Deaths by Force on September 24

Deaths by Force (490)

Death by Force50th anniversary

Randy Basnett

Male, age 30 · Fort Smith, Arkansas

Killed Sep 24, 1976 · 50 years ago

On September 24, 1976, Patrolman Randy Monroe Basnett, a 30-year-old officer with the Fort Smith Police Department in Arkansas, was fatally shot in the line of duty. With over four years of service, Basnett was known for his dedication to law enforcement and…

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Death by Force50th anniversary

Andimo Pappadio

Male, age 62 · Hempstead, New York

Killed Sep 24, 1976 · 50 years ago

On a September night in 1976, Andimo 'Tony Noto' Pappadio, a male reputed to be a significant figure in the Lucchese crime family, was fatally shot outside his Hempstead, New York residence. The attack was swift and brutal, carried out by assailants who had…

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Death by Force120th anniversary

James Heard

Male, age 30 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Sep 24, 1906 · 120 years ago

In the late summer of 2020, a family's world was irrevocably shattered. On August 14th, 35-year-old Michael Heard was found dead in his apartment at the Kings Glen Apartments on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Atlanta. He had been shot in the head. His cousin…

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Death by Force125th anniversary

Adam Strunk

Male, age 36 · Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 24, 1901 · 125 years ago

Deputy Constable Adam Strunk, age 36, was shot and killed on September 24, 1901, in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Strunk had been deputized and was part of a search party looking for two men who had robbed and beaten a family in Hampton Junction, New Jersey. The…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Royal Terrell Arrington Sr

Male, age 44 · Saint Paul, Minnesota

Killed Sep 24, 2021 · 5 years ago

In the early evening of September 24, 2021, a domestic dispute in a Saint Paul, Minnesota, apartment building escalated into a fatal encounter that left 44-year-old Royal Terrell Arrington Sr. dead from multiple gunshot wounds. Police responded to the 1200…

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Death by Force5th anniversary

Edwin Nelson Quintanilla

Male, age 29 · North-hollywood, California

Killed Sep 24, 2021 · 5 years ago

Edwin Nelson Quintanilla, a 29-year-old resident of North Hollywood, California, tragically lost his life on September 24, 2021. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Edwin was fatally shot near 6929 Agnes Ave. in North…

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James Earl Oprien

Male, age 38 · Inglewood, California

Killed Sep 24, 2021 · 5 years ago

James Earl Oprien, a 38-year-old resident of Inglewood, California, tragically lost his life on September 24, 2021. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Oprien was fatally shot near 700 E. Manchester Blvd. in Inglewood. The…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Pedro Aguilar

Male, age 53 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Sep 24, 2016 · 10 years ago

Pedro Aguilar, a 53-year-old Latino, tragically lost his life following a violent altercation in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. On September 24, 2016, around 4:25 a.m., Aguilar was involved in an argument in the front yard of a home located on South Pecan…

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Gloria Zelaya

Female · Hendersonville, North Carolina

Killed Sep 24, 2006 · 20 years ago

Gloria Silos Zelaya, a 25-year-old Hispanic woman, was tragically killed on September 24, 2006, in Hendersonville, North Carolina. The incident occurred early Sunday morning when she was shot by Joel Zelaya Rivera, who was later apprehended by the police. The…

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Nehemiah Barron

Male, age 22 · Atlanta, Georgia

Killed Sep 24, 2026 · this year

Nehemiah Barron, a 22-year-old man known for his upbeat and helpful nature, grew up in Atlanta's Oakland City neighborhood. Those who knew him described the young male as funny, handsome, and charming. He found joy in playing basketball and creating music. A…

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Angela L. Johnson

Female, age 47 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 24, 2026 · this year

In a home on Chicago’s West Side, a place that should have been a sanctuary, the lives of two people were violently cut short. Angela L. Johnson, a 47-year-old woman, and Deangelo Johnson, a 27-year-old man, were shot and killed inside a residence in the…

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DeAngelo Johnson

Male, age 27 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 24, 2026 · this year

