Deaths by Force on September 23

Deaths by Force (509)

Death by Force

Mary Ann Reinisch

Female, age 27 · Albany, New York

Killed Sep 23, 1970 · 56 years ago

On the morning of September 23, 1970, Mary Ann Reinisch, a 27-year-old white woman, went to work in Albany, New York, expecting an ordinary day inside a state office building. Instead, she became one of four employees killed in a sudden workplace rampage that…

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Patricia Chromik

Female, age 22 · Albany, New York

Killed Sep 23, 1970 · 56 years ago

Patricia Chromik, 22, a White woman, went to work in Albany, New York, on September 23, 1970, expecting an ordinary day inside a state office building. Instead, the morning unraveled into a brief, terrifying burst of gunfire that would end her life and leave…

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Sandra Peters

Female, age 24 · Albany, New York

Killed Sep 23, 1970 · 56 years ago

Sandra Peters, 24, was a young female state worker from Amsterdam who arrived for an ordinary Wednesday, September 23, 1970, inside the New York State Department of Labor offices in Albany—another morning of desks, phones, and routine paperwork, with no…

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Joey Housey

Male, age 8 · Clair Shores, Michigan

Killed Sep 23, 1950 · 76 years ago

In the early autumn of 1950 in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, an 8-year-old boy named Joey Housey vanished while playing near his home. A frantic search by local residents and police ensued, ending tragically on September 23, 1950, with the discovery of his body…

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James Harney

Male, age 32 · Tamarack, Minnesota

Killed Sep 23, 1932 · 94 years ago

In the dense woods near Tamarack, Minnesota, a search for an illegal still on September 23, 1932, took a grim turn, ending the life of 32-year-old James Harney, a White/Caucasian male. Harney, a Prohibition Agent, was part of a four-man team investigating the…

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Samuel Young

Male, age 62 · Portland, Oregon

Killed Sep 23, 1908 · 118 years ago

Officer Samuel Smyth Young, a 62-year-old veteran of the Portland Police Bureau, met his tragic end on September 23, 1908, while in the line of duty. On this fateful day, Officer Young was making his routine rounds when he entered a local saloon located at…

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Charles Fitzgerald

Male · Clinton, Mississippi

Killed Sep 23, 1908 · 118 years ago

In the late summer of 1908, the quiet town of Clinton, Mississippi, was rocked by a brazen crime that would expose a breach of public trust and end in tragedy. Postal Inspector Charles Fitzgerald arrived in Clinton to conduct a routine audit of the local post…

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Marshal Schwake

Male, age 64 · North-vernon, Indiana

Killed Sep 23, 1903 · 123 years ago

In the late summer of 1903 in North Vernon, Indiana, a domestic dispute escalated into a tragic event that would claim the life of a dedicated law enforcement officer. Marshal Gustive H. Schwake, a 64-year-old man who had served with the North Vernon Police…

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Ed Smith

Male · Port-arthur, Texas

Killed Sep 23, 1902 · 124 years ago

Deputy City Marshal Ed Smith of the Port Arthur Police Department in Texas tragically died on September 23, 1902, from a gunshot wound he sustained while responding to a disturbance call. Smith, along with an unnamed deputy, was attempting to take two men…

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Victor Gray

Male, age 25 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Sep 23, 2026 · this year

On a Wednesday afternoon in Atlanta, 25-year-old Victor Gray was shot and killed. The young man’s life was cut short on September 23, 2026, in what investigators would later describe as an isolated incident stemming from a dispute. The call came in to the…

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Bryant Blake Wynn

Male, age 55 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 23, 2024 · 2 years ago

Bryant Blake Wynn, a 55-year-old resident of Chicago, Illinois, lost his life to gun violence on September 23, 2024. The incident occurred in Chicago, marking another tragic event of gun violence in the city. Bryant Blake Wynn was born on March 8, 1969, and…

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Brandon White

Male, age 34 · Phoenix, Arizona

Killed Sep 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the afternoon hours of a warm Saturday in Phoenix, Arizona, tragedy struck. On September 23, 2023, 34-year-old Brandon Matthew White was shot and killed. The incident occurred around 2:19 p.m. near the underpass of the I-17 freeway at 27th Avenue and…

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Francisco Javier Antonio Francisco

Male, age 26 · North-charleston, South Carolina

Killed Sep 23, 2023 · 3 years ago

Francisco Javier Antonio Francisco, a 26-year-old man from the North Charleston area, was killed in the early hours of Saturday, September 23, 2023, when gunfire shattered the quiet along Stall Road. In the dark just before dawn, police were called to the…

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Brian Allen Wyatt

Male, age 41 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Sep 23, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 23, 2022, a sense of routine quickly turned to tragedy in the driveway of a McDonald's restaurant on University Boulevard in Birmingham, Alabama. It was there that 41-year-old Brian Allen Wyatt, a male resident of the…

