Death by Force

Deshawn Sutton

Male, age 27 · Oakland, California

Found Oct 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

On October 2, 2012, Deshawn Sutton, age 27, was shot and killed in Oakland, California, during a violent period for the city. Sutton's death occurred amid a string of fatal shootings that left five people dead within an 18-hour span. He was among those who…

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Demetri Williams

Male, age 28 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Oct 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the tumultuous year of 2012, a year marked by a significant surge in violence in Detroit, 28-year-old Demetri Williams became another life tragically cut short. On October 2, 2012, his story became a grim statistic in the city's growing list of homicides.…

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Quatez Oliver

Male, age 21 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Oct 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the fading daylight of a Saturday afternoon, on November 28, 2020, the life of 20-year-old Kani Oliver was tragically cut short in a brazen shooting on Detroit's west side. Oliver, a young man remembered by his mother for his immense heart and belief in…

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Phillip Henry

Male, age 32 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Oct 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

Phillip Henry was a 32-year-old Black man in Oklahoma City whose life was cut short on October 2, 2012, when violence reached the quiet corridors of the Adam’s Crossing Apartments in the northwest part of the city. That day would come to mark not just the end…

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Lashawn Johnson

Male, age 37 · Houston, Texas

Found Oct 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

Lashawn Johnson, age 37, died on October 2, 2012, in Houston, Texas. His death was part of a broader trend of violent crime in Houston during that year, as the city experienced an increase in the homicide rate compared to the previous year. This rise in…

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Ricky Platt

Male, age 16 · Newport News, Virginia

Killed Oct 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the late hours of a Monday night in Newport News, Virginia, the life of 16-year-old Ricky LaTwan Platt was tragically cut short. On October 2, 2012, police responded to a call of shots fired in the Heritage Trace Apartments complex, located in the Denbigh…

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Nicholas J. Ivie

Male, age 30 · Bisbee, Arizona

Killed Oct 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the pre-dawn darkness of a remote and rugged Arizona canyon near the Mexican border, the life of 30-year-old Border Patrol Agent Nicholas J. Ivie was tragically cut short on October 2, 2012. A native of Provo, Utah, Ivie had been with the U.S. Border…

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Bronique McCleod

Female, age 24 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Oct 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the late hours of a Monday evening in Newark, New Jersey, the life of 24-year-old Bronique McCleod was tragically cut short. On October 1, 2012, while sitting in a van with three other people at a traffic light near Hawthorne Avenue and Osborne Terrace…

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Ricky Platt

Male, age 16 · Newport-news, Virginia

Killed Oct 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the late hours of a Monday night in Newport News, Virginia, the life of 16-year-old Ricky LaTwan Platt was tragically cut short. On October 2, 2012, the Black / African American male was fatally shot at the Heritage Trace Apartments located in the Denbigh…

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Sonia Rivera

Female, age 48 · Hartford, Connecticut

Killed Oct 2, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the early autumn of 2012, the life of 48-year-old Hispanic female, Sonia Rivera, was tragically cut short in Hartford, Connecticut. On the evening of September 27, she was discovered behind a building on Washington Street, partially unclothed and suffering…

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Jonathan Johnson

Male, age 19 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Oct 2, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the early hours of a Saturday morning in Washington, D.C., the life of Jonathan Marquette Johnson was tragically cut short. On October 2, 2010, at approximately 2:05 a.m., Johnson, a male, was shot and killed in the 1100 block of 1st Place, Northwest. The…

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Juan C. Alayo

Unknown, age 41 · Miami, Florida

Found Oct 2, 2010 · 16 years ago

Juan C. Alayo, a 41-year-old resident of Miami, was tragically murdered on October 2, 2010. His death remains unsolved, part of the many cold cases in the Miami area that continue to haunt law enforcement and the community. Despite efforts to gather…

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Sylvester Williams

Male, age 38 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Oct 2, 2010 · 16 years ago

Sylvester Williams, a 38-year-old male, was killed on October 2, 2010, in Chicago, Illinois. His death was part of the numerous homicides that year in the city, a time when Chicago faced considerable challenges related to escalating gun violence. The homicide…

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Gilbert Culberson

Male, age 30 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Oct 2, 2010 · 16 years ago

Gilbert Culberson, a 30-year-old Black man from Detroit, was listed among the city’s homicide victims as having been killed on October 2, 2010, with the location recorded at 14650 Gratiot Avenue. That address sits on Gratiot Avenue in northeast Detroit and…

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Jeremy A Moti

Male, age 20 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Oct 2, 2010 · 16 years ago

Jeremy A. Mott, a 20-year-old man from Kansas City, Missouri, died on October 2, 2010, after a night that began like so many weekends in the Crossroads — crowded sidewalks, late music, and the loose, buzzy energy that hangs around after First Friday. Sometime…

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Fabian Johnson

Male, age 18 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 2, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the fall of 2010, the body of 18-year-old Fabian Johnson was discovered in Tacony Creek Park in Philadelphia. A group of children playing in the park on a Saturday afternoon made the grim find. Johnson, a resident of the Feltonville neighborhood, lived on…

