Deaths by Force on September 17

Deaths by Force (474)

Death by Force10th anniversary

Humberto Hernandez

Male · Lawrenceburg, Kentucky

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late summer of 2016, the community of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, was struck by a tragedy that left a family grieving and a story shrouded in unanswered questions. On September 17th, a man named Humberto Hernandez, who was also known as Humberto Hernandez…

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Salman Tahir

Male, age 33 · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a Saturday evening in September 2016, a sense of normalcy filled the E-Z Mart convenience store in Midwest City, Oklahoma. That peace was shattered when a young man entered the store with the intent to rob it, forever altering the course of several lives.…

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Juan Conrod

Male, age 27 · Moorhead, Mississippi

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late hours of a Saturday night in September 2016, a violent sequence of events in Itta Bena, Mississippi, led to the death of 27-year-old Juan Conrod of Moorhead. The incident, which law enforcement officials characterized as an attempted robbery gone…

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Kenneth Melvin Steil

Male, age 46 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a September evening in 2016, a dedicated 46-year-old White male, Sergeant Kenneth Melvin Steil, a 20-year veteran of the Detroit Police Department, found himself in a fateful foot pursuit. The man he was chasing, 21-year-old Marquise Cromer, was a suspect…

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Juanita Holley

Female, age 34 · Bridgeton, New Jersey

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late summer of 2016, a joyous occasion turned into a precursor for tragedy, culminating in the death of 34-year-old Juanita Holley. On Saturday, September 17, 2016, in Fairfield Township, New Jersey, what began as a dispute at a baby shower escalated…

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Wyneair Granville

Male, age 32 · Newark, New Jersey

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 17, 2016, the life of 32-year-old Wyneair Granville was cut short by gun violence in Newark, New Jersey. The city's streets, often witness to such tragedies, became the final backdrop for the male victim's untimely…

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Joe Martin

Male, age 55 · Saint-louis, Missouri

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

On September 17, 2016, a violent incident unfolded in the North City area of Saint Louis, Missouri, claiming the life of 55-year-old Joe Martin. A well-known figure in his community, Martin was a man of many trades, working as a real estate investor, a…

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Edward Jones

Male, age 39 · North-charleston, South Carolina

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

On September 17, 2016, a violent incident claimed the life of Edward Jones, a 39-year-old Black / African American male resident of North Charleston, South Carolina. The events unfolded late that Saturday night when officers from the North Charleston Police…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Stefon Layvon Chapman

Male, age 21 · Summerville, South Carolina

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late summer of 2016, the life of 21-year-old Stefon Layvon Chapman was tragically cut short in Summerville, South Carolina. On Saturday, September 17, 2016, Chapman, a young man known to his friends and family, was killed by gunfire. The incident left…

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Phillip Porraz

Male, age 25 · Sacramento, California

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Phillip Porraz, a 25-year-old resident of Sacramento, California, tragically lost his life on September 17, 2016. The incident occurred in the Oak Park neighborhood, where Porraz was found lying in the driveway of his home with multiple gunshot wounds.…

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Dwayne Antoine Stuart

Male, age 37 · Orlando, Florida

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Dwayne Antoine Stuart, a 37-year-old resident of Orlando, Florida, tragically lost his life on September 17, 2016. Stuart, a father of five, was known for his dedication to his family and his work in construction. On the night of his death, he had gone out…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Tontrice Weathersby Jr.

Male, age 20 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Tontrice Weathersby Jr., a 20-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on September 18, 2016, in Chicago, Illinois. Known affectionately as "Tony," he was born on October 2, 1995, and grew up in a loving family in Evergreen Park, a suburb of…

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Sadeldrin Howard

Male, age 19 · Shreveport, Louisiana

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late summer of 2016, the life of 19-year-old Sadeldrin Howard, a male, was tragically cut short in Shreveport, Louisiana. On the evening of September 17th, he was discovered inside a residence located in the 300 block of East 72nd Street. He had…

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Shamerle Adams

Female, age 18 · New-orleans, Louisiana

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans on September 17, 2016, a young life was tragically cut short. Shamerle Adams, an 18-year-old female, was fatally wounded by gunfire. The incident that led to her death remains largely shrouded in mystery, with…

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Francois Lance Seets

Male, age 20 · Greensboro, North Carolina

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Francois Lance Seets, a 20-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on September 17, 2016, in Greensboro, North Carolina. The incident occurred around 3:15 a.m. in the 600 block of Franklin Boulevard near Holts Chapel Road. Francois was…

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Malik Ethridge

Male, age 19 · Edenton, North Carolina

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Malik Khalid Etheridge, a 19-year-old African American male from Edenton, North Carolina, tragically lost his life on September 17, 2016. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning when Etheridge was found with a single gunshot wound to the head…

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Bobby Gittens

Male, age 28 · Toledo, Ohio

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Bobby Gittens, a 28-year-old male of African American ethnicity from Toledo, OH, tragically passed away on September 17, 2016. His death was the result of a shooting incident in the 600 block of Highland Avenue. Gittens was treated at the scene and…

