson

Female, age 37 · Columbia, Mississippi

Killed May 25, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the late spring of 2013, the community of Columbia, Mississippi, was shaken by the violent death of one of its own. Danielle Woodson, a 37-year-old Black female, was fatally shot on Saturday, May 25, 2013. The incident, which cut her life short, left…

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Raphael Davis Jr.

Male, age 16 · Hampton, Virginia

Killed May 25, 2013 · 13 years ago

On a spring evening, May 25, 2013, a lively carnival atmosphere near the Hampton Coliseum was shattered by gunfire. In the ensuing chaos, 16-year-old Raphael Davis Jr., a Black male from Hampton, was struck in the upper body by a bullet. Emergency services…

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Gabriel Soto

Male, age 21 · East-los-angeles, California

Killed May 25, 2013 · 13 years ago

Gabriel Soto, a 21-year-old former Garfield High School football player, was tragically shot and killed on May 25, 2013, in East Los Angeles. Soto was attending a party with friends in a garage on South McDonnell Avenue when a man approached and opened fire.…

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Patrick L. Cotrona

Male, age 33 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed May 25, 2013 · 13 years ago

On a warm Memorial Day weekend in 2013, Patrick Leo Cotrona, a 33-year-old male, was walking with two friends to a neighborhood pub in East Atlanta. Their intended destination was the Midway Pub, a familiar spot just a block from where their evening would…

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Gregory Dixon

Male, age 29 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed May 25, 2013 · 13 years ago

Gregory Dixon, a 29-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on May 25, 2013, in Chicago, IL. The circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of various investigations and legal proceedings. Dixon's death was a result of a…

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Tevin Kirkman

Male, age 22 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed May 25, 2013 · 13 years ago

Tevin Kirkman, a 22-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on May 24, 2013, at his home in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. He suffered three gunshot wounds to his head and two to his body. He was taken to Mount…

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Deontre Noble

Male, age 14 · Texarkana, Texas

Killed May 25, 2013 · 13 years ago

Deontre' Treshaud Noble, a 14-year-old male from Texarkana, Texas, died on May 25, 2013. Born on May 11, 1999, in Texarkana, he was an advanced honor student and quarterback at Liberty-Eylau Middle School, where he also participated in track and field. He was…

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Christian S. Love

Male · Tampa, Florida

Found May 25, 2012 · 14 years ago

Christian S. Love, a resident of Tampa, Florida, tragically died on May 25, 2012. Details surrounding his death point to a complex series of incidents involving organized criminal activity. It appears that the circumstances of Christian’s death were related…

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Varren Brown

Male, age 47 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 25, 2012 · 14 years ago

Varren Brown, age 47, was fatally shot on May 25, 2012, in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago. The incident took place on a sidewalk, a public setting that emphasizes the random and pervasive nature of gun violence in the city. Varren was one of the many…

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David Horton

Male, age 29 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed May 25, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the spring of 2012, the life of a young Louisville man was tragically cut short, leaving a family heartbroken and a community searching for answers. David Lee Horton, a 29-year-old Black male, was found murdered on Friday, May 25, 2012. The discovery was…

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Richard Tinsley

Male, age 41 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed May 25, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the late spring of 2012, the life of Richard 'Lydell' Tinsley, a 41-year-old African-American male, was tragically cut short in Louisville, Kentucky. On May 25th, a neighbor made a grim discovery in an apartment situated near 6th and Breckinridge Street.…

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Lord Nobles

Male, age 40 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 25, 2012 · 14 years ago

Lord Spencer Nobles, a 40-year-old Black / African American male, was killed in Detroit during the early morning hours of May 25, 2012. Police were called to the 5000 block of Chatsworth Street on Detroit’s east side, near Linville Street and the I-94…

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Cheniiqua Edwards

Female, age 36 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 25, 2012 · 14 years ago

