Deaths by Force on September 16

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Ladiamonique Esta Zaire-Simmons

Female, age 27 · Fairfield, Alabama

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

Ladiamonique Esta Zaire-Simmons, a 27-year-old mother of three, died on September 16, 2021, following a violent altercation inside a Fairfield, Alabama, home. The incident, which unfolded in the early morning hours, involved a family member and resulted in…

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Ulices Guadarrama

Male, age 20 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late hours of a Thursday evening in Louisville, Kentucky, a gathering outside a restaurant on Preston Highway turned into a scene of violence that claimed the life of 20-year-old Ulices Guadarrama. A Hispanic male, Guadarrama was fatally shot on…

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Jaden Quintero

Male, age 23 · Kennewick, Washington

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the quiet evening of September 16, 2021, the life of 23-year-old Hispanic/Latino male Jaden Quintero was tragically cut short in Kennewick, Washington. At approximately 9:30 p.m., multiple residents in the downtown area contacted 911 to report the sound of…

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Katrina Simpson

Female, age 27 · Yazoo-city, Mississippi

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late afternoon of September 16, 2021, in Yazoo City, Mississippi, a chaotic and violent scene unfolded that tragically ended the life of 27-year-old Katrina Simpson. Simpson, a female resident of the city, was killed in an officer-involved shooting…

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Alexis Lynette Brown

Female, age 24 · Lansing, Michigan

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a tragic afternoon in Lansing, Michigan, the lives of 24-year-old Alexis Lynette Brown and her 46-year-old mother, Michelle Marie Roper, were cut short by an act of gun violence. The double homicide, which occurred on September 16, 2021, sent shockwaves…

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Michelle Marie Roper

Female, age 46 · Lansing, Michigan

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a tragic afternoon in Lansing, Michigan, the life of 46-year-old Michelle Marie Roper was cut short in a violent act that also claimed the life of her daughter. On September 16, 2021, a domestic dispute escalated into a fatal shooting that sent shockwaves…

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Pamela Abercrombie

Female, age 49 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late hours of a September evening in St. Louis, Missouri, Pamela Abercrombie, a 49-year-old mother of four, found her life tragically cut short. Around midnight, she was discovered on a sidewalk in the 3800 block of West Florissant Avenue, having…

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Dina Taylor

Female, age 39 · Upper-marlboro, Maryland

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 16, 2021, what should have been a time of hopeful dreams for 39-year-old Dina Taylor of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, turned into a nightmare. A Black female, she was found by Prince George's County police in the street on…

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Phillip Hamilton

Male, age 27 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the evening hours of September 16, 2021, a burst of gunfire shattered the quiet of a Baltimore neighborhood. When police arrived at the 3500 block of Cliftmont Avenue around 7:20 p.m., they discovered 27-year-old Phillip Hamilton suffering from a gunshot…

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Alejandro Josue Ruiz Rosado

Male, age 24 · Rochester, New York

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late hours of September 16, 2021, the life of Alejandro Josue Ruiz Rosado, a 24-year-old Hispanic male, was tragically cut short inside an apartment on Lake Avenue in Rochester, New York. Police were called to the residence around midnight, where they…

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Russel Hazelton

Male, age 29 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 16, 2021, a dispute in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn escalated into a fatal shootout. Russel Hazelton, a 29-year-old man, was shot multiple times in front of an apartment building on Lewis Avenue…

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Edward Anderson

Male, age 38 · Fairfield, California

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

Edward Anderson, a 38-year-old resident of Fairfield, CA, tragically lost his life on September 16, 2021. The incident occurred in a restaurant parking lot in Vallejo, where Anderson was fatally shot. The investigation into his death revealed that the crime…

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Barbarajean Lombardi

Female, age 18 · Saint-petersburg, Florida

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

Barbarajean Lombardi, an 18-year-old from Saint Petersburg, Florida, tragically lost her life on September 16, 2021. She was found shot to death alongside her friend, 21-year-old Tommy Dixon, at a home on Granville Court in Saint Petersburg. The incident…

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Jahmari Darby

Male, age 23 · Orlando, Florida

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

Jahmari Darby, a 23-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on September 16, 2021, in Orlando, Florida. The incident occurred late at night at the Oak Grove Apartments on Walden Circle, near the Mall at Millenia. When officers from the…

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Tommy Dixon

Male, age 21 · Saint-petersburg, Florida

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

Tommy Dixon, a 21-year-old male from Saint Petersburg, Florida, tragically lost his life on September 16, 2021. The incident occurred around 11 p.m. at a residence on Granville Court South. Tommy Dixon, along with 18-year-old Barbarajean Lombardi, was found…

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Freddy Mendoza

Male, age 37 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

On a Thursday afternoon in September, the sense of normalcy at a Brookhaven apartment complex was abruptly shattered. It was September 16, 2021, when multiple 911 calls began flooding in around 4:30 p.m., reporting the terrifying sounds of gunshots and a…

