Mother and grandmother LaShanda Shumpert was shot to death on her front porch on the morning of Tuesday, June 25, 2024 in a Milwaukee neighborhood. Some of the victim’s grandchildren were reportedly inside the home, but all are safe.
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Mother and grandmother LaShanda Shumpert was shot to death on her front porch on the morning of Tuesday, June 25, 2024 in a Milwaukee neighborhood. Some of the victim’s grandchildren were reportedly inside the home, but all are safe.
Graham, 31, was found dead in her Richland County, South Carolina home on Wednesday, June 18, 2024, about 11 a.m., according to law enforcement. Her husband has been charged in her slaying.
Kyla Cooper, 24, was shot to death after going to tell the man she was pregnant from that he was going to be a father. Another woman has been charged with her death. Cooper has two children already.
Aureon Grace was shot to death by an inmate while working at her job at Smith State Prison in South Georgia. Prison officials are still investigating the incident.
Dr. Samantha Woolery was stabbed to death sometime over Father’s Day weekend in Atlanta. Her former husband was arrested in Indiana and charged with murder.
Aariah Henry, 16, was in a vehicle when she was shot and killed on Sunday, June 2, 2024 in Reserve, Louisiana.
Sabrina Carson was found shot to death inside her vehicle on Friday, May 24, 2024 on Stonecrest Parkway in DeKalb County, just outside Atlanta. Police have yet to make an arrest.
Kennesaw State student Alasia Franklin was found shot to death on campus on Saturday, May 18, 2024. A 21-year-old suspect has been arrested.
Keyirra Tatyana Walker, 25, was shot multiple times in the early hours of Monday, May 13, 2024 in her Sumter, South Carolina home. Police have launched an investigation.
Briana Winston, 23, went missing in Georgia on March 17, 2024. Her body was found stuffed in a suitcase and set aflame in Tennessee.
Sayra Barros, 8, was killed after being beaten by her stepmother in their Gwinnett County, Georgia, home, according to law enforcement. Her father and stepmother have been charged with murder.
Shakeia Allen. 27, was shot to death in broad daylight in the parking lot of a Baltimore apartment complex on Sunday, April 21, 2024. Police are investigating her murder.
Aseelah Mohammed, 41, was pronounced dead on Thursday, December 27, 2023, after her body was found wrapped in a quilt at a homeless shelter. Police have said she died from a drug overdose, but the family contends she was murdered.
Sade Robinson, 19, vanished on April 1, 2024 after going on a first date with a man in Milwaukee. Her dismembered body was found days later in different parts of the metro area. The man has been arrested.
Lo-Letha Hall, 61, succumbed to gunshot wounds after being shot three times by William Brock, an 81-year-old homeowner who thought she was linked to an attempted scam, Ohio police say.
Arianna Murphy, 19, was fatally shot early Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024, on the West side of Chicago. Police have yet to make an arrest.
Tatyana Cooks, 30, was strangled and put inside a suitcase outside her townhome in Woodbridge, Virginia. Police found her body on March 22, 2024. Her baby’s father has been charged.
Samyia Spain, 19, was stabbed to death in the early hours of Sunday, March 17, 2024, after refusing the advance of a stranger outside a bodega in Brooklyn.
Marayana Rodgers, 23, was found dead in a desert area of Henderson, Nevada on December 15, 2023. Two people — a sex worker and her former NBA G-League boyfriend — have been arrested in connection to her slaying.
Law enforcement in Rensselaer, New York, say Josefina Catherine Cunningham, 3, was killed on July 7, 2023. A 33-year-old man has been charged with murder.