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Deandre Lavell Wilson

Male, age 18 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Deandre Lavell Wilson, an 18-year-old male of African American ethnicity from Cleveland, OH, tragically died on September 17, 2016. The circumstances surrounding his death were part of a larger criminal incident that led to multiple arrests and legal…

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Daija McCall

Female, age 17 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

On September 17, 2016, 17-year-old Daija McCall was tragically shot and killed in Pittsburgh's Homewood neighborhood. The incident occurred during what authorities described as a drug deal gone wrong. McCall, a young African American girl, was meeting three…

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Abuith Adrian Flores

Male · Brownwood, Texas

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Abuith Adrian Flores, a 42-year-old Hispanic male from Brownwood, Texas, tragically died on September 17, 2016, at his residence. He was a dietician at Scenic Mountain Medical Center and had also worked at Popeye's Chicken and Walmart. He is survived by his…

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Jaime Rivera

Male, age 29 · Houston, Texas

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jaime Rivera, a 29-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity from Houston, Texas, tragically passed away on September 17, 2016. He was known for his love of trucks and football, and was an active member of the Houston Lighting Club. Jaime is survived by his wife…

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Kerry Patrick

Male, age 26 · San-antonio, Texas

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Kerry Patrick, a 26-year-old male, was tragically shot and killed on September 17, 2016, at the InTown Suites motel on Culebra Road in San Antonio, Texas. The incident occurred around 5 p.m. when Patrick was shot during a struggle to keep his assailant out of…

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Nathan Joshua Berg

Male, age 20 · Killeen, Texas

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Nathan Joshua Berg, a 20-year-old male soldier stationed at Fort Hood, Texas, tragically died on September 17, 2016, in Killeen, Texas. Berg, originally from Bellevue, Nebraska, had only been in the Army for four months, having entered active-duty military…

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Ophelia Lucio

Female · Brownwood, Texas

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Ophelia Valenzuela Lucio, a 53-year-old Hispanic woman, tragically lost her life on September 17, 2016, in Brownwood, Texas. She was a Certified Nurse’s Assistant who moved to Brownwood in 2012 and was known for her loving and caring nature. Ophelia is…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Andre Swafford

Male, age 28 · Long Beach, California

Found Sep 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

On September 17, 2011, 28-year-old Andre Swafford succumbed to gunshot injuries in Long Beach, California. The incident occurred on the night of September 14, 2011, when officers on patrol were flagged down by local residents on 9th Street and Walnut Avenue…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Quayvon Gallon

Male, age 23 · Miami, Florida

Found Sep 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

On September 17, 2011, 23-year-old Quayvon Gallon was tragically shot and killed in Miami, Florida. The incident occurred in the vicinity of a gas station, following an altercation. Gallon was one of two individuals fatally shot in the altercation, which…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Dorsett James

Male, age 30 · Jacksonville, Florida

Found Sep 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

Dorsett James, a 30-year-old resident of Jacksonville, Florida, was fatally shot on September 17, 2011. Details surrounding the case have remained unclear, and the homicide is considered unsolved. James was involved in prior legal matters, including an arrest…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Darrion Lebeuf

Male, age 16 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Killed Sep 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the late afternoon of Saturday, September 17, 2011, the body of 16-year-old Darrion Lebeuf was discovered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The young male had been fatally shot. A former tenant of a vacant house made the grim discovery upon returning to the…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Larry Gachette Petty

Male, age 25 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Sep 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 17, 2011, the life of 25-year-old Larry Gachette Petty Jr., a Black/African American male, was tragically cut short in Baltimore, Maryland. At approximately 2:24 a.m., Petty was discovered on the 700 block of East…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Michael Taylor

Male, age 43 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Sep 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

On a Thursday morning in October 2013, a young man's life was tragically cut short on the east side of Detroit. Twenty-year-old Tyler 'T.J.' Taylor was on his way to work on October 17th when he was found shot on a sidewalk in the 12000 block of Duchess…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Michael Moore

Male, age 43 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Sep 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

On the morning of September 18, 2002, Michael Moore, a 43-year-old man from Detroit, Michigan, stepped out of his home on Lemay Street and into a moment that turned deadly. A stolen burgundy-and-gray Chevy Lumina van rolled in, and two men in black hooded…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Geraldo Saavedra

Male, age 51 · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Killed Sep 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the late summer of 2011, the life of a 51-year-old Hispanic man, Geraldo Saavedra, was tragically cut short in Albuquerque, New Mexico. On September 17, 2011, Saavedra became the victim of a homicide, a violent end to a life that had spanned just over five…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Dewayne Harris

Male, age 30 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Sep 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

Dewayne Harris, a 30-year-old African-American male, died on September 17, 2011, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Information regarding the specific circumstances of his death, including the cause and location, is not available in publicly accessible online sources.…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Miguel Angel Munoz

Male, age 20 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Sep 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

