Deaths by Force on October 5

Deaths by Force (512)

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Jessica Lively

Female, age 35 · Parkersburg, West Virginia

Killed Oct 5, 2026 · this year

Jessica Kelly Lively, a 35-year-old mother from Raleigh County, West Virginia, was remembered by loved ones as a creative and free-spirited woman. Known as "Jessie" to her family and friends, she had a passion for traveling and never felt the need to call…

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Laderrick Dewayne Jones

Male, age 24 · Jackson, Tennessee

Killed Oct 5, 2026 · this year

Laderrick Dewayne Jones was a young man from Jackson, Tennessee, with his whole life ahead of him. Born on March 15, 2002, the 24-year-old male was known to his family and friends before his life was violently ended in a public shooting on a Monday afternoon.…

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Luis Alberto Quiroz-Arreola

Male, age 31 · San Diego, California

Killed Oct 5, 2026 · this year

Luis Alberto Quiroz-Arreola, known affectionately to his family and friends as "Beto," was a dedicated partner, a loving father, and a man who took great pride in his work. At 31 years old, he was the eldest of three children and a doting father to his…

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Naim Brewer

Male, age 18 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Oct 5, 2026 · this year

A life just beginning was cut tragically short on a Monday evening in Newark, New Jersey, leaving a family heartbroken and a community searching for answers. Naim Brewer, an 18-year-old resident of the city, was a young man with roots in a loving family from…

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Omar Poole Jr.

Male, age 29 · West Mifflin, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 5, 2026 · this year

Omar Maurice Poole Jr., known affectionately to his family and friends as "Lil O" or "Baby O," was a man whose personality could fill a room. Born on September 30, 1997, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the 29-year-old from Penn Hills was remembered for being…

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Shaquilah Kaprise Howard

Female, age 30 · Temecula, California

Killed Oct 5, 2026 · this year

Known to her loved ones as “Lulu,” Shaquilah Kaprise Howard was a devoted mother and a vibrant soul who loved to bring people together. Born on January 2, 1996, in Bellflower, California, the 30-year-old woman was remembered for her beautiful smile and her…

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Zaki Wallace

Male, age 16 · Goldsboro, North Carolina

Killed Oct 5, 2026 · this year

Zaki Wallace was a 16-year-old sophomore at Goldsboro High School with a family that loved him. His mother, Dominique Holmes, said he was her “other half” and her “best friend.” Friends and family remembered the male teen for his infectious smile and the joy…

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Ada Mae Simmons-Jones

Female, age 45 · Southfield, Michigan

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

In a quiet Southfield, Michigan neighborhood, the life of 45-year-old Ada Mae Simmons-Jones, a female, came to a tragic and violent end on the evening of October 5. Police were called to her home on Bainbridge Drive just before 11:40 p.m. following reports of…

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Ana Gutierrez-Cedano

Female, age 59 · Columbia, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Ana Gutierrez-Cedano, 59, a Hispanic/Latina woman, was a Columbia, Pennsylvania resident whose life ended on October 5, 2025. That Sunday afternoon, she was visiting a home on the 2100 block of Oak Hollow Drive in West Hempfield Township, Lancaster County…

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Anthony Smithers

Male, age 15 · Westmont, California

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Anthony Smithers, 15, a Black male, was found fatally wounded just after midnight on October 5, 2025, along the 800 block of West 97th Street in South Los Angeles, an area often described as Vermont Vista and adjacent to Westmont. Officers were dispatched at…

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Anthony Torres

Male, age 23 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Anthony Torres, 23, a Hispanic/Latino male, was gravely wounded in the early hours of October 5, 2025, when gunfire broke out at an apartment in the 8800 block of Ferguson Road in Far East Dallas. Officers responding around 1:20 a.m. found two people shot…

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Bobby Lee Micle Lucas

Male, age 23 · Troy, Alabama

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Bobby Lee David Miracle Lucas, a 23-year-old Black male, was killed just after midnight on October 5, 2025, after gunfire erupted outside Hideaway Events, a venue north of Troy in Pike County, during a large party that drew hundreds of people from several…

