Deaths by Force on September 17

Deaths by Force (474)

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Peggy Lowe

Female, age 42 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Sep 17, 1981 · 45 years ago

Opal Margaret “Peggy” Holder Lowe was a 42-year-old woman working as a savings-and-loan officer at the Unifirst Federal Savings and Loan branch in the Metrocenter shopping area of Jackson, Mississippi, when the ordinary rhythm of a workday morning on…

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Jermaine Armstrong

Male, age 48 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Sep 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Jermaine Armstrong, a 48-year-old resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, passed away on September 17, 2021. Born on March 3, 1973, to Hugh and Erma J. Armstrong, Jermaine was known for his dedication to his family and his work. He attended Vincent High School and…

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Freddy Herrera

Male, age 36 · North-hollywood, California

Killed Sep 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Freddy Herrera, a 36-year-old resident of North Hollywood, California, tragically lost his life on September 17, 2021. According to reports, Freddy Herrera was shot near Vanowen Street and Rhodes Avenue in Valley Glen. The incident occurred late at night…

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Kelvin Bernard Hillman

Male, age 61 · Willowbrook, California

Killed Sep 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Kelvin Bernard Hillman, a 61-year-old resident of Willowbrook, California, tragically lost his life on September 17, 2021. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Hillman was shot near 638 136th Street in Willowbrook. The…

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Tyler Scott

Male, age 55 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 17, 2021 · 5 years ago

Tyler Scott, 55, was found dead inside a van on South Maryland Avenue in Greater Grand Crossing, on Chicago's South Side, on the morning of Friday, September 17, 2021. The Sun-Times homicide tracker records the address as the 7700 block of South Maryland…

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Natheniel Jones

Male, age 29 · Tampa, Florida

Killed Sep 17, 2016 · 10 years ago

Natheniel C. Jones, a 29-year-old resident of Tampa, Florida, tragically lost his life on September 17, 2016. The circumstances surrounding his death were both shocking and deeply saddening for the community. Jones was found dead as a result of a shooting…

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Candace Hemmig

Female, age 33 · Olympia, Washington

Killed Sep 17, 1981 · 45 years ago

On a tragic September morning in 1981, the community of Olympia, Washington, was shaken by a brutal act of violence that claimed the life of 33-year-old Candace Hemmig, a female bank teller. On September 17, Hemmig was at her post at the Tumwater State Bank…

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Twila Capron

Female, age 30 · Olympia, Washington

Killed Sep 17, 1981 · 45 years ago

On a Thursday morning in Olympia, Washington, September 17, 1981, the lives of two women were tragically cut short in a brutal act of violence. Twila Capron, a 30-year-old female bank teller, was working at the West Olympia branch of the Tumwater State Bank…

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Josefina Cepeda

Female, age 24 · Manhatten, New York

Killed Sep 17, 1981 · 45 years ago

Josefina Cepeda, 24, a Latina woman, slipped out of view in New York City’s restless late-summer of 1981, when the streets of northern Manhattan and the Bronx pulsed with heat, noise, and the everyday hurry of people trying to get home. Not long after, her…

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Anthony Dewayne Smith

Male, age 18 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Sep 17, 2026 · this year

On a late afternoon in Indianapolis, on September 17, 2026, the life of 18-year-old Anthony Dewayne Smith was tragically cut short. The young man was found inside a car in the 5500 block of Rue Royale, on the south side of the city, suffering from a gunshot…

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Dane Pace

Male, age 41 · Independence, Missouri

Killed Sep 17, 2026 · this year

On the evening of September 17, 2026, in Independence, Missouri, the life of 41-year-old Dane Pace was tragically cut short. The incident that led to his death unfolded at the Hawthorne Apartments, located in the 500 block of N. Dover Drive. According to…

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Frances Beatty

Female, age 28 · Belleville, Michigan

Killed Sep 17, 2026 · this year

In the quiet community of Van Buren Township, Michigan, the life of 28-year-old Frances Beatty was abruptly and tragically ended on the evening of September 17, 2026. Residing in an apartment on the I-94 service drive, Frances was looking forward to her 29th…

