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Moesha Lockamy

Female, age 18 · Wilsons-mills, North Carolina

Killed May 2, 2015 · 11 years ago

Moesha Lockamy, an 18-year-old African American woman, tragically lost her life on May 2, 2015, in Wilson's Mills, NC. The incident occurred at a residence located at 92 Mitchner Drive, where she was found with a single gunshot wound to her chest. Despite…

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Steven Clifton Smith

Male, age 28 · Monroe, North Carolina

Killed May 2, 2015 · 11 years ago

Steven Clifton Smith, a 28-year-old African American male, was tragically shot and killed on May 2, 2015, in Monroe, North Carolina. This incident marked the first murder of the year in Monroe. The shooting occurred early in the morning on Green Street, where…

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Stacey Peck

Male, age 23 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed May 2, 2015 · 11 years ago

Stacey A. Peck II, a 23-year-old Black male from Columbus, OH, tragically lost his life on May 2, 2015. He was found unresponsive inside a residence at 2381 Century Drive around 12:42 a.m., and paramedics pronounced him deceased at 12:55 a.m. The incident was…

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Rickey J. Lewis

Male, age 27 · Fort-worth, Texas

Killed May 2, 2015 · 11 years ago

Rickey J. Lewis, a 27-year-old African American male from Fort Worth, Texas, tragically passed away on May 2, 2015. The circumstances surrounding his death were initially unclear, but investigations later revealed that he was a victim of a violent crime. The…

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Daniel Skeens

Male, age 31 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed May 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

On a spring afternoon in Boston, tragedy struck. Daniel Skeens, a 31-year-old African-American man, was shot and killed on May 2, 2014. The incident occurred around 3:14 p.m. in the Mattapan neighborhood, specifically at 9 Gladeside Avenue. When police…

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Darius Adams

Male, age 17 · Mcintosh, Alabama

Killed May 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the small town of Mcintosh, Alabama, the community was shaken by the tragic death of 17-year-old Darius Jamal Adams on May 2, 2014. A senior at McIntosh High School, Adams was a talented and well-rounded athlete, known for his role as the quarterback for…

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Kerry Hardy

Male, age 46 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed May 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the evening of May 2, 2014, Kerry Hardy, a 46-year-old Black male, was found shot to death in Birmingham, Alabama. The incident occurred in the 1200 block of 6th Avenue North, where first responders discovered Hardy with gunshot wounds. Despite their…

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Sylvester Ford

Male, age 24 · Cuba, Alabama

Killed May 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the small town of Cuba, Alabama, a domestic dispute escalated into a tragic event that claimed the lives of two men. On May 2, 2014, 24-year-old Sylvester Ford and 36-year-old Roshun Demondrae Brewster were killed in a double homicide. The altercation…

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Andres Garcia

Male, age 35 · Nashua, New Hampshire

Killed May 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

Andres Garcia, 35, male, was walking near the intersection of Merrimack and Greeley streets in Nashua on the afternoon of Friday, May 2, 2014, when gunfire shattered the block. Just after 4 p.m., shots were fired outside 14–16 Merrimack Street, steps from…

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David Van Pay

Male, age 40 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed May 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

On Friday, May 2, 2014, David Van Pay, a 40-year-old Caucasian male, was discovered deceased in his residence located in the 5100 block of North 18th Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona. An investigation determined that he had sustained a fatal gunshot wound. Despite…

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Doris Doust

Female, age 86 · Worthington, Minnesota

Killed May 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

Doris Doust, aged 86, was found deceased in her room at the Crossroads Care Center in Worthington, MN, on May 2, 2014. The discovery was made after police were called to investigate reports of gunshots. Upon arrival, officers found Doris Doust's body and her…

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Darius Redmon

Male, age 21 · Jersey City, New Jersey

Killed May 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late hours of a Friday night in Jersey City, New Jersey, 21-year-old Darius Dashawn Redmon was fatally wounded. While sitting in a car near the Booker T. Washington Housing Complex on May 2, 2014, he was struck in the head by a bullet. In the immediate…

