Death by Force

Michael Etchison

Male, age 26 · Monroe, Georgia

Killed Oct 11, 1977 · 49 years ago

In the fall of 1977, a routine day in Monroe, Georgia, turned into a scene of violence that would leave a lasting scar on the community. Michael Everette Etchison Sr., a 26-year-old white male and a lieutenant with the Monroe Police Department, was on duty.…

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Jeanne Melville

Female · Darke County, Ohio

Found Oct 11, 1970 · 56 years ago

Jeanne Marie Melville was found dead on October 11, 1970, in a cornfield near Arcanum, Darke County, Ohio. At the time of her death, Jeanne was just 18 years old. She had traveled from her home in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to visit her aunt in Darke County.…

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Paul Stine

Male, age 29 · San Francisco, California

Killed Oct 11, 1969 · 57 years ago

Paul Lee Stine was a part-time insurance agent while he was a student at San Francisco State College. He worked diligently toward earning his Ph.D. in English while working as a taxi driver at night with shifts from 9 pm to 5 am to pay his way through…

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Samuel Tucker Mccallum

Male, age 51 · Lake Village, Arkansas

Killed Oct 11, 1928 · 98 years ago

Samuel Tucker McCallum, a 51-year-old White/Caucasian male, was the city marshal of Lake Village, Arkansas when he was shot and killed on October 11, 1928. He had been on the job only six weeks. That evening he responded to a disturbance at a local coffee…

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Edwin Shanahan

Male · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Oct 11, 1925 · 101 years ago

Edwin C. Shanahan, a 27-year-old white male, was a Special Agent with the FBI and became the first FBI agent killed in the line of duty on October 11, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois. Shanahan was born in Chicago in 1898 and joined the Bureau in 1920. On the day…

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Fred P. Widn

Male, age 30 · Waterloo, Iowa

Killed Oct 11, 1908 · 118 years ago

In the early morning hours of October 11, 1908, a sense of routine uneventfulness settled over Waterloo, Iowa. For 30-year-old male police officer, Fred P. Widmann, it was a night like many others, patrolling the quiet streets of the city. He met with a…

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David Nathan Danford

Male, age 65 · Lookingglass, Oregon

Killed Oct 11, 2026 · this year

David Nathan Danford was a lifelong resident of Lookingglass, a quiet, unincorporated community in rural Oregon known for its scenic river valley southwest of Roseburg. A 65-year-old man, he was deeply rooted in the area where he was born and raised. David…

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Daviyon Amani Jones

Male, age 24 · Portsmouth, Virginia

Killed Oct 11, 2026 · this year

Daviyon Amani Jones, a 24-year-old Black man, was known by his loved ones as a funny and kind person with a memorable smile. Friends recalled his goofy nature and the positive energy he brought into their lives. He was a son, a brother, and a friend whose…

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Fahad Abdihaim Diriye

Male, age 35 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Oct 11, 2026 · this year

In the early morning hours of a Sunday in Minneapolis, the life of Fahad Abdihaim Diriye, a 35-year-old man from the nearby city of Apple Valley, was brought to a violent end. The shooting marked another instance of gun violence in the city, leaving behind…

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Richard Murillo

Male, age 43 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Oct 11, 2026 · this year

A respected and accomplished figure in the Southern California real estate community, Richard Murillo was known for his expertise and personalized approach to a complex profession. As Vice President at Synergy Real Estate Group, Corporate Advisory Inc., he…

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Tervon Townsend

Male, age 22 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Oct 11, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of October 11, 2025, the life of 22-year-old Tervon Omar Lee Townsend was tragically cut short in a shooting on the southwest side of Indianapolis. The male victim was discovered in a parking lot near a gas station in the 4700 block of Kentucky…

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Octavious Turner

Male, age 27 · Greenwood, Mississippi

Killed Oct 11, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of October 11, 2024, the city of Greenwood, Mississippi, was shattered by an act of violence that would claim the life of 27-year-old Octavious Turner. Turner was a passenger in a vehicle traveling near the intersection of U.S. 82…

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Tracy Denise Williams Sanders

Female, age 61 · Chester, South Carolina

Killed Oct 11, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet town of Chester, South Carolina, a tragic event unfolded in the early morning hours, forever altering the lives of a local family. On that day, Tracy Denise Williams Sanders, a 61-year-old female, was found deceased in her home on Columbia Road.…