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Maurice Turner

Male, age 39 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Sep 17, 2026 · this year

On a September morning in 2026, the life of 39-year-old Maurice Turner was cut short in a burst of gunfire that echoed through a Baltimore neighborhood. The Black male was reportedly taking his children to school on September 17th when he was fatally shot in…

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Nathaniel D. Carter

Male, age 40 · Tyner, Kentucky

Killed Sep 17, 2026 · this year

In the quiet community of Tyner, Kentucky, the autumn of 2026 was marked by a grim discovery that shattered the local peace. On the evening of September 17th, emergency services responded to a report of a barn fire, a blaze that would reveal a tragedy far…

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Ronnie Scott

Male, age 34 · Fairmont, North Carolina

Killed Sep 17, 2026 · this year

On a tragic day in Fairmont, North Carolina, the life of Ronnie Scott was cut short in a violent encounter at his own home. On September 17, 2026, police responded to a report of a shooting and discovered Scott deceased, having sustained multiple gunshot…

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Timothy Lewis

Male, age 37 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Sep 17, 2026 · this year

Timothy Lewis, a 37-year-old White/Caucasian man, was fatally shot on the evening of September 17, 2026, in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood. The shooting occurred at approximately 8:45 p.m. near North Pierce and East Wright streets, with Milwaukee police…

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Gary Royce

Male, age 66 · Lancaster, California

Killed Sep 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

Gary Royce, 66, a White/Caucasian male from Lancaster, California, died on September 17, 2025. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner identified him and listed the manner of death as suicide, with the cause given as a gunshot wound to the head.…

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Marco Almanza

Male, age 63 · Torrance, California

Killed Sep 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

Marco Almanza, a 63-year-old Latino man from Torrance, California, was confirmed dead on September 17, 2025, after authorities responded to his residence. County records tied to case number 2025-14764 list the decedent as Marco Almanza, age 63, male, with…

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Ruben Dominguez DeLa Cruz

Male, age 38 · Panorama City, California

Killed Sep 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

Ruben Dominguez De La Cruz, a 38-year-old Hispanic/Latino man, was shot in a Panorama City park late on the night of September 17, 2025. Officers were dispatched just before midnight to 8825 Kester Avenue, the grounds of Sepulveda Recreation Center, where…

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Wilberto Ruben Hernandez

Male, age 40 · Bakersfield, California

Killed Sep 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the first night of the Kern County Fair, September 17, 2025, deputies were called just after 11:10 p.m. to the 900 block of Vine Drive in a neighborhood south of the fairgrounds. There, a male, 40-year-old Wilberto Ruben Hernandez of Bakersfield, was found…

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Joseph Mitchell

Male, age 19 · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Killed Sep 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early evening of September 17, 2025, tragedy struck in Baton Rouge when 19-year-old Joseph Mitchell was shot and killed. The fatal incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. in the 3900 block of Eleanor Drive, near the intersection with Linden Street.…

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Marcos Molina-Saravia

Male, age 35 · Dundalk, Maryland

Killed Sep 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early morning hours of September 17, 2025, the quiet of a Dundalk, Maryland neighborhood was shattered by the sound of gunfire. When Baltimore County Police officers from the Dundalk Precinct arrived at the 1800 block of Portship Road around 5:30 a.m.…

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Cotrevion Miller-Bridgeman

Male, age 15 · Benton Harbor, Michigan

Killed Sep 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late summer of 2025, the life of 15-year-old Cotrevion Miller-Bridgeman was cut tragically short in Benton Harbor, Michigan. The Black/African American teenager, a male known affectionately as 'Cote,' was a student who had recently begun attending…

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Ashton Hams

Male, age 37 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Sep 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of Wednesday, September 17, 2025, the calm of a Kansas City, Missouri neighborhood was shattered by the sound of gunfire. Just before 9:30 p.m., local law enforcement officers were dispatched to the area near the intersection of East 10th…