DeAngelo Johnson was a young man with a bright future, described by those who knew him as having faith, intelligence, and a good heart. In 2019, at age 22, he was a senior at the University of Illinois-Chicago, studying criminology and maintaining a GPA of…

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Heather Barger

Female, age 54 · Monrovia, Indiana

Killed Sep 24, 2026 · this year

Heather Barger was a 54-year-old woman living in the small, close-knit community of Monrovia, Indiana, a town of about 2,500 residents located a 35-minute drive southwest of Indianapolis. Her life was brought to an abrupt and violent end inside her own home…

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Hector Figuereo

Male, age 45 · Queens, New York

Killed Sep 24, 2026 · this year

Hector Figuereo was a beloved barber, a dedicated son, and a cherished friend known for his kindness and the easy connections he forged with people. A 45-year-old man of Dominican descent, he worked at the Fresh on 4th Barbershop in his home neighborhood of…

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Jeff Thompson

Male, age 60 · Gresham, Oregon

Killed Sep 24, 2026 · this year

Jeff Thompson, a 60-year-old father and grandfather, was remembered by his neighbors as a kind, funny, and generous man. One neighbor described him as "incredibly nice" and "non-confrontational," recalling how he was always getting things for his…

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Jerry Crump Jr.

Male, age 36 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Sep 24, 2026 · this year

Jerry Crump Jr., a 36-year-old man, was shot and killed in Jackson, Mississippi, in the early morning hours of Thursday, September 24, 2026. His death was recorded as one of seven homicides that took place in the city during that month. Little has been shared…

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Josephus Sanders

Male, age 36 · Desoto, Texas

Killed Sep 24, 2026 · this year

Josephus Daniel Sanders III, a 36-year-old military veteran and devoted father of two, was a man remembered for his ambition, his joyful presence, and the deep love he had for his family. Known affectionately as “Jojo,” he was concurrently attending barber…

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Julian Binns

Male, age 18 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Sep 24, 2026 · this year

An 18-year-old man remembered for his playful spirit and intelligence was shot and killed in Cleveland, Ohio, on the evening of Thursday, September 24, 2026. Julian Binns, a male known affectionately to some as "3 Deuce," was deeply loved by his family and…

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Kenneth Schmidt II

Male, age 22 · Bullhead City, Arizona

Killed Sep 24, 2026 · this year

Kenneth Michael Schmidt II, a young man remembered for his ability to make people feel truly loved, was shot and killed in a violent altercation in Bullhead City, Arizona. He was 22 years old. Born on March 4, 2004, Kenneth was known by his loved ones as a…

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Laureen Ashley Brooks

Female, age 31 · Chesapeake, Virginia

Killed Sep 24, 2026 · this year

Laureen Ashley Brooks was a devoted mother of three whose world revolved around her children. Born in Chesapeake, Virginia, on December 15, 1994, the 31-year-old female was remembered by family and friends for her generous heart, warmth, and thoughtfulness. A…

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Muhammad Muhtaraam-Conley

Male, age 25 · Fresno, California

Killed Sep 24, 2026 · this year

A verbal dispute in a Fresno parking lot escalated to gunfire on a Thursday night in September, ending the life of 25-year-old Muhammad Muhtaraam-Conley. A male resident of Fresno, he was known to local law enforcement and had been arrested 11 days before his…

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LaVentrice Denise Tolbert

Female, age 40 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Sep 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

LaVentrice Denise Tolbert, a 40-year-old Black woman, died on September 24, 2025, in a tragic murder-suicide in Birmingham, Alabama. Her life was cut short by her boyfriend, 35-year-old Tony DeWayne Davis, in an act of domestic violence that concluded a…

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Xavier Manzanares

Male, age 27 · Pueblo, Colorado

Killed Sep 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late afternoon of September 24, 2025, the life of 27-year-old Xavier Manzanares, a male from Pueblo, Colorado, was tragically cut short. The events that led to his death began to unfold around 2:22 p.m. in a parking lot located in the 3000 block of…

