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Deaths by Force on September 20

690 open cases in our database happened on September 20. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (503)

Death by Force

Michael Roy Bushnell

Male, age 63 · Frederick, Maryland

Killed Sep 20, 2026 · this year

In the quiet city of Frederick, Maryland, the life of 63-year-old Michael Roy Bushnell was brought to an abrupt and violent end on September 20, 2026. A dispute with his roommate, 87-year-old Irwin Joseph Dickstein, over an electrical repair in their shared…

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Francisco Cruz Hernandez

Male, age 25 · Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed Sep 20, 2024 · 2 years ago

Francisco Cruz Hernandez, a 25-year-old Hispanic man, was killed on September 20, 2024, on Indianapolis’ north side, in a shooting that left him slumped inside a vehicle and a quiet residential area suddenly flooded with police lights. That Friday evening…

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Jorge Pizarro Mercedes

Male, age 27 · Reading, Pennsylvania

Killed Sep 20, 2023 · 3 years ago

On September 20, 2023, at approximately 2:00 a.m., Reading Police Department officers responded to a reported vehicle collision in the 700 block of Schuylkill Avenue. Upon arrival, they discovered a car with significant front-end damage that had collided with…

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Keith Thomas

Male, age 26 · Dearborn, Michigan

Killed Sep 20, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the quiet suburbs of Dearborn, Michigan, a young man's life was cut short in a burst of violence that shattered the peace of a September evening. Keith Thomas, a 26-year-old male, was fatally shot on September 20, 2020, leaving a community in shock and a…

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Deron Wickerson

Male, age 28 · Dellwood, Missouri

Killed Sep 20, 2020 · 6 years ago

In the early morning hours of a Sunday in September 2020, a dispute on Westdell Drive in Dellwood, a suburb of St. Louis, turned fatal, claiming the life of 28-year-old Deron Wickerson. The altercation, which involved two other men, escalated to violence when…

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Carlos Pablo-Matias

Male, age 26 · Oakland, California

Killed Sep 20, 2020 · 6 years ago

Carlos Pablo-Matias, a 26-year-old resident of Oakland, California, was tragically shot and killed on September 20, 2020. The incident occurred in the early hours of the morning, around 1:34 a.m., in the 1400 block of 85th Avenue, an area characterized by a…

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Raymon Carnel Jackson

Male, age 32 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Sep 20, 2020 · 6 years ago

Raymon Carnel Jackson, a 32-year-old Black male, tragically lost his life on September 20, 2020, in Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner's records, Jackson was fatally shot near 1408 W. 80th St. in the…

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Roberto Vargas Hernandez

Male, age 38 · Salinas, California

Killed Sep 20, 2020 · 6 years ago

Roberto Vargas Hernandez, a 38-year-old resident of Salinas, California, tragically lost his life on September 20, 2020. The incident occurred in a wooded area near East Laurel Drive, a location that had seen multiple shootings in the months leading up to his…

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Jaquin Ham

Male, age 40 · Fort-lauderdale, Florida

Killed Sep 20, 2020 · 6 years ago

Jaquin Ham, a 40-year-old African American male, was tragically shot to death on September 20, 2020, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The incident occurred when Ham was sitting in his car, and multiple gunshots were fired, leading to his immediate death.…

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Michael Stewart

Male, age 31 · Cleveland, Ohio

Killed Sep 20, 2019 · 7 years ago

Michael Stewart, a 31-year-old male from Cleveland, OH, tragically passed away on September 20, 2019. His death was the result of a shooting incident that took place at his residence. The circumstances surrounding his death were part of a larger gang-related…

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David Ulysses Moreno

Male, age 27 · Los-angeles, California

Killed Sep 20, 2018 · 8 years ago

David Ulysses Moreno, a 27-year-old Latino male, tragically lost his life on September 20, 2018, in Pacoima, Los Angeles, California. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Moreno was fatally shot, marking his death as a homicide. The incident…