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Alvis Moore

Male, age 21 · Gary, Indiana

Killed May 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, the life of a young Gary, Indiana man was tragically cut short, leaving a family to mourn and a community to question the persistent specter of violence in their city. Alvis 'A.J.' Moore, a 20-year-old male, was fatally shot on May 1…

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Jason A. Jay Ramirez

Male, age 38 · Buffalo, New York

Killed May 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early evening of May 2, 2014, Jason A. 'Jay' Ramirez, a 38-year-old male, was fatally shot on Schmarbeck Avenue in Buffalo, New York. The incident occurred around 7 p.m. near the intersection of Broadway and Memorial Drive. Emergency services responded…

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Adrian Rene Gallegos

Male, age 19 · Los-angeles, California

Killed May 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

Adrian Rene Gallegos, a 19-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on May 2, 2014, in Los Angeles, California. The cause of death was a fatal gunshot wound. The incident occurred on a Friday, and it was reported that Gallegos was shot, leading to his…

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Keenan Montrell Edwards

Male, age 24 · Los-angeles, California

Killed May 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

Keenan Montrell Edwards, a 24-year-old man from Los Angeles, California, was tragically shot on May 2, 2014, while walking west on West 54th Street in Chesterfield Square. The incident occurred around 9 p.m. when an unknown assailant approached Edwards and…

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Brandon Daniel Peters

Male, age 29 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed May 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

Brandon Daniel Peters, a 29-year-old male from Jacksonville, FL, died on May 2, 2014, as a result of a police shooting. The incident occurred at 8810 Doe Lane when Officer Steven Brown responded to a call regarding a stabbing. Upon arrival, Officer Brown…

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Gwen Cox Salley

Female, age 39 · Mansfield, Louisiana

Killed May 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

In May of 2014, the community of Mansfield, Louisiana, was shaken by the tragic death of 39-year-old Gwen Cox Salley. A few days before her death, her estranged husband, Michael Salley, had been arrested after holding Gwen and their seven-year-old daughter at…

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Louis Rodriguez

Male, age 52 · Dallas, Texas

Killed May 2, 2014 · 12 years ago

On May 2, 2014, Louis Rodriguez, a 52-year-old male from Dallas, Texas, became one of the many lives tragically cut short by gun violence. His name is listed among those lost on that day, a solemn reminder of the pervasive impact of such incidents. Despite…

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Eduardo Jaramillo

Male, age 23 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 2, 2013 · 13 years ago

Eduardo Jaramillo, aged 23, was tragically shot and killed on May 2, 2013, in the West Pullman neighborhood of Chicago. The incident occurred at an apartment building above a local church. Jaramillo was reportedly running up and down the stairs of the…

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James Jackson

Male, age 28 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 2, 2013 · 13 years ago

James Jackson, a 28-year-old man, was killed on May 2, 2013, in Detroit, Michigan. His death remains part of a broader issue of unsolved homicides in the city, highlighting Detroit's ongoing struggles with violent crime. Since 1980, Detroit has seen over…

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James Thomas

Male, age 28 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 2, 2013 · 13 years ago

On a spring day in Detroit, Michigan, the discovery of a young man's body marked the beginning of a lingering mystery. James Thomas, a 28-year-old African American male, was found deceased inside a vehicle on the 13600 block of Memorial Street on May 2, 2013.…

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Ivory Ross

Male, age 30 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

A man named Ivory Ross, an African American male, lost his life on May 2, 2012, in the city of Detroit, Michigan. He was 30 years old at the time of the incident. The events unfolded at a residence located on the 5600 block of Nottingham Road, a residential…