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Camron Williams

Male, age 16 · Macon, Georgia

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of a Sunday evening in Macon, Georgia, the life of 16-year-old Camron Williams was tragically cut short. On October 5, 2025, just before midnight, deputies from the Bibb County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to the 5000 block of Soldad…

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Carltin Bayong

Male, age 14 · Greenbelt, Maryland

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

A 14-year-old male, Carltin Bayong, lost his life in a drive-by shooting in Greenbelt, Maryland, on the afternoon of Sunday, October 5, 2025. Originally from Cameroon, Bayong was a student at Eleanor Roosevelt High School and had been entrusted to the care of…

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Charles Kalisek

Male, age 43 · Gonzales, Texas

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Charles Wesley “Wes” Kalisek Jr., 43, a White male from Gonzales, was killed on October 5, 2025, in the quiet of an early Sunday morning. A lifelong son of the community, he was pronounced dead that day, his name quickly moving from the everyday rhythms of…

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Daniel Federico

Male, age 21 · Colorado Springs, Colorado

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early hours of October 5, 2025, a burst of violence shattered the pre-dawn quiet in Colorado Springs, leaving one young man dead and another fighting for his life. Twenty-one-year-old Daniel Federico, a male, was killed in the incident. The Colorado…

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Dequrae Rae Murrel

Female, age 27 · Omaha, Nebraska

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of October 5, 2025, a tragedy unfolded that cut short the life of 27-year-old Dequrae Murrel, a Black/African American female from Omaha, Nebraska. Known as "Rae" to her loved ones, she was described as a vibrant and caring person…

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Dominga Cedano-Cedano

Female, age 74 · Columbia, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

A quiet Sunday in West Hempfield Township was shattered by violence that claimed the life of 74-year-old Dominga Cedano-Cedano. The tragic events of October 5, 2025, unfolded within a home on Oak Hollow Drive, stemming from a domestic dispute that escalated…

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Evan Zion Alema

Male, age 18 · Bakersfield, California

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Evan Zion Alema, 18, male, was shot and killed just after midnight on October 5, 2025, in a quiet cul-de-sac on Meadow Vista Court in northeast Bakersfield. Officers arrived around 12:55 a.m. to find him suffering from gunshot wounds; lifesaving efforts were…

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Jacob Hearn

Male, age 25 · Brighton, Tennessee

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of Sunday, October 5, 2025, the life of 25-year-old Jacob 'Bryce' Hearn of Brighton, Tennessee, was tragically cut short. Deputies from the Tipton County Sheriff's Office were dispatched to a residence in the 9400 block of Holly…

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Jose Miguel Avila

Male, age 41 · West Haven, Connecticut

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of October 5, 2025, a burst of gunfire shattered the peace in the parking lot of the Two Thirteen Bar & Grill in West Haven, Connecticut. When the chaos subsided, two individuals were found to have been shot. One of these victims…

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Joseph Calvin Bihm Jr.

Male, age 34 · Beaumont, Texas

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Joseph Calvin Bihm Jr., a 34-year-old man from Beaumont, was discovered on the morning of October 5, 2025, inside a pickup that had crashed along the 1400 block of Orange Avenue. First responders found that he had been shot; the truck came to rest near King…

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Joshawon Ross

Male, age 40 · West Point, Mississippi

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of a Sunday evening in West Point, Mississippi, a confrontation at a residence on Glendale Road ended in the tragic death of 40-year-old Joshawon Ross. On October 5, 2025, Ross, a male, went to the home of his ex-girlfriend accompanied by…

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Josiah Bee-Reece

Male, age 26 · Tucson, Arizona

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the Midtown neighborhood of Tucson, Arizona, a social gathering turned fatal for 26-year-old Josiah Bee-Reece on the evening of October 5, 2025. Officers responded to a call of a shooting shortly after 8:30 p.m. in the 3000 block of North Cherry Avenue.…

