7 Killed In The Past 9 Days

UPDATE: Only three days after the publication of this post, a 24-year old resident of Buffalo was killed on Christmas Eve. This brings the total number of homicides for 2014 to 58, and 8 killed within 11 consecutive days.    

* UPDATE #2: Yet another homicide was reported Sunday, Dec. 28. Total number of homicides for the year now stands at 59.

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• 7 killed in the past 9 days from separate incidents
• All but one of the victims killed under the age of 25
• Total homicides for the year stands at 57 — 10 more than in the previous year

Over the past 9 days 7 people have been killed in the City of Buffalo.  WKBW has published a summary describing the wave of violence that has reigned over the Queen City recently:

The wave of violence began Friday, December 12. An 18-year-old girl was hit by gunfire on the 100 block of Riverside Avenue. She treated and released from the hospital.

The following morning at 9 a.m., 24-year-old Terrell Taylor was shotat Brinkman Avenue and Rohe Street. He later died at ECMC.

Then December 16, there were two deadly shootings and a third reported shooting with no victim. The first shooting that Tuesday occurred around 8:30 p.m. on the 200 block of Jewett Avenueand 20-year-old Darren Rice was found dead at the scene.

There was a shooting reported around 11 p.m. on Locust Street,though there was no victim in that case and police could not confirm a shooting took place.

A third shooting happened just after midnight on Genesee Street between Floss Street and Sprenger Avenue. Tracy Avery, 19, was shot and possibly hit by a vehicle and later died at ECMC.

Last Friday, 16-year-old Jamilah Furguan was killed and 20-year-old Antonio Tucker suffered critical injuries in a double shooting on the 500 block of Grant Street.

Early Sunday morning, 44-year-old Willie Barksdale was shot at William and Spring Street. He later died at ECMC.

That afternoon a 15-year-old boy was shot on the 200 block of Jewett Avenue. He is recovering from his injuries at the hospital.

Finally, early Monday morning, a 23-year-old woman was killed and a 26-year-old man was injured in a shooting on the first block of Manhattan Avenue. The man was treated and released from ECMC.

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Below are the names, dates, locations and method of the 57 homicides that have taken place in 2014. 

1. Yolanda Singletary |  1-1-14 | Genesee St & Michigan Ave | shot
2. Dustin Ortiz | 1-5-14 | Newfield Street | shot
3. Damario McCain | 1-27-14 | Reed Street | shot
4. Damone Wiggins | 2-21-14 | East Delavan | shot
5. *Malik Evans | 2-22-14 | Guilford Street | shot
6. Barrie Woods | 2-23-14 | Dewey Avenenue | shot
7. Brian Dombek | 3-4-14 | Sirret Street | blunt force trauma
8. Jeremy Thompson | 3-26-14 | Pleasant Place | shot
9. Robert C. Bennett | 3-29-14 | C Street | shot
10. Antoine Holt | 4-18-14 | Metcalfe & Lyman Street | shot
11. Jason Ramirez | 5-2-14 | Schmarbeck Street | shot
12. Ameer Al-Shamrmari | 5-3-14 | Amherst St. & Churchill | strangulation
13. Joshua Beason | 5-6-14 | Hertel Avenue | shot
14. George Waddell | 5-9-14 | Brewster Street | stabbed
15. Jacob Noe | 5-14-14 | Lovering Avenue | stabbed
16. Arthur Parsons | 5-28-14 | Mohr Avenue | shot
17. Deshawn White | 6-20-14 | St.Joseph Street | shot
18. Victor Hernandez | 6-22-14 | Pershing Avenue | shot
19. Benjamin Sweetwine | 6-22-14 | Sumner Place | shot
20. Vernon Reeves | 7-5-14 | Concord Street | stabbed
21. Ivanilson Mendes | 7-6-14 | Wasmuth Avenue | shot
22. James McDaniel | 7-13-14 | Bailey Avenue | blunt force trauma
23. Jonathan Smith | 7-13-14 |Arkansas Street | shot
24. Shamel Parker | 7-18-14 | Sycamore & Jefferson Ave. | shot
25. Tyneisha Pettiford7-18-14Sycamore & Jefferson Ave. | shot
26. **William Sager Jr. | 7-30-14 | Main St. & Winspear Ave. | blunt force trauma
27. Manuel Mate | o8-7-14 | Herkimer Street | shot
28. Ray Patterson III | 8-12-14 | Roosevelt Street | shot
29. Ronnie Scott | 8-12-14 | Shirley Avenue | shot
30. Dawud Lawson | 8-17-14 | Box Avenue | shot
31. Deverin White | 8-23-14 | Doat & May Street | shot
32. Benjamin Gerald | 8-23-14 | Doat & May Street | shot
33. Myron Maclin | 9-4-14 | Main & Allen Street | stabbing
34. Kylil Young | 9-9-14 Koons Avenue | shot
35. Gary Hooser | 9-21-14 | Butler Avenue | shot
36. David Laguerre | 9-21-14 | Butler Avenue | shot
37. Jerald Goldsmith | 10-1-14 | Masten Ave & Edna Place | under investigation
38. Shaquille Huffman | 10-2-14 | Langmeyer Avenue | strangulation
39. Paris Lewis | 10-3-14 | Deerfield Avenue | shot
40. Kevin Hogue | 10-8-14 | Hertel Avenue | shot
41. Shmerea Nailor | 10-9-14 | Ontario St & Riverside Ave. | shot
42. David Skippper, Jr. | 10-14-14 | Erb Street | shot
43. Natalie Thompson | 10-21-14 | College Street | shot
44. John T. Wesley | 10-29-14 | East Ferry St.& Wende | shot
45. Rafael Martinez | 11-12-14 | Arnold Street | blunt force trauma
46. Naim Holt | 11-22-14 | Langfield Avenue | shot
47. Dominque Harris | 11-22-14 | Langfield Avenue | shot
48. Cesar L. Ramirez-Davila | 11-23-14 | Hudson Street | shot
49. Gary Patrick Noziere | 12-1-14 | Fay Street | shot
50. Yolonzol Green, Jr. | 12-6-14 | Burnie Lane | shot
51. Terrell Taylor | 12-14-14 | Brinkman Ave.& Rohe St. | shot
52. Darren Rice | 12-16-14 | Jewitt Avenue | shot
53. Tracy Avery | 12-16-14 | Genesee St. & Rogers | shot
54. Lewis Browning | 12-17-14 | Titus Avenue | stabbing
55. Jamilah Furquan | 12-19-14 | Grant Street | shot
56. Willie Barksdale | 12-21-14 | William Street & Spring St. | shot
57. [Name Unreleased] | 12-22-14 | Manhattan Avenue | shot
58. Matthew Tucker | 12-24-14 | Klaus St. | shot
59. [Name Unreleased] | 12-28-14 | Peach St. | shot

*The incident occurred on July 9th of 2011. Malik Evans passed away on February 22, 2014.

**William Sager Jr. suffered injuries on May 11th, 2014. He passed away on July 30th, 2014.

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