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Brandon Michcal Johnson

Male, age 26 · Newport News, Virginia

Killed May 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the late spring of 2012, the life of a young man from Newport News, Virginia, was tragically cut short. Brandon Michcal Johnson, a 26-year-old male, was killed on May 2, 2012, in an act that was later determined to be a homicide. The initial circumstances…

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Amber Nieve Mederos

Female, age 23 · Gilbert, Arizona

Killed May 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

On a tragic day in Gilbert, Arizona, the life of 23-year-old Amber Nieve Mederos, a Caucasian female, was cut short in a horrifying act of violence. On May 2, 2012, a domestic dispute escalated into a mass shooting, leaving five people dead, including the…

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Jim Franklin Hiott

Male, age 24 · Gilbert, Arizona

Killed May 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

In a tragic event that unfolded in a suburban home in Gilbert, Arizona, 24-year-old Jim Franklin Hiott was killed on May 2, 2012. Hiott was one of four victims in a horrific murder-suicide perpetrated by a known neo-Nazi, Jason 'JT' Ready. The violence…

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Lilly Lynn Mederos

Female, age 1 · Gilbert, Arizona

Killed May 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

In a quiet Gilbert, Arizona subdivision, a horrific tragedy unfolded on May 2, 2012, claiming the life of 16-month-old Lilly Lynn Mederos. The young female child was one of five people, including the perpetrator, who died in a violent domestic dispute that…

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Lisa Lynn Mederos

Female, age 47 · Gilbert, Arizona

Killed May 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

In a quiet Gilbert, Arizona subdivision, the afternoon of May 2, 2012, was shattered by a brutal act of domestic violence that claimed the lives of five people, including 47-year-old Lisa Lynn Mederos. The tragedy unfolded inside the home she shared with her…

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Brandon Johnson

Male, age 26 · Newport-news, Virginia

Killed May 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the late spring of 2012, the life of Brandon Michcal Johnson, a 26-year-old Black man from Newport News, Virginia, was tragically cut short. On May 2, 2012, Johnson became a victim of homicide, his death caused by a fatal shooting. The incident prompted an…

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Tiaina Baul Junior Seau

Male, age 43 · Oceanside, California

Killed May 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

Tiaina Baul Junior Seau, a former NFL linebacker, tragically passed away on May 2, 2012, at the age of 43 in his Oceanside, California home. The cause of death was determined to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. The San Diego County Medical…

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Ranjit Cheema

Male, age 44 · Vancouver, British Columbia

Killed May 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

Ranjit Singh Cheema, a 44-year-old Punjabi-Canadian man, was killed in a targeted drive-by shooting in southeast Vancouver on the morning of May 2, 2012. At about 9:30 a.m., Cheema was outside his parents' home in the 1100 block of East 61st Avenue, near Ross…

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Ilario Matias

Male, age 24 · Oakland, California

Found May 2, 2010 · 16 years ago

Ilario Matias, aged 24, was tragically killed on May 2, 2010, in Oakland, California. His death was part of a particularly violent year in Oakland, which saw 90 homicides that year. The killing took place in East Oakland, an area that has been known to…

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Gregory Hargrove

Male, age 19 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed May 2, 2010 · 16 years ago

Gregory Hargrove was 19 when he died in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was a young Black male, and the fact of his age makes the loss land with a particular kind of ache, the kind that comes from knowing a life barely had time to unfold. He is remembered not only…

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Francisco Cantu

Male, age 43 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 2, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the southwest side of Detroit, at the corner of Clayton and Clippert streets, a life was tragically cut short in the spring of 2010. Francisco Cantu, a 43-year-old man, became another victim of the violence that plagued the city. The specific details of…

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De-Acie Acie Robinson

Male, age 27 · Omaha, Nebraska

Killed May 2, 2010 · 16 years ago

On a spring afternoon in Omaha, Nebraska, on May 2, 2010, Acie Robinson, a 27-year-old African-American father, was enjoying time with friends. He was sitting on the front porch of a friend's home with two other men, Dexter Levering and Damian Tiffin. The day…

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Christopher Javier Capps

Male, age 22 · Rapid City, South Dakota

Killed May 2, 2010 · 16 years ago

On a Sunday evening in Rapid City, South Dakota, what began as a walk to settle a large meal ended in tragedy for 22-year-old Christopher Javier Capps. On May 2, 2010, the young man, a member of the Lakota Sioux tribe, sustained multiple gunshot wounds and…

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Robert Darryl Mitchell Sr.