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Joshua Petersen

Male, age 45 · Alden, Minnesota

Killed Sep 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of September 24, 2025, a violent domestic dispute at a rural farm outside Alden, Minnesota, tragically ended the life of 45-year-old Joshua Petersen, a White/Caucasian male. The events unfolded at the home of his parents, Dave and Shari…

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Zentavious Banks

Male, age 17 · Jackson, Mississippi

Killed Sep 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the city of Jackson, Mississippi, a young life was abruptly cut short on a Wednesday afternoon in the fall of 2025. Zentavious De'Sean Antwon Banks, a 17-year-old male born on December 4, 2007, was the victim of a fatal shooting on September 24, 2025. The…

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Malik McDile

Male, age 28 · Saint Louis, Missouri

Killed Sep 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the late hours of September 24, 2025, a grim discovery was made in the Fairground neighborhood of St. Louis. Inside a vehicle parked in the 4500 block of Fair Avenue, 28-year-old Malik McDile, a Black male, was found with a gunshot wound to his head. First…

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Thomas Jay Ruger

Male, age 30 · Cross Hill, South Carolina

Killed Sep 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

The community of Cross Hill, South Carolina, was left grieving following the violent and untimely death of Thomas Jay Ruger on September 24, 2025. The 30-year-old White male was fatally wounded in an incident described as gun violence, abruptly ending a life…

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Deshun Dodson

Male, age 30 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Sep 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the Hickory Hill neighborhood of Memphis, Tennessee, the life of 30-year-old Deshun Dodson, a male, was cut short by gunfire on the night of September 24, 2025. The shooting, which also left two other individuals wounded, cast a somber mood over the…

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Jakayvin Jones

Male, age 22 · San Antonio, Texas

Killed Sep 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Jakayvin Jones, 22, a male from San Antonio, was found shot to death late on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, inside the Pecan Valley Golf Club Apartments on the city's Southeast Side. Calls about gunfire began just after 10:30 p.m., drawing officers to the…

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Mia Molina

Female, age 21 · El Paso, Texas

Killed Sep 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Mia Molina, 21, a female from El Paso, died on September 24, 2025, after a daytime shooting outside the El Paso Police Department’s headquarters area at 1000 N. Raynor Street in the Five Points neighborhood. At about 1:23 p.m., officers heard multiple shots…

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Miguel Angel Garcia Hernandez

Male, age 32 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Sep 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Miguel Ángel García-Hernández, 32, a male Latino, was among three detainees caught in a sniper-style attack at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas on September 24, 2025. The shooter opened fire from a nearby rooftop toward the…

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Norlan Guzman-Fuentes

Male, age 37 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Sep 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Norlan Guzman-Fuentes, a 37-year-old Hispanic/Latino man, was fatally shot on the morning of September 24, 2025, during a sniper-style attack on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office along North Stemmons Freeway in Dallas. He was in ICE…

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Victoria Whitman

Female, age 27 · El Paso, Texas

Killed Sep 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Victoria Whitman, 27, a White/Caucasian female from El Paso, Texas, died on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, after a daytime shooting steps from El Paso Police Headquarters in the Five Points neighborhood. Shortly after 1:20 p.m., officers inside the complex…

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Emilio Vazquez

Male, age 20 · Spokane, Washington

Killed Sep 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the quiet Glenrose neighborhood on Spokane's South Hill, the evening of September 24, 2025, was shattered by the sound of rapid gunfire. When police arrived at the 4200 block of East 34th Avenue near Chase Middle School around 8:45 p.m., they discovered a…

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Terrance Wallette

Male, age 37 · Spokane, Washington

Killed Sep 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

On the evening of September 24, 2025, in Spokane, Washington, 37-year-old Terrance Wallette, a male, was shot and killed in a double homicide. The incident took place around 8:45 p.m. in the 4200 block of East 34th Avenue on the South Hill, near Chase Middle…

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Giovanni Mike Robinson

Male, age 22 · Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin

Killed Sep 24, 2025 · 1 year ago

Giovanni Michael “Mike” Robinson was a 32-year-old White/Caucasian male from Ontario, Canada, who was killed shortly after midnight on September 24, 2025, while visiting Wisconsin for a golf trip. Robinson was a new father and had traveled to the Sheboygan…

