Deaths by Force on September 26

Deaths by Force (497)

Death by Force5th anniversary

Andrew AJ Edwards

Male, age 30 · Corpus-christi, Texas

Killed Sep 26, 2021 · 5 years ago

Andrew "AJ" Edwards, a 30-year-old male, tragically lost his life on September 26, 2021, in Corpus Christi, Texas. The incident occurred at The Vibe Hookah Bar on Airline Road, where Edwards was fatally shot. The circumstances surrounding his death have been…

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Anthony Lanza

Male, age 21 · Houston, Texas

Killed Sep 26, 2021 · 5 years ago

Anthony Lanza, a 21-year-old male of Hispanic ethnicity, was tragically shot and killed during a drive-by shooting on September 26, 2021, in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred in the early morning hours at a residence on Waldine Street in East Harris…

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Isaiah D Harpe

Male, age 22 · Denton, Texas

Killed Sep 26, 2021 · 5 years ago

Isaiah D. Harpe, a 22-year-old male of African American ethnicity, tragically lost his life on September 26, 2021, in Denton, Texas. Harpe was fatally shot at his apartment in the 1900 block of North Ruddell Street, near U.S. 377. The incident occurred…

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Julio Arthur Joseph Alvarez

Male, age 38 · Dallas, Texas

Killed Sep 26, 2021 · 5 years ago

Julio Arthur Joseph Alvarez, a 38-year-old Hispanic male, passed away on September 27, 2021, in Dallas, Texas. Born on November 15, 1982, Julio was the son of Mary F. Leyva and Arturo Serna. He was survived by his mother, stepfather Martin Leyva, his children…

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Norberto Velasquez

Male, age 23 · Houston, Texas

Killed Sep 26, 2021 · 5 years ago

On September 26, 2021, Norberto Velasquez, a 23-year-old Hispanic male, was fatally shot in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred around 8:45 p.m. at 6355 Griggs Road. Velasquez was in his vehicle, stopped at a red light, when an unknown Black male suspect…

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Normand Keenan Jalah

Male, age 30 · Port-arthur, Texas

Killed Sep 26, 2021 · 5 years ago

Normand Keenan Jalah, a 30-year-old Black man from Port Arthur, Texas, tragically lost his life on September 26, 2021. He was found deceased from a single gunshot wound in the early hours of the morning at the 100 block of 6th Street. The incident was…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Reginald Fleming

Male, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

Reginald Fleming Jr., aged 18, was tragically killed on September 26, 2016, in the West Pullman neighborhood of Chicago. He was one of many young victims of gun violence in the city during what was an especially difficult year. The incident occurred amid a…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Earl Watson

Male, age 33 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a Monday afternoon in Kansas City, Missouri, the life of 33-year-old Earl Cortez Watson was tragically cut short. On September 26, 2016, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Watson was discovered shot inside his vehicle near the intersection of 83rd Street and…

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Hubert A Holmes

Male, age 21 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 26, 2016, Kansas City police officers were dispatched to the 3400 block of Harrison Boulevard following reports of a shooting. Upon arriving at the scene around 2:30 a.m., first responders discovered the body of Hubert…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

James Easterling

Male, age 22 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

James Easterling Jr., a 22-year-old Black male from Philadelphia, was killed on September 26, 2016, after gunfire broke out on the 1300 block of East Johnson Street. That Monday evening, around 7:50 p.m., Philadelphia police officers were called to the scene…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Adam Brown

Male, age 40 · Uniontown, Alabama

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the small community of Uniontown, Alabama, the life of Adam Scott Brown, a 40-year-old male, was cut short on the evening of September 26, 2016. He was discovered in his home, the victim of a fatal shooting. The circumstances surrounding his death pointed…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jonathan Methot

Male, age 30 · Biddeford, Maine

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early hours of a Monday morning, on September 26, 2016, the life of 30-year-old Jonathan Methot, a Caucasian male, was cut short in his apartment on West Cutts Street in Biddeford, Maine. Just after 1 a.m., police were called to the duplex at the end…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Clarence Tre Buford