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Darrell Mayfield

Male, age 27 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Oct 2, 2010 · 16 years ago

Darrell D. Mayfield, II, a 27-year-old African-American man, found his life tragically cut short on a fall day in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On October 2, 2010, his journey ended in a violent encounter that left a family grieving and a community searching for…

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Xavier Thompson

Male, age 22 · Mandan, North Dakota

Killed Oct 2, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the autumn of 2010, the life of a young Black/African American man named Xavier Thompson was tragically cut short. At 22 years old, Thompson was found dead in Mandan, North Dakota, on October 2, 2010. His death was quickly determined to be a homicide…

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Angela Gabel

Female, age 40 · Allamakee, Iowa

Killed Oct 2, 2010 · 16 years ago

On October 2, 2010, the life of Angela Gabel, a 40-year-old Caucasian female, was brought to a tragic end in rural Allamakee County, Iowa. She was found in a parked car, having suffered two fatal gunshot wounds to the head from a. 22 caliber rifle. The…

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Ernest Nathaniel Crayton

Male, age 18 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Oct 2, 2010 · 16 years ago

Ernest Nathaniel Crayton, an 18-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on October 2, 2006. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Crayton was fatally shot in the Vermont Square neighborhood. The incident…

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Antonio Carr

Male, age 30 · Oakland, California

Found Oct 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

Antonio Carr, a 30-year-old resident of Oakland, was fatally shot on October 2, 2009. The incident took place near his home in Oakland, a city that has experienced high rates of violent crime, particularly in certain neighborhoods plagued by persistent gun…

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Eddie Blocker

Male, age 18 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Oct 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the early morning hours of Friday, October 2, 2009, a life was tragically cut short on the streets of Washington, D.C. Eddie Rapheal Blocker, a male, was shot and killed in front of 1512 18th Street, SE, at approximately 4:19 am. The incident left a void…

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Keith Johnson

Male, age 29 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Oct 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

On a cool autumn evening in Atlanta on October 2, 2009, the life of 29-year-old Keith Johnson was tragically cut short. Details surrounding the specific circumstances of his death remain elusive in public records, leaving a painful void for those who knew…

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Darius Anderson

Male, age 17 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Oct 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the autumn of 2009, the life of 17-year-old Darius Anderson, a Black male, was tragically cut short on the streets of West Baltimore. On the evening of October 2nd, violence erupted near the intersection of West Lafayette Avenue and North Payson Street, a…

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Dewey Jones

Male · Akron, Ohio

Killed Oct 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

On October 2, 2009, Dewey D. Jones, a 31-year-old Black male, was found unresponsive from a gunshot wound inside a residence on Bachtel Avenue in Akron, Ohio. The incident occurred shortly after 2:00 a.m., and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The Akron…

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Lori Roberts

Female, age 49 · Doran, Minnesota

Killed Oct 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

Lori Roberts, a 49-year-old Caucasian woman, was found dead in her Doran, Minnesota, home on October 2, 2009. An autopsy later revealed she had been shot twice, with gunshot wounds to her neck and chest determined to be the cause of death. A mother of three…

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Elda Vazquez

Female, age 30 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Oct 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

Elda Vazquez, 30, was found dead on Friday, October 2, 2009, in the 500 block of Benninghaus Road in Baltimore, more than a year and a half after she vanished. She died of asphyxiation. The Baltimore Police Department investigated, and the Baltimore Sun's…

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Keith Wilson

Male, age 29 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Oct 2, 2009 · 17 years ago

Keith Wilson was 29 years old when he was killed in Atlanta on Friday, October 2, 2009. The Atlanta Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Atlanta from 2007 through 2017, lists it as a…

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Modesto Smith

Male, age 21 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Oct 2, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the autumn of 2008, a young man's life was cut short on a street in Baltimore, a city grappling with a high rate of violent crime. On the evening of October 2nd, 21-year-old Modesto Smith was in the 700 block of Allegany Place when he was fatally shot. The…

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Zachary Nmn Taylor

Male, age 47 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Oct 2, 2008 · 18 years ago

Zachary Nmn Taylor, 47, an African-American male, died on October 2, 2008, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His name lingers like an echo across the city’s autumn streets, a reminder that a life once moving through everyday rhythms can be stilled without warning.…

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Gloria Tapia

Female, age 43 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Oct 2, 2008 · 18 years ago

On a tragic autumn evening in Las Vegas, a day meant for celebration turned into one of profound loss for the family of Gloria Tapia. A 43-year-old Hispanic female, Gloria was a dedicated housekeeper, having just marked her 20th anniversary of employment at…

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Sylvia Hernandez

Female, age 30 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Oct 2, 2008 · 18 years ago

Sylvia Hernandez, 30, a Hispanic/Latina woman from Las Vegas, died on October 2, 2008. Public reporting about her case is sparse, but an online case entry states she was found dead at a residence in Las Vegas that day. At the same time, major local outlets…

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Carlos Ordorica

Male, age 20 · San Antonio, Texas

Found Oct 2, 2008 · 18 years ago

Carlos Ordorica, a 20-year-old resident of San Antonio, Texas, was tragically killed on October 2, 2008, in what has since become a cold case. The young man was fatally shot in the West Side area of San Antonio, a neighborhood that had been experiencing…

