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Angel Quinones

Male, age 17 · Topeka, Kansas

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late spring of 2017, a tragedy befell a Hispanic/Latino male teenager from Topeka, Kansas. Angel Quinones, age 16, was fatally shot on the evening of May 31, 2017. The incident occurred in the central part of the city, in the 700 block of SW 16th…

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Karen Lund Regnier

Female, age 69 · Andover, Minnesota

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the quiet town of Andover, Minnesota, a tragic story unfolded in the spring of 2017, culminating in the death of 69-year-old White/Caucasian female, Karen Lund Regnier. On the evening of May 31st, deputies from the Anoka County Sheriff's Office arrived at…

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Kennard Covington

Male, age 29 · Franklin, Kentucky

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late spring of 2017, the life of 29-year-old Kennard Covington was cut short by an act of violence in Franklin, Kentucky. On the evening of Wednesday, May 31, 2017, Covington was fatally wounded by gunfire. Despite the efforts of first responders and…

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Dylan Steffen

Male, age 22 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early hours of May 31, 2017, a night out in Milwaukee for 22-year-old Dylan Steffen, a White male, ended in tragedy. After enjoying a comedy show and visiting a few bars with a friend, they were walking near 2nd Street and Lapham Boulevard around 1:00…

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Zachary Sandifer

Male, age 10 · Mount-olive, Mississippi

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a tragic evening in Mount Olive, Mississippi, 10-year-old Zachary Sandifer was fatally wounded in a violent shooting that also injured a woman and ended in the assailant's death. The incident, which occurred on May 31, 2017, was identified by the Covington…

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Anthony Bell

Male, age 50 · Hampton, Virginia

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the evening of May 31, 2017, Anthony Earl “Ant – Ant” Bell, a 50-year-old Black male, was fatally shot in Hampton, Virginia. The incident occurred at approximately 10:35 PM in the vicinity of 427 Glendale Road, where police responded to reports of a…

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Fenqwon Payne

Male, age 23 · Danville, Virginia

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the evening of May 31, 2017, the life of 23-year-old Fenqwon Tayshon Payne was cut short in Danville, Virginia. Responding to a call around 6:45 p.m., police and emergency services discovered Payne unresponsive inside a residence in the 700 block of…

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Tyreece Gayles

Male, age 28 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

On the evening of Wednesday, May 31, 2017, the life of 28-year-old Tyreece Gayles was tragically cut short in the Whitcomb Court neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. He was fatally shot, becoming another victim of gun violence in the city. Details surrounding…

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Lamont Clarence Frazier

Male, age 49 · North-charleston, South Carolina

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

On May 31, 2017, authorities in North Charleston, South Carolina, were summoned to the InTown Suites on Northwoods Boulevard following reports of a violent altercation. Upon arrival, law enforcement officers discovered Lamont Clarence Frazier, a 49-year-old…

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William Canales

Male, age 19 · Hyattsville, Maryland

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early evening of what was reportedly the first of June in 2017, a sense of unease settled over the 1800 block of Fox Street in Adelphi, Maryland. It was here that the life of 19-year-old Hispanic male, William Canales, was tragically cut short. Police…

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Fernando Gonzalez Chavez

Male, age 39 · Queens, New York

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

Fernando Gonzalez Chavez, a 39-year-old man of Salvadoran descent, found his life tragically cut short in the early hours of May 31, 2017. A resident of Bayside, Queens, he was standing outside a Flushing deli on 162nd Street when he was fatally shot. The…

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Noel Farrow

Male, age 45 · Bronx, New York

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the Bronx, a grim discovery was made on the night of May 31, 2017, that brought a violent end to the life of 45-year-old Noel Farrow. Firefighters, responding to a blaze in a third-floor apartment on Gleason Avenue, found Farrow's body in the kitchen. It…

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Rameez Maragh

Male, age 28 · Bronx, New York

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 31, 2017, a life was tragically cut short in the Bronx. Rameez Maragh, a 28-year-old man, was leaving the Truth Bar, a nightclub on Bronxwood Avenue near East 221st Street in the Williamsbridge neighborhood, when an argument…

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Emetrik McKneely

Male, age 24 · Antioch, California

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

Emetrik McKneely, a 24-year-old resident of Antioch, California, tragically lost his life on May 31, 2017. The incident occurred in the 2100 block of Lemontree Way, where officers responded to reports of gunshots at approximately 5:46 p.m. Upon arrival, they…

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Barbara Bitterman

Female, age 61 · Naples, Florida

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

Barbara Bitterman, aged 61, was found dead on May 31, 2017, in her home in Naples, Florida. The tragic incident was part of a murder-suicide involving her husband, Michael Bitterman. According to reports, Michael Bitterman shot his wife before turning the gun…

