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Deaths by Force on May 26

756 open cases in our database happened on May 26. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (553)

Marvin Thomas - Saint-louis, Missouri
Death by Force

Marvin Thomas

Male, age 20 · Saint-louis, Missouri
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the spring of 2020, the life of 20-year-old Marvin Thomas was cut tragically short in St. Louis, Missouri. On the evening of May 26th, a dispute between two large groups of people escalated into violence, resulting in a double shooting. When the sound of…

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Isaiah Allen - Columbia, South Carolina
Death by Force

Isaiah Allen

Male, age 23 · Columbia, South Carolina
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

Isaiah Joshua Allen, a 23-year-old Black man from Columbia, South Carolina, grew up moving between Jacksonville, Florida, where he was born in December 1996, and the public schools of Duval County and Richland County. He left high school but later returned to…

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Khamori Scott - Columbia, South Carolina
Death by Force

Khamori Scott

Male, age 24 · Columbia, South Carolina
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the spring of 2020, a dispute over money between two men in Columbia, South Carolina, escalated into a fatal encounter. Khamori Davelle Scott, a 24-year-old Black male, was shot and killed on May 26, 2020. His death was the culmination of a financial…

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David Blake - Baltimore, Maryland
Death by Force

David Blake

Male, age 23 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the spring of 2020, a young man's life was cut short on the streets of Baltimore. David Blake, a 23-year-old male, was fatally shot on May 26, 2020. The incident was another instance of the gun violence that has plagued the city. Details surrounding the…

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Kathleen Denise Castor - New-city, New York
Death by Force

Kathleen Denise Castor

Female, age 27 · New-city, New York
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

In what should have been a joyous time for a new mother, 27-year-old Kathleen Denise Castor's life was tragically cut short. On May 26, 2020, she and her 63-year-old mother, Wanda Castor, were found shot to death in their home on Lake Road in Valley Cottage…

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Wanda Castor - New-city, New York
Death by Force

Wanda Castor

Female, age 63 · New-city, New York
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the quiet community of Valley Cottage, a suburb of New City, New York, a horrific scene unfolded on the morning of May 26, 2020, forever altering the lives of a local family. On that day, 63-year-old Wanda Castor, a Black/African American female, and her…

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Edwin Macario - Stockton, California
Death by Force

Edwin Macario

Male, age 20 · Stockton, California
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

Edwin Macario, a 20-year-old resident of Stockton, California, tragically lost his life on May 26, 2020. Edwin was found dead on Lower Jones Road near the Whiskey Slough Harbor. His family last saw him on Sunday when he left in the family van to meet friends.…

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Paul Weathers - San-bernardino, California
Death by Force

Paul Weathers

Male, age 32 · San-bernardino, California
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

Paul Weathers, aged 32, tragically passed away on May 26, 2020, in San Bernardino, California. His death was the result of a violent incident that has since been the subject of extensive investigation. On the night of his death, Paul was found with multiple…

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Yordy Urbieta - San-joaquin, California
Death by Force

Yordy Urbieta

Male, age 19 · San-joaquin, California
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

Yordy Urbieta, a 19-year-old resident of Tranquillity, California, tragically lost his life on the evening of May 26, 2020, in San Joaquin, California. The incident occurred around 8:30 p.m. near the intersection of Nevada and 6th Streets. Deputies from the…

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Jamarques Robertson - Orlando, Florida
Death by Force

Jamarques Robertson

Male, age 26 · Orlando, Florida
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

Jamarques Robertson, a 26-year-old resident of Orlando, Florida, tragically lost his life on May 26, 2020. His body was discovered around 3:45 a.m. in the middle of the street at the intersection of Woodwind Drive and Merriewood Drive in Pine Hills.…

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Antoine Taylor - Harvey, Illinois
Death by Force

Antoine Taylor

Male, age 36 · Harvey, Illinois
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

Antoine Taylor, a 36-year-old African American man, was tragically killed on May 26, 2020, in Harvey, Illinois. The incident occurred around 2:48 p.m. in a home located in the 300 Block of East 148th Place. According to the Cook County medical examiner’s…

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Darryl Greer - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Darryl Greer

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

On May 26, 2020, Darryl Greer, a 28-year-old male from Chicago, IL, was tragically killed in a shooting incident in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. Greer was selling an item on a corner when an individual in a red-colored vehicle opened fire, hitting him…

