Death by Force

Jerrell D Brooks

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 18, 2013 · 13 years ago

Jerrell D. Brooks, aged 28, was shot and killed on August 18, 2013, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred amidst ongoing issues of gun violence affecting the city, particularly impacting neighborhoods where crime rates were high. Brooks was one of many…

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Bearling Robinson

Male, age 36 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 18, 2013 · 13 years ago

Bearling Robinson, aged 36, was shot and killed on August 18, 2013, in Chicago. His death occurred during a period of heightened violence in the city, as numerous homicides were reported throughout 2013, a year marked by considerable issues with gun-related…

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Jeremy Mcgrone

Male, age 24 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 18, 2013 · 13 years ago

Jeremy McGrone, aged 24, was fatally shot on August 18, 2013, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred during a violent year for the city, with numerous homicides contributing to a high rate of gun violence. McGrone was killed in the West Side area, known for…

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Antoine C Green

Male, age 19 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 18, 2013 · 13 years ago

Antoine C. Green, a 19-year-old from Chicago, was fatally shot on August 18, 2013, while riding his bicycle in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. His death occurred during a weekend marked by a series of violent incidents across the city. Green was one of…

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Jason L Houcks

Male, age 35 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Aug 18, 2013 · 13 years ago

On the early morning of Sunday, August 18, 2013, violence erupted in a residential neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri, claiming the life of 35-year-old Jason L. Houcks. The incident occurred in the area of 73rd Street and Norton Avenue, a location that…

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Victor A Soriano

Male, age 43 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Aug 18, 2013 · 13 years ago

On a summer night in 2013, the life of Victor Amilcar Soriano-Aviles, a 40-year-old Hispanic male, was tragically cut short in his Richmond, Virginia home. In the early moments of August 18th, just after midnight, two unidentified men with ill intentions…

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Christopher Smith

Male, age 17 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 18, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the late summer of 2013, a sense of loss rippled through a Milwaukee neighborhood. On August 18, 17-year-old Christopher Smith, a male, was fatally wounded. The incident that claimed his life unfolded in the 4600 block of N. 36th Street, where he was shot…

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Victor Amilcar Soriano-Aviles

Male, age 40 · Richmond, Virginia

Killed Aug 18, 2013 · 13 years ago

In the early hours of August 18, 2013, the life of 40-year-old Victor Amilcar Soriano-Aviles was tragically cut short in what police have described as a home-invasion robbery. A Hispanic male, Mr. Soriano-Aviles was at his residence on Clarkson Road in…

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Daquan Boyd

Male, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 18, 2013 · 13 years ago

Daquan Boyd, an 18-year-old African American male, was fatally shot on August 18, 2013, in Chicago, IL. Boyd was returning home from the Taste of Austin, a neighborhood festival, when he and a friend were approached by two men on bicycles who opened fire.…

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George Magee

Male, age 23 · Jacksonville, Florida

Found Aug 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

On August 18, 2012, 23-year-old George Magee, an African American male from Jacksonville, Florida, was found deceased in an abandoned vehicle near Panama Park. The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office confirmed that George Magee had been murdered. The circumstances…

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Milton Moffett

Male, age 40 · Savannah, Georgia

Killed Aug 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

Milton Moffett Jr., a 40-year-old Black man from Savannah, Georgia, died on August 18, 2012, leaving behind a silence that must have felt unbearable to the people who loved him most. His death was not just the end of a life, but the sudden shattering of a…

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Derrick Baker

Male, age 18 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

Derrick Baker, an 18-year-old, was shot and killed on August 18, 2012, in the Roseland neighborhood on Chicago's Far South Side. The incident occurred around 12:15 a.m. on the 11500 block of South Wentworth Avenue. When police arrived, Baker was found with a…

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Anthony M Carter

Male, age 36 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

On August 18, 2012, Anthony M. Carter, aged 36, was shot and killed in Chicago, Illinois. The incident was part of a broader surge in homicides that marked a particularly violent year for the city. Chicago recorded over 500 homicides in 2012, a significant…

