Deaths by Force on September 21

Deaths by Force (534)

Death by Force10th anniversary

Elishama Pierre

Male, age 24 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the city of Indianapolis, the life of a young man, Elishama Pierre, was tragically cut short at the age of 24. A Black male, Pierre became the victim of a homicide that has left a community searching for answers and a family grappling with a profound loss.…

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Michael Antione Bates

Male, age 46 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Southwest Baltimore, Michael Bates Jr., a 46-year-old man known for his culinary skills as a chef and his infectious personality, was fatally shot on the evening of September 21, 2016. The incident occurred in the 4600 block of…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Eric Smith

Male, age 39 · Semmes, Alabama

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

In a quiet neighborhood in Semmes, Alabama, the life of 39-year-old Eric Smith was tragically cut short on a September day in 2016. The man, a resident of the area, was fatally shot in what authorities would later describe as a domestic dispute that escalated…

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Levern Bellamy

Male, age 31 · New Haven, Connecticut

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Newhallville in New Haven, Connecticut, the evening of September 21, 2016, was shattered by the sound of gunfire. Responding to reports of a shooting at approximately 10 p.m., police arrived on Dorman Street to a grim discovery.…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Thaddeus Wilk Farrow

Male, age 27 · Roxbury, Connecticut

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a Wednesday afternoon in Roxbury, Connecticut, Thaddeus Wilk Farrow, a 27-year-old Black / African American male, was discovered in his car with a life-threatening injury. The discovery was made on September 21, 2016, along Route 67. Emergency services…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Dylan Bailey

Male, age 20 · Charleston, West Virginia

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

Dylan Taylor Bailey, a 20-year-old White male from the Charleston, West Virginia, area, was fatally shot during the early morning hours of September 21, 2016, at Oakes Field in South Charleston. The confrontation occurred on the football field at roughly 2…

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Shawna Naimoli

Female, age 51 · Mead, Colorado

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet town of Mead, Colorado, a grim discovery was made on the morning of September 21, 2016. First responders arrived at a home on Hunter's Cove Road around 8:30 a.m. following reports of a shooting. Inside, they found 51-year-old Shawna Naimoli, a…

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Chadney Allen

Male, age 19 · Dearborn-heights, Michigan

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

In a horrifying act of domestic violence that shook the community of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, 19-year-old Chadney Allen, a male, was tragically killed in September 2016. His life was cut short by his stepfather, Gregory Green, in a brutal event that also…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Felton Jimmy Morgan-Edwards

Male, age 20 · Flint, Michigan

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late summer of 2016, the life of Felton Jimmy Morgan-Edwards, a 20-year-old male, was tragically cut short. On Wednesday, September 21, 2016, in Flint, Michigan, Morgan-Edwards was a victim of gun violence. He was pronounced dead at Hurley Medical…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Gary Thompson

Male, age 23 · Muskegon, Michigan

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the warm summer night of July 3, 2017, in Muskegon, Michigan, a series of events began to unfold that would end in tragedy. An altercation had broken out between Corey Thompson's brother and a man named Kahlek Amere-Rahsheek McPherson. The disagreement…

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Kara Allen

Female, age 17 · Dearborn-heights, Michigan

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

In a tragic series of events in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, 17-year-old Kara Allen, a promising high school senior, was killed on September 21, 2016. A member of the National Honor Society and the varsity cheerleading team, she was fatally shot by her…

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Edward Leopardi

Male, age 47 · Franklin Township, New Jersey

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet community of Franklin Township, New Jersey, the life of Edward P. Leopardi, a 47-year-old man, came to a tragic end on September 21, 2016. A 22-year veteran of the Trenton Police Department, where he served as a K-9 officer, Leopardi was a…

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Ronald Walker

Male, age 27 · Florence, New Jersey

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet town of Florence, New Jersey, a community was shaken by the violent death of 27-year-old Ronald Walker on the evening of September 21, 2016. A father of four and engaged to be married, Walker had moved to Florence from Camden five years prior and…

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Charlese Zinnerman

Female, age 22 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the evening of September 21, 2016, a tragedy unfolded in the Haughville neighborhood of Indianapolis that would forever alter the lives of a local family. Charlese Zinnerman, a 22-year-old mother, was driving her SUV when the sound of gunfire shattered the…

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Denzel Bates

Male, age 21 · Aiken, South Carolina

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late summer of 2016, the life of 21-year-old Denzel DeMarcus Bates, a Black male from Aiken, South Carolina, was tragically cut short. On September 21, 2016, Bates, a young father and the owner of Cutting Edge Lawn Maintenance, was discovered deceased…

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Taron Anderson

Male, age 31 · Cambridge, Maryland

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late summer of 2016, the community of Cambridge, Maryland, was shaken by the violent death of a local man. Taron Dontra Anderson, a 31-year-old male, was fatally shot on the evening of Wednesday, September 21, 2016. The incident that claimed Anderson's…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Rysheen Ervin

