Death by Force

Ard Martin

Male, age 50 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed May 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

On May 3, 2014, Armand Martin, a 50-year-old resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was fatally shot by Albuquerque Police Department officer Daniel Hughes. The incident occurred at Martin's home in the Ventana Ranch area. The events leading to Martin's death…

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Daniel Baird

Male, age 37 · Colorado Springs, Colorado

Killed May 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, the life of 37-year-old Daniel Baird was tragically cut short in what would be ruled a homicide. On May 3rd, Baird was found shot to death inside a home in Security-Widefield, a community near Colorado Springs. The residence where his…

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Gary Wayne Barbour

Male, age 29 · Muncie, Indiana

Killed May 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

On May 3, 2014, a violent incident occurred in Muncie, Indiana, claiming the life of 29-year-old Gary Wayne Barbour Jr., a Black male resident of the city. Officers from the Muncie Police Department were dispatched to a public housing complex in the early…

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Stephen Davis

Male, age 20 · East-chicago, Indiana

Killed May 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

Stephen Lee Davis, a 20-year-old Black man from East Chicago, Indiana, had grown up in the city’s public schools and was remembered by his family as someone who loved football and basketball, kept music close, and carried himself with a grin and an easy humor…

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Demetrius Griffin

Male, age 20 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed May 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

On the weekend of May 3, 2014, violence erupted in the 2600 block of Burd Avenue in St. Louis, Missouri, claiming the life of a young man. Demetrius Griffin, a 20-year-old male, was walking down the street with his brother, Ezell Caves, when they were…

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Michael Phillips

Male, age 29 · Stone-mountain, Georgia

Killed May 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, a gathering at a Stone Mountain apartment complex on May 3rd took a tragic turn, ending the life of 29-year-old Michael Phillips. He was an innocent bystander at a party when a dispute involving a 17-year-old acquaintance, Alexis…

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Rufus Howard Ellis III

Male, age 36 · Valdosta, Georgia

Killed May 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

Rufus Howard Ellis III, a 36-year-old Black male from Valdosta, was shot on May 3, 2014, in an eruption of violence outside Park Chase Apartments on Old Statenville Road. Police were called just before 5 p.m. after reports of shots fired, and officers found…

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Tion Casterman

Male, age 25 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed May 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

In May of 2014, a dispute between roommates over five thousand dollars culminated in the murder of 25-year-old Tion Casterman in Atlanta, Georgia. The tragic events unfolded inside the apartment Casterman shared with his killer, Teon Graham. The two had been…

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Milton Carswell

Male, age 49 · Maywood, Illinois

Killed May 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

Milton Carswell Jr., a 49-year-old African American man, was tragically killed on May 3, 2014, in Maywood, Illinois. The incident occurred around 6:08 PM when Maywood Police officers responded to a call reporting a person shot in the area of 18th and St.…

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Savannah Johnson

Female, age 24 · Rockford, Illinois

Killed May 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

Savannah Elizabeth JoAnne Johnson, a 24-year-old woman from Rockford, Illinois, tragically passed away on May 3, 2014. Born on September 7, 1989, Savannah was known for her vibrant personality and her ability to light up any room with her presence. She worked…

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Hashim Henderson

Male, age 34 · Plaquemine, Louisiana

Killed May 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet town of Plaquemine, Louisiana, the life of 34-year-old Hashim Henderson was tragically cut short on May 3, 2014. Henderson, a male resident of the area, fell victim to fatal gun violence, a stark event that left the community seeking answers and…

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Noel Beauchamp

Male, age 55 · Baton-rouge, Louisiana

Killed May 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the spring of 2014, the life of 55-year-old Noel Beauchamp came to a violent end in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. On May 3rd, he was fatally shot, a tragedy that would soon lead to a complex investigation centered on his own wife. Following the shooting, Noel’s…

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Beyoncia Willis

Female, age 24 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed May 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

