Deaths by Force on October 6

Deaths by Force (512)

Death by Force10th anniversary

Diane Winters Turner

Female, age 50 · Forrest City, Arkansas

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the autumn of 2016, the community of Forrest City, Arkansas, was unsettled by the violent death of Diane Winters Turner, a 50-year-old Black/African American woman. On October 6th, officers were dispatched to her home following reports of a shooting.…

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Sandra K. Nichols

Female, age 68 · Mink Shoals, West Virginia

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a tragic autumn day in Mink Shoals, West Virginia, the life of Sandra "Sandy" Kay Nichols, a 68-year-old Caucasian female, was brought to an abrupt and violent end. It was October 6, 2016, when law enforcement officers were dispatched to a residence to…

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Jarvis J. Johnson

Male, age 28 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a Thursday afternoon in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on October 6, 2016, Jarvis J. Johnson, a 28-year-old Black male, was fatally shot while sitting as a passenger in a vehicle. The incident occurred around 2:30 p.m. in the vicinity of 32nd and Meinecke on the…

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Lena Duncan

Female, age 56 · Stilwell, Oklahoma

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

On an autumn day in Stilwell, Oklahoma, the life of 56-year-old Lena Duncan came to a tragic and violent end. On October 6, 2016, she was found deceased in her home, the victim of a fatal shooting. The circumstances surrounding her death quickly pointed to a…

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Rashad Jay Swanigan

Male, age 22 · Flint, Michigan

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the city of Flint, Michigan, a young man’s life was cut short, leaving a family to mourn and a community to question the circumstances of his death. Rashad Jay Swanigan, a 22-year-old male, was fatally shot on Thursday, October 6, 2016. The incident that…

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Anthony Bass

Male, age 57 · Bloomfield, New Jersey

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

Anthony Bass, a 57-year-old man from Bloomfield, New Jersey, was killed by gunfire on October 6, 2016, in the same town where he lived. Online case summaries describe his death as a “death by force,” noting that he was found shot in a residential area of…

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Tyler Hurtle

Male, age 20 · South-bend, Indiana

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of October 6, 2016, a sense of unease settled over a home on Meadow Lane in South Bend, Indiana. What was planned as a robbery would soon escalate into a tragedy that would claim the life of 20-year-old Tyler Hurtle. The young man…

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Kevin McCuiston

Male, age 39 · Moberly, Missouri

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the afternoon of October 6, 2016, emergency responders in Moberly, Missouri, were dispatched to a residential property following reports of a fire. Upon their arrival, crews worked to extinguish the small blaze within the home. During the process of…

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Blake Curtis Snyder

Male, age 33 · Green-park, Missouri

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

Officer Blake Curtis Snyder, a 33-year-old White male, was on duty with the St. Louis County Police Department during the early morning hours of October 6, 2016. A four-year veteran of the force, he responded to a disturbance call in the quiet suburban…

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Seneca Scott

Male, age 37 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the autumn of 2016, the life of 37-year-old Seneca Scott was tragically cut short in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn. On the evening of October 5th, police responded to a 911 call reporting a shooting at an apartment building on Lincoln Avenue.…

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Ellis Edgar Calvin III

Male, age 21 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

Ellis Edgar Calvin III, a 21-year-old man from Los Angeles, was tragically shot and killed on October 6, 2016. The incident occurred in the 1200 block of West 109th Street in the Westmont neighborhood. According to reports, Calvin and a female friend were…

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Raul Alexander Sanchez

Male, age 26 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

Raul Alexander Sanchez, a 26-year-old Latino, was tragically shot and killed on October 6, 2016, in the South Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner’s records, the incident occurred around 10:15 a.m. on the…

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Geraldo Olvera

Male, age 22 · Fort-myers, Florida

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

Geraldo Olvera, a 22-year-old Hispanic male from Fort Myers, Florida, was tragically killed on October 6, 2016. The incident occurred at the Cypress Courts Apartments, where police responded to multiple gunshots and found Olvera with a fatal gunshot wound.…

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Jimmy Scott Hendrix

Male, age 52 · Cumming, Georgia

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the autumn of 2016, a Cumming, Georgia man named Jimmy Scott Hendrix, 52, lost his life in a violent encounter that unfolded in his own front yard. The incident, which took place on October 6th, stemmed from a heated argument with his former roommate…

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Kenneth Oglesby

Male, age 44 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a tragic afternoon in October 2016, Kenneth Oglesby, a 44-year-old male, was fatally shot during an attempted robbery at a gas station in College Park, Georgia. Oglesby had been a long-time resident of the area and was at a local Chevron on Roosevelt…

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Debrece Shields

Female, age 25 · Dekalb, Illinois

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the evening of October 6, 2016, at approximately 10:29 p.m., the DeKalb Police Department responded to multiple 911 calls reporting a shooting at a multi-unit apartment complex located at 810 Kimberly Drive in DeKalb, Illinois. Upon arrival, officers…

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Keldric Cheney

Male, age 32 · Alexandria, Louisiana

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the autumn of 2016, the life of 32-year-old Keldric Cheney, a Black male from Alexandria, Louisiana, was tragically cut short. On the evening of October 6, 2016, Cheney was fatally shot in the 1400 block of Fenner Street. Following the shooting, he was…