Miguel Angel Munoz, a 20-year-old Latino, was tragically shot and killed on September 17, 2011, in Wilmington, Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, the incident occurred in the 700 block of East L Street. Officers responded to a…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Ramona Flowers Matsuo

Female · Norwalk, California

Killed Sep 17, 2011 · 15 years ago

On September 17, 2011, authorities responded to the death of newborn infant Ramona Flowers Matsuo in the city of Norwalk, California. The infant girl, identified in official medical examiner records as Black, was less than a year old at the time of her…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Cedric Duncan

Male, age 23 · Louisville, Kentucky

Killed Sep 17, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the early autumn of 2006, the life of 23-year-old Cedric Duncan was tragically cut short in Louisville, Kentucky. On Sunday, September 17, 2006, he died at University Hospital. The circumstances surrounding his death prompted a homicide investigation…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Judith Wolfe

Female, age 66 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Sep 17, 2006 · 20 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 17, 2006, Judith Ruth Wolfe, a 66-year-old woman, was seated in her vehicle at 2100 S. 101st E. Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At approximately 2:30 a.m., her solitude was shattered when an unknown man opened her driver's…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Doug Adamson

Male, age 52 · Vancouver, Washington

Killed Sep 17, 2006 · 20 years ago

Doug Adamson was reported as a missing person from Portland, Oregon. He was murdered in Vancouver, Washington and dismembered. Portions of his body were found on both the Oregon and Washington coastline of the Columbia River. The manner of his death was…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Maric Murphy

Male, age 25 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Sep 17, 2006 · 20 years ago

Maric Marcell Murphy, a 25-year-old male from Charlotte, NC, passed away on September 17, 2006. Born on January 13, 1981, Maric's untimely death left a void in the lives of those who knew him. Despite the available information about his passing, there are no…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Jerome Saxton Jr.

Male, age 23 · Toledo, Ohio

Killed Sep 17, 2006 · 20 years ago

Jerome Lee Saxton Jr., a 23-year-old African American male from Toledo, OH, tragically passed away on September 17, 2006, at CommuniCare at Waterford Commons. Saxton was born on August 5, 1983, and was employed at Best Buy and First Solar before his untimely…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Jason Matthew Baker

Male, age 24 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Sep 17, 2001 · 25 years ago

On the evening of September 17, 2001, Marion County Sheriff's Deputy Jason Matthew Baker, a 24-year-old male, was on duty in Indianapolis when he attempted to stop a suspicious vehicle. The vehicle, occupied by four individuals, fled, initiating a high-speed…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Lonny Lee Lindsey

Male, age 26 · Bonifay, Florida

Killed Sep 17, 1996 · 30 years ago

Deputy Sheriff Lonny Lee Lindsey, aged 26, tragically lost his life on September 17, 1996, in Bonifay, Florida. Despite being on sick leave, Deputy Lindsey responded to a robbery call at a location just half a mile from his home. His dedication to duty led…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Melanie Spalla

Female, age 19 · State-college, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 17, 1996 · 30 years ago

Melanie Spalla, a 21-year-old female student from Altoona, Pennsylvania, tragically lost her life on September 17, 1996, during a sniper attack on the campus of Penn State University in State College, PA. The incident occurred early in the morning when…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Christine Vu

Female, age 26 · Arlington, Texas

Killed Sep 17, 1996 · 30 years ago

Christine Vu, a 26-year-old Vietnamese American woman, was found murdered on September 17, 1996, in her apartment at the Peartree complex in Arlington, Texas. A dedicated third-grade teacher at Morton Elementary School, Christine had recently graduated with a…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Ronald Wayne Davis

Male, age 24 · San-diego, California

Killed Sep 17, 1991 · 35 years ago

Ronald Wayne Davis, a 24-year-old police officer with the San Diego Police Department, tragically lost his life on September 17, 1991. Officer Davis was responding to a domestic violence call at the Meadowbrook Apartments in Southeast San Diego when the…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Julia DeTemple

Female, age 26 · Golden, Colorado

Killed Sep 17, 1986 · 40 years ago

On a late summer day, the 17th of September, 1986, two employees loading gravel on an outlying Coors property in Golden, Colorado, made a grim discovery. Tucked away in the brush, they found a badly decomposed body. The subsequent investigation would identify…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Roger Evans

Male, age 74 · Cincinnati, Ohio

Killed Sep 17, 1986 · 40 years ago

Roger Evans, a 74-year-old man, was a patient at Daniel Drake Memorial Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, when his life became part of a much larger series of killings committed inside hospitals by orderly Donald Harvey. Online accounts of the case identify Evans…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Opal Margaret Peggy Holder

Female, age 42 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Sep 17, 1981 · 45 years ago

Opal Margaret 'Peggy' Holder, a 42-year-old White female, was working at the Unifirst Federal Savings and Loan at the MetroCenter Mall branch in Jackson, Mississippi, on September 17, 1981, when her life took a tragic turn. On that day, she was abducted from…

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