Male, age 21 · Kansas City, Kansas

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the afternoon hours of September 26, 2016, a burst of violence shattered the ordinary atmosphere of a strip mall parking lot in Kansas City, Kansas, leaving a young man's life extinguished. Clarence Tre Buford, a 21-year-old Black / African American male…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Denis Sloboda

Male, age 33 · Federal Way, Washington

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

On the evening of September 26, 2016, Denis Sloboda, a 33-year-old White/Caucasian male, was filled with the joy and anticipation of a new father. His wife had recently given birth to their son, and he was on his way to the hospital in Federal Way…

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Tabitha Apling

Female, age 33 · Federal Way, Washington

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

Tabitha Apling, a 33-year-old woman from Federal Way, WA, tragically lost her life on September 24, 2016, in a harrowing incident involving her estranged boyfriend, Rashied Maceo Mitchell. The events leading to her death were marked by a history of domestic…

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Nya Hammond

Female, age 19 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 26, 2016, the life of 19-year-old Nya Hammond, a Black / African American female, was tragically cut short in a parking lot in Glendale, Wisconsin. A dedicated mother to her three-year-old son, Hammond was a hardworking…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Deanta Porter

Male, age 28 · Tulsa, Oklahoma

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late hours of a Monday night in September 2016, a dispute in the parking lot of a Tulsa, Oklahoma sports bar tragically escalated, ending the life of a 28-year-old man. The victim, identified in some reports as Deanta Porter and in others as Daronta…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Joseph Big Joe Banks

Male, age 38 · Grand-rapids, Michigan

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a late September evening in Grand Rapids, a dispute escalated into a fatal encounter that ended the life of 38-year-old Joseph Charles Banks. The incident, which unfolded on September 26, 2016, stemmed from a verbal disagreement inside a residence on…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Frank Macomber

Male, age 66 · Fort-wayne, Indiana

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late summer of 2016, a tragic series of events unfolded in Fort Wayne, Indiana, culminating in the death of 66-year-old Frank Ole Macomber. A U.S. Army veteran who served during Vietnam and a retiree from General Motors, Macomber was described by those…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Jamarkis Javon Carter

Male, age 40 · Fort-wayne, Indiana

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late afternoon of a Monday in Fort Wayne, Indiana, tragedy struck Jamarkis Javon Carter, a 40-year-old man known to many by his nickname, 'Chummy'. On September 26, 2016, police were dispatched to the 4400 block of Warsaw Street at approximately 4:48…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Kyron Baker

Male, age 19 · South-bend, Indiana

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the late afternoon haze of September 26, 2016, the life of 19-year-old Kyron Ryon Deshawn Baker was tragically cut short in South Bend, Indiana. A Black / African American male, Kyron was discovered in an alley behind East Miner Street, near Coquillard…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Earl Cortez Watson

Male, age 33 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

On September 26, 2016, 33-year-old male Earl Cortez Watson was found dead in Kansas City, Missouri, the victim of a fatal shooting. Police officers responded to reports of gunfire in the area of 83rd Street and Wayne Avenue, where they discovered Watson with…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Hubert Holmes

Male, age 21 · Kansas-city, Missouri

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

On September 26, 2016, police in Kansas City, Missouri, launched a homicide investigation following the discovery of a young man who had been fatally wounded. The victim was identified as Hubert A. Holmes, a 21-year-old Black male. Officers were dispatched to…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Gary Tyshawn Bowser

Male, age 21 · Gwynn-oak, Maryland

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the early evening of September 26, 2016, the life of 21-year-old Gary Tyshawn Bowser, a Black/African American male from Gwynn Oak, Maryland, was tragically cut short. Just after 6 p.m., the sound of gunfire echoed through the 700 block of Westhills…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Walter Bryan

Male, age 46 · Annapolis, Maryland

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

On a September afternoon in 2016, Walter Bryan, a 46-year-old Black or African American male, was shot and killed in Annapolis, Maryland. The incident, which took place on Pleasant Street, marked a grim milestone as the city's ninth homicide of the year, a…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Mee Vang