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Michael Bitterman

Male, age 74 · Naples, Florida

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

Michael Bitterman, aged 74, was found dead on May 31, 2017, in his home in the Collier's Reserve community in North Naples, Florida. The tragic incident was a murder-suicide, where Michael Bitterman killed his wife, Barbara Bitterman, before taking his own…

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Andre Booker III

Male, age 19 · Springfield, Illinois

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

Andre Booker III, a 19-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on May 31, 2017, in Springfield, Illinois. Andre was playing basketball at Comer Cox Park when he was fatally shot. The incident was a retaliatory act linked to the shooting of…

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DaVid Parks

Male, age 22 · Normal, Illinois

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

DaVid Parks, a 22-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on May 31, 2017, in Normal, Illinois. The incident occurred outside an apartment building at 702 South Golfcrest. Parks was shot five times, leading to his untimely death. The…

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Alenzia Scott Sr

Male, age 38 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late spring of 2017, the life of 38-year-old Alenzia Scott Sr. was tragically cut short in Shreveport, Louisiana. On the evening of Wednesday, May 31st, Scott was discovered slain, the victim of gun violence. The specific details surrounding the…

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Demone Nesbitt

Male, age 23 · Kinston, North Carolina

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

Demone Nesbitt, a 23-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on May 31, 2017, in Kinston, North Carolina. The incident occurred at the Mitchell Wooten Court housing complex, where Nesbitt was shot. He succumbed to his injuries while being…

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Donald Girtley

Male, age 18 · Kinston, North Carolina

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

Donald Girtley Jr., an 18-year-old male from Goldsboro, North Carolina, tragically lost his life on May 31, 2017, in Kinston, NC. The incident occurred at the Mitchell Wooten Housing Complex, where Girtley was found with a gunshot wound and pronounced dead at…

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Troy Donald

Male, age 34 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

Troy Donald, a 34-year-old man from Cincinnati, OH, was fatally shot on May 31, 2017. He was found inside a white sedan that had crashed into a stone wall at the intersection of Fairmount Avenue and Saturn Street. According to Cincinnati Police Lt. Steve…

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Davon Brown

Male, age 29 · Wilkes-barre, Pennsylvania

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

Devon Brown, a 29-year-old Black male, was killed on May 31, 2017, outside his home at the Marion Terrace Apartments on Mark Drive in Hanover Township, near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. What began as a celebration for children became a fatal confrontation…

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Dominique Gainey

Male, age 24 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

Dominique Gainey, a 24-year-old male from Philadelphia, PA, tragically lost his life on May 31, 2017. He was one of two victims fatally shot in a late-night incident at the intersection of 13th and Rush Streets in North Philadelphia. The shooting occurred…

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Irrel Williams

Male, age 17 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed May 31, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late hours of a spring evening in Philadelphia, tragedy struck a North Philadelphia neighborhood, forever altering the lives of several families. On May 31, 2017, a burst of gunfire shattered the night on the 1300 block of West Rush Street. When the…

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Edward Harris

Male, age 14 · Tampa, Florida

Found May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

On May 31, 2015, 14-year-old African American male Edward James Harris IV, known to his family and friends as “EJ,” was fatally shot in a drive-by shooting in Tampa, Florida. The incident occurred around 4:20 p.m. outside Woodland Terrace Park, near the…

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Sharnice Wilson

Female, age 23 · Jacksonville, Florida

Found May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

Sharnice Wilson, aged 23, was tragically killed on May 31, 2015, in a shooting at a home in Jacksonville's Northside. The incident also claimed the life of Marquisha Philips, with both women being shot in what appeared to be an act of violence involving…

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Marquisha Phillips

Female, age 40 · Jacksonville, Florida

Found May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

Marquisha Phillips, aged 40, was killed on May 31, 2015, in a shooting on the Northside of Jacksonville, Florida. The incident also claimed the life of another woman, 23-year-old Sharnice Wilson, while a 2-year-old child was grazed by a bullet but survived.…

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Odell D Brown

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

Odell D. Brown, aged 25, was fatally shot on May 31, 2015, in Chicago, Illinois. The shooting took place in the Chatham neighborhood, which has experienced significant violence over the years. Brown was struck during a drive-by shooting, a type of crime that…

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Donald Hall

Male, age 53 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

Donald Hall, aged 53, was tragically killed on May 31, 2015, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the Austin neighborhood, a part of Chicago's West Side that has experienced significant levels of violence. Hall was shot, and his death was ruled as a…

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Marsean Lofton

Male, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

Marsean Lofton, an 18-year-old from Chicago, was fatally shot on May 31, 2015, in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. He was one of several victims of gun violence that weekend, which was marked by multiple shootings in different parts of Chicago. Lofton was…

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Byron Driver

Male, age 27 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

On May 31, 2015, Byron Driver, a 27-year-old Black male, was fatally shot while walking through the Austin neighborhood on Chicago’s West Side. The shooting occurred around 7:15 p.m., a time when the area was experiencing heightened levels of gun violence.…