Male, age 28 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a Wednesday afternoon in the fall of 2016, a burst of gunfire shattered the relative calm of a Brooklyn neighborhood, leaving a young man's life extinguished on the pavement. Rysheen Ervin, a 28-year-old male resident of the Howard Houses in Brownsville…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Mark Maxwell

Male, age 35 · Victorville, California

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

Mark Maxwell, a 35-year-old resident of Victorville, California, tragically lost his life on September 21, 2016. The incident occurred at a home on Sitting Bull Street, where Maxwell was found with multiple gunshot wounds. According to reports, a 911 call had…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Rosendo Raul Lopez Arteaga

Male, age 26 · Salinas, California

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

Rosendo Raul Lopez Arteaga, a 26-year-old resident of Salinas, California, tragically lost his life on September 21, 2016. He was shot multiple times while sitting inside his car at 2290 North Main Street, in the parking lot of the apartment complex where he…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jonathan Wesley Brenton

Male, age 48 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jonathan Wesley Brenton, a 48-year-old resident of Jacksonville, Florida, tragically lost his life on September 21, 2016. Brenton, who was employed as an IT Engineer at the University of North Florida, was found fatally shot at his home in what initially…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Kevin Reid

Male, age 54 · Savannah, Georgia

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late evening of September 21, 2016, a tragic event unfolded on a street in Savannah, Georgia, that would cut short the life of a new and valued member of the community. Kevin Reid, a 54-year-old Caucasian male, was taking an after-dinner stroll with…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Bruce Smith

Male, age 51 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

On September 21, 2016, Bruce Smith, a 51-year-old male from Chicago, Illinois, was found deceased under circumstances that prompted a police investigation. The Chicago Police Department initiated inquiries to determine the cause of death and identify any…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Donald Carter Brunson

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

Donald Carter Brunson, a 28-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on September 21, 2016, in Chicago, IL. The incident occurred during a shootout on the Far South Side of Chicago. Brunson was involved in an altercation with another individual…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Miguel Williams

Male, age 34 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

Miguel Williams, a 34-year-old African American male, was fatally shot on September 21, 2016, in the West Pullman neighborhood of Chicago, IL. The incident occurred during a confrontation in the parking lot of a bowling alley. The altercation began over a…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Aaron Troy Jacobs

Male, age 24 · Raleigh, North Carolina

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

Aaron Troy Jacobs, a 24-year-old male from Lillington, NC, was tragically shot and killed on September 21, 2016, in Raleigh, NC. The incident occurred around 10:15 p.m. on Capital Boulevard. Jacobs was found in a car and was transported to WakeMed, where he…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Christopher James Locus

Male, age 23 · Raleigh, North Carolina

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

Christopher James Locus, a 23-year-old African American male, tragically lost his life on September 21, 2016, in Raleigh, North Carolina. His body was discovered at the intersection of South Blount and East Lenoir streets around 7:15 a.m. that morning. The…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Justin Carr

Male, age 26 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

Justin Carr, a 26-year-old African American male, was tragically killed on September 21, 2016, in Charlotte, North Carolina. His death occurred during the second night of protests in uptown Charlotte following the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott. The…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Erick Hernandez

Male, age 18 · York, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the city of York, Pennsylvania, a young man’s life was tragically cut short in an act of both violence and heroism. Eighteen-year-old Erick Hernandez was fatally shot on the evening of September 21, 2016. The incident unfolded as a robbery, during which…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

David Trejo-Gonzalez

Male, age 42 · Houston, Texas

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

David Trejo-Gonzalez, a 42-year-old Hispanic male, was fatally shot on September 21, 2016, in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred in the parking lot of his apartment complex located in the 100 block of East Crosstimbers. According to court records…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Frank Christopher Hernandez

Male, age 30 · El-paso, Texas

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

Frank Christopher Hernandez, a 30-year-old Hispanic male, was tragically shot and killed in his Northeast El Paso apartment early on the morning of September 21, 2016. Just hours before his death, Hernandez was celebrating with his co-workers from a local…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

George Jackson

Male, age 21 · Houston, Texas

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

George Jackson, a 21-year-old male from Houston, Texas, tragically died on September 21, 2016. Jackson was shot while inspecting his car after it struck a curb in the early hours of the morning. He and his friend had driven into the parking lot of the Leawood…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Kaleigh Green

Female, age 4 · Dearborn Heights, Michigan

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

In a heart-wrenching act of domestic violence that stunned the community of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, four-year-old Kaleigh Green, a young female, tragically lost her life on September 21, 2016. The devastating event unfolded inside her family's home, where…

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Koi Green

Female, age 5 · Dearborn Heights, Michigan

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

In a quiet Dearborn Heights, Michigan neighborhood, the life of 5-year-old Koi Green was tragically cut short on September 21, 2016. That day, she and her 4-year-old sister, Kaleigh Green, were poisoned with carbon monoxide inside a car by their father…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Remilio Meyers