In August of 2015, a verbal altercation on a Detroit city bus escalated into a fatal stabbing that ended the life of 50-year-old Charla Williams. The incident, which was captured on a passenger's cellphone video, began as a dispute, reportedly over Williams'…

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Chahnaz Kebaier

Female, age 40 · Chapel-hill, North Carolina

Killed May 25, 2012 · 14 years ago

Chahnaz Kebaier, a 40-year-old woman from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, tragically lost her life on May 25, 2012. She was shot multiple times while waiting for her children to be dismissed from Mary Scroggs Elementary School. The incident occurred in the…

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Domonique Ardister

Male, age 29 · Lansing, Michigan

Killed May 25, 2012 · 14 years ago

On the evening of May 25, 2012, Domonique Denell Ardister, a 29-year-old male, was fatally shot while sitting in his vehicle in the driveway of his home on Newark Avenue in Lansing, Michigan. Ardister was a father to three children, Kaniya, Kamren, and…

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Pierre Beard

Male, age 29 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 25, 2010 · 16 years ago

Pierre Beard, a 29-year-old male, was fatally shot on May 25, 2010, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred on the sidewalk in the South Shore neighborhood, a part of the city that has faced persistent challenges with violent crime. Beard's death was part…

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Kristopher Jackson

Male, age 24 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 25, 2010 · 16 years ago

Kristopher Jackson, a 24-year-old male, was fatally shot on May 25, 2010, in Chicago, Illinois. He was killed while standing on the sidewalk in the South Shore neighborhood, which is known for frequent incidents of violence and high crime rates. The incident…

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Joseph Powell

Male, age 30 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 25, 2010 · 16 years ago

On May 25, 2010, 30-year-old Joseph Powell was shot and killed in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred during a year that saw persistent issues with gun violence across the city. The circumstances surrounding the incident were part of a broader pattern of…

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Albert Nobles

Male, age 18 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed May 25, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the spring of 2010, the life of 18-year-old Albert Nobles, a Black male, was tragically cut short in St. Louis, Missouri. On the evening of May 25th, in the 4900 block of St. Louis Avenue, a neighborhood known at the time for its high crime rate, the young…

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Kenneth Dotson

Male, age 25 · Houston, Texas

Found May 25, 2010 · 16 years ago

Kenneth Dotson, aged 25, was fatally shot in Houston, Texas, on May 25, 2010. The incident occurred in the early morning hours in the 4100 block of Groton. According to reports, Kenneth was found lying in the driveway of a residence, having suffered multiple…

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Felipe Villamar

Male, age 34 · Houston, Texas

Found May 25, 2010 · 16 years ago

Felipe Villamar, aged 34, was shot and killed on May 25, 2010, in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred in the early hours near the South Belt-Ellington area. Felipe was found after police responded to reports of gunfire in a residential neighborhood. Upon…

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Tyren Black

Male, age 36 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed May 25, 2010 · 16 years ago

Tyren E. Black, 33, male, Black, was shot to death on May 25, 2010 while walking on a sidewalk in the 2100 block of West Fond du Lac Avenue in Milwaukee. A vehicle rolled past and someone leaned out and opened fire, striking him; responding officers found him…

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Debra J. Durborow Meitzler

Female, age 51 · Prentiss, Maine

Killed May 25, 2010 · 16 years ago

On May 25, 2010, Debra J. Durborow Meitzler, a 51-year-old female, was found deceased in her Prentiss, Maine, home. Her death was the result of being fatally shot by her husband, Dean A. Meitzler, who then took his own life. The couple had moved to the…

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Hagos Gebreagziabher

Male, age 41 · Jacksonville, Florida

Found May 25, 2009 · 17 years ago

On May 25, 2009, Hagos Gebreagziabher, a 41-year-old Ethiopian immigrant and store owner, was shot and killed in front of his wife outside his convenience store in Northwest Jacksonville, Florida. The incident occurred late at night as Gebreagziabher was…