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Milton Reed

Male, age 56 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

Milton Reed Jr., 56, a Black male, died on Sunday, May 31, 2015, in Louisiana. In the days that followed, the details that surfaced publicly were the kind that usually appear when a life is being gathered up and honored: the dates, the surviving family, the…

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Kevin Jr. Hart

Male, age 32 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the summer of 2015, the life of 32-year-old Kevin Hart Jr. was tragically cut short in a violent encounter on a Baltimore street. On the final day of May, Hart was in the 2000 block of Belair Road when gunfire erupted. He and another man, 22-year-old…

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Ronnie Davis

Male, age 22 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

A persistent shadow of violence seemed to follow 22-year-old Ronnie Thomas III, a young man whose life was deeply enmeshed in the street culture of Baltimore. On the evening of May 31, 2015, this shadow finally overtook him. Thomas was at a cookout near the…

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Ronnie Thomas

Male, age 22 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

Ronnie Thomas III, a 22-year-old Black male, was fatally shot on May 31, 2015, in Baltimore, Maryland. The shooting occurred during a cookout near Belair Road and Sinclair Lane. His death was part of a particularly violent month in the city, which saw a…

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Terrell Patterson

Male, age 35 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

On May 31, 2015, a 35-year-old Black / African American male named Terrell Patterson was killed in Baltimore, Maryland. He was found in the 1900 block of Collington Avenue, having been shot in the back. Patterson was one of two men discovered at the scene…

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Golddd Washington

Male, age 25 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the summer of 2006, a grim discovery was made in an abandoned house on the east side of Detroit. The remains of a woman, who would remain nameless for nearly two decades, were found. Investigators determined she was a Black female, likely in her late 40s…

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Sharon Connell-Rick

Female, age 44 · West Fargo, North Dakota

Killed May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet community of West Fargo, North Dakota, a successful human resources executive's life was cut tragically short. Sharon Connell-Rick, a 44-year-old Caucasian female, died in her home on May 31, 2015. Her death, initially described as unexpected…

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Matthew W Kennedy

Male, age 43 · Port Penn, Delaware

Killed May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

Matthew W. Kennedy was a 43-year-old White/Caucasian male whose life was cut short after a late-night shooting at VFW Post 838 in Port Penn, Delaware. In the early hours of Sunday, May 31, 2015, Kennedy was in the parking lot of the VFW at 15 West Market…

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Joseph Moreno

Male, age 39 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

Joseph Moreno, a 39-year-old male of Hispanic / Latino ethnicity, died on May 31, 2015, after he was shot at an apartment complex in Phoenix, Arizona. According to public records compiled from online memorial and case-tracking sites, the violence occurred at…

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Corey Derscheid

Male, age 24 · North Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the Rose City neighborhood of North Little Rock, Arkansas, on May 31, 2015, the life of 24-year-old Corey Derscheid, a White male, was tragically cut short. Derscheid, known in the local music scene as the rapper '1.0triPPyDC,' was discovered in his home…

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Marvin Ellis

Male, age 42 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

On May 31, 2015, Marvin Ellis, a 42-year-old resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was found shot to death. The incident occurred near the intersection of San Mateo and Zuni in Albuquerque, marking the beginning of a complex and tragic series of events. The…

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Dawson Nando VanPortfliet

Male, age 14 · Aitkin, Minnesota

Killed May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet community of Aitkin, Minnesota, the life of 14-year-old Dawson Nando VanPortfliet, a White male, was tragically cut short on May 31, 2015. The young man, who was just finishing the eighth grade at Aitkin High School, was a beloved son, brother…

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Richard Werachowski

Male, age 62 · Edgewater, Wisconsin

Killed May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the quiet town of Edgewater, Wisconsin, a tragedy unfolded on Saturday, May 30, 2015, shattering the peace of the rural community. Richard Werachowski, a 62-year-old male, lost his life in a violent sequence of events that also claimed the lives of his…

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Antonio Johnson

Male, age 45 · Flint, Michigan

Killed May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 31, 2015, the life of Antonio Maurice Johnson Sr., a 45-year-old Black male from Flint, Michigan, was tragically cut short. Flint police were dispatched to an apartment in the 3300 block of Buick following a report of…

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Kim Mark Dodson

Male, age 24 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

On a late spring evening in Richmond, Virginia, the life of 24-year-old Kim Mark Dodson was tragically cut short. On May 31, 2015, Dodson, a male resident of Chesterfield, was shot and killed in what would become a lingering unsolved case. The shooting…

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Charles Bennington

Male, age 37 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed May 31, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the spring of 2015, the life of Charles 'Chaz' Bennington, a 37-year-old male, was tragically cut short. On May 31st, he was discovered inside a north side Indianapolis apartment, the victim of a fatal shooting. The incident, which unfolded at the Woodmore…

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