Deaths by Force on October 15

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Hector Imperial Sr.

Male, age 28 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Oct 15, 1996 · 30 years ago

In the fall of 1996, a tragic event unfolded in Phoenix, Arizona, forever altering the lives of a young family. On the evening of October 15, 28-year-old Hector Imperial, Sr., a male, was at his home with his wife, Sandra Imperial, and their five-year-old…

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Ladontae Wilburn

Male, age 19 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Oct 15, 2026 · this year

A dispute that reportedly began over a broken cell phone escalated into a chaotic shootout inside a Little Rock, Arkansas, convenience store, leaving 19-year-old Ladontae Wilburn and a 74-year-old bystander dead. The burst of violence, which also left four…

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John J. Diaz

Male, age 21 · Madison, Tennessee

Killed Oct 15, 2026 · this year

John J. Diaz was a loving, caring, and hardworking young man with his whole life ahead of him. At 21 years old, the Hispanic man had been driving for DoorDash for over a year to earn a living. He was part of a close-knit family in Madison, Tennessee. His…

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Kevin Walker Jr.

Male, age 17 · New Iberia, Louisiana

Killed Oct 15, 2026 · this year

Kevin Walker Jr., a 17-year-old male resident of New Iberia, Louisiana, was a young man with his future ahead of him. Born on March 10, 2009, he was known to some by nicknames like "Lil Kev," "Poppa," or "Big head." Those who left memories of him on a…

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Jarvis Eric Preston

Male, age 21 · Hobe Sound, Florida

Killed Oct 15, 2026 · this year

Jarvis Eric Preston, a 21-year-old father of a small child, was remembered by his family as a good kid who was best friends with the man who shot him. The tight-knit community of Banner Lake in Hobe Sound, Florida, was left shaken and searching for answers…

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Jessica Antolini

Female, age 30 · Safety Harbor, Florida

Killed Oct 15, 2026 · this year

Jessica Antolini was remembered by her mother as a beloved child, a cherished sister, and a treasured friend. Those who knew the 30-year-old woman, who had recently celebrated her birthday, described her as kind, loving, and charismatic. A friend, Raven Lamp…

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Bobby McGill

Male, age 81 · New Albany, Mississippi

Killed Oct 15, 2026 · this year

Bobby Gale McGill, a beloved husband, father, and community citizen, was known for his deep faith, his love for his family, and his gift for storytelling. Born on November 10, 1944, in Baldwyn, Mississippi, the 81-year-old male was a graduate of East Union…

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Coby Patrick

Male, age 27 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Oct 15, 2026 · this year

Coby Patrick, a 27-year-old man, was shot and killed in his car on a busy downtown street in Kansas City, Missouri, on the evening of Thursday, October 15, 2026. His death is being investigated as a homicide, leaving his loved ones seeking answers. The night…

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Darion Djuan Trapp

Male, age 33 · Greensboro, North Carolina

Killed Oct 15, 2026 · this year

In the first minutes of a Thursday morning, the life of Darion Djuan Trapp, a 33-year-old man, was cut short by gunfire in a parking lot in southwest Greensboro, North Carolina. His death on October 15, 2026, marked another grim statistic for the city…

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Darrell D Grate Jr.

Male, age 19 · Columbia, South Carolina

Killed Oct 15, 2026 · this year

Darrell D. Grate Jr., a 19-year-old man from Columbia, South Carolina, was a cherished son, brother, and friend whose life was abruptly cut short. Known to his loved ones for his vibrant spirit and loyalty, Darrell was navigating the path from youth to…

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Demajhio Smith

Male, age 26 · Holladay, Utah

Killed Oct 15, 2026 · this year

A quiet, humble, and inventive young man, Demajhio Smith was remembered by his family as a kind and gentle soul. The 26-year-old, a male, mostly kept to himself, valuing time with his family and closest loved ones. His father, Ronald Smith, described him as a…