Male, age 53 · Brandywine, Maryland

Killed May 2, 2010 · 16 years ago

On a spring day in Brandywine, Maryland, a long-simmering feud between neighbors erupted into a fatal confrontation. Robert Darryl Mitchell Sr., a 53-year-old male, was shot and killed in the driveway of his Charm Court home on May 2, 2010. The incident was…

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Dwight Caldwell

Male, age 25 · Long Beach, California

Found May 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

On May 2, 2009, Dwight Caldwell, age 25, was shot and killed in Long Beach, California. The incident took place in the early morning hours, with police responding to reports of a shooting. Upon their arrival, Caldwell was found with multiple gunshot wounds.…

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Nezery Porter

Male, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

Nezery Porter, an 18-year-old from Chicago, was fatally shot on May 2, 2009, in what was another tragic instance of violence affecting young people in the city. Porter was killed in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago, a region known for its challenges with…

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John Jones

Null, age 50 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

On May 2, 2009, John Jones, aged 50, was shot and killed in Chicago, adding to the growing number of homicides that year. The incident occurred during a period of heightened violence in the city, where numerous neighborhoods were grappling with frequent…

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Moses Blumberg

Male, age 24 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

On May 2, 2009, 24-year-old Moses Blumberg was shot and killed in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred during a period of elevated gun violence in the city, which had been grappling with significant numbers of homicides, especially in neighborhoods impacted…

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Cory Harris

Male, age 31 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

Cory Harris, a 31-year-old from Chicago, was fatally shot on May 2, 2009. The incident took place in Chicago's South Side, an area known for high levels of gun violence. Harris was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after the shooting. His death was one of…

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William Jarvis Jones

Male, age 26 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the spring of 2009, amid a rising tide of violence in Baltimore, Maryland, a 26-year-old man named William Jarvis Jones became another victim of the city's escalating homicide rate. On May 2nd of that year, Jones was found having been shot multiple times.…

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Felix Tiempos

Male, age 38 · Wilmington, Delaware

Killed May 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

Hispanic/Latino male Felix Tiempos, age 38, was killed on May 2, 2009, in Wilmington, Delaware. He had just left the Canby Park Shopping Center at 1952 S. Maryland Avenue and was walking to his car when gunfire erupted between two groups in the parking lot. A…

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Kareem Chenier Ware

Male, age 33 · Upper-marlboro, Maryland

Killed May 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the late hours of a spring evening, the sound of gunfire shattered the night on Indian Head Highway in Oxon Hill, Maryland. A Prince George's County police officer on patrol heard the shots and witnessed two vehicles speeding away from the scene, heading…

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John Ortiz

Male, age 46 · Los Angeles, California

Killed May 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

John Ortiz was 46 years old when he was found dead in the early morning hours of May 2, 2009, in the Westlake neighborhood west of downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma…

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Bonje Cunningham

Female, age 19 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 2, 2008 · 18 years ago

Bonje Cunningham, a 19-year-old female, was fatally shot on May 2, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred on the South Side of Chicago, specifically in the South Chicago neighborhood, known for its ongoing issues with crime and violence. Bonje was…

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Daron Lee Ellison

Male, age 29 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed May 2, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 2, 2008, the life of Daron Lee Ellison, a 29-year-old African-American man from Jamaica Plain, was tragically cut short. Responding to a call for a person shot at 19 Oakcrest Road in Boston, police discovered Ellison at the…

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