Female · Stumpy-meadows, California

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

Mee Vang tragically lost her life on September 26, 2016, in Stumpy Meadows, California. The incident occurred while she was out hunting squirrels with her husband, Lee Lao. According to reports, Lao accidentally shot Vang while they were in the 10500 block of…

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Death by Force10th anniversary

Miguel De Jesus Castro

Male, age 20 · Whittier, California

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

Miguel De Jesus Castro, a 20-year-old Latino, tragically lost his life on September 26, 2016, in South Whittier, California. According to coroner's records, Castro was shot in the 13500 block of Lakeland Road. The incident occurred the previous evening when…

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Jose Ernesto Martinez

Male, age 30 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

Jose Ernesto Martinez, a 30-year-old Hispanic male, was tragically killed on September 26, 2016, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the Gage Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side of the city. Martinez was walking on the sidewalk in the 5100…

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Reginald Dropthmore

Male, age 36 · Laplace, Louisiana

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

In the quiet town of Laplace, Louisiana, the life of 36-year-old Reginald Dropthmore, a male resident, was tragically cut short on the evening of Monday, September 26, 2016. Responding to a report of a shooting at approximately 7:45 p.m., deputies from the…

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Juan Daniel Hernandez Rivas

Male, age 23 · Houston, Texas

Killed Sep 26, 2016 · 10 years ago

Juan Daniel Hernandez Rivas, a 23-year-old Hispanic male, tragically lost his life on September 26, 2016, in Houston, Texas. He was on his way to work when he was robbed and subsequently shot in the parking lot of his apartment complex. The incident occurred…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Kedron Jones

Male, age 31 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Sep 26, 2011 · 15 years ago

Kedron Jones, a 31-year-old resident of Chicago, Illinois, was killed on September 26, 2011, in a tragic incident that underscored the pervasive violence affecting the city at that time. The homicide took place in the Grand Boulevard neighborhood, a community…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Carl Spencer

Male, age 21 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Sep 26, 2011 · 15 years ago

Carl Spencer, a 21-year-old man, was fatally shot on September 26, 2011, in the Washington Park neighborhood of Chicago. The incident occurred on a sidewalk in the community, adding to the rising number of homicides that year in Chicago. Washington Park, like…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Jarquis Howie

Male, age 33 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Found Sep 26, 2011 · 15 years ago

On September 26, 2011, 33-year-old Jarquis "Jaq" Antoine Howie was shot and killed in the parking lot of 2705 Milton Road in Charlotte, North Carolina. Howie had just exited a friend’s apartment when the shooting occurred. Earlier that day, he was reportedly…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Jack Hall

Male · Rittman, Ohio

Found Sep 26, 2011 · 15 years ago

In September 2011, the remains of Jack Hall, a man from Rittman, Ohio, were discovered in a wooded area near the Morton Salt property in the city. The remains were found by a hunter, and the discovery sparked an investigation involving local law enforcement…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Raheem Carroll

Male, age 22 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 26, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, the life of a young Black / African American man, Raheem Carroll, was cut short at the age of 22. On Monday, September 26, 2011, he became a victim of homicide in the 3600 block of Germantown Avenue. Details…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

David Jones Red Pedersen

Male, age 56 · Everrett, Washington

Killed Sep 26, 2011 · 15 years ago

On September 26, 2011, David Jones "Red" Pedersen, a 56-year-old Caucasian male from Everett, Washington, was tragically killed. His death marked the beginning of a violent crime spree that would span three states and claim three more lives. The grim…

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Death by Force15th anniversary

Leslie Mae DeeDee Sudds

Female, age 69 · Everrett, Washington

Killed Sep 26, 2011 · 15 years ago

In the late summer of 2011, a chilling sequence of events began to unfold in Everett, Washington, culminating in the tragic death of Leslie Mae DeeDee Sudds, a 69-year-old Caucasian woman. On September 26th, her life was brutally cut short, a victim of a…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Bobby Johnson