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Chris Hunt

Male, age 54 · Detroit, Michigan

Killed Sep 20, 2017 · 9 years ago

On a Wednesday morning in Detroit, the life of 54-year-old Chris Hunt came to a tragic and violent end. On September 20, 2017, Hunt, a man known in his neighborhood as a helpful handyman who could build a car from the ground up, was fatally shot in what has…

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Mark Posey

Male, age 52 · Pontotoc, Mississippi

Killed Sep 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

In the late summer of 2015, the community of Pontotoc, Mississippi, was unsettled by the violent death of one of its own. Mark Anthony Posey, a 52-year-old male, was found deceased on September 20th. The circumstances surrounding his death immediately pointed…

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Calvin Lamont Clinkscales

Male, age 43 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Sep 20, 2015 · 11 years ago

Calvin Lamont Clinkscales, a 43-year-old man, died in the early hours of September 20, 2015, after a burst of gunfire tore through the courtyard walkways of the Ingersoll Houses in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. Long before sunrise, Fleet Walk—usually just another…

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Jonathan Michael Watkins

Male, age 20 · Windsor-mill, Maryland

Killed Sep 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the early morning hours of September 20, 2014, the life of 20-year-old Jonathan Michael Watkins of Windsor Mill, MD, was tragically cut short. Police responded to a call at 2:06 a.m. and discovered Watkins's body at the intersection of Lantern Hill Drive…

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Tavin E. Campbell

Male, age 24 · Austell, Georgia

Killed Sep 20, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the late summer of 2014, the life of 24-year-old Tavin E. Campbell was brought to an abrupt and violent end. On the morning of September 20th, police were called to the Walton Crossing Apartments on Mulkey Road near Austell, where they discovered Campbell…

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Willie Ross

Male, age 22 · St. Louis, Missouri

Killed Sep 20, 2008 · 18 years ago

Willie Ross was 22 years old when he was killed in St. Louis, Missouri, on Saturday, September 20, 2008. The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department investigated his death, and the Washington Post's homicide database, which tracked killings in St. Louis from…

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Shawn Zanders

Male, age 24 · Capitol-heights, Maryland

Killed Sep 20, 2007 · 19 years ago

Shawn Antione Zanders, a 24-year-old man, was killed on September 20, 2007, in Capitol Heights, Maryland, his death cutting through the quiet pre-dawn hours with the sudden finality of gunfire. In the early morning—reported around 5:01 a.m.—violence erupted…

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Lori Lail

Female, age 43 · Connelly-springs, North Carolina

Killed Sep 20, 2005 · 21 years ago

Lori Ann Brower Lail, a 43-year-old woman, passed away on September 20, 2005, at her home in Connelly Springs, North Carolina. Born on May 13, 1962, in Two Harbors, she was the daughter of Henry "Hank" and Thea Brower. Despite her untimely death, there is no…

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Romeo Ortega Garcia

Male, age 51 · Los Angeles, California

Killed Sep 20, 2002 · 24 years ago

Romeo Ortega Garcia was 51 years old when he died on Friday, September 20, 2002, after being stabbed in downtown Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds, and the place of injury was listed as 340 S.…

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Jon Gregory

Male · Los-angeles, California

Killed Sep 20, 1995 · 31 years ago

Jon Gregory, a resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically passed away on September 20, 1995. His death was the result of a violent home invasion that shocked the local community. On that fateful night, Gregory was at home with his family when a group of…

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Roland Van Dyck

Male, age 42 · Nashville, Tennessee

Killed Sep 20, 1989 · 37 years ago

A quiet street in Nashville held a grim discovery in the pre-dawn hours of Wednesday, September 20, 1989. In the driver's seat of his silver 1985 Chevrolet Cavalier, a 42-year-old Caucasian male named Roland Van Dyck was found deceased. An observant K-9…

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Frank Amato

Male, age 38 · Brooklyn, New York

Killed Sep 20, 1980 · 46 years ago

Frank Amato, a 38-year-old Sicilian-American man, met a brutal end on September 20, 1980, a death deeply entangled with the notorious Gambino crime family. His demise was not a random act of violence but a calculated execution allegedly ordered by his own…

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