Male, age 31 · Oakland, California

Found Sep 21, 2011 · 15 years ago

Remilio Meyers, aged 31, was shot and killed in a midday incident on September 21, 2011, in North Oakland. The shooting occurred at approximately 11:30 a.m. on the 800 block of 52nd Street, near the intersection with Martin Luther King Jr. Way and just two…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Robert Antoine James

Male, age 30 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Sep 21, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the Waverly neighborhood of Baltimore, the life of Robert Antoine James, a 30-year-old Black man, came to a violent end on a late summer day. On the afternoon of September 21, 2011, while riding in a black Lexus at the intersection of 34th Street and…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Raheim Hason Stokes

Male, age 28 · Portsmouth, Virginia

Killed Sep 21, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the late summer of 2011, the life of 28-year-old Raheim Hason Stokes was tragically cut short. On September 21, 2011, in Portsmouth, Virginia, Stokes, a male, was fatally wounded by gunfire. The circumstances surrounding his death remain largely…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Charles Johnson

Male · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Sep 21, 2006 · 20 years ago

On a Thursday afternoon, September 21, 2006, in Washington, D.C., a man named Charles Johnson was fatally shot. The incident occurred at approximately 2:00 pm in the 4000 block of Minnesota Avenue, NE. Details about what led to the shooting have not been…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Robert Bowen III

Male · Akron, Ohio

Killed Sep 21, 2006 · 20 years ago

Robert Bowen III, a 35-year-old man, was killed on September 21, 2006, in Akron, Ohio. The incident took place in the early morning hours at his residence located at 555 Blaine Avenue. Around 3:30 a.m., Bowen was fatally shot during what authorities described…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Rodney Joseph Johnson

Male, age 40 · Houston, Texas

Killed Sep 21, 2006 · 20 years ago

Rodney Joseph Johnson, a 40-year-old African American male, was a dedicated Houston Police Department officer who tragically lost his life on September 21, 2006. Johnson had served the Houston Police Department for 12 years and was well-regarded for his…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Audrey Rose Zamora

Female, age 3 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Sep 21, 2006 · 20 years ago

The life of three-year-old Audrey Rose Zamora came to an abrupt and tragic end late in the summer of 2006. Audrey was born on January 8, 2003, and was a toddler growing up in Los Angeles County, California. Her brief life concluded on Thursday, September 21…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Ronald Sheffield

Male, age 36 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Sep 21, 2001 · 25 years ago

In the heightened security atmosphere following the September 11th terrorist attacks, Federal Protective Service Officer Ronald Sheffield, a 36-year-old White/Caucasian male and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, was on duty at the McNamara Federal Building in…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Roosevelt Bowden Jr.

Male, age 33 · Westmont, California

Killed Sep 21, 2001 · 25 years ago

Roosevelt Bowden Jr., a 33-year-old resident of Westmont, California, tragically lost his life on September 21, 2001. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Bowden was fatally shot, marking a violent end to his life. The incident occurred in…

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Death by Force65th anniversary

Herbert T. Lee

Male, age 49 · Liberty, Mississippi

Killed Sep 21, 1961 · 65 years ago

In the rural landscape of Liberty, Mississippi, Herbert T. Lee, a 49-year-old Black dairy farmer and father of nine, was a man of quiet determination. Though he had little formal education, he and his wife, Prince Estella Melson, built a successful life on…

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Death by Force105th anniversary

Kurt Schroeder

Male, age 27 · Niederwald, Texas

Killed Sep 21, 1921 · 105 years ago

Kurt Schroeder, a 27-year-old white male and German immigrant, died on September 21, 1921, in Niederwald, Texas. Initially, his death was attributed to complications from an appendectomy. At his funeral, his wife, Anna Schroeder displayed dramatic mourning…

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Death by Force125th anniversary

Lillie Gilger

Female, age 25 · Shamokin, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 21, 1901 · 125 years ago

Lillie A. Spatzer Gilger, a young woman of 25, tragically passed away on September 21, 1901, in Shamokin, Pennsylvania. Born on July 25, 1876, Lillie was the daughter of Jacob Spatzer and married George Gilger. Her death, marked by the violent use of a gun…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

David Lueras

Male, age 42 · Euless, Texas

Killed Sep 21, 2021 · 5 years ago

David Lueras, a 42-year-old Hispanic male from Euless, Texas, was brutally murdered in September 2021. His dismembered remains were discovered in a burning dumpster in Fort Worth, alongside the bodies of two women: Maricruz Mathis, 33, and Lauren Phillips…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Victor Scott

Male, age 38 · Hawthorne, California

Killed Sep 21, 2021 · 5 years ago

Victor Scott was 38 years old when he died on Tuesday, September 21, 2021, in Hawthorne. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after being stabbed near 11901 Crenshaw Blvd. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as a…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Mark Lanier

Male, age 62 · Brookline, Missouri

Killed Sep 21, 2016 · 10 years ago

On September 21, 2016, authorities in Greene County, Missouri, were alerted to a grim discovery in the community of Brookline. The body of sixty-two-year-old Mark Lanier was found, prompting an immediate response from local law enforcement. Officers arriving…

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