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Deaths by Force on May 28

692 open cases in our database happened on May 28. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (492)

Alfred Garcia - Bakersfield, California
Death by Force

Alfred Garcia

Male, age 19 · Bakersfield, California
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Alfred Garcia, a 19-year-old resident of Bakersfield, California, tragically lost his life on May 28, 2017. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, around 2 a.m., when Garcia was found with multiple gunshot wounds at a residence on Isil…

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Alvaro Palma - San-francisco, California
Death by Force

Alvaro Palma

Male, age 30 · San-francisco, California
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Alvaro Palma, a 30-year-old resident of San Francisco, was tragically shot to death in the early hours of May 28, 2017. The incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. on the 4200 block of Mission Street, just outside a bar named La Oficina. According to the San…

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Channon Marshawn Hardiman - Los-angeles, California
Death by Force

Channon Marshawn Hardiman

Male, age 28 · Los-angeles, California
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Channon Marshawn Hardiman, a 28-year-old man from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on May 29, 2017, after being shot near South Western Avenue and West 60th Place in the Chesterfield Square neighborhood. According to reports, Hardiman was…

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Edwin Lima - Bakersfield, California
Death by Force

Edwin Lima

Male, age 31 · Bakersfield, California
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Edwin Lima, a 31-year-old correctional officer from Bakersfield, California, was tragically killed on the night of May 28, 2017. Lima was shot multiple times through the master bedroom window of his estranged wife’s apartment in northeast Bakersfield. The…

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Manuel Lopez - Fresno, California
Death by Force

Manuel Lopez

Male, age 22 · Fresno, California
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Manuel Lopez, a 22-year-old resident of Fresno, California, tragically lost his life on May 28, 2017. The incident occurred around 1 a.m. when Lopez and a friend were walking on East White Avenue near Maple Avenue in Fresno. According to reports, a car driven…

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Terry Wade III - Visalia, California
Death by Force

Terry Wade III

Male, age 19 · Visalia, California
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Terry Wade III, a 19-year-old from Visalia, California, tragically lost his life on May 28, 2017. The incident occurred during what was supposed to be a routine marijuana sale. According to reports, Wade was found shot inside his car near Buena Vista and…

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Derrick Devante Smith - Gainesville, Florida
Death by Force

Derrick Devante Smith

Male, age 24 · Gainesville, Florida
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Derrick Devante Smith, a 24-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on May 28, 2017, in the Holly Heights neighborhood of Gainesville, Florida. The incident occurred around 7:11 p.m. when deputies from the Alachua County Sheriff's…

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Ladarian Tyrell Phillips - Miami-beach, Florida
Death by Force

Ladarian Tyrell Phillips

Male, age 30 · Miami-beach, Florida
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Ladarian Tyrell Phillips, a 30-year-old resident of Homestead, Florida, tragically lost his life on May 28, 2017, in Miami Beach. The incident occurred during the Memorial Day weekend, a time when the area was bustling with tourists and celebrations. The…

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Deaunte Banks - Peoria, Illinois
Death by Force

Deaunte Banks

Male, age 22 · Peoria, Illinois
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Deaunte Banks, a 22-year-old African American male from Peoria, Illinois, was tragically shot and killed on the night of May 28, 2017. The incident occurred on the 700 block of East Kansas Street, marking the sixth homicide in Peoria for that year. Deaunte's…

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Jervon Morris - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Jervon Morris

Male, age 20 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

On May 28, 2017, at approximately 5:40 p.m., 20-year-old Jervon "JoJo" Morris, a legally blind and developmentally disabled African American male, was playing basketball at Euclid Park, located near 98th Street and Wallace Avenue in Chicago's Longwood Manor…

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Jonathan Willis - Kankakee, Illinois
Death by Force

Jonathan Willis

Male, age 34 · Kankakee, Illinois
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jonathan S. Willis, a 34-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on May 28, 2017, in Kankakee, Illinois. His death was the result of a violent incident that has left the community seeking answers and justice. Jonathan was the son of Jonathan…

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Tiara Goodman - Chicago, Illinois
Death by Force

Tiara Goodman

Female, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Tiara Goodman, a 25-year-old woman, was found dead on May 28, 2017, in the South Side Bronzeville neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Her body was discovered in the hallway of an apartment building located in the 2900 block of South State, near the Dearborn…

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Jessica Dunbar - Baton-rouge, Louisiana
Death by Force

