Death by Force10th anniversary

Leatrick Benjamin

Male, age 37 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed May 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

An evening card game among friends at a Shreveport tire shop turned into a scene of chaos and violence on May 5, 2016, ending the life of 37-year-old Leatrick Benjamin. That night, three or four masked men, armed with what witnesses described as…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Reginald Black

Male, age 17 · Harvey, Louisiana

Killed May 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of May 5, 2016, in Harvey, Louisiana, a walk to a convenience store along a drainage canal in the Woodmere subdivision turned deadly for 17-year-old Reginald Black. What began as a seemingly ordinary outing for Reginald, his 15-year-old…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Kenneth Evans

Male, age 58 · Youngstown, Ohio

Killed May 5, 2016 · 10 years ago

Kenneth E. Evans, a 58-year-old African American male from Youngstown, OH, tragically passed away on May 7, 2016. He was found shot in the stomach around 10 p.m. on May 6, 2016, in the 1900 block of Manhattan Avenue and succumbed to his injuries a few hours…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Marcus Simms

Male, age 26 · Landover, Maryland

Killed May 5, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the spring of 2011, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet of a Landover, Maryland neighborhood, leaving a young man's life cut tragically short. On the afternoon of Thursday, May 5, 2011, 26-year-old Marcus Anthony Simms was fatally shot in the 7700 block…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Allen Thomas

Male, age 30 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 5, 2011 · 15 years ago

Allen Thomas, 30, was a Black man from Detroit, Michigan, and on May 5, 2011, his life was taken on a city street at an address that still reads like a frozen moment in time: 6170 Avery. A date on a calendar, a house number on a block, and a name that should…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Jeffrey Alston

Male · Greensboro, North Carolina

Found May 5, 2011 · 15 years ago

On May 5, 2011, 29-year-old Jeffrey Alston was found shot inside his car at the intersection of South Pearson and Tuscaloosa Streets in Greensboro, North Carolina. The discovery was made in the early morning hours, around 2:49 a.m., and his death was quickly…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Courtney (Cortez) Smith

Male, age 20 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed May 5, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the late hours of a Thursday evening in May 2011, a dispute outside a downtown Detroit nightclub escalated into a tragedy that claimed the life of 20-year-old Courtney 'Cortez' Smith. A promising Wayne State University football player, Smith was in the…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Marcus Anthony Simms

Male, age 26 · Landover, Maryland

Killed May 5, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the spring of 2011, the life of a young man from Laurel, Maryland, was cut short in a burst of violence. On the afternoon of Thursday, May 5, 2011, 26-year-old Marcus Anthony Simms was in the 7700 block of Penbrook Place in Landover when he was shot. The…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Christopher Johnson

Male, age 32 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed May 5, 2011 · 15 years ago

Christopher Johnson, a 32-year-old male, was tragically shot and killed on May 5, 2011, in San Antonio, Texas. His body was discovered around 7 p.m. in a vacant field on Ferris Avenue near Martin Luther King Drive on the East Side. Johnson was driving a red…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Jacobi Danielle Brown

Female, age 22 · Newport News, Virginia

Killed May 5, 2001 · 25 years ago

Jacobi Danielle Brown was 22 years old when her life came to an end on May 5, 2001, in Newport News, Virginia. She was a Black female whose presence was deeply felt by those who knew her, and her death marked a quiet but profound loss within her community. At…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Brian Daniel Mockett

Male, age 21 · Lomita, California

Killed May 5, 2001 · 25 years ago

Brian Daniel Mockett was a 21-year-old White/Caucasian man whose life ended on Saturday, May 5, 2001, following a fatal strangulation in Lomita, California. His death was classified as a homicide by the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office. Official homicide…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Kevin Huey

Male, age 23 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed May 5, 1996 · 30 years ago

In May of 1996, a night out with friends in Tulsa, Oklahoma, ended in tragedy for 23-year-old Kevin Huey. While at a venue known as the Genesis Club, located near 21st and Garnett, a dispute broke out which led to gunfire. Huey was struck by the gunshots and…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Mickey Oiler