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Derrick Mitchell - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Derrick Mitchell

Male, age 35 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

Derrick Mitchell, a 35-year-old African American man from Chicago, Illinois, was tragically killed on May 26, 2020, in Humboldt Park. Mitchell was fatally shot in the chest while inside his apartment, and a 23-year-old woman who was with him was grazed in the…

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Dion Neal - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Dion Neal

Male, age 37 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

Dion Neal, a 37-year-old African American man, was tragically killed on May 26, 2020, in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Neal was sitting on a porch in the 7500 block of South Chappel Avenue around 7:45 p.m. when he heard gunfire and felt…

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Joseph Willis - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Joseph Willis

Male, age 19 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

Joseph Willis, a 19-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on May 26, 2020, in Chicago, IL. The circumstances surrounding his death have been the subject of extensive investigation and legal proceedings. Joseph Willis was found with multiple…

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Jakim Smith - Spindale, North Carolina
Death by Force

Jakim Smith

Male, age 26 · Spindale, North Carolina
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

Jakim Smith, a 26-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on May 26, 2020, in Spindale, North Carolina. He was fatally shot at the Town and Country Inn Suites on Reservation Drive around 7:30 p.m. Responding officers and emergency medical…

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Ashley Belson - Lansford, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Ashley Belson

Female, age 34 · Lansford, Pennsylvania
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the late spring of 2020, the quiet town of Lansford, Pennsylvania, was shaken by a tragedy that unfolded within the walls of a family home. On May 26th, 34-year-old Ashley Belson was found deceased, the victim of a devastating act of violence. Her life…

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Ava Lerario - Lansford, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Ava Lerario

Female, age 9 · Lansford, Pennsylvania
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

In a quiet home in the former coal mining town of Lansford, Pennsylvania, a story of love, chaos, and escalating turmoil was unfolding, largely hidden from the outside world. At the center of this fractured family was nine-year-old Ava Lerario, a bright and…

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Marc Lerario - Lansford, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Marc Lerario

Male, age 30 · Lansford, Pennsylvania
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the quiet town of Lansford, Pennsylvania, a home that appeared unremarkable from the outside became the scene of a heart-wrenching tragedy in late May of 2020. Inside, authorities would discover the bodies of 34-year-old Marc Lerario, his partner of over a…

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Rajib Ingram - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Rajib Ingram

Male, age 9 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the late evening hours in the East Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, the life of 9-year-old Rajib Ingram was tragically cut short. On Tuesday, May 26, 2020, while in his bedroom, the young male came into contact with a handgun. Alone in his room and…

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Tyrone Gibson - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Tyrone Gibson

Male, age 14 · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

On May 26, 2020, 14-year-old Tyrone Gibson was tragically shot and killed in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Gibson, a young African American male, was found unresponsive at the scene of a reported shooting on the 2300 block of Kensington Street around 4 p.m. The…

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Frankia Mathurin - Pflugerville, Texas
Death by Force

Frankia Mathurin

Female, age 32 · Pflugerville, Texas
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

On May 26, 2020, 32-year-old Frankia Mathurin, also known as Frankia Palmer, was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds at the Sage at 1825 apartments on Foothill Farms Loop in Pflugerville, Texas. The Pflugerville Police Department received a call around…

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Tyion N Scruggs - Fort-worth, Texas
Death by Force

Tyion N Scruggs

Male, age 19 · Fort-worth, Texas
Killed May 26, 2020 · 6 years ago

Tyion N Scruggs, a 19-year-old male from Fort Worth, Texas, was tragically shot to death on May 26, 2020. The Tarrant County medical examiner confirmed his death, which was the result of a shooting incident. The case drew significant attention from local law…

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Maurice Scott - Washington, District of Columbia
Death by Force

Maurice Scott

Male, age 15 · Washington, District of Columbia
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

On a bright Sunday morning, May 26, 2019, the life of 15-year-old Maurice Scott was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire in his Southeast Washington, D.C. neighborhood. An honor roll student and a standout junior varsity basketball player at Somerset…

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Michael Hooker - Washington, District of Columbia
Death by Force

Michael Hooker

Male, age 44 · Washington, District of Columbia
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the waning hours of a Memorial Day weekend evening, a grim discovery was made in Southeast Washington, D.C., that would cut a man's life short. On Sunday, May 26, 2019, police responded to a report of a stabbing in the 2700 block of Martin Luther King, Jr.…