Jessica Dunbar

Female, age 30 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of a spring day in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the life of 30-year-old Jessica Dunbar was tragically cut short. On Sunday, May 28, 2017, at approximately 3:20 a.m., Dunbar was fatally shot while she sat in her vehicle. She had just left…

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Desconte Makell Bryant - Goldsboro, North Carolina
Death by Force

Desconte Makell Bryant

Male, age 18 · Goldsboro, North Carolina
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Desconte Makell Bryant, an 18-year-old male from Goldsboro, NC, tragically lost his life on May 28, 2017, due to a gunshot wound. He was found on the front porch of his home at 410 Hollowell Street, suffering from the injury. Bryant was initially taken to…

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Anthony Lee Tolber - Columbus, Ohio
Death by Force

Anthony Lee Tolber

Male, age 38 · Columbus, Ohio
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Anthony Lee Tolber, a 38-year-old Black male, tragically lost his life on May 28, 2017, in Columbus, Ohio. Tolber was found unresponsive in the middle of East Fulton Street around 12:21 a.m., suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. Despite immediate…

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Edwin Jose Pacheco-Ruiz - York, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Edwin Jose Pacheco-Ruiz

Male, age 29 · York, Pennsylvania
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Edwin Jose Pacheco-Ruiz, a 29-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically died on May 28, 2017, in York, Pennsylvania. He was shot multiple times and subsequently crashed his vehicle into a building. Despite being taken to York Hospital for treatment, he…

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Florence Tina Pompey - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Florence Tina Pompey

Female, age 53 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Florence Tina Pompey, a 53-year-old woman from Philadelphia, PA, was tragically killed on May 28, 2017. She was affectionately known as "Miss Tina" and was a well-known and beloved figure in her Port Richmond neighborhood. Pompey lived with her 54-year-old…

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Raymond Finney - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Raymond Finney

Male, age 48 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the spring of 2017, a Philadelphia family was shattered by a brutal act of violence that left a brother and sister dead in their Kensington home. Raymond Finney, a 48-year-old Black/African American male, and his sister, Florence 'Mrs. Tina' Pompey, who…

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Charles Chucky Norman Brown - Knoxville, Tennessee
Death by Force

Charles Chucky Norman Brown

Male, age 53 · Knoxville, Tennessee
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the pleasant evening of Sunday, May 28, 2017, Charles “Chucky” Norman Brown, a 53-year-old Caucasian male, was in the front yard of his home at 1921 E. Fifth Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee. An otherwise peaceful day was shattered at approximately 5:15 p.m.…

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Israel Tovar - Dallas, Texas
Death by Force

Israel Tovar

Male, age 31 · Dallas, Texas
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Israel Tovar, a 31-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity, tragically died on May 28, 2017, after being shot at a gas station in Dallas, TX. Police were called to the scene around 1 a.m. and found Tovar shot. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed…

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Ledajrick Rajae Cox - Irving, Texas
Death by Force

Ledajrick Rajae Cox

Male, age 18 · Irving, Texas
Killed May 28, 2017 · 9 years ago

Ledajrick Rajae Cox, an 18-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on May 28, 2017, in Irving, Texas. Cox was fatally shot just hours after celebrating his high school graduation from David W. Carter High School. He had been filling up a…

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Pedro Alvarado - Washington, District of Columbia
Death by Force

Pedro Alvarado

Male, age 50 · Washington, District of Columbia
Killed May 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 28, 2015, 50-year-old Pedro Melendez Alvarado was driving to work in Washington, D.C., a routine journey that turned fatal in a sudden burst of violence. As he navigated northbound on I-295 near Exit 1, a vehicle pulled…

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Eric Dawayne Williams - St. Louis, Missouri
Death by Force

Eric Dawayne Williams

Male, age 23 · St. Louis, Missouri
Killed May 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 28, 2015, the life of 23-year-old Eric Dawayne Williams, a Black male, was tragically cut short on the streets of St. Louis, Missouri. The city was in the grip of a violent year, and Williams became another victim in a string…

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Jeffery Norrod - Houston, Texas
Death by Force

Jeffery Norrod

Male, age 52 · Houston, Texas
Found May 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

Jeffery Norrod, age 52, was fatally shot on May 28, 2015, in Houston, Texas, during what police described as a drug-related incident. The shooting occurred around 11:30 p.m. while Norrod was in the parking lot of an apartment complex located at 12000 North…

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David French - Anchorage, Alaska
Death by Force

David French

Male, age 39 · Anchorage, Alaska
Killed May 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