Male, age 33 · Pomeroy, Ohio

Found May 5, 1991 · 35 years ago

On May 5, 1991, Mickey Oiler, age 33, was found deceased in Pomeroy, Ohio. His body was discovered in the vicinity of Liberty Lane. The Pomeroy Police Department responded to the scene, but details about the circumstances of his death have remained scarce…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Edward Black

Male, age 50 · Portland, Oregon

Killed May 5, 1991 · 35 years ago

Edward “Ed” James Black, a 50-year-old African-American male from Portland, Oregon, was shot in the pre-dawn quiet of May 5, 1991. Around 3:15 a.m., neighbors along the 4950 block of North Kerby Avenue startled awake to a single gunshot. When they stepped…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Lisa Ann Nadeau

Female, age 24 · Fort Dix, New Jersey

Killed May 5, 1991 · 35 years ago

In the spring of 1991, a horrific crime cut short the life of a young woman serving her country. Lisa Ann Nadeau, a 24-year-old female Army Specialist and payroll clerk at Fort Dix, New Jersey, was found brutally murdered in her base residence on or around…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Peter Stickney Anderson

Male, age 54 · New York City, New York

Killed May 5, 1991 · 35 years ago

Peter Stickney Anderson, 54, was a white man who arrived in Manhattan from Philadelphia on May 3, 1991, for a political fundraiser, then slipped into the late-night glow of Midtown, where the Townhouse Bar on East 58th Street offered music, conversation, and…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Michael Blair

Male, age 35 · Portland, Oregon

Killed May 5, 1986 · 40 years ago

Caucasian/White male Michael Blair, age 35, was found shot to death in the early morning hours of May 5, 1986, in the parking lot of the Rose Manor Motel near the intersection of SE McLoughlin Boulevard and Holgate Boulevard in Portland, Oregon. A passerby…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Victor Smith

Male, age 32 · Portland, Oregon

Found May 5, 1986 · 40 years ago

On the morning of May 5, 1986, the quiet of the Columbia Slough in Portland, Oregon, was broken by a grim discovery. An employee of a warehouse in the 2800 block of NE Argyle Street happened upon a deceased individual near the water's edge at approximately…

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Death by Force55th anniversary

Ivan Lorenzo

Male, age 29 · Bronx, New York

Killed May 5, 1971 · 55 years ago

In the late hours of May 5, 1971, the life of 29-year-old Ivan Lorenzo, a Hispanic male, was tragically cut short in the Bronx, New York. An off-duty narcotics detective with the New York City Police Department, Lorenzo had spent the evening celebrating at a…

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Death by Force60th anniversary

Taylor McNeil

Male, age 13 · Pompano Beach, Florida

Killed May 5, 1966 · 60 years ago

Taylor McNeil, a 13-year-old African American boy from Pompano Beach, Florida, was murdered on May 5, 1966. His death was part of a series of brutal killings committed by Leon Holston, a convicted child murderer who had previously been sentenced for similar…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Damon Shaunte Langram

Male, age 47 · Los-angeles, California

Killed May 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

Damon Shaunte Langram, a 47-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on May 5, 2021. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Langram was fatally shot near the intersection of Firestone Boulevard…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Eric Levanual Randwillis

Male, age 41 · Los-angeles, California

Killed May 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

Eric Levanual Randwillis, a 41-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on May 5, 2021. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Randwillis was shot near 9412 S. Manhattan Place in the Gramercy Park…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Tayler Jon Wellman

Male, age 29 · Sacramento, California

Killed May 5, 2021 · 5 years ago

Tayler Jon Wellman, a 29-year-old resident of Sacramento, California, tragically lost his life on May 5, 2021. The incident occurred near the 4800 block of Amber Lane and College Oak Drive, close to the American River College Campus. On that fateful night…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Leonard McFarlin

Male, age 53 · Willowbrook, California

Killed May 5, 2011 · 15 years ago

Leonard McFarlin was 53 years old when he died on Thursday, May 5, 2011, in Willowbrook, an unincorporated community in South Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 215…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Mark Petty

Male, age 40 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed May 5, 2011 · 15 years ago