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Dominic Grigsby

Male, age 32 · Fresno, California

Killed Sep 23, 2020 · 6 years ago

Dominic Grigsby, a 32-year-old resident of Fresno, California, tragically lost his life on September 23, 2020. The incident occurred during a small gathering at an apartment complex in southwest Fresno. According to reports, an argument broke out between…

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Thomas Talucci

Male, age 73 · Kings-mountain, North Carolina

Killed Sep 23, 2019 · 7 years ago

Thomas Talucci, a 73-year-old man from Kings Mountain, NC, was found dead in his home on High Ridge Court on September 23, 2019. The incident was initially reported as a welfare check after items belonging to Talucci were found in a car that transported a…

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Joshua Taylor

Male, age 31 · Hartford, Connecticut

Killed Sep 23, 2017 · 9 years ago

In the early hours of September 23, 2017, the city of Hartford was pierced by the sound of gunfire on Albany Avenue. When police arrived at the scene near 1164 Albany Avenue around 12:38 a.m., they discovered a chaotic scene with four individuals suffering…

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Earnest Brown

Male, age 48 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Sep 23, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a violent weekend in Baltimore, 48-year-old Earnest Brown became one of several homicide victims. On Saturday, September 23, 2017, Brown was found with gunshot wounds to the torso in the 500 block of N. Curley Street. He was quickly transported to Johns…

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Jakieme Johnson

Male, age 30 · Jacksonville, Florida

Killed Sep 23, 2017 · 9 years ago

Jakieme Johnson, a 30-year-old resident of Jacksonville, Florida, tragically lost his life on September 23, 2017. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning on Susie Street, just north of 103rd Street. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s…

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Morrison Jones

Male, age 57 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Sep 23, 2017 · 9 years ago

On September 23, 2017, the city of Cleveland, Ohio, lost a valued member of its community when 57-year-old Morrison Jones, a Black male, was tragically shot and killed. His death was not just another statistic but a devastating moment that sent ripples of…

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Tony Garth

Male, age 24 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Sep 23, 2017 · 9 years ago

Tony Garth was 24 years old when he was killed in St. Louis on Saturday, September 23, 2017. The case was investigated by the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. The Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis through 2017…

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Miguel Angel Evora Vigil

Male, age 31 · Lynwood, California

Killed Sep 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

Miguel Angel Evora Vigil, a 31-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on September 23, 2015, in Lynwood, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Miguel was fatally shot, marking a somber day for his family…

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Terrence Brown

Male, age 53 · East-compton, California

Killed Sep 23, 2015 · 11 years ago

Terrence Brown, a 53-year-old man from East Compton, California, was found dead on September 23, 2015, from multiple gunshot wounds. His body was discovered inside a medical marijuana dispensary called Chief Keef Glo Shop, located in the 4800 block of East…

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Bobby Battle

Male, age 45 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 23, 2014 · 12 years ago

On September 23, 2014, 45-year-old African American male Bobby Battle was found deceased in Chicago, Illinois. Details surrounding the circumstances of his death are limited in publicly available records. The Chicago Police Department's arrest records…

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Helena Weinstein

Female, age 71 · New-rochelle, New York

Killed Sep 23, 2009 · 17 years ago

In the quiet community of a New Rochelle senior apartment complex, a tragedy unfolded that ended the life of 71-year-old Helena Weinstein. On a Wednesday in September 2009, her husband of many years, Paul Weinstein, made a decision that would irrevocably…

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Luis Carrillo

Male, age 30 · South San Jose Hills, California

Killed Sep 23, 2008 · 18 years ago

Luis Carrillo was 30 years old when he died on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, in South San Jose Hills, an unincorporated community in the eastern San Gabriel Valley. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 19004 La…

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Fariba Vassei

Female, age 40 · Montebello, California

Killed Sep 23, 2004 · 22 years ago

Fariba Vassei was 40 years old when she died on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004, in Montebello. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, she died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 2507 1/2 W. Madison Ave. Her death was ruled a homicide, and…

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Viola Neal

Female, age 80 · Gaston, South Carolina

Killed Sep 23, 2002 · 24 years ago

In the quiet community of Gaston, South Carolina, the life of 83-year-old Viola Pearl Neal came to a tragic and violent end. In what appeared to be a robbery gone horrifically wrong, Neal was brutally murdered in her own home. The perpetrators of this heinous…

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Harold Green

Male, age 32 · Cheektowaga, New York

Killed Sep 23, 1980 · 46 years ago

Harold Green, 32, was eating lunch in his car in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant in Cheektowaga, New York, when gunfire cracked the afternoon calm on September 23, 1980. He was a Black man, and the attack was swift and intimate—two shots to the head…

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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.