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Damonte Battle - Talladega, Alabama
Death by Force

Damonte Battle

Male, age 18 · Talladega, Alabama
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the quiet community of Talladega, Alabama, the life of 18-year-old Damonte Battle, a Black / African American male, was tragically cut short on the evening of May 26, 2019. The young man was found suffering from a gunshot wound inside a vehicle at the…

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Roman Serna - Tucson, Arizona
Death by Force

Roman Serna

Male, age 17 · Tucson, Arizona
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the late spring of 2019, a life was tragically cut short in Tucson, Arizona. Roman Serna, a 17-year-old male, passed away on Monday, May 27, 2019. His death was the result of injuries he sustained in a shooting incident that had occurred the previous day…

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Edgar Banks - Kansas City, Kansas
Death by Force

Edgar Banks

Male, age 31 · Kansas City, Kansas
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

Edgar Banks, 31, a Black male, was found shot in the 3000 block of Parkwood Boulevard in Kansas City, Kansas, on the afternoon of Sunday, May 26, 2019. Police were dispatched at 1:58 p.m. and arrived to find him suffering from multiple gunshot wounds; he was…

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Robert Williams - Louisville, Kentucky
Death by Force

Robert Williams

Male, age 24 · Louisville, Kentucky
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the early hours of a Sunday morning in May 2019, the life of 24-year-old Robert Williams was tragically cut short in a burst of gunfire. The incident unfolded shortly before 1 a.m. on May 26th at the Overlook Terrace apartments in south Louisville. When…

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Ubaldo Mungia - Toppenish, Washington
Death by Force

Ubaldo Mungia

Male, age 18 · Toppenish, Washington
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

Ubaldo Mungia, 18, a Hispanic/Latino male from Toppenish, Washington, died on May 26, 2019. He was at a house party on the 800 block of Washington Avenue when a firearm discharged and he suffered a fatal, self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to police, the…

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Odis W. Turner Jr. - Duncan, Oklahoma
Death by Force

Odis W. Turner Jr.

Male, age 51 · Duncan, Oklahoma
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the quiet town of Duncan, Oklahoma, the evening of May 26, 2019, was shattered by a fatal act of violence that claimed the life of 51-year-old Odis W. Turner Jr., a Black/African American male. The tragic events unfolded around 10 p.m. when Stephens County…

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Ricky Talley - Sardis, Mississippi
Death by Force

Ricky Talley

Male, age 52 · Sardis, Mississippi
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the small town of Sardis, Mississippi, the life of Richard Brian 'Ricky' Talley, a 52-year-old male, was brought to a sudden and violent end in late May of 2019. A carpenter by trade, Talley was a member of the Union Baptist Church in his community. On the…

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Jaquan Heyward - Plainfield, New Jersey
Death by Force

Jaquan Heyward

Male, age 32 · Plainfield, New Jersey
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

On a spring evening in Plainfield, New Jersey, the life of 32-year-old Jaquan Heyward, a Black male, was cut short by gunfire. The incident occurred on Sunday, May 26, 2019, in the courtyard of the Liberty Village housing complex on Liberty Street. At…

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Darius Timothy Gatling - Newport-news, Virginia
Death by Force

Darius Timothy Gatling

Male, age 25 · Newport-news, Virginia
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, May 26, 2019, the life of 25-year-old Darius Timothy Gatling, a male resident of Newport News, Virginia, was tragically cut short. Emergency dispatchers received a call about a shooting shortly before 5 a.m. at the Wawa…

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Helena Beth Stiglets - Norfolk, Virginia
Death by Force

Helena Beth Stiglets

Female, age 37 · Norfolk, Virginia
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the late hours of a Sunday evening in Norfolk, Virginia, 37-year-old Helena Beth Stiglets, a female, was fatally shot while sitting in her car outside of the Wawa convenience store where she worked as a night supervisor. The incident, which occurred on May…

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Jerson White - Richmond, Virginia
Death by Force

Jerson White

Male, age 37 · Richmond, Virginia
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the late hours of a spring evening in Richmond, Virginia, the life of 37-year-old Jerson Stamean White, a Black/African American male, was brought to a sudden and violent end. On Sunday, May 26, 2019, in an alley located in the 2000 block of Parkwood…