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Juan Portillo

Male, age 39 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Oct 11, 2023 · 3 years ago

On October 11, 2023, at approximately 7:40 a.m., 39-year-old Juan Portillo was fatally shot in an alley near the 2000 block of West Manchester Avenue in South Los Angeles. Responding officers from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) found Portillo…

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Alejandro Chavez

Male, age 43 · Pueblo, Colorado

Killed Oct 11, 2022 · 4 years ago

On an autumn day in Pueblo, Colorado, a 43-year-old Hispanic/Latino male named Alejandro Chavez lost his life. The date was October 11, 2022, and the circumstances surrounding his death would prompt a police investigation into the matter. Details regarding…

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Charles Hilson

Male, age 24 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Oct 11, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the autumn of 2022, the life of a young man from Shreveport, Louisiana, was tragically cut short. Sir Charles Hilson, a 24-year-old male, was killed by an act of gun violence on Tuesday, October 11, 2022. His death was one of a string of violent acts that…

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Trevon Henderson

Male, age 21 · Donaldsonville, Louisiana

Killed Oct 11, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the quiet town of Donaldsonville, Louisiana, a young man's life was abruptly cut short on a Monday night in October. Trevon Henderson, a 21-year-old male, was entering a residence when a single gunshot ended his life. The incident, which sent ripples of…

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Daniel G. Gomez

Male, age 59 · Southeast Antelope Valley, California

Killed Oct 11, 2020 · 6 years ago

Daniel G. Gomez was 59 years old when he died on Sunday, October 11, 2020, in the Southeast Antelope Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds near the 37000 block of Tovey Avenue. His death was ruled a…

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Mohammed Yaqoub

Male, age 28 · Fort Dodge, Iowa

Killed Oct 11, 2019 · 7 years ago

On the evening of October 11, 2019, a tragic event unfolded in Fort Dodge, Iowa, leading to the death of 28-year-old Mohammed Yaqoub of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. An aspiring musician, the Middle Eastern / Arab man was found unresponsive with multiple gunshot…

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Miguel Perez

Male, age 40 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Oct 11, 2019 · 7 years ago

Miguel Perez, a 40-year-old Latino, tragically lost his life on October 11, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Perez was shot near East Young Street and Dominguez Avenue in Wilmington. The incident…

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Todd Washington

Male, age 32 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Oct 11, 2019 · 7 years ago

Todd Jerome Washington, a 32-year-old man, was tragically killed on October 11, 2019, in the Athens area of South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, Washington was walking to his parked car with two acquaintances around…

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Ricardo Medina

Male, age 41 · South El Monte, California

Killed Oct 11, 2019 · 7 years ago

Ricardo Medina was 41 years old when he died on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, in South El Monte. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds after he was attacked in the 2500 block of Santa Anita Avenue. His death was ruled a…

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Robert Mitchell

Male, age 37 · Compton, California

Killed Oct 11, 2018 · 8 years ago

Robert Mitchell was 37 years old when he died on Thursday, October 11, 2018, in Compton. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 1309 S. Long Beach Blvd. His death was ruled a homicide, and…

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Angel Bermudez

Male, age 36 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 11, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the late afternoon of Wednesday, October 11, 2017, a tragedy unfolded on the 3200 block of D Street in Philadelphia that claimed the life of 36-year-old Angel Bermudez. A Hispanic male, Bermudez was found inside his silver 2004 Acura at approximately 4:54…

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Michael Dippel

Male, age 30 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Oct 11, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late hours of a Sunday evening in Louisville, Kentucky, the life of 30-year-old Michael Dippel was tragically cut short. On October 11, 2015, gunshots echoed in the Russell neighborhood at the intersection of 20th and Chestnut Streets. When police…

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James Nelson

Male, age 31 · Fort-myers, Florida

Killed Oct 11, 2014 · 12 years ago

James Nelson, a 31-year-old male from Fort Myers, FL, was found shot along Central Avenue on October 11, 2014. His death was part of a series of violent incidents in the area, marking the third homicide investigation in Fort Myers since that date. The…

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Nikolas Polzine

Male, age 19 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Oct 11, 2014 · 12 years ago