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Anthony Snorton

Male, age 22 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Aug 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

On August 18, 2012, a violent incident occurred in Detroit, Michigan, resulting in the death of a young man. Anthony Snorton, a 22-year-old Black / African American male, was found deceased at the intersection of Ridge Road and Riverdale Street. This location…

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Lavalle Jaron Priest

Male, age 21 · Minneapolis, Minnesota

Killed Aug 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

Lavalle Ja’ron Priest, a 21-year-old Black male, was shot and killed in Minneapolis in the early hours of Saturday, August 18, 2012. In the immediate aftermath, local reporting placed the killing in north Minneapolis in the predawn hours, one of several…

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Reico Taylor

Male, age 30 · Columbus, Ohio

Found Aug 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

On August 18, 2012, Reico Taylor, a 30-year-old resident of Columbus, Ohio, was tragically shot and killed on the east side of the city. Taylor was found by police after they responded to reports of gunfire in the area. The shooting occurred near East 5th…

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Martin Franklin

Male, age 52 · Houston, Texas

Found Aug 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

On August 18, 2012, 52-year-old Martin Franklin was fatally shot at his residence in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred around 10:30 p.m. when two armed individuals entered Franklin's home, demanding money. After a confrontation, the assailants shot…

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Jose Fuentes

Male, age 47 · Houston, Texas

Found Aug 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

On August 18, 2012, 47-year-old Jose Fuentes was found deceased at 5619 Airline Drive, Apartment #301, in Houston, Texas. The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences documented his death under case number ML12-2520. Details surrounding the…

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Charles Netherland

Male, age 25 · Muscatine, Iowa

Killed Aug 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

On a summer night in Muscatine, Iowa, the life of 25-year-old Charles William "Binx" Netherland, a Caucasian male, came to a tragic and debated end. On August 18, 2012, Charles was at the home of his cousin, Robert Ross, located at 314 Clinton Street…

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Taylor Diorio

Female, age 17 · Chicago, Illinois

Killed Aug 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

Taylor Diorio, a 17-year-old girl from Chicago Ridge, IL, tragically lost her life on August 18, 2012. Taylor was a passenger in a car when she was shot in the head in the early morning hours. The incident occurred near the residence of Joseph Sanders, a…

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Moses Walker

Male, age 40 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 18, 2012 · 14 years ago

In the pre-dawn hours of August 18, 2012, a 19-year veteran of the Philadelphia Police Department, 40-year-old Moses Walker Jr., was making his way home after a long overnight shift. Having just changed out of his uniform and into civilian clothes, he was…

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Anthony Barnes

Male, age 16 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

In the early hours of a Wednesday in August 2010, the life of a young man was tragically cut short on a street in Southeast Washington, D.C. Sixteen-year-old Anthony Devon Barnes, a Black male, was in the 2200 block of Fairlawn Avenue when he was shot. The…

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Terrance Laron Cooper

Male, age 28 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

Terrance Laron Cooper, aged 28, was fatally shot on August 18, 2010, in Chicago, Illinois. His death occurred during a year when Chicago was grappling with significant violence, particularly affecting neighborhoods on the South and West sides. The homicide…

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Jamil Harmon

Male, age 26 · Boston, Massachusetts

Killed Aug 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

On a summer afternoon in Boston, a young Black/African American man named Jamil Harmon, aged 26, lost his life. The incident occurred around 12:30 p.m. on August 18, 2010, in the Dorchester neighborhood. Harmon was on Blue Hill Avenue, somewhere between…

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Shykeem Leslie

Male, age 24 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Killed Aug 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

Shykeem Leslie, a 24-year-old Black male from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was killed on August 18, 2010, in the city where he lived. Online homicide listings place his death on the same date as the assault and identify the location as the 3200 block of North…