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Diane Kimar-Luman

Female, age 56 · Sparta, Michigan

Killed Oct 15, 2026 · this year

Diane Mary Kimar-Luman was remembered as a strong, hard-working, wise, witty, and kind woman who found beauty in nature and simple things. A dedicated wife, mother, and grandmother, Diane, 56, was married to the love of her life, Wayne Luman. Together they…

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James Clifford Parker

Male, age 74 · Little Rock, Arkansas

Killed Oct 15, 2026 · this year

James Clifford Parker, a 74-year-old U.S. Army veteran from Mansfield, Texas, was a man known for his quiet generosity, deep faith, and life of service. A beloved husband, he and his wife, Darlene, had been married for 44 years and were best friends. At his…

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Megan Lambert

Female, age 25 · Bend, Oregon

Killed Oct 15, 2026 · this year

Megan Lambert, a 25-year-old woman with a compassionate heart and a passion for helping others, was living her dream. A native of Bend, Oregon, she had grown up in the local school district and was thrilled to return as an educator. After graduating from…

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Reynaldo Rodis II

Male, age 45 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Oct 15, 2026 · this year

Reynaldo “Rey” Rodis II, a beloved brother, uncle, and prominent figure in the Las Vegas boxing community, was a man described by his sister as a great visionary who walked with purpose. At 45 years old, Reynaldo, a male, was known for putting others first…

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Rhoam Summer

Male, age 5 · Bend, Oregon

Killed Oct 15, 2026 · this year

Rhoam Summer was a strong, kind, and vivacious five-year-old boy who loved to dance, climb, and share everything he had. From the day he was born, his parents, Kelik and Lillian Summer, saw his strength when he pulled himself up in the hospital sink during…

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Terron Frieson

Male, age 15 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Oct 15, 2026 · this year

Terron Frieson, a 15-year-old boy from Chicago’s West Pullman neighborhood, was a freshman at Butler College Prep, a public charter high school known for its rigorous academic program. Loved ones described him as a good kid who was focused on his education…

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Abdul-Jalil Burnette

Male, age 28 · Durham, North Carolina

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Abdul-Jalil Burnette, a 28-year-old Black man, was shot late on the morning of October 15, 2025, at The Village/Wellons Village Shopping Center area along North Miami Boulevard in east Durham. Officers were called just before 9:40 a.m. and found him wounded…

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Amanda C Thaxton Burrow

Female, age 45 · Lafayette, Tennessee

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet town of Lafayette, Tennessee, the life of Amanda C. Thaxton Burrow, a 44-year-old woman, came to a sudden and tragic end on October 15, 2025. She passed away at her residence, leaving behind a community to grapple with the unsettling…

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Andrew Hammond

Male, age 23 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Andrew Hammond, a 23-year-old male, White/Caucasian, was found at his Los Angeles residence on October 15, 2025, where he was formally pronounced dead that Wednesday. According to information drawn from county death records reporting, the case was identified…

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Ceil Martindale

Male, age 29 · Baxter, Tennessee

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

An otherwise quiet evening in Baxter, Tennessee, was shattered by gunfire on October 15, 2025, leaving a son and his mother dead in what authorities have described as an altercation. The victims were identified as 29-year-old Ceil Martindale, a male, and his…

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Chance’lor Parker

Male, age 18 · Slidell, Louisiana

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late afternoon of October 15, 2025, in Slidell, Louisiana, tragedy struck at a place typically reserved for recreation and community gathering. Eighteen-year-old Chance’lor Parker, a male resident of Slidell, was near Possum Hollow Park when gunfire…

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Cheryl Hanoian

Female, age 78 · Fowler, California

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Cheryl Hanoian, 78, female, was found dead inside her Fowler, California home on October 15, 2025, alongside her 60-year-old son, James Kelley McFarland. Investigators and local reports identify the incident as a murder-suicide discovered after first…