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Markiya Simone Dickson - Richmond, Virginia
Death by Force

Markiya Simone Dickson

Female, age 9 · Richmond, Virginia
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the warm evening of Memorial Day weekend in 2019, a lively community cookout at Carter Jones Park in Richmond, Virginia, turned into a scene of tragedy. Nine-year-old Markiya Simone Dickson, a bright and feisty girl with a love for unicorns and making…

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Ishmael Porter - Elkhart, Indiana
Death by Force

Ishmael Porter

Male, age 25 · Elkhart, Indiana
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the late spring of 2019, a violent encounter in Elkhart, Indiana, cut short the life of 25-year-old Ishmael Hykiesh Porter. On May 26th, on a residential block of Sherman Street, an argument escalated to a fatal conclusion. Witnesses reported that…

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Chad McLanahan - Grandview, Missouri
Death by Force

Chad McLanahan

Male, age 38 · Grandview, Missouri
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the early evening of a late May day in Grandview, Missouri, the life of 38-year-old Chad McLanahan was brought to a violent and sudden end. On Sunday, May 26, 2019, at approximately 5:15 p.m., police were dispatched to the 1000 block of Pinkston Street…

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Desmond Coe - Hartsville, South Carolina
Death by Force

Desmond Coe

Male, age 24 · Hartsville, South Carolina
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the quiet community of Hartsville, South Carolina, the life of 24-year-old Desmond Coe was abruptly ended by an act of gun violence on May 26, 2019. The shooting, which tragically cut short the young man's life, unfolded in the Pine Ridge area, outside a…

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Jennifer Velasquez - Baltimore, Maryland
Death by Force

Jennifer Velasquez

Female, age 19 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

In the McElderry Park neighborhood of Baltimore, the night of May 26, 2019, was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of 19-year-old Jennifer Velasquez. A Hispanic female, Velasquez was with a 23-year-old man in the 500 block of North Montford…

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Damon Andre Coleman - New-york, New York
Death by Force

Damon Andre Coleman

Male, age 27 · New-york, New York
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

Damon Andre Coleman, a 27-year-old male, lost his life in a violent encounter on May 26, 2019, inside a Harlem apartment in New York City. The incident, which also left a 26-year-old woman injured, unfolded in the early morning hours, shattering the peace of…

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Abdul Brown - Stockton, California
Death by Force

Abdul Brown

Male, age 16 · Stockton, California
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

Abdul Brown, a 16-year-old resident of Stockton, California, tragically lost his life on May 26, 2019. Abdul, affectionately known as "Papadoo," was born on February 17, 2003, and was a beloved son, brother, and friend. He was known for his love of music…

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Everett Lynn Love Johnson - Stockton, California
Death by Force

Everett Lynn Love Johnson

Male, age 45 · Stockton, California
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

Everett Lynn Love Johnson, a 45-year-old resident of Stockton, California, tragically lost his life on May 26, 2019. Johnson, who was known for his skills as a barber and his involvement in community service, was found with gunshot wounds at an apartment…

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Juan Bibiano - Oxnard, California
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Juan Bibiano

Male, age 22 · Oxnard, California
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

Juan Bibiano, a 22-year-old resident of Oxnard, California, tragically lost his life on May 26, 2019. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, around 1:40 a.m., when Oxnard Police Department officers responded to reports of a shooting victim…

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Taevonne Latimer - Arcata, California
Death by Force

Taevonne Latimer

Male, age 18 · Arcata, California
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

On the night of May 26, 2019, 18-year-old Taevonne Latimer was tragically killed in Arcata, California. The incident occurred just before 10 p.m. near Foster Avenue and Alliance Road, where Latimer and his friends had arranged a marijuana sale through…

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John Benford - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

John Benford

Male, age 27 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

John Benford, a 27-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on May 26, 2019, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning on the Near West Side, specifically in the 1300 block of West Hastings Street. According to…

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Reginald Swope - Springfield, Illinois
Death by Force

Reginald Swope

Male, age 32 · Springfield, Illinois
Killed May 26, 2019 · 7 years ago

Reginald A. "Reggie" Swope, a 32-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on May 26, 2019, in Springfield, Illinois. Born on January 31, 1987, in Peoria, Illinois, Reggie was a beloved member of his community and family. He was known for his…

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