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Chris Lacey

Male, age 16 · Memphis, Tennessee

Killed Aug 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

A young man's life was cut short in Memphis, leaving a void in the community and a case that has lingered for years without resolution. Christopher Cortez Lacey, a resident of Memphis, Tennessee, passed away in August of 2010. His death is believed to have…

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Dimas Castaneda

Male, age 30 · Houston, Texas

Found Aug 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

Dimas Castaneda, age 30, was tragically killed on August 18, 2010, in Houston, Texas. The incident occurred in the early hours when Castaneda was found fatally stabbed. Houston police responded to the scene in the 9000 block of Edgar and found Castaneda…

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Amber Tuccaro

Female, age 20 · Edmonton, Alberta

Killed Aug 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

Amber Alyssa Tuccaro was a 20-year-old Indigenous woman and member of the Mikisew Cree First Nation who disappeared while visiting the Edmonton area in August 2010. She lived in Fort McMurray and had flown to Edmonton on August 17 with her 14-month-old son…

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Michael Lattimore

Male, age 20 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 18, 2010 · 16 years ago

Michael Lattimore, 20, of East St. Louis, Illinois, was killed in St. Louis in August 2010. He was last seen in mid-August, and the Washington Post's homicide database records the date of his death as Wednesday, August 18, 2010. The St. Louis Metropolitan…

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Juan Carlos Betancourt

Male, age 22 · Oakland, California

Found Aug 18, 2009 · 17 years ago

Juan Carlos Betancourt, age 22, was shot and killed on August 18, 2009, in Oakland, California. The incident was part of the broader context of violence that plagued the city during that period, with Oakland experiencing persistently high crime rates…

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Jacob Benavidez

Male, age 15 · Long Beach, California

Found Aug 18, 2009 · 17 years ago

Jacob Benavidez, a 15-year-old, was tragically killed on August 18, 2009, in Long Beach, California. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning when Jacob was sitting on a stoop, talking to a friend. Around 12:30 a.m., a single gunman approached…

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Courtney L Cotton

Male, age 17 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 18, 2009 · 17 years ago

Courtney L. Cotton was a male resident of St. Louis, Missouri, who became the victim of a homicide in the city. Identified as Black, his death was recorded as part of a comprehensive analysis of homicide data in major American cities, highlighting the…

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Shanee Dougherty

Female, age 17 · Washington, District of Columbia

Killed Aug 18, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the early hours of a Monday morning, on August 18, 2008, the life of 17-year-old Shanee Dougherty was tragically cut short in Washington, D.C. An African-American female, Shanee was in the 3600 block of 22nd Street, SE, at approximately 1:30 a.m. when she…

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Jeffery Sheppard

Male, age 50 · Jacksonville, Florida

Found Aug 18, 2008 · 18 years ago

Jeffery Sheppard, aged 50, was found dead on August 18, 2008, in Jacksonville, Florida. His death was ruled a homicide, adding to the list of unsolved cases in the city. The circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear, with no known suspects or motives…

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Curtis Ellis

Male, age 25 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 18, 2008 · 18 years ago

Curtis Ellis, aged 25, was fatally shot on August 18, 2008, in Chicago, Illinois. The incident took place after a violent altercation earlier that night at the Excalibur nightclub in the River North neighborhood. Ellis was involved in a physical confrontation…

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Brandon J Garner

Male, age 24 · Kansas City, Missouri

Killed Aug 18, 2008 · 18 years ago

On August 18, 2008, Brandon J. Garner, a 24-year-old male resident of Kansas City, Missouri, died under circumstances that have since been classified by some observers as a death by force or murder. The incident occurred within the Kansas City area, marking a…

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Jennifer Vordern

Female, age 24 · Edgerton, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 18, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the late summer of 2008, the small community of Edgerton, Wisconsin, was shaken by a tragedy that unfolded within the walls of a local home. Jennifer Vordemann, a 24-year-old Caucasian female, was found dead on Monday, August 18, 2008, in what authorities…