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Jerry Glover

Male, age 43 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the late hours of a Thursday in September 2021, tragedy struck at the Royal Oaks Apartments in Southwest Atlanta, forever altering the lives of a local family. Jerry Glover, a 43-year-old man, was discovered in the parking lot of the complex, having been…

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Charles Starks

Male, age 20 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

Charles Starks, a 20-year-old African American male from Chicago, IL, was tragically killed on September 16, 2021, in a gang-related shooting in the Austin neighborhood. The incident occurred around 6:45 p.m. in an alley in the 600 block of North Central…

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Christopher Torrijos

Male, age 26 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

Christopher Torrijos, a 26-year-old Hispanic male, tragically lost his life on September 16, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois. Torrijos was celebrating Mexican Independence Day in the South Loop area when he was fatally shot. The incident occurred in the parking…

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Javier Burch

Male, age 29 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

Javier Burch, a 29-year-old African American male, was tragically shot to death on September 16, 2021, in the Englewood neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. The incident occurred around 9:15 p.m. in the 6000 block of South Racine Avenue. Burch was…

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Bryce Persang

Male, age 24 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

Bryce Kinkade Persang, a 24-year-old male of White ethnicity, tragically passed away on September 16, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. He was discovered in the passenger seat of a silver Honda FIT at the area of Norton Road and Floral Circle South, suffering from a…

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Quinten Fuller

Male, age 24 · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

Quinten Isaiah Fuller, a 24-year-old African American man from Columbus, Ohio, tragically passed away on September 16, 2021. Fuller was found shot behind an apartment building in the University District, near Ohio State University. He was transported to a…

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Valerie Marie Gudger

Female, age 37 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

Valerie Marie Gudger, a 37-year-old woman, tragically lost her life on September 16, 2021, in Cleveland, Ohio. She was a dedicated mother of three children, Daniel, Mya, and Jada Ortiz, and a beloved daughter, sister, aunt, and friend. Valerie was known for…

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Judith Judi Comisky

Female, age 52 · Wilkes-barre, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

Judith 'Judi' Comisky, a 52-year-old female, was found deceased in her Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, home on Thursday, September 16, 2021. Neighbors discovered her body on the kitchen floor of her Willow Street residence. An investigation revealed that she had…

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Sidney Sessoms

Male, age 19 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

Sidney Sessoms, a 19-year-old male from Philadelphia, PA, tragically lost his life on September 16, 2021. He was fatally shot by Arshad Curry, a 22-year-old member of the street gang Young Bag Chasers . The incident occurred when Curry and an accomplice…

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Austin Salyer

Male, age 20 · San-marcos, Texas

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

Austin Michael Salyer, a 20-year-old male, tragically lost his life on September 16, 2021, in San Marcos, Texas. Austin, who was a junior at Texas State University, was asleep in his bed when he was struck by a bullet fired by his neighbor, Gabriel Brown. The…

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Iyanna Jahnee Dukes

Female, age 20 · Austin, Texas

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

Iyanna Jahnee Dukes, a 20-year-old woman from Austin, Texas, tragically lost her life on September 16, 2021. She was found outside an apartment complex in Northeast Austin with gunshot wounds and succumbed to her injuries shortly after police arrived. The…

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Jonathan Moreno

Male, age 21 · Houston, Texas

Killed Sep 16, 2021 · 5 years ago

Jonathan Moreno, a 21-year-old male from Spring, Texas, passed away on September 16, 2021. Born on March 12, 2000, in Houston, Texas, Jonathan attended Oak Ridge High School, where he played football. He had recently embarked on a career as a pipeline…

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Antonio L. Perez

Male, age 31 · Miami, Florida

Found Sep 16, 2016 · 10 years ago

On September 16, 2016, Antonio L. Perez, a 31-year-old resident of Miami, Florida, was killed in what has been described as a shooting incident. The homicide occurred near 205 SW 3rd Street in downtown Miami. According to reports from the Miami Police…

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Henry Horton

Male, age 28 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Sep 16, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the fall of 2016, a promising life was cut short in Southwest Atlanta. On the morning of September 16, police were called to a home on Richland Road where they discovered 28-year-old Henry Horton, a popular hairstylist, deceased from an apparent gunshot…

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Venancio Veracruz

Male, age 45 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Sep 16, 2016 · 10 years ago

On September 16, 2016, Venancio Veracruz Benitez, a 59-year-old Hispanic male, was found deceased in a garage fire in Chicago's Heart of Chicago neighborhood. The fire occurred around 3 a.m. in the 2100 block of West 21st Street. Benitez, who resided on the…

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Brian Crook

Male, age 23 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Sep 16, 2016 · 10 years ago

On September 16, 2016, Brian Dale Crook, a 23-year-old White / Caucasian male, was found deceased on the northeast side of Indianapolis, Indiana. The discovery was made in the 2000 block of East St. Clair Street, an area that had seen a troubling rise in…