An Alaskan Native man, age 39, named David B. French died in Anchorage in May 2015 as a result of a gunshot wound. According to his obituary, he passed away on **May 28, 2015** at the Alaska Native Medical Center in Anchorage. He had sustained the wound…

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Pedro Melendez Alvarado - Washington, District of Columbia
Death by Force

Pedro Melendez Alvarado

Male, age 50 · Washington, District of Columbia
Killed May 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the morning of May 28, 2015, Pedro Melendez Alvarado, a 50-year-old Hispanic man, was driving to work in Washington, DC, during the busy rush hour. As he traveled along northbound I-295 near Exit 1, another vehicle pulled alongside his black SUV. Suddenly…

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Jalen Braswell-Thompson - Grand-rapids, Michigan
Death by Force

Jalen Braswell-Thompson

Male, age 20 · Grand-rapids, Michigan
Killed May 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of a spring day in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the life of a young man was tragically cut short. Jalen Braswell-Thompson, a 20-year-old male, was found unresponsive on a residential street on Thursday, May 28, 2015. He had sustained a…

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William H. Poole - Newark, New Jersey
Death by Force

William H. Poole

Male, age 29 · Newark, New Jersey
Killed May 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

William H. Poole, a 29-year-old male, was fatally shot in Newark, New Jersey, on Thursday, May 28, 2015. The incident marked the city's 35th homicide of that year. Details surrounding the circumstances of the shooting remain scarce in publicly available…

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Rita Kay Rowles - Buena-vista, Virginia
Death by Force

Rita Kay Rowles

Female, age 51 · Buena-vista, Virginia
Killed May 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late spring of 2015, the community of Buena Vista, Virginia, was shaken by the tragic death of Rita Kay Rowles. A 51-year-old female, Ms. Rowles lost her life to gun violence on May 28, 2015. The incident that led to her untimely passing was…

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Eric Meyer - Fenton, Missouri
Death by Force

Eric Meyer

Male, age 41 · Fenton, Missouri
Killed May 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

In May of 2015, the community of Fenton, Missouri, was struck by the loss of Eric Meyer, a 41-year-old male and a respected English teacher at Lindbergh High School. His death, which occurred on May 28, 2015, was the result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.…

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Jennifer Jeffrey Browne - Baltimore, Maryland
Death by Force

Jennifer Jeffrey Browne

Female, age 31 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed May 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

In a quiet Southwest Baltimore neighborhood, the morning of May 28, 2015, was shattered by a grim discovery that brought shock and sadness to the community. Inside their home on Upmanor Road, 31-year-old Jennifer Jeffrey Browne and her young seven-year-old…

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Kester Tony Browne III - Baltimore, Maryland
Death by Force

Kester Tony Browne III

Male, age 7 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed May 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, a tragedy unfolded in a Southwest Baltimore neighborhood that left the community in shock and mourning. Seven-year-old Kester Tony Browne III, a bright and funny second-grader, was found murdered in his home on Upmanor Road alongside…

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Paul Johnson - Staten-island, New York
Death by Force

Paul Johnson

Male, age 40 · Staten-island, New York
Killed May 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, a burst of gunfire shattered the evening calm in the Tompkinsville neighborhood of Staten Island, leaving a local man dead and a community searching for answers. The victim was identified as 40-year-old Paul Johnson. On that Friday…

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Stephanie Diane Chandler Tanner - Rome, Georgia
Death by Force

Stephanie Diane Chandler Tanner

Female, age 41 · Rome, Georgia
Killed May 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late spring of 2015, the life of Stephanie Diane Chandler Tanner, a 41-year-old woman from Rome, Georgia, was tragically cut short. On May 28th, what began as a visit to her estranged husband's home ended in a violent altercation that left her dead and…

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Nancy Culp - Nauvoo, Illinois
Death by Force

Nancy Culp

Female, age 67 · Nauvoo, Illinois
Killed May 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

On May 28, 2015, Nancy Jean Culp, a 68-year-old white female from LaHarpe, Illinois, was found deceased near Nauvoo, Illinois. Born on August 24, 1946, in Fort Madison, Iowa, she was the daughter of William and Dorothy Breiner Plank. Nancy married Dennis Culp…

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Tymel Kenney - Allentown, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Tymel Kenney

Male, age 20 · Allentown, Pennsylvania
Killed May 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

Tymel K. Kenney was a 20-year-old Black/African American male from Wilmington, Delaware, whose life ended on May 28, 2015, after a shooting in Allentown, Pennsylvania. What began as an ordinary walk on a sidewalk became a deadly confrontation tied to jealousy…