Nikolas Polzine, a 19-year-old male, tragically died on October 11, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas, from a gunshot wound to the chest. He was found dead in a back bedroom during what appeared to be a drug deal gone wrong. The incident occurred in the 100 block…

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Christopher Edward Wilcher

Male, age 48 · Norwalk, California

Killed Oct 11, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early hours of Friday, October 11, 2013, a family dispute in Norwalk, California, ended in tragedy. Christopher Edward Wilcher, a 48-year-old Caucasian male, was pronounced dead at the scene in the 16000 block of Pioneer Boulevard. The events leading…

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Anthony Torres

Male, age 33 · East-los-angeles, California

Killed Oct 11, 2009 · 17 years ago

Anthony Torres, a 33-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on October 11, 2009, in East Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Torres was fatally shot, marking a violent end to his life. The incident occurred late at…

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Linda Malone Thomas

Female, age 57 · Mooresville, North Carolina

Killed Oct 11, 2009 · 17 years ago

Linda Malone Thomas, a 57-year-old woman from Mooresville, NC, tragically passed away on October 11, 2009. She died alongside her husband, Douglas Alan Thomas Sr., in what was later determined to be a family shooting incident. The couple's two adult sons…

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Maria Eva Gonzalez

Female, age 35 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Oct 11, 2005 · 21 years ago

On Tuesday, October 11, 2005, thirty-five-year-old Maria Eva Gonzalez died in the city of Los Angeles. Authorities recorded the incident as a homicide, marking another tragic loss of life during an era when the metropolitan area was grappling with significant…

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Antinette Williams

Female, age 23 · Compton, California

Killed Oct 11, 2005 · 21 years ago

Antinette Williams was 23 years old when she died on Tuesday, October 11, 2005, in Compton. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma at Paulsen Avenue and Hatchway Street. Her death was ruled a…

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Bong Soo Chon

Male, age 52 · West-palm-beach, Florida

Killed Oct 11, 2004 · 22 years ago

Bong Soo Chon, a 52-year-old resident of West Palm Beach, Florida, tragically lost his life on October 11, 2004. Chon was the owner of a Texaco gas station in Lake Worth, where he was fatally shot during a robbery. The incident occurred when Jermaine…

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Christine Mcneally Nugent

Female, age 33 · Arcadia, California

Killed Oct 11, 2004 · 22 years ago

On Monday, October 11, 2004, authorities in the San Gabriel Valley responded to a report that ended in the grim discovery of a deceased woman. She was identified as Christine Mcneally Nugent, a 33-year-old white female whose life came to an abrupt and violent…

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Larry Morris

Male, age 25 · Chester, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 11, 1989 · 37 years ago

Larry D. Morris, a 25-year-old African American male from Chester, Pennsylvania, was tragically shot and killed on October 11, 1989. His death, a devastating loss, left a deep impact on his family, friends, and community. At such a young age, Larry had his…

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Rhonda Belle Thomley

Female, age 50 · Montgomery, Alabama

Killed Oct 11, 1957 · 69 years ago

In the heart of Montgomery, Alabama, the life of Rhonda Belle Thomley, a 50-year-old woman, came to a dramatic and state-sanctioned end on October 11, 1957. Her death was not the result of a random act of violence or a tragic accident, but rather the final…

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Samuel Lewis

Male, age 39 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Oct 11, 1927 · 99 years ago

Samuel Lewis Williams, a 39-year-old white male deputy sheriff in Birmingham, Alabama, was killed on October 11, 1927, after what began as a routine attempt to arrest a man accused of assaulting a city health inspector turned into a deadly siege. According to…

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Railroad Thomas Jackson Mcelhaney

Male, age 41 · Chattanooga, Tennessee

Killed Oct 11, 1908 · 118 years ago

In the early hours of October 11, 1908, a tragedy unfolded in the bustling railroad yards of Cravens Yard in Chattanooga, Tennessee, that would claim the life of a dedicated lawman. Railroad Detective Thomas Jackson McElhaney, a 41-year-old male, was shot and…

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Gaetano Costa

Male, age 64 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Oct 11, 1905 · 121 years ago

Gaetano Costa, a male Italian butcher and merchant, was working out of his shop at Thirty-second Street and Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn when an extortion demand—framed in the familiar menace of the Black Hand—came his way. The note insisted he hand over $1,000…

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