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Thomas E. Holmes

Male, age 51 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Sep 16, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early hours of September 16, 2016, a quiet street in Louisville's Pleasure Ridge Park neighborhood became the scene of a brutal double homicide. Inside a home on Gerald Avenue, 51-year-old Thomas E. Holmes and his 20-year-old son, Thomas A. Holmes…

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Thomas A. Holmes

Male, age 20 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Sep 16, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early hours of September 16, 2016, a quiet street in Pleasure Ridge Park, Louisville, became the scene of a brutal crime that would leave a family shattered and a community searching for answers. Inside a home on Gerald Avenue, 20-year-old Thomas A.…

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Travis Eugene Lane

Male, age 44 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Sep 16, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a late summer evening in Baltimore, the life of Travis Eugene Lane, a 44-year-old Black man, was cut short by violence. On September 16, 2016, Lane was fatally shot in the 700 block of Mello Court, a residential street in the city. The shooting left a…

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Crystal Edmonds

Female, age 32 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Sep 16, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 16, 2016, a tragedy unfolded on the streets of Baltimore that cut a life short. Crystal Edmonds, a 32-year-old Black transgender woman, was found on a sidewalk in the 3600 block of Fairview Avenue with a gunshot wound…

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Rico Carlton

Male, age 25 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Sep 16, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a Friday evening in Baltimore, the life of 25-year-old Rico Carlton, a Black male, was cut short. On September 16, 2016, Carlton was the victim of a fatal double shooting that occurred in the 2600 block of Reisterstown Road. The incident, which took place…

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Calvin Simmons

Male, age 37 · Hamilton, Ohio

Killed Sep 16, 2016 · 10 years ago

Calvin "CJ" Simmons Jr., aged 37, was tragically killed on September 16, 2016, during an aggravated robbery at his home on University Boulevard in Hamilton, Ohio. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning. Calvin was found with gunshot wounds…

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Stefan Wood

Male, age 46 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 16, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the afternoon hours of a late summer day in Philadelphia, tragedy struck on the 2200 block of North Randolph Street. On September 16, 2016, Stefan Wood, a 46-year-old African-American man, was shot. The incident occurred around 3:50 p.m., a time when the…

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Carl Fleece

Male, age 81 · Fort Worth, Texas

Found Sep 16, 2016 · 10 years ago

On September 16, 2016, 81-year-old Carl Edwin Fleece was found deceased in his Fort Worth, Texas, home. Initially reported as a suicide by his son, Martin Craig Fleece, further investigation by the Fort Worth Police Department revealed inconsistencies in the…

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Quan Zheng

Male, age 34 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Sep 16, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the autumn of 2016, a 34-year-old Chinese American man named Quan Zheng sought to build a better life for his family. Having recently moved from New York City to Chesterfield County, Virginia, he began a new job as a chef at a Chinese takeout restaurant.…

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James Clifton Merchant

Male, age 23 · Detroit, Alabama

Killed Sep 16, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet town of Detroit, Alabama, the life of 23-year-old James Clifton Merchant was cut short by a single act of violence. On the evening of Friday, September 16, 2016, an argument escalated to a fatal conclusion, leaving a family shattered and a…

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Terence Crutcher

Male, age 40 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Sep 16, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the evening of September 16, 2016, Terence Crutcher, a 40-year-old Black man, found himself stranded on a Tulsa, Oklahoma road when his SUV stalled. This encounter would ultimately lead to his death. Police officer Betty Jo Shelby, en route to a domestic…

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Kerrie Beth Wooten Moore

Female, age 30 · Carthage, Mississippi

Killed Sep 16, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late hours of a September evening in Carthage, Mississippi, a tragedy unfolded that would cut short the life of a young woman. Kerrie Beth Wooten Moore, a 30-year-old White/Caucasian female, was found deceased in her residence on Highway 429. The cause…

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Travis Swepson

Male, age 25 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Sep 16, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of a mid-September day in Newark, New Jersey, the life of Travis Swepson, a 25-year-old male, was cut short. On September 16, 2016, Swepson was discovered in the driver's seat of a car that had crashed. The vehicle had come to a…

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James Williams

Male, age 31 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Sep 16, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a September evening in 2016, the life of 31-year-old James D. Williams, a Black male, was tragically cut short in the Gilpin Court neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. At approximately 7:23 p.m. on the 16th of that month, police responded to a call of a…

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Edward Jones

Male, age 37 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Sep 16, 2016 · 10 years ago

On September 16, 2016, a 37-year-old African American male named Edward Terrell Jones was found deceased in the north St. Louis neighborhood of Fairground Park. Police officers responding to the scene discovered the victim suffering from fatal gunshot wounds…

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Jerome Courtney

Male, age 24 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Sep 16, 2016 · 10 years ago

On September 16, 2016, tragedy struck in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. Police officers were summoned to the intersection of Dodier Street and Glasgow Avenue around noon following reports of a shooting. Upon their arrival at the…

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