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Stephanie Pena - Cinco-ranch, Texas
Death by Force

Stephanie Pena

Female, age 20 · Cinco-ranch, Texas
Killed May 28, 2015 · 11 years ago

Stephanie Pena, a 20-year-old woman of Hispanic ethnicity, was tragically found dead on May 28, 2015, in the parking lot of a CVS store in Cinco Ranch, Texas. She was discovered slumped over the steering wheel of her Lexus with a gunshot wound to her head.…

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Wilshawn Leatherwood - Detroit, Michigan
Death by Force

Wilshawn Leatherwood

Male, age 25 · Detroit, Michigan
Killed May 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, Wilshawn Deon Leatherwood, a 24-year-old Black male, was navigating his life in Detroit, Michigan. Born on May 6, 1989, he was known to be a quiet but determined individual who enjoyed playing basketball and football. He had attended…

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Derrick Neal - Detroit, Michigan
Death by Force

Derrick Neal

Male, age 26 · Detroit, Michigan
Killed May 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, the life of Derrick Neal, a 26-year-old African-American man, was tragically cut short on the streets of Detroit, Michigan. On May 28th, Neal was fatally shot, becoming another victim of the violence that plagued the city. His death…

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Aurthur Parsons - Buffalo, New York
Death by Force

Aurthur Parsons

Male, age 21 · Buffalo, New York
Killed May 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, a young man’s life was cut short by violence on a street in Buffalo, New York. Arthur Parsons, a 21-year-old male, was shot on Mohr Avenue on May 28, 2014. He succumbed to his injuries the same day, becoming another victim of the gun…

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Ernest Williams - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Death by Force

Ernest Williams

Male, age 18 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Killed May 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late hours of a Wednesday in Pittsburgh's Hill District, the promise of a bright future was tragically extinguished for 18-year-old Earnest Williams. On May 28, 2014, just a week before he was set to graduate from University Prep and with plans to…

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Phillip Nelson - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Death by Force

Phillip Nelson

Male, age 27 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Killed May 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a late spring evening in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the life of Phillip E. Nelson, a 27-year-old African-American man, was tragically cut short. On May 28, 2014, Nelson was inside a car on the 2000 block of W. Wright St. when he was fatally shot. The incident…

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James E King - Smyrna, Delaware
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James E King

Male, age 68 · Smyrna, Delaware
Killed May 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

James E. King, a 68-year-old White male, died on May 28, 2014, after being fatally shot inside his home in Smyrna, Delaware. His death brought a tragic end to a marriage that had lasted more than 34 years and had reportedly been marked by repeated incidents…

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Earnest Kennedy - North Little Rock, Arkansas
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Earnest Kennedy

Male, age 64 · North Little Rock, Arkansas
Killed May 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet city of North Little Rock, Arkansas, a sense of unease settled over a neighborhood on the evening of May 28, 2014. That night, police received a call that would lead them to a grim discovery at a home in the 5700 block of Locust Street. Inside…

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Elgie Ray LG Mills - Ogden, Utah
Death by Force

Elgie Ray LG Mills

Male, age 43 · Ogden, Utah
Killed May 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late hours of May 29, 2014, the discovery of a body inside a storage unit in Ogden, Utah, began to unravel a story of a friendship ending in violence. A woman called the police around 10:15 p.m. after finding the deceased in a unit at an industrial…

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Daniel Cressey - Pueblo, Colorado
Death by Force

Daniel Cressey

Male, age 20 · Pueblo, Colorado
Killed May 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the vast expanse of Pueblo, Colorado, the life of a young man named Daniel Cressey was tragically cut short. At the age of 20, the male, known affectionately as 'DJ,' was found deceased on Wednesday, May 28, 2014. The cause of his untimely death was a…

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Heather Stewart - Watertown, Wisconsin
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Heather Stewart

Female, age 28 · Watertown, Wisconsin
Killed May 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

Heather A. Stewart, a 28-year-old Caucasian female from Clyman, Wisconsin, was found deceased in her car on the morning of May 30, 2014. A mother of four, she was discovered in the parking lot of a former Pick 'n Save on South Church Street in Watertown. Her…

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Arthur Parsons - Buffalo, New York
Death by Force

Arthur Parsons

Male, age 21 · Buffalo, New York
Killed May 28, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late spring of 2014, the life of a young man from Buffalo, New York, was cut tragically short. Arthur Parsons, a 21-year-old male, was fatally wounded in a shooting incident. He succumbed to his injuries on May 28, 2014, leaving a community to grapple…

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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.