Angenae Walker, 22, of Washington state was found shot to death in a Harvey, Lousiana townhome one day after her 22nd birthday. Police are investigating her and another man’s death as a double homicide.
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Angenae Walker, 22, of Washington state was found shot to death in a Harvey, Lousiana townhome one day after her 22nd birthday. Police are investigating her and another man’s death as a double homicide.
Dorothy Dixon, 53, was hit by a gunman’s bullet on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019 at a construction site on Coney Island in New York. Police are still investigating.
Chloe Marie Corona was found dead after suffering from multiple gunshot wounds in her Lancaster, California home about 2 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019.
The bodies of three black women have been found in Atlanta’s DeKalb County recent weeks in parks and on the roadside in parks and local law enforcement are investigating.
While preparing to start her midnight shift, Chateri Payne was shot multiple times outside a home in Shreveport, Louisiana on Wednesday, January 9, 2019.
On Friday, January 4, 2019, Destiny Dennis, 21, was killed while passing through Jacksonville, Florida on her way to Atlanta. Her boyfriend and baby were reportedly unharmed
Local rapper Nina Ross Da Boss, who was found shot to death in a vehicle in Tampa, Florida on January 8, 2019.
Dana Martin’s body was found on Sunday, January 6, 2019 in a vehicle in Montgomery. She had been shot. Martin’ s slaying is the first transgender murder of 2019.
Tamara Augustus, 18, was shot to death on December 31, 2018 when gunfire rang out to celebrate 2019 at a New Year’s Eve warehouse party in Dallas, Texas, that she helped promote.
Jazmine Barnes, 7, was shot to death while in the car with her mother and siblings about 7 a.m. Sunday, December 30, 2018. The gunman is at large.
In the early morning hours of Friday, December 14, 2018, police found the body of Isis William, 25, with a bullethole in the head. Her boyfriend has been charged with murder.
Vanessa Zaman, 18, along with Leona Samlall,18, were shot dead on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018 while walking by some apartments in Henrico, Virginia. Police arrested Vanessa’s father days later.
Around 6 a.m. on December 7, 2018, police said that transgender activist Keanna Mattel, 35, was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound. A 46-year-old man was taken into custody.
Catrina Ann Johnson, 24, was found dead on a Commerce, California street on Nov. 17, 2018. Authorities believe her nude body was dumped there after she was killed elsewhere. An investigation is ongoing.
Quantia Curry Golden, 32, was shot and killed when gunmen ambushed her and her daughter on an Opa-Locka, Florida street on Monday, Nov. 26, 2018. Golden was three months pregnant.
Dominique Farria, 31, was shot dead inside her car while two of her four children looked on in horror on July 24, 2018 in Harvey, Louisiana. Her husband has been charged in the slaying.
LaTija Luckey.18. was one of three people, all 20 and under, who were shot dead inside a vehicle on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 in Little Rock. A fourth victim, also a teenager, is in critical condition, according to media reports.
Lanita Rene Cole, 31, was shot to death in Dallas about 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, after accusing a woman of using a racial slur against her. The woman’s husband allegedly shot her.
Aija Hunter, 24, was shot dead on Oct. 31, 2018 during a verbal altercation in Fort Walton County, Florida. The Houston woman was in Florida to help with hurricane relief.
Starkisha Thompson was shot in the head in her Detroit driveway on Tuesday, Oct 9, 2018. She recently testified in a carjacking case.