Beyoncia Domeniqe Willis, a 24-year-old African American woman, tragically lost her life on May 3, 2014, in Cincinnati, OH. She was killed in a double homicide that took place in a Mount Airy apartment. The incident occurred during a robbery, where two men…

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Keelin Broach

Male, age 31 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed May 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

Keelin Broach, a 31-year-old male of African American ethnicity, tragically lost his life on May 3, 2014, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was one of two victims in a double homicide that occurred in a Mount Airy apartment. The incident took place during a robbery…

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Shawn Boyd Jr

Male, age 22 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed May 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

Shawn D. Boyd Jr., a 22-year-old Black male from Columbus, Ohio, was a beloved son, father, and friend whose life was tragically cut short. On May 1, 2014, Shawn was in the area of East Livingston Avenue and Lonsdale Road when he became the victim of a…

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Hunter Pedersen

Male, age 11 · Dingmans-ferry, Pennsylvania

Killed May 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

Hunter Pedersen, an 11-year-old boy from Dingmans Ferry, PA, tragically died on May 3, 2014. Hunter was at a family gathering at his grandparents' home when the incident occurred. His uncle, Chad Olm, who was 34 years old at the time, was showing Hunter and…

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Benjamin Ross

Male, age 39 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed May 3, 2014 · 12 years ago

Benjamin Ross, a 39-year-old man from San Antonio, Texas, was tragically killed on May 3, 2014. His body and vehicle were found set on fire in the 21000 block of Highway 281 South. The Bexar County Sheriff's Office launched an investigation into the grisly…

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Jerrica Johnson

Female, age 24 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed May 3, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 3, 2013, a sense of unease settled over a home on Spann Avenue in the Fountain Square neighborhood of Indianapolis. Inside, 24-year-old Jerrica Johnson, an African-American mother, was found unresponsive. A 911 call was…

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Alfonso Forendo-Vazquez

Male, age 52 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 3, 2013 · 13 years ago

The unsolved homicide of Alfonso Forendo-Vazquez remains a lingering cold case in the files of the Detroit Police Department. On May 3, 2013, the 52-year-old Hispanic male was reported dead in Detroit, Michigan. The circumstances surrounding his death have…

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Deandre Oliver

Male, age 21 · Durham, North Carolina

Found May 3, 2013 · 13 years ago

On May 3, 2013, Deandre Oliver, 21, was fatally shot in Durham, North Carolina. Police were called to a residence on Glenbrook Drive around 10:45 p.m., where they found Oliver deceased in the front yard. His death was one of several homicides in the city…

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Carlos Galloza

Male, age 42 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Found May 3, 2013 · 13 years ago

Carlos Galloza, age 42, was fatally shot on May 3, 2013, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during a robbery. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, and Carlos sustained a gunshot wound to the head. The crime took place in a residential area…

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Shane Vicknair

Male, age 27 · Kenner, Alabama

Killed May 3, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the late morning of Friday, May 3, 2013, a verbal dispute outside an automotive shop in Kenner, Louisiana, escalated into a fatal encounter that ended the life of 27-year-old Shane Michael Vicknair Graci. The resident of nearby River Ridge was shot and…

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Christopher Cooper

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 3, 2012 · 14 years ago

Christopher Cooper, a 25-year-old, was shot and killed on May 3, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident took place early in the morning at around 5:13 a.m., near the 3500 block of South Parnell Avenue. His death was one of several that occurred during the…

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Maurice V Matthews

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 3, 2012 · 14 years ago

Maurice V. Matthews, aged 28, was fatally shot on May 3, 2012, in Chicago, Illinois. He was found at around 11:52 p.m. near the 1700 block of North Monitor Avenue, where he succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds. His death was part of a violent stretch of…

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Lionel Wade

Male, age 29 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 3, 2012 · 14 years ago