Male, age 31 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Sep 26, 2006 · 20 years ago

In an instant, a trivial dispute over a blocked roadway spiraled into a fatal encounter that claimed the life of an off-duty Washington, D.C. police officer. Robert L. Johnson Jr., a 31-year-old and a seven-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department…

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Death by Force20th anniversary

Jaime Julio Padilla

Male, age 19 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Sep 26, 2006 · 20 years ago

Jaime Julio Padilla was 19 years old when he died on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, in Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds at 5000 S. Slauson Ave. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is listed as…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Wanine Moreira Rodriguez

Female, age 34 · Las Vegas, Nevada

Killed Sep 26, 2001 · 25 years ago

In the vast, unforgiving desert landscape on the outskirts of Las Vegas, a grim discovery was made on September 26, 2001. A person walking their dogs in the area near Hualapai Way and Sunset Road stumbled upon a shallow grave, unearthing the remains of a…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Winfield Staley

Male · Columbus, Ohio

Killed Sep 26, 2001 · 25 years ago

On September 26, 2001, Winfield Staley, a 22-year-old male, was found dead in Columbus, Ohio. He was discovered at 1816 Winding Field Street with a gunshot wound. The incident occurred in Franklin County and is classified as an unsolved homicide. The Columbus…

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Death by Force25th anniversary

Raymond Medina

Male, age 24 · Allentown, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 26, 2001 · 25 years ago

Raymond J. Medina, a 24-year-old man from Allentown, PA, tragically died on September 26, 2001. He was last seen walking on 4th Street before his death. Medina was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown after being shot the previous night.…

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Death by Force30th anniversary

Charles Craig Greenwald

Male, age 34 · Mobile, Alabama

Killed Sep 26, 1996 · 30 years ago

On a late September day in 1996, a sudden eruption of violence in the heart of Mobile, Alabama, claimed the life of a dedicated law enforcement officer. Charles Craig Greenwald, a 34-year-old man serving as a court police officer, was fatally shot in the line…

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Death by Force35th anniversary

Timothy Keeling

Male, age 22 · Denver, Colorado

Killed Sep 26, 1991 · 35 years ago

Timothy Wayne Keeling, a 22-year-old White male paramedic from Colorado, vanished after a late-night stop at a grocery or convenience store parking lot in Denver on September 26, 1991. According to contemporaneous and retrospective accounts, he was carjacked…

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Death by Force40th anniversary

Laurie Lee Tremblay

Female, age 15 · Houston, Texas

Killed Sep 26, 1986 · 40 years ago

On September 26, 1986, the body of 15-year-old white female Laurie Lee Tremblay was discovered behind a restaurant located at 10694 Westheimer Road in Houston, Texas. The teenager had been strangled, and her death marked the beginning of a series of similar…

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Death by Force45th anniversary

Katherine Ewing

Female, age 37 · Knoxville, Tennessee

Killed Sep 26, 1981 · 45 years ago

In the late summer of 1981, the quiet waters of Fort Loudon Lake in Knoxville, Tennessee, held a grim secret. On September 26th, a fisherman named Benny George was near Bicentennial Park on Neyland Drive when he made a horrifying discovery. The body of a…

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Death by Force115th anniversary

Barney Stiel

Male, age 33 · Dumas, Arkansas

Killed Sep 26, 1911 · 115 years ago

In the rural outskirts of Dumas, Arkansas, on a late September day in 1911, a violent confrontation unfolded that left three men dead and ultimately led to a grim act of mob justice. On September 26, 33-year-old Deputy Sheriff Barney Stiel, a White male and a…

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Death by Force115th anniversary

William D. Preston

Male, age 44 · Dumas, Arkansas

Killed Sep 26, 1911 · 115 years ago

On a fateful day in the autumn of 1911, a violent confrontation unfolded near Dumas, Arkansas, forever marking the life of Sheriff William D. Preston. The 44-year-old male lawman of Desha County met his untimely end on September 26th while attempting to serve…

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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.