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Josiah Gardner

Male, age 17 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Josiah Gardner, 17, male, died in Cleveland, Ohio, on October 5, 2025. Public memorial pages list him among the city’s recent victims of gun violence, confirming his name, age, date, and location of death. An online obituary from a local funeral home…

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Kada Scott

Female, age 23 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Kada Scott, a 23-year-old woman from Philadelphia, vanished after leaving her nursing home job on October 4, 2025. Nearly two weeks later, on October 18, investigators discovered her remains in a shallow grave in a wooded area behind the long-vacant Ada H. H.…

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Kayla Johnson

Female, age 18 · Akron, Ohio

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Kayla Johnson, 18, female, was found fatally shot just after midnight on October 5, 2025, in Akron, Ohio. Officers responding around 12:15 a.m. to the 1300 block of Peckham Street, near South Hawkins Avenue, discovered two teenagers with gunshot wounds and…

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Kianna Cachae Mayberry

Female, age 32 · San Antonio, Texas

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Kianna Cachae Mayberry, 32, female, was shot in the driveway of her home on San Antonio’s Northwest Side the night of October 5, 2025. The Bexar County Medical Examiner later confirmed her identity after she was rushed from the scene to a local hospital. The…

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Larry Upchurch

Male, age 56 · Thomasville, North Carolina

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Larry Upchurch, 56, male, was found mortally wounded in the parking lot of the Thomasville Crossing Shopping Center at 1418 National Highway in Thomasville, North Carolina, on Sunday, October 5, 2025. Police were called at 6:47 p.m.; officers arrived to find…

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Maurisha Singletary

Female, age 33 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the autumn of 2025, a welfare check requested on a Sunday evening led to a grim discovery in a Northeast Washington, D.C. residence. On October 5th, officers from the Metropolitan Police Department's Sixth District entered a home in the 4000 block of…

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Nicki Ketterling

Female, age 77 · Saint Louis, Missouri

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the night of Sunday, October 5, 2025, a tragic sequence of events unfolded at a residence in the Oakville neighborhood of St. Louis County, Missouri. Police officers from the South County Precinct were dispatched to a home in the 100 block of Chinon Drive…

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Nolan Jackson

Male, age 31 · Clarksville, Tennessee

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of October 5, 2025, a 911 call reporting a shooting broke the quiet of Darlene Drive in Clarksville, TN. Responding officers arrived at the scene around 2 a.m. to find a man suffering from a gunshot wound. The injured man was…

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Norman Paul Brown

Male, age 44 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Norman Paul Brown, 44, a Black/African American man, was fatally shot on the evening of October 5, 2025, while riding a Dallas Area Rapid Transit Blue Line train as it reached the Pearl/Arts District Station in downtown Dallas. The shooting, which occurred…

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OShay White-Foster

Male, age 29 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

O’Shay White-Foster, 29, a Black male, was shot in the early minutes of October 5, 2025, inside a residence on the 100 block of Hayden Avenue in Columbus’s Franklinton neighborhood. Officers responding around 12:33 a.m. found him wounded; medics rushed him to…

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Patrique Allen

Male, age 31 · Fort Worth, Texas

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Patrique Allen, 31, a Black male, was killed in a burst of gunfire inside the Social LIV nightclub in Fort Worth's West 7th entertainment district shortly after 1:40 a.m. on Sunday, October 5, 2025. Officers responding to the 3000 block of Bledsoe Street…

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Pedro Lara

Male, age 21 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Pedro Lara, 21, male, was killed in the early-morning hours of October 5, 2025, after a van slammed into the fence outside his family’s home on the 3800 block of Bernal Drive in West Dallas. Lara and his father, 47-year-old Pedro Lara Roa, stepped outside to…

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Rachel Counts

Female, age 23 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Rachel Counts, a 23-year-old woman, was found mortally wounded late on the night of October 5, 2025, after Cincinnati police were dispatched around 10:45 p.m. to Kings Run Court in the Winton Hills neighborhood. First responders tried to save her, but she was…