A forty-seven-year-old man, Carlus Wade, was shot and killed in Detroit. The incident occurred in the afternoon on January 20, 2012. Wade was walking with another individual on Margareta Street, near Greenview Street, when the person he was with produced a…

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Lester Hutchson

Male, age 36 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 3, 2012 · 14 years ago

Lester Hutchson, a 36-year-old Black male, lost his life on May 3, 2012, in the city of Detroit, Michigan. The incident took place at a residence located in the 9400 block of Manor Street on the city's west side. This area, situated within the 48204 zip code…

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Antonio Washington

Male, age 23 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 3, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the spring of 2012, a young life was tragically cut short on the east side of Detroit. Antonio Washington, a 23-year-old African American man, was killed on May 3rd of that year. The incident that claimed his life took place at 14844 Tacoma Street, a…

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Elie Triplet

Male, age 20 · New Orleans, Louisiana

Killed May 3, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the spring of 2010, in a city grappling with a high rate of violence, a young man's life was cut short. Elie Triplet, a 20-year-old African-American male, was killed on the evening of Monday, May 3, 2010, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The incident that…

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Andrew Copeland

Male, age 16 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 3, 2010 · 16 years ago

Andrew Copeland was a 16-year-old Black male from Baltimore, Maryland, when his life was taken on May 3, 2010. The record anchors his death to the 1500 block of West Fayette Street, a stretch of West Baltimore that, like so many city blocks, holds a thousand…

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Brian Eric Huff

Male, age 42 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 3, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 3, 2010, Detroit Police Officer Brian Eric Huff, a 42-year-old male, responded to a call that would end his 12-year career and his life. He and his partner were the first to arrive at a duplex on Schoenherr Street on the…

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Marvin Arguetta Acosta

Male, age 26 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed May 3, 2009 · 17 years ago

On a spring evening in Washington, D.C., the life of Marvin Arguetta Acosta was tragically cut short. On Sunday, May 3, 2009, at approximately 6:00 p.m., he was discovered unconscious in the 800 block of Crittenden Street, Northwest. Mr. Acosta, a male, had…

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Gregory Smallwood

Male, age 45 · Chicago, Illinois

Found May 3, 2009 · 17 years ago

Gregory Smallwood, aged 45, was fatally shot on May 3, 2009, in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood. The incident took place inside an apartment, and the circumstances suggested an act of violence that culminated in his death. This tragedy occurred during a…

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James L Felix

Male, age 32 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed May 3, 2009 · 17 years ago

On a quiet Sunday, May 3, 2009, the life of James L. Felix, a resident of Indianapolis, Indiana, came to an end. Born on July 25, 1976, the 32-year-old man's passing was noted in an obituary, but the public records available online do not offer a narrative of…

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Jerry Taylor

Male, age 23 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed May 3, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early hours of May 3, 2009, the life of a young man was tragically cut short in Louisville, Kentucky. Jerry Taylor, a 23-year-old African-American male, was found shot at 2620 West Kentucky Street. The circumstances surrounding his death pointed to a…

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Fabian Paul Palmer

Male, age 25 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 3, 2009 · 17 years ago

Fabian Paul Palmer, a 25-year-old Black male, was fatally shot in the early morning hours of Sunday, May 3, 2009, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was discovered around 5:10 a.m. on the 3300 block of Frederick Avenue. Emergency services transported him to the…

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David Mcdermott

Male, age 56 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed May 3, 2009 · 17 years ago

David L. McDermott, 56, a White man from St. Louis, Missouri, died suddenly on May 2, 2009, leaving the people who knew him with the kind of shock that doesn’t arrive in stages—it just lands. One day he was part of the everyday rhythm of life, and the next he…

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John R Wiegmann

Male, age 59 · Nashua, New Hampshire

Killed May 3, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the spring of 2009, John R. Wiegmann, a 59-year-old Caucasian male, had recently moved back to the Nashua, New Hampshire area. Having spent time living in Utah, Las Vegas, California, and Arizona, he returned to be closer to his family. For several days in…