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Damere Boddie

Male, age 31 · Akron, Ohio

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Damere Boddie, 31, a Black male, was shot on the afternoon of October 15, 2025, in the 500 block of Mohawk Avenue in Akron. Officers responded after reports of gunfire around 1:55–2:00 p.m. and found him wounded; he was rushed to a local hospital, where he…

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Devonte Redmond

Male, age 29 · Columbia, South Carolina

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early hours of an October morning, the life of 29-year-old Devonte Redmond, a male resident of Columbia, South Carolina, was tragically cut short. On October 15, 2025, multiple calls to 911 reported gunfire at the Columbia Gardens Apartments on Plowden…

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Dynasty Battle

Female, age 18 · Lafayette, Indiana

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of an autumn evening in Lafayette, Indiana, the life of 18-year-old Dynasty Battle was tragically cut short. On Wednesday, October 15, 2025, around 11 p.m., Lafayette police officers were dispatched to a residence on North 9th Street after…

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Franck Jeune

Male, age 20 · Lake Worth Beach, Florida

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Franck Jeune, a 20-year-old man from Greenacres, was found dead just before dawn on October 15, 2025, after gunfire erupted along the 900 block of South G Street near 10th Avenue South in Lake Worth Beach. Deputies with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office…

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Hernando Queens

Male, age 41 · Hawthorne, California

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Hernando Queens, 41, a man from Hawthorne, was shot in the early morning hours of October 15, 2025, on the 14100 block of Doty Avenue. Officers and paramedics arrived just after 2:15 a.m.; he was pronounced dead at the scene while a second person was wounded…

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Isaiah Payne

Male, age 35 · Saint Louis, Missouri

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of October 15, 2025, the life of 35-year-old Isaiah Payne was tragically cut short in the 8300 block of Eton Place in Jennings, a community in St. Louis County, Missouri. Responding to a ShotSpotter alert indicating gunfire in the…

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Ja’Carium Quavonte Amison

Male, age 21 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the heart of Birmingham, Alabama, a young life full of promise was tragically cut short. Ja’Carium Quavonte Amison, a 21-year-old male known affectionately as “Tank,” passed away on October 15, 2025. His death, which occurred in the Midfield area, was the…

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James Smith

Male, age 78 · Sparks, Nevada

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a quiet Sparks, Nevada neighborhood, the stillness of an autumn evening was broken by a grim discovery that left residents in shock. On Wednesday, October 15, 2025, police were dispatched to a home on Satellite Drive where they found the bodies of two men…

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Jason Velasquez

Male, age 46 · Lancaster, California

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jason Velasquez, 46, a male, was shot to death in Lancaster on the night of October 15, 2025. Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Lancaster Station were called to the area of West Avenue J-2 and Sierra Highway just after 10 p.m. for…

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Jessy Hooper

Male, age 29 · Simcoe, Alabama

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the small community of Simcoe, Alabama, a sense of unease settled over the residents in the autumn of 2025. The life of a young man, 29-year-old Jessy Hooper, was cut short on a Wednesday, the 15th of October. Jessy, a male resident of Cullman, became the…

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John Martinez Suave Drilly

Male, age 27 · Bronx, New York

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

John Martinez, a 27-year-old male, was fatally shot on the evening of Wednesday, October 15, 2025, in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx. Born in the Dominican Republic, Martinez, also known in the drill rap scene as Suave Drilly, was leaving a parole office…

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Karen Carter

Female, age 68 · Baxter, Tennessee

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of October 15, 2025, a violent roadside confrontation in the Austin Bottom area of DeKalb County, Tennessee, claimed the life of 68-year-old Karen Carter, a female resident of Baxter. The incident, which unfolded on Vickers Ridge Road, also…

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Marvin Tolliver

Male, age 29 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the autumn of 2025, a dispute over a tattoo appointment at a Baton Rouge barbershop tragically escalated, ending the life of Marvin Tolliver, a 29-year-old male barber who was simply at his place of work. On the evening of October 15, police were called to…