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Jose Padilla

Male, age 22 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 18, 2007 · 19 years ago

Jose Padilla, aged 22, was killed on August 18, 2007, in Chicago, Illinois. His death was part of the alarming homicide rates that year, which plagued several neighborhoods in Chicago, particularly on the South and West Sides. During 2007, the city…

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Jose Jackson

Null, age 22 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 18, 2007 · 19 years ago

Jose Jackson, a 22-year-old man, was fatally shot on August 18, 2007, in Chicago, Illinois. His death took place during a period of heightened violence in the city, with many homicides tied to gang activity and street violence. In 2007, Chicago experienced…

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Juan Ramos

Null, age 21 · Chicago, Illinois

Found Aug 18, 2007 · 19 years ago

Juan Ramos, a 21-year-old from Chicago, was fatally shot on August 18, 2007. His death occurred during a particularly violent period in the city, reflecting the broader struggle Chicago faced with escalating homicide rates. In 2007, Chicago was grappling with…

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Tamon L Belin

Male, age 25 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Aug 18, 2007 · 19 years ago

On a Saturday evening in August 2007, a sense of tragedy befell a north side Indianapolis neighborhood. In the 3500 block of North Illinois Street, 25-year-old Tamon L. Belin was discovered lying in the front yard of a residence, having sustained a fatal…

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Darius Cox

Male, age 17 · Baltimore, Maryland

Killed Aug 18, 2007 · 19 years ago

In the summer of 2007, the life of 17-year-old Darius Cox was tragically cut short on the streets of West Baltimore. On the evening of August 18th, in the 2100 block of West Fayette Street, the young African-American male was shot. Emergency responders…

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Darrick K Lewis

Male, age 24 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Aug 18, 2007 · 19 years ago

Darrick K. Lewis, 24, was a Black man from St. Louis, Missouri, whose family expected him at choir practice on the morning of August 18, 2007, but he never arrived. Hours later, homicide detectives were called to an alley at 4636 Steinlage Drive, where he was…

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Robert Johnson

Male, age 18 · Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Killed Aug 18, 2007 · 19 years ago

Robert L. Johnson Jr., 33, male, died on August 18, 2007, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His death was noted in a brief obituary that identified him as the gentle son of Virginia and Robert L. Johnson Sr., and the brother of Shanedra Johnson, Rhonda Johnson, and…

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Jerome Hill

Male, age 23 · Dover, Delaware

Killed Aug 18, 2007 · 19 years ago

On a summer day in 2007, the life of a young Black / African American man, Jerome Hill, was tragically cut short. At 23 years of age, Jerome was shot multiple times on Saturday, August 18, 2007, while he was inside a trailer at the Dover Air Park, located at…

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Connie Williams

Female, age 15 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Aug 18, 2007 · 19 years ago

Connie Williams, a 15-year-old girl from Los Angeles, California, tragically lost her life on August 18, 2007. Connie was shot in the head at the intersection of 45th Street and San Pedro Street in the LAPD's Newton Division, an area located east of the 110…

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Tina Michelle Choate Hosch

Female, age 25 · Charlotte, North Carolina

Killed Aug 18, 2007 · 19 years ago

Tina Michelle Choate Hosch, a 25-year-old woman from Charlotte, North Carolina, tragically passed away on August 18, 2007. Tina, who was born on September 15, 1981, in Gastonia, North Carolina, was the eldest child of Roy and Cynthia Choate. She was a member…

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Kalvin Jackson

Male, age 24 · Hesperia, California

Killed Aug 18, 2005 · 21 years ago

On August 18, 2005, 24-year-old Kalvin Jackson was fatally shot at an apartment complex in Hesperia, California. The incident occurred after two Hispanic males approached Jackson and questioned him about gang affiliation. The altercation quickly escalated…

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