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Malike Williams

Male, age 26 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Sep 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late afternoon of September 24, 2024, a dispute escalated to violence at a Big Boy Convenience Store in the southwest area of Birmingham, Alabama, culminating in the shooting death of 26-year-old Malike Williams. The confrontation, which authorities…

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Damone Gardner

Male, age 34 · Birmingham, Alabama

Killed Sep 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

Damone Gardner, a 34-year-old Black man from Birmingham, Alabama, was a son whose life was lost in what his mother called a "senseless crime." In the wake of his death, his mother, Emma Selina Rose Gardner, started a fundraiser to help with his burial…

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Janiel Santiago-Rojas

Male, age 19 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

Janiel Santiago-Rojas, a 19-year-old, lost his life to gun violence on September 24, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the University Village neighborhood of Chicago, a area known for its residential and academic settings due to its…

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Kimberly Shepard Archer

Female, age 59 · Bowling-green, Kentucky

Killed Sep 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the quiet town of Bowling Green, Kentucky, a tragic discovery unfolded on September 24, 2024, shattering the peace of a local neighborhood. Kimberly Shepard Archer, a 59-year-old White female, was found deceased in her home on Masters Way. Alongside her…

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Jennifer Holmboe

Female, age 46 · Becker, Minnesota

Killed Sep 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

On September 24, 2024, Jennifer Holmboe, a 46-year-old White / Caucasian woman from St. Cloud, Minnesota, was found dead in a home in Becker. Sherburne County deputies discovered her body, along with that of her 80-year-old father, Bruce Holmboe, at a…

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Ronald Smith

Male, age 44 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Sep 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a Tuesday afternoon in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the life of 44-year-old Ronald C. Smith was tragically cut short. On September 24, 2024, at approximately 4:20 p.m., Smith was fatally shot near the intersection of 27th and Wisconsin Avenue. The circumstances…

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Tequia Monea KeKe Nails

Female, age 32 · Capitol-heights, Maryland

Killed Sep 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

Tequia Monea “KeKe” Nails, a 32-year-old woman, was tragically shot and killed in her Capitol Heights, Maryland, apartment on September 24, 2024. At the time of her death, she was holding her two-month-old infant son. Her other three children were also in the…

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Erntray Bailey

Male, age 37 · Clarksdale, Mississippi

Killed Sep 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a Tuesday evening in Clarksdale, Mississippi, the sound of gunfire shattered the night, leaving a community in mourning and a family searching for answers. On September 24, 2024, 37-year-old Erntray Bailey was found dead, the victim of numerous gunshot…

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Marvin Lamar Hatcher

Male, age 38 · Portsmouth, Virginia

Killed Sep 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

On a Tuesday morning in Portsmouth, Virginia, the life of 38-year-old Marvin Lamar Hatcher was tragically cut short. On September 24, 2024, at approximately 10:20 a.m., police responded to a call of a shooting in the 300 block of Gilmerton Avenue. Upon their…

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Joseph Carter

Male, age 26 · Lumberton, North Carolina

Killed Sep 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

On the morning of September 24, 2024, at approximately 6:30 a.m., Lumberton Police officers responded to a report of a shooting at the Royal Inn, located at 2333 Lackey Street in Lumberton, North Carolina. Upon arrival, they found 26-year-old Joseph Carter…

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Juan Hernandez

Male, age 24 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 24, 2024 · 2 years ago

In the late hours of a Tuesday night in Philadelphia, the sound of gunfire shattered the quiet on the 700 block of West Lycoming Street. It was September 24, 2024, at approximately 11:36 p.m., when Philadelphia Police officers were dispatched to the scene…

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Donald Wayne Gooden Jr

Male, age 36 · Anniston, Alabama

Killed Sep 24, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the early evening of September 24, 2023, tragedy struck in the 300 block of Elm Street in Anniston, Alabama, forever altering the lives of those who knew and loved Donald Wayne Gooden Jr., a 36-year-old Black male affectionately known as 'Turtle.' Around…

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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.