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Juan Gutierrez

Male, age 24 · Houston, Texas

Found Oct 2, 2008 · 18 years ago

On October 2, 2008, Juan Gutierrez, age 24, was fatally shot in Houston, Texas. According to reports from law enforcement, the incident took place under circumstances that indicated a personal dispute. Details revealed that Juan Gutierrez was involved in an…

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Julio Pacheco

Male, age 23 · San Antonio, Texas

Found Oct 2, 2008 · 18 years ago

Julio Pacheco, aged 23, was found dead on October 2, 2008, in San Antonio, Texas, in what police confirmed to be a homicide. Pacheco was involved in a fatal encounter in a neighborhood in the southeast part of San Antonio. According to initial police reports…

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Shawn Boggan

Male, age 38 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Oct 2, 2008 · 18 years ago

Shawn Boggan was 38 years old when he was killed in Atlanta on Thursday, October 2, 2008. The Atlanta Police Department Homicide Unit investigated, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in Atlanta from 2007 through 2017, lists it…

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Michael Wright

Null, age 28 · Jacksonville, Florida

Found Oct 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

Michael Wright, aged 28, was killed on October 2, 2007, in Jacksonville, Florida. His death was part of a series of homicides that occurred that year, contributing to Jacksonville's ongoing struggle with violent crime. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff's…

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Donald Reed

Male, age 27 · Paramount, California

Killed Oct 2, 2007 · 19 years ago

Donald Reed, a 27-year-old man from Orange County, was tragically shot to death on October 2, 2007, in Paramount, California. The incident occurred around 2:15 p.m. near 70th Street and Georgia Avenue. According to reports, Reed and a companion were in the…

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Angela Wilson

Female, age 44 · Jasper, Oregon

Killed Oct 2, 2005 · 21 years ago

On October 2, 2005, the body of 44-year-old Angela Wilson was discovered in the Willamette River, near the Jasper Bridge in Jasper, Oregon. An autopsy later determined that Wilson had been physically assaulted before her death, leading authorities to rule her…

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Marcos Mikey Cruz

Male, age 22 · Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Killed Oct 2, 2005 · 21 years ago

On an autumn night in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, the life of 22-year-old Marcos Cruz, a Hispanic male, was tragically cut short. On October 2, 2005, Cruz was sitting in his car on Weeden Street when he was fatally shot. He was not alone in the vehicle; a female…

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Kasi Peek

Female, age 44 · Smyrna, Georgia

Killed Oct 2, 2005 · 21 years ago

In the quiet suburbs of Smyrna, Georgia, a shocking discovery was made on October 2, 2005. Kasi Alane Peek, a 44-year-old female computer programmer, was found deceased in her bed, the victim of a fatal gunshot wound. The scene initially appeared to be a…

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Jerome Humphries Jr

Male, age 24 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Oct 2, 2004 · 22 years ago

In the early hours of a fall morning in Washington, D.C., the life of Jerome Humphries Jr. was tragically cut short. On Saturday, October 2, 2004, at approximately 12:12 a.m., Humphries was seated in a vehicle in the 5100 block of East Capitol Street…

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Luis Aguilar

Male, age 27 · Immokalee, Florida

Killed Oct 2, 2004 · 22 years ago

On October 2, 2004, 27-year-old Luis Aguilar was found dead on Tyler Street in Immokalee, Florida. The incident occurred in the early morning hours at approximately 2:00 a.m. Aguilar's body was discovered with fatal injuries that were later identified as a…

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Darryl Haywood

Male, age 50 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Oct 2, 2004 · 22 years ago

On a Saturday afternoon in October, the life of 50-year-old Darryl Louis Haywood, a Black male, was cut tragically short. On October 2, 2004, while on duty as a Florida Highway Patrol Trooper in Volusia County, Florida, he was alerted to a Porsche and a…

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Christopher Allison

Male, age 25 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Oct 2, 2004 · 22 years ago

On October 2, 2004, 25-year-old Christopher B. Allison was tragically shot while riding in a car with his brother in Charlotte, North Carolina. The incident occurred around 3:46 a.m. in the 1500 block of Pegram Street. An unknown assailant fired a shot into…

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James Darrell Martin

Male, age 55 · Wheaton, Maryland

Killed Oct 2, 2002 · 24 years ago

On an autumn evening in Wheaton, Maryland, the life of 55-year-old James Darrell Martin was cut short in a sudden and senseless act of violence that marked the beginning of a terrifying chapter for the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. On October 2, 2002…

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James Harris Taplin Jr.

Male, age 31 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Oct 2, 2002 · 24 years ago

James Harris Taplin Jr., a 31-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on October 2, 2002. According to records from the Los Angeles County coroner, Taplin was fatally shot in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. The incident…

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Alton Jean Batiste

Male, age 31 · Palms, California

Killed Oct 2, 2002 · 24 years ago

Alton Jean Batiste was 31 years old when he died on Wednesday, October 2, 2002, in the Palms neighborhood of West Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at the westbound 10 Freeway and Overland…

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