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Isiah Nesmith

Male, age 34 · Rochester, New York

Killed Sep 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the early evening of a mid-September day in Rochester, New York, the life of Isiah Nesmith, a 34-year-old male, was tragically cut short. On September 17, 2025, Nesmith was fatally shot on North Plymouth Avenue. The incident that led to his untimely death…

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Ramel Ingram

Male, age 24 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Sep 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the evening hours of a Wednesday in Brooklyn, a dispute tragically escalated, leaving a young man's life cut short. Ramel Ingram, a 24-year-old male, was just outside his residence on Crooke Avenue in the Flatbush neighborhood, a stone's throw from the…

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Jayce Edwards

Male, age 4 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Sep 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

Four-year-old boy Jayce Edwards was shot and killed on September 17, 2025, when gunfire tore through his family's townhome on Cigar Court in Charlotte's Steele Creek area as suspects tried to steal a car outside around daybreak. Officers called to the scene…

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Isaiah D Emenheiser

Male, age 43 · Spring Grove, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late summer of 2025, a tragedy unfolded in the quiet community of North Codorus Township, near Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, forever marking September 17th as a day of loss. On this day, Detective Isaiah D. Emenheiser, a 43-year-old male, gave his life…

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Mark Baker

Male, age 53 · Spring Grove, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

Mark Baker, a 53-year-old White/Caucasian male, was one of three Northern York County Regional Police detectives killed on September 17, 2025, during an ambush at a rural home on Haar Road in North Codorus Township near Spring Grove, Pennsylvania. Baker…

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Cody Becker

Male, age 39 · Spring Grove, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late summer of 2025, the community of Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, was shaken by the tragic death of one of its own. Detective Sergeant Cody Michael Becker, a 39-year-old male and a respected member of the Northern York County Regional Police…

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Catherine Knight Jones

Female, age 84 · Gantt, South Carolina

Killed Sep 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet community of Gantt, South Carolina, a grim discovery brought a sudden end to the peaceful lives of an elderly couple. On Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 84-year-old Catherine Knight Jones and her husband, Webster Stanley Jones, also 84, were found…

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Webster Stanley Jones

Male, age 84 · Gantt, South Carolina

Killed Sep 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet community of Gantt, South Carolina, a grim discovery brought a peaceful neighborhood to a standstill. On Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 84-year-old Webster Stanley Jones and his wife, Catherine Knight Jones, also 84, were found deceased in the…

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Robert Fleeks

Male, age 26 · Seattle, Washington

Killed Sep 17, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, on the evening of September 17, 2025, a burst of gunfire shattered the night, leaving a young man's life tragically cut short. Robert Fleeks, a 26-year-old Black/African American male, was fatally shot while inside…

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Tavoris McConnell Sr.

Male, age 35 · Mount Vernon, Alabama

Killed Sep 17, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the small town of Mount Vernon, Alabama, a dispute between neighbors on a September afternoon escalated into a tragedy that ended the life of Tavoris McConnell Sr. On September 17, 2024, the 35-year-old man was fatally shot in a grassy field near Shepard…

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Ramon Tramble Jr.

Male, age 26 · Omaha, Nebraska

Killed Sep 17, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the evening of September 17, 2024, a 26-year-old Black / African American man named Ramon Tramble Jr. was fatally shot in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The incident occurred shortly after 7:30 p.m. near the intersection of South 16th and Farnam Streets. First…

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Damian Lee Marler

Male, age 25 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Sep 17, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late evening hours of September 17, 2024, the life of 25-year-old Damian Lee Marler was tragically cut short in Phoenix, Arizona. A male of White / Caucasian descent with ties to the Honágháahnii of the Navajo Nation, he was fatally wounded in an act…

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Irma Sierra

Female, age 40 · Orlando, Florida

Killed Sep 17, 2024 · 2 years ago

On September 17, 2024, Irma Sierra, a 40-year-old resident of Orlando, Florida, was found dead along with another individual in what has been investigated as a murder-suicide. The incident occurred in the area of Boldface Drive and Apostrophe Alley in…