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Sherwood Blackwell

Male, age 36 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed May 3, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the late hours of a Sunday evening in May 2009, Sherwood Blackwell, a 36-year-old Black man, was driving through the Spring Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh when his life was abruptly ended. As he traveled along Rhine Street, an unknown assailant fired a…

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Lonnie Vaughn

Male, age 44 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed May 3, 2009 · 17 years ago

Lonnie Martin Vaughn, a 44-year-old African American male, was found deceased on Sunday, May 3, 2009, in Birmingham, Alabama. His body, discovered by a person walking their dog in northeast Jefferson County, was naked and had sustained multiple gunshot…

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Ryan Patrick Bellar

Male, age 7 · Lakeland, Florida

Killed May 3, 2009 · 17 years ago

Ryan Patrick Bellar, a 7-year-old boy from Lakeland, Florida, tragically lost his life on May 3, 2009. He was a victim of a horrific family tragedy that shocked the local community and drew widespread media attention. Ryan, along with his mother Wendy Bellar…

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Wendy Rene Bellar

Female, age 32 · Lakeland, Florida

Killed May 3, 2009 · 17 years ago

Wendy Rene Bellar, a 31-year-old woman from Lakeland, Florida, tragically lost her life on May 3, 2009, in a horrific incident that shocked the community. Wendy, along with her two young sons, 7-year-old Ryan Patrick and 5-month-old Zack James, was shot and…

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Zachary Bellar

Male · Lakeland, Florida

Killed May 3, 2009 · 17 years ago

Zachary 'Zack' James Bellar, a five-month-old infant, tragically lost his life on May 3, 2009, in Lakeland, Florida. The incident was part of a horrific murder-suicide carried out by his father, Troy Ryan Bellar. On that fateful night, Troy Bellar shot and…

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Robin Jarvis

Female, age 50 · Kinston, North Carolina

Killed May 3, 2009 · 17 years ago

On May 3, 2009, Robin Lovada Silver Jarvis, a 50-year-old Caucasian female, was found deceased in her home in Kinston, North Carolina. Born on February 20, 1959, in McDowell County, she was the daughter of Gladys Brown Silver and the late Johnny Silver. Robin…

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Victor Carson

Male, age 41 · San Francisco, California

Found May 3, 2008 · 18 years ago

Victor Carson, aged 41, was killed on May 3, 2008, in San Francisco. The incident occurred in the Bayview-Hunters Point area, known for its history of violence and gang-related activities. Carson was shot near his residence, and the crime was believed to be…

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Johnnie Bryd

Male, age 22 · Oakland, California

Found May 3, 2008 · 18 years ago

On May 3, 2008, Johnnie Bryd, age 22, was found shot and killed in Oakland, California. The incident occurred on the 5900 block of Bromley Avenue, where Bryd was discovered behind a building with fatal gunshot wounds. The circumstances surrounding his death…

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Dawn Lynn Shipley

Female, age 29 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed May 3, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the early hours of May 3, 2008, a seemingly insignificant exchange on a Baltimore street corner turned deadly, ending the life of 29-year-old Dawn Lynn Shipley. A mother and a twin sister, her sudden and violent death left a void in the lives of her loved…

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Tiffany Snow

Female · Dayton, Ohio

Killed May 3, 2008 · 18 years ago

On May 3, 2008, Tiffany Snow, a 27-year-old woman, was murdered in Dayton, Ohio. The incident occurred at 4661 College View Drive in Montgomery County. According to the Dayton Police Department, Tiffany was found at the location on the same day she was…

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William Howell

Male, age 46 · Orangeburg, South Carolina

Killed May 3, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the early morning hours of May 3, 2008, a domestic disturbance call on Boyer Road in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, turned deadly for a veteran law enforcement officer. Deputy Sheriff William Howell Jr., a 46-year-old Black/African American male, was…

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