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Erik Hererra

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 25, 2009 · 17 years ago

Erik Herrera, aged 26, was shot and killed on May 25, 2009, in Chicago. The incident was part of a larger pattern of violence affecting Chicago that year. During 2009, Chicago saw a significant number of homicides, often related to gang activity and other…

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Sean Howard

Male, age 24 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 25, 2009 · 17 years ago

On a warm Memorial Day evening in Baltimore, on May 25, 2009, a burst of violence shattered the peace in the 3100 block of Cliftmont Avenue, leaving a young man's life cut tragically short. Sean Howard, a 24-year-old Black male, was relaxing on his front…

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Hardy Antonio Jones

Male, age 26 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 25, 2009 · 17 years ago

On a spring evening in Baltimore, Maryland, the life of Hardy Antonio Jones, a 26-year-old Black man, was tragically cut short. On May 25, 2009, in the 3300 block of Noble Street, Jones became a victim of homicide. Details surrounding the circumstances of his…

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Sky Schamanek

Male, age 30 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed May 25, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the late spring of 2009, the life of a young man was tragically cut short in Las Vegas, leaving a void in the lives of those who knew him. Sky Schamanek, a 30-year-old Caucasian male, became the victim of a homicide on May 25, 2009. His death marked the…

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Joseph Bookman

Male, age 30 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed May 25, 2009 · 17 years ago

A quiet evening in Chester, Pennsylvania, turned tragic on May 25, 2009, when Joseph Bookman, a 30-year-old male, was fatally shot. The incident occurred near the intersection of West 7th and Parker Streets, a residential area that became the scene of a…

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Cedric Yarborough

Male, age 19 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 25, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the spring of 2008, the life of 19-year-old Cedric Yarborough was tragically cut short on the streets of Baltimore. On a Sunday, May 25th, in the 1100 block of E. North Avenue, Yarborough was fatally shot. The incident was recorded as another grim…

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Corey Brooks

Female, age 20 · Myrtle-beach, South Carolina

Killed May 25, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the late hours of May 25, 2008, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, a dispute over a parking space escalated into a fatal encounter for 20-year-old Corey Brooks. A student at Coastal Carolina University who also worked at the local River City Cafe, Corey was…

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Alfonso Garcia

Male, age 40 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

On May 25, 2007, Alfonso Garcia, aged 40, was fatally shot in Chicago. The incident occurred in the city's East Side neighborhood, a location often marred by violence. Garcia's death was part of the wave of gun violence that has long plagued Chicago…

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Rosa M Garcia

Female, age 31 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

Rosa M. Garcia, aged 31, was tragically killed on May 25, 2007, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident took place in the early morning hours and was one of the many homicides that marked Chicago's ongoing struggle with violence during the 2000s. Garcia was…

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Renard David Maith

Male, age 52 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the quiet predawn hours of May 25, 2007, the life of Renard David Maith, a 52-year-old Black male, was tragically cut short in Baltimore, Maryland. His death, which occurred in the 4000 block of Belvieu Avenue, was determined to be a homicide. The specific…

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Charles Dewayne Perkins

Male, age 42 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed May 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the spring of 2007, the life of a man, identified as Charles Dewayne Perkins, a 42-year-old Black / African American male, came to a tragic and mysterious end in St. Louis, Missouri. His death, dated May 25, 2007, remains shrouded in questions with very…

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Damien Topp

Male, age 23 · Columbus, Ohio

Found May 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

On May 25, 2007, Damien Topp, aged 23, was shot and killed in Columbus, Ohio. The incident took place on the east side of Columbus at 4792 Laraine Court. Officers were dispatched to the scene at approximately 10:44 a.m. where they found Topp lying on the…

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Samuel DCosta

Male, age 36 · Bowie, Maryland

Killed May 25, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the quiet suburban landscape of Bowie, Maryland, the life of a promising and hardworking man was tragically cut short, leaving a community in shock and a family devastated. Samuel D'Costa, a 36-year-old real estate agent, was found deceased on Friday, May…

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