Mark Petty was 40 years old when he was killed in St. Louis on Thursday, May 5, 2011. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated his death. The Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis through 2017, lists it as a…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Maurice Antwon Willis

Male, age 39 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed May 5, 2011 · 15 years ago

Maurice Antwon Willis was 39 years old when he was killed in St. Louis on Thursday, May 5, 2011. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated his death. The Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis through 2017…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Cardarius Becton

Male, age 16 · District-heights, Maryland

Killed May 5, 2006 · 20 years ago

On a spring evening in Prince George's County, a day that had been filled with the simple joys of a family cookout turned tragic for 16-year-old Cardarius Becton. The male teenager, known for his love of dirt bikes, had borrowed a friend's bike and…

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Death by Force95th anniversary

Authur Lee

Male, age 27 · Black-mountain, Kentucky

Killed May 5, 1931 · 95 years ago

In the spring of 1931, the hills of Harlan County, Kentucky, were fraught with tension. A bitter miners' strike at the Black Mountain Coal Company had set the stage for a series of violent confrontations. Among the lawmen tasked with keeping the peace was…

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Death by Force95th anniversary

James Daniels

Male, age 39 · Black-mountain, Kentucky

Killed May 5, 1931 · 95 years ago

In the tumultuous spring of 1931, amidst the rugged landscape of Black Mountain, Kentucky, a violent clash erupted that would claim the life of 39-year-old James Daniels. A man employed as a guard for the Black Mountain Corporation, Daniels found himself on…

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Death by Force95th anniversary

Howard Jones

Male, age 26 · Black-mountain, Kentucky

Killed May 5, 1931 · 95 years ago

In the spring of 1931, the hills of Harlan County, Kentucky, were a battleground. The air, usually thick with the sweet smell of pine and damp earth, was instead charged with the acrimony of a bitter labor dispute. Coal miners, weary of dangerous working…

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Death by Force115th anniversary

Wily Warwick

Male, age 26 · Cotula, Tennessee

Killed May 5, 1911 · 115 years ago

In the small Tennessee community of Cotula, a tragic and violent encounter unfolded on Friday, May 5, 1911, ending the life of 26-year-old Deputy Sheriff J. Wily Warwick. On that fateful day, Deputy Warwick, a male officer with the Campbell County Sheriff's…

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Puerto Rico

Male, age 64 · San Diego, California

Killed May 5, 2026 · this year

On the evening of May 5, 2026, the vibrant neighborhood of Barrio Logan in San Diego was shattered by an act of violence that claimed the life of a 64-year-old Hispanic man, Raul Torres. The tranquility of the night was broken by the sound of gunfire, leaving…

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Aaron Moore

Male, age 38 · Kankakee, Illinois

Killed May 5, 2026 · this year

A dispute over drugs and money tragically escalated into a fatal shooting on May 5, 2026, claiming the life of 38-year-old Aaron Moore of Chicago. The violent encounter unfolded inside a residence in the 500 block of South Fifth Avenue in Kankakee, Illinois…

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Adela Flores

Female, age 60 · San Antonio, Texas

Killed May 5, 2026 · this year

In the quiet neighborhood on the North Side of San Antonio, a beloved couple's life came to a tragic and violent end on the night of May 5, 2026. Adela Flores, a 60-year-old woman, and her husband of 44 years, Manuel Flores, 64, were fatally shot in what…

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Ali Gyi

Male, age 49 · Fort Wayne, Indiana

Killed May 5, 2026 · this year

In the early hours of May 5, 2026, the quiet of a Fort Wayne, Indiana neighborhood was shattered by a violent act that claimed the life of 49-year-old Ali Gyi. Emergency responders were dispatched to a residence on the 4500 block of Bowser Avenue around 1:20…

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Brad Jones

Male · Indiahoma, Oklahoma

Killed May 5, 2026 · this year

In the small, rural community of Indiahoma, Oklahoma, a violent encounter on May 5, 2026, led to the tragic death of Brad Jones. The quiet of Comanche County was shattered when Jones's body was discovered in a field off Townley Road, sparking a homicide…

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Cornell Deshaun Davis

Male, age 37 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed May 5, 2026 · this year