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Jasen Bell

Male, age 42 · Rock-falls, Illinois

Killed Sep 17, 2024 · 2 years ago

Jasen M. Bell, a 42-year-old resident of Rock Falls, Illinois, was found dead on the night of September 17, 2024. The Rock Falls Police Department responded to reports of gunfire at approximately 10:24 p.m. in the area of West 17th Street between 13th and…

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Verna Francis

Male, age 58 · Alexandria, Louisiana

Killed Sep 17, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late hours of a Tuesday night in Alexandria, Louisiana, a burst of violence shattered the usual quiet of the 3800 block of 3rd Street. On September 17, 2024, at approximately 11:17 PM, police responded to a call of a shooting at the Chi Town Gas and…

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Lul Dak Chak

Male, age 32 · Saint Paul, Minnesota

Killed Sep 17, 2024 · 2 years ago

On September 17, 2024, at approximately 12:20 a.m., Lul Dak Chak, a 32-year-old man from Ames, Iowa, was fatally shot in the parking lot behind the Twelve22 Apartments along University Avenue West, near North Griggs Street in St. Paul, Minnesota. Chak had…

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Christian Vivian

Male, age 17 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Sep 17, 2024 · 2 years ago

On September 17, 2024, Christian Vivian, a 17-year-old from Cleveland, Ohio, tragically lost his life due to a shooting incident that occurred late that evening. Around 11 p.m., police responded to reports of gunfire in the 800 block of Rondel Road. Upon…

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Jeffery Scott Paxton Jr.

Male, age 41 · Lima, Ohio

Killed Sep 17, 2024 · 2 years ago

Jeffery Scott Paxton Jr., age 41, from Lima, Ohio, tragically lost his life on September 17, 2024, in a shooting incident that occurred in Perry Township. The Allen County Sheriff's Office responded to a report of shots fired at 1820 Charledon Ave., where…

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Joshua Henson

Male, age 35 · West-union, Ohio

Killed Sep 17, 2024 · 2 years ago

On September 17, 2024, Joshua Wayne Michael Henson, 35, of West Union, Ohio, died following an altercation on his property. A mobile home delivery to Henson's residence on Robinson Hollow Road in Liberty Township led to a dispute between Henson and the…

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Michael Simms

Male, age 20 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Sep 17, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the heart of Baltimore, a young life was tragically cut short on a Tuesday afternoon. Michael Simms, a 20-year-old male, was found on September 17, 2024, the victim of a fatal shooting. The incident occurred in the 400 block of Bloom Street, where…

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Marion Ja’Quell Simuel

Male, age 18 · Ridgeville, South Carolina

Killed Sep 17, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet town of Ridgeville, South Carolina, the life of 18-year-old Marion Ja’Quell Simuel was tragically cut short on the evening of Tuesday, September 17, 2024. The young man, a male, was fatally wounded in a shooting that unfolded at an apartment…

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Matthew Shane Baxley

Male, age 31 · Barnwell, South Carolina

Killed Sep 17, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet community of Friendship, South Carolina, near Barnwell, a family altercation on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, shattered the peace and ended in tragedy. On that day, 31-year-old Matthew Shane Baxley, a White/Caucasian male, was found deceased at a…

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Tyronda Bellamy

Female, age 43 · Loris, South Carolina

Killed Sep 17, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the early morning hours of Tuesday, September 17, 2024, the life of 43-year-old Tyronda Bellamy was tragically cut short in her home on Alice Drive, just outside of Loris, South Carolina. A verbal argument with her longtime boyfriend, Kenyarta Trayeli…

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Zimir Wright Jr.

Male, age 17 · Newport-news, Virginia

Killed Sep 17, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late summer of 2024, the life of 17-year-old Zimir Wright, Jr. was tragically cut short in Newport News, Virginia. A student at Heritage High School, Zimir was known for his amazing personality, bright spirit, and beautiful smile. He was born in…

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