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Devrick Stewart

Male, age 31 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

DeVrick "Dee" Stewart, a 31-year-old male of African American ethnicity, tragically passed away on October 6, 2016, in Cleveland, OH. The circumstances surrounding his death were part of a broader investigation that involved multiple arrests and legal…

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Carlton Snipes

Male, age 22 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the autumn of 2016, a life was tragically cut short in a Memphis motel room, setting off a homicide investigation that, in some respects, remains unresolved. On October 6, 2016, police were called to the Americas Best Value Inn on American Way, where they…

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Fredrick Lee Clark

Male, age 20 · Waco, Texas

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

Fredrick Lee Clark, a 20-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on October 6, 2016, in Waco, Texas. The incident occurred in the afternoon while Fredrick and others were engaged in a dice game in a parking lot near Baylor University. The…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Ryan E Gibson

Male, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Oct 6, 2011 · 15 years ago

Ryan E. Gibson, aged 18, was fatally shot on October 6, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident took place in the North Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago's West Side, an area that has faced persistent issues with violence, partly due to socio-economic…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Maebrry M Porter

Male, age 51 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Oct 6, 2011 · 15 years ago

On October 6, 2011, Maebrry M. Porter, a 51-year-old male, was killed in Chicago in an incident classified as a homicide. The fatal event took place on the West Side of Chicago, specifically in the Austin neighborhood, an area that had seen a significant…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Elliot Harris

Male, age 44 · Temple Hills, Maryland

Killed Oct 6, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the autumn of 2011, a violent encounter in Temple Hills, Maryland, claimed the life of 44-year-old Elliot LaWayne Harris. On the evening of October 6th, authorities responded to the 4300 block of 23rd Parkway where they discovered Harris inside a vehicle…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

James Jimmy Nephew

Male, age 44 · Topeka, Kansas

Killed Oct 6, 2011 · 15 years ago

James “Jimmy” Nephew, 44, a male member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, spent most of his life in Topeka working hard roofing under Kansas skies, close to his family and his faith. Born in Gowanda, New York, he had put down roots on the prairie, where…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Elliott LaWayne Harris

Male, age 44 · Temple-hills, Maryland

Killed Oct 6, 2011 · 15 years ago

On a fall evening in 2011, Elliott LaWayne Harris, a 44-year-old man from Mechanicsville, Maryland, was found in his vehicle on the 4300 block of 23rd Parkway in Temple Hills. It was approximately 6:46 p.m. on October 6th when police responded to the scene to…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Catalina M. Ruiz

Female, age 27 · Fayetteville, North Carolina

Killed Oct 6, 2011 · 15 years ago

Sergeant Catalina Marie Ruiz, a 27-year-old Hispanic woman, was tragically killed in an apparent murder-suicide in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on October 6, 2011. Ruiz, who was a supply sergeant with the 112th Signal Battalion stationed at Fort Bragg, was…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Jamie Byrd

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Oct 6, 2001 · 25 years ago

On the afternoon of October 6, 2001, Jamie H. Byrd, an African-American man from Washington, D.C., was standing outside a residence in the 1800 block of Irving Street NE when gunfire tore through the quiet of the day and left him mortally wounded on the…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Mike Brady

Male, age 28 · Panama City, Florida

Killed Oct 6, 1996 · 30 years ago

Mike Brady, a 28-year-old man from Panama City, Florida, was tragically murdered on October 6, 1996. Mike was found shot to death in his own bed by his four-year-old son. Initially, investigators suspected it could have been a suicide, but this theory was…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Julius Melhado

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Oct 6, 1996 · 30 years ago

Julius Melhado, a 27-year-old male, was the victim of a homicide that took place on October 6, 1996, in Columbus, Ohio. The incident occurred at 360 N. Garfield Avenue, where Melhado suffered a fatal gunshot wound. Emergency responders arrived on the scene…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Frank Brady

Male · Lebanon Junction, Kentucky

Killed Oct 6, 1991 · 35 years ago

In the autumn of 1991, a chilling series of events unfolded that culminated in the tragic death of Francis 'Frank' Brady, a distillery worker from Bardstown, Kentucky. His story is not one of a quiet passing, but a brutal end at the hands of a dangerous…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Freddie Lee Jackson

Male, age 42 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Oct 6, 1986 · 40 years ago

In the cool autumn evening of October 6, 1986, a dedicated Detroit Police Officer, Freddie Lee Jackson, found his life tragically cut short at the age of 42. A 14-year veteran of the force and a former member of the United States Army, Officer Jackson was…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Ruth McNeil

Female, age 78 · Lakewood, Ohio

Killed Oct 6, 1981 · 45 years ago

On October 6, 1981, Ruth McNeil, aged 78, was tragically murdered in her home at 2071 Baxterly Avenue in Lakewood, Ohio. She was discovered lying on the floor of her living room, and it was evident that there had been a forced entry into her residence. Ruth…

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Death by Force75th anniversary