A rising voice in the music world was silenced on May 5, 2026, when Cornell Deshaun Davis, a 37-year-old man, was fatally shot in Indianapolis, Indiana. Known affectionately as "Mann" to friends and family, and as "Playbwoi Tha Great" in his professional…

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DyQual Terrell DaShawn Harris

Male, age 15 · York, Pennsylvania

Killed May 5, 2026 · this year

On the evening of May 5, 2026, in Penn Park, York, Pennsylvania, the life of 15-year-old DyQual Terrell DaShawn Harris was tragically cut short. What began as apparent "play-fighting" among a group of young people escalated into a violent altercation. In the…

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Edward George Schleigh

Male, age 66 · Carrollton, Texas

Killed May 5, 2026 · this year

On May 5, 2026, 66-year-old Edward George Schleigh was found deceased in his Carrollton, Texas, apartment, the victim of a fatal shooting. His death was the culmination of a violent sequence of events that began earlier that day and was rooted in a financial…

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Ember Henry

Male, age 18 · Temple, Texas

Killed May 5, 2026 · this year

On the evening of May 5, 2026, the Temple Police Department responded to a call of shots fired in the 1300 block of Paseo Del Oro. Upon their initial investigation, officers were unable to locate any evidence of a crime or anyone in distress. The following…

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Ephrim Forbes

Male, age 49 · Duluth, Georgia

Killed May 5, 2026 · this year

In the late hours of May 5, 2026, the Gwinnett County Police Department was dispatched to the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel on Venture Parkway in Duluth, Georgia, following a report of a person being shot during a domestic dispute. Upon arrival, officers…

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Gregory Johnson

Male, age 39 · Statesboro, Georgia

Killed May 5, 2026 · this year

A festive Cinco de Mayo celebration in Statesboro, Georgia, turned into a scene of chaos and tragedy on the evening of May 5, 2026, when gunfire erupted, claiming the life of 39-year-old Gregory Johnson. The incident occurred at a large outdoor gathering at…

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Henry Singleton

Male, age 29 · Dunnellon, Florida

Killed May 5, 2026 · this year

In the quiet, rural landscape of Dunnellon, Florida, the life of 29-year-old Henry Singleton was tragically cut short on May 5, 2026. A transgender individual, Singleton was discovered in the 3200 block of SW 189th Avenue, having sustained a fatal gunshot…

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Izaak Garcia

Male, age 26 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed May 5, 2026 · this year

On the evening of May 5, 2026, a dispute at a Conoco gas station on the east side of Indianapolis escalated into a fatal shootout, claiming the life of 26-year-old Izaak Garcia. The incident, which unfolded at the intersection of 10th Street and Emerson…

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Jacquey Witherspoon Sr.

Male, age 31 · Southhaven, Mississippi

Killed May 5, 2026 · this year

On the evening of May 5, 2026, in the quiet 1400 block of Sherwood Lane in Southaven, Mississippi, the life of 31-year-old Jacquey Witherspoon Sr. was tragically cut short. Responding to a report of a disturbance involving a vehicle, officers from the…

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Jeremiah Cuevas-Griffin

Male, age 15 · Grand Rapids, Michigan

Killed May 5, 2026 · this year

In the spring of 2026, the life of 15-year-old Jeremiah Cuevas-Griffin was tragically cut short in Grand Rapids, Michigan. On the evening of May 5th, what began as a simple dispute over a soccer game at a playground near Southwest Elementary School escalated…

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Joseph Gray

Male, age 26 · Dallas, Texas

Killed May 5, 2026 · this year

In the late hours of May 5, 2026, which bled into the early morning of May 6, the vibrant and often-raucous Dallas neighborhood of Deep Ellum became the backdrop for a tragedy that would cut short the life of 26-year-old Joseph Gray. Gray was on duty as a…

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Krystal Cruz

Female, age 27 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed May 5, 2026 · this year

A routine after-school pickup on a spring afternoon in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood turned into a scene of tragedy on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. Krystal Cruz, a 26-year-old mother of four, was shot and killed while driving her younger brother and his…

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