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Timothy Hutchinson

Male, age 25 · Akron, Ohio

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Timothy Hutchinson, 25, a White male, drove from his hometown of Wooster to Akron on the night of October 5, 2025, to spend time with friends in the Highland Square neighborhood. In the early hours along West Market Street, the night fractured into chaos when…

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Tylen Gill

Male, age 18 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Oct 5, 2025 · 1 year ago

Tylen Gill, 18, a Black male from Cleveland, was found fatally shot inside an apartment at the Lakeview Terrace complex on the city’s West Side on Sunday, October 5, 2025, around 4 p.m. Responding officers to the 2700 block of Division Avenue discovered Gill…

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Johndarius Decareious Ward

Male, age 26 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Oct 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of October 5, 2024, tragedy struck in Birmingham, Alabama, ending the life of 26-year-old Johndarius Decareious 'JD' Ward. The young man was inside his vehicle at a Shell gas station on 3rd Avenue West when a hail of gunfire…

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Anthony Eric Blansit

Male, age 37 · Scottsboro, Alabama

Killed Oct 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

Anthony Eric Blansit, a 37-year-old white man from Scottsboro, Alabama, was remembered by his family as someone they were proud of. In online tributes following his death, relatives noted that he had recently turned his life around. "Glad you got your life…

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Darrian Finley

Male, age 34 · Opelika, Alabama

Killed Oct 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

A 34-year-old man, Darrian Finley, of Opelika, Alabama, was fatally shot on the evening of Saturday, October 5, 2024. The incident occurred at a party in the Beauregard community of Lee County. According to reports from the Lee County Sheriff's Office, the…

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Otis Daniels

Male, age 29 · Pine Bluff, Arkansas

Killed Oct 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a Saturday morning in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, an altercation between two men ended in the death of Otis Daniels, a 29-year-old Black man. The incident took place on October 5, 2024, at a residence on East 34th Avenue. Just after 11 a.m., police officers…

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Donte Maurice Rice

Male, age 29 · Colorado Springs, Colorado

Killed Oct 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the crisp autumn air of a Saturday afternoon in Colorado Springs, the cheers and excitement of a youth football game were abruptly shattered by a senseless act of violence that claimed the life of 29-year-old Donte Maurice Rice. On October 5, 2024, in the…

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Najee Dickens

Male, age 33 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Oct 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of October 5, 2024, a burst of gunfire shattered the peace in the Trinidad neighborhood of Northeast Washington, D.C. When officers from the Metropolitan Police Department arrived at the 1600 block of Trinidad Avenue, NE, around…

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Jahsir McLean

Male, age 21 · Stone-mountain, Georgia

Killed Oct 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a Saturday evening in Stone Mountain, Georgia, the life of 21-year-old Jahsir McLean was tragically cut short. On October 5, 2024, in the parking lot of a small shopping center on Panola Road, McLean was fatally wounded in what authorities have described…

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Naun Mendez Meléndez

Male, age 37 · Fort-valley, Georgia

Killed Oct 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of October 5, 2024, a dispute in Fort Valley, Georgia, tragically escalated, ending the life of 37-year-old Naun Mendez Melendez, a Hispanic male. The incident unfolded on the 400 block of Boulevard Street after Melendez, seeking to…

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Exavier Zurita

Male, age 20 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Oct 5, 2024 · 2 years ago

Exavier Zurita, 20, male, Hispanic/Latino, was shot in the right hip in the early morning hours of October 5, 2024, and later died in Chicago. Police were called to the 5600 block of West Addison Street in the Portage Park neighborhood after a black sedan…

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Dates are the day last seen (missing), the day of death, or when the date of death is unknown the day found or reported missing (deaths by force), the day found (unidentified and unclaimed), the victim's date of death (serial killers) and the day of the attack (mass murders). Solved, located, identified and claimed cases are not listed.