Wayne Coram

Male, age 60 · Panama-city, Florida

Killed Oct 6, 1951 · 75 years ago

Wayne Coram, a 60-year-old constable from Panama City, FL, tragically lost his life on October 6, 1951. Constable Coram was performing his duties in the West Bay area when he encountered two brothers who were intoxicated. He arrested them and placed them in…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Alexzander Clark

Male, age 23 · Willowbrook, California

Killed Oct 6, 2021 · 5 years ago

Alexzander Clark, a 23-year-old resident of Willowbrook, California, tragically lost his life on October 6, 2021. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Clark was fatally shot near the intersection of 136th and Main streets in…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Michael M Mendoza

Male, age 37 · Anza, California

Killed Oct 6, 2021 · 5 years ago

Michael M. Mendoza, aged 37, tragically lost his life on October 6, 2021, in Anza, California. The incident occurred at an illegal marijuana grow site operated by Benjamin Franklin Winkle, a 38-year-old convicted felon. Mendoza was employed by Winkle to…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Cleeta Joy Goad

Female, age 77 · Beechgrove, Tennessee

Killed Oct 6, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the quiet community of Beechgrove, Tennessee, the life of 77-year-old Cleeta Joy Goad came to a tragic end on October 6, 2021. On that Wednesday afternoon, she and her 78-year-old husband, James Hoyt Goad, were discovered deceased in their home on Paul…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Salvador Noriega

Male, age 34 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Oct 6, 2016 · 10 years ago

Salvador Noriega, a 34-year-old Latino, tragically lost his life on October 8, 2016, after being shot on October 6, 2016, in the South Los Angeles neighborhood of Florence. Noriega was riding his bike around 1:15 a.m. when he was shot in the back and leg. He…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Donald David Washington

Male, age 69 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Oct 6, 2001 · 25 years ago

Donald David Washington was 69 years old when he died on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2001, in Leimert Park, in South Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 4249 Degnan. His death was ruled a homicide, and it…

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Sharlene M. Boykin

Female, age 20 · Youngstown, Ohio

Killed Oct 6, 2026 · this year

Sharlene M. Boykin, a 20-year-old mother and lifelong resident of Youngstown, Ohio, is remembered for her love of shopping, going to parties, and, most of all, spending time with her family and friends. Born in Youngstown on July 18, 2006, to William Boykin…

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Cedric Cole

Male, age 53 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Oct 6, 2026 · this year

Cedric Cole, a 53-year-old father and artist, was a man remembered for his love of drawing and his devotion to his two young children. His mother, Gloria Steele, recalled his talent and his plans to build a career from his art. On a community memorial page…

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Devaughn McBride

Male, age 32 · Vallejo, California

Killed Oct 6, 2026 · this year

Devaughn McBride, known affectionately to his loved ones as “Buddha,” was a quiet and laid-back man devoted to his family. The 32-year-old, a male resident of Vallejo, California, lived in an apartment on Marin Street with his mother and younger brother, with…

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Ebon Bell

Male, age 45 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Oct 6, 2026 · this year

Ebon Bell, a 45-year-old man from Charlotte, North Carolina, is remembered by his loved ones for the many lives he touched and the memories he created. Born on November 28, 1980, Ebon was a father whose presence will be deeply missed by his family, friends…

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Jerry Braggs

Male, age 64 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Oct 6, 2026 · this year

Jerry Braggs, a 64-year-old man remembered by a loved one as humble, caring, and outgoing, was shot and killed in the early morning hours of Tuesday, October 6, 2026. Known to at least one person by the nickname "2 Fat Daddy," his life was taken at a bus stop…

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Joshua Dalani Carter

Male, age 17 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Oct 6, 2026 · this year

Joshua Dalani Carter, a 17-year-old from Southeast Washington, D.C., was known for his deep affection for his family and his respectful nature. Remembered as a loyal friend and a beloved son and brother, Joshua was the youngest of four children and shared an…

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Julian Riley

Male, age 19 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Killed Oct 6, 2026 · this year

Julian Riley Jr., a 19-year-old native and resident of nearby Zachary, Louisiana, was a recent high school graduate with a passion for football. He played as a cornerback and wide receiver for the Zachary High School Broncos, wearing the number 17. His online…

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Kelvin Smith

Male, age 55 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Oct 6, 2026 · this year

Kelvin Smith, a 55-year-old male, was a man who found his true calling in the classroom, inspiring countless young minds with his passion for engineering and his genuine love for people. A graduate of Georgia Tech, he began his career as an engineer for UPS…

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Kenneth John Irlmeier

Male, age 44 · Harker Heights, Texas

Killed Oct 6, 2026 · this year

A devoted family man who loved sports and traveling the world, Kenneth John "Kenny" Irlmeier was a man known for his technical skills and his commitment to his loved ones. Born on November 12, 1981, in Carroll, Iowa, to Ronald and Donna Irlmeier, Kenny grew…

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Keywaun Clark

Male, age 20 · Sumter, South Carolina

Killed Oct 6, 2026 · this year

Keywaun Clark was a young man with a bright future, remembered by his loved ones for his generous spirit and strong work ethic. At 20 years old, the Sumter, South Carolina native was a member of the National Honor Society and had plans to start college the…

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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.