Cynthia Chinyere Ohans, 26, was fatally shot in a murder-suicide on Saturday, May 18, 2019 in her Columbia, South Carolina apartment, police say.
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Cynthia Chinyere Ohans, 26, was fatally shot in a murder-suicide on Saturday, May 18, 2019 in her Columbia, South Carolina apartment, police say.
Destiny Desiree Reed, 24, was shot in the head during a drive-by in the early hours of Mother’s Day on May 12, 2019. Police are searching for leads.
Lori Shields, 38, was found dead in her Norton, Kansas home on Sunday April 7, 2019. Her husband was found hundreds of miles away in Kansas. Shields was the mother of three children.
Officers responded to a shots fired call just before midnight on Tuesday, February 26, 2019. That's when officers found Taylor India Webb, 20, was found fatally shot in her vehicle.
Jassy Correia was found dead days after leaving a nightclub with a man in the early hours on Sunday, February 24, 2019. That man has been arrested after police found her body in his trunk.
Chekesha Clark, 29, was found dead on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019 outside an Applebees parking lot in Altoona. The father of her child, the suspected gunman, was also found dead hours later.
Varga McCray, 48, of Jackson, Mississippi woman was found inside her home suffering from multiple gunshot wounds on Friday, February 15, 2019, according to law enforcement.
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.