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Montana Gunhus

Male, age 39 · Waterloo, Iowa

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of October 15, 2025, the life of 39-year-old Montana Lee Gunhus, a male resident of Waterloo, Iowa, was tragically cut short. At approximately 3:45 a.m., Waterloo Police officers were dispatched to 3137 Hammond Avenue following a…

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Najbulla Rafie

Male, age 59 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

A simmering family argument in a north Phoenix home tragically boiled over into deadly violence on the evening of October 15, 2025, leaving 59-year-old Najbulla Rafie, a male, dead in the street. The dispute, which began inside the residence near 19th Street…

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Nubia Bravo

Female, age 26 · Donna, Texas

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Nubia Bravo, 26, a white woman from Donna, Texas, died on October 15, 2025, after she was shot outside Neni’s Childcare #2 on Stites Road, where she worked. According to the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office, Bravo drew her estranged husband, 41-year-old Saul…

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Rachel Lei Ann Creed

Female, age 49 · El Paso, Texas

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Rachel Lei Ann Creed, 49, female, was found with a gunshot wound in the early morning hours of October 15, 2025, after El Paso police were called to the 2300 block of Tierra Rica in far East El Paso. Officers arrived around 1:44 a.m., and she was rushed to a…

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Scott Bartlett

Male, age 42 · Abilene, Texas

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Scott Bartlett, 42, a white male, was found shot inside a home on the 1200 block of Lillius Street in north Abilene late on October 15, 2025. Officers were dispatched a little after 11 p.m., rendered aid, and moved him to Hendrick Medical Center, where he…

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Tyrese Johnson

Male, age 24 · Waco, Texas

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Tyrese Johnson, 24, male, was shot and killed just after midnight on October 15, 2025, in the 2400 block of South 21st Street in Waco. Officers responding to the scene found him suffering from a gunshot wound, and he was pronounced dead there. Police publicly…

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Velgenia Brown

Female, age 35 · Mobile, Alabama

Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of October 15, 2025, the life of 35-year-old Velgenia Brown was cut short in a fatal shooting at a residence on High Street in Mobile, Alabama. Police responded to a call at approximately 1:15 a.m. and discovered Ms. Brown deceased…

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Stephen Francis Killam Jr.

Male, age 47 · Waterville, Maine

Killed Oct 15, 2024 · 2 years ago

Stephen Francis Killam Jr., a 47-year-old man from Fairfield, Maine, was known to have a very big heart. The oldest of five children, he loved being with his family and friends and was always ready to lend a hand to those in need. His life was cut short in…

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Monet Laterra Newton

Female, age 24 · Glendale, Arizona

Killed Oct 15, 2024 · 2 years ago

In what should have been a week of immense celebration, the life of 24-year-old Monet Laterra Newton was tragically cut short in a devastating murder-suicide in her Glendale, Arizona, apartment. An African American woman on the cusp of a bright future, Newton…

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Alison Markee

Female, age 56 · Jefferson, Georgia

Killed Oct 15, 2024 · 2 years ago

On an autumn day in 2024, the quiet of a neighborhood in Arcade, Georgia, was shattered by a domestic dispute that ended in tragedy. Inside a home on Azalea Drive, 56-year-old Alison Markee, a female, lost her life in a violent encounter. When officers from…

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Monica Mosley

Female, age 51 · Bridgeton, New Jersey

Killed Oct 15, 2024 · 2 years ago

Monica Mosley, a 51-year-old Black woman, was a dedicated public servant and a respected detective sergeant with the Cumberland County Prosecutor's Office in New Jersey. Having started her career there as a paralegal in 2006 before becoming a detective in…

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Michael Barksdale

Male, age 60 · Rochester, New York

Killed Oct 15, 2024 · 2 years ago

A quiet afternoon in Rochester, New York, was shattered by violence that claimed the life of a longtime resident. Michael Barksdale, a 60-year-old male, was working on a vehicle in a driveway when he was fatally shot on October 15, 2024. The incident left the…

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