#7 - Prentis Robinson
North Carolina man Prentis Robinson stopped at the Wingate Police Station on February the 26th
of 2018 to file an official report that his cell phone had been stolen. Shortly
after leaving the station, the 55-year-old, who was streaming his walk home on Facebook Live,
was suddenly approached by an armed man. Robinson notified the individual, positioned off-camera,
that he was recording, repeatedly saying “You on Live”. Nevertheless, the assailant proceeded to
fire 4 gunshots, after which Robinson collapsed to the ground, along with the selfie stick he’d been
using to record himself. The disturbing video clip was later removed from Facebook, which explained
its decision in a public statement, stating that the company could never know if Robinson
would have wanted "this horrific act to be live streamed on” his profile. As was later detailed
by the Wingate Police Chief, the suspect had been wearing blue jeans, brown Timberland-style boots,
and a black and blue windbreaker at the time of the deadly incident. The shooter was ultimately
identified as 65-year-old Douglas Cleveland Colson, who turned himself into the authorities
the following day. It subsequently emerged that Robinson had become well-known in the community
for his Facebook Live videos, which he’d used to highlight illicit neighborhood activities,
such as drug dealing. While the police didn’t specify what they believed to be Colson’s
motive for the killing, it was theorized that members of Wingate’s criminal element
sought to eliminate Robinson because of his investigative social media videos.
#6 - Raheem Murray
Dramatic surveillance footage taken from the 4300 block of 3rd Street Southeast in Washington, DC,
captured 2 gunmen opening fire on a group of people that included a pair of young children.
In the moments leading up to the shooting, the 2 kids hopped out of a vehicle and began
approaching 3 men standing idly on the sidewalk. Shortly thereafter, the assailants emerged from a
Honda sedan that had come to a screeching halt in front of the unsuspecting pedestrians. They fired
multiple rifle shots into the crowd, prompting a bystander to swoop up the children and flee
the scene on foot. The 3 men immediately fell to the ground after having sustained
several non-fatal gunshot wounds. However, one of the victims, later identified as Raheem Murray,
was ultimately killed after one of the gunmen had walked over to him and fired a single round
into his head at point-blank range before fleeing in the Honda. Detectives reviewed
the video recording of the incident, which had occurred on Super Bowl Sunday 2020, for
several months before they finally identified Murray’s killer as 26-year-old Glen Dolford.
The latter was reported as having an extensive criminal record that included convictions on
charges of assaulting a police officer as well as weapons-related offenses. Subsequent reports
indicated that Dolford was expected to be indicted on first-degree murder charges in early 2022.
#5 - Shon Walker
In the evening hours of June the 27th of 2019, Ohio teen Shon Walker was fatally shot several
times at point-blank range at a home in the 400 block of East Avenue in Hamilton. The
incident was caught on video, which investigators subsequently used to identify their prime suspect
as 17-year-old Michael Smith Jr. Immediately following the shooting, Smith had allegedly
concealed the murder weapon in his clothes before disposing of it in a nearby sewer. Upon being
taken into custody in early July, he reportedly faced charges of murder with a gun specification
and tampering with evidence. It emerged following Smith’s arrest that, despite his relatively young
age, he’d already racked up a fairly extensive record in the juvenile court system. The accused
teen had previously served 2 months in a detention center after being convicted of inducing panic,
as well as three counts of assault. Three years later, Smith was charged with aggravated menacing,
for which he spent about a month behind bars. Then, less than a month prior to the murder,
Smith had committed a probation violation, whereupon he was ordered to perform 12 hours of
community service. In August of 2020, the teenager pled guilty to the charges levied against him
in connection to Walker’s brutal slaying, for which, it was reported, he’d be tried as an adult.
Smith was ultimately sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 16 years.
#4 - Chesley Patterson
The police in Baltimore, Maryland responded to the scene of a reported shooting in the
early morning hours of January the 24th of 2022. Officers reportedly came upon a gunshot victim,
identified as 44-year-old Chesley Patterson, at the intersection of Eastern Avenue and South
Broadway in the neighborhood of Fells Point. The man was taken to Johns Hopkins Hospital,
where he was ultimately pronounced dead. During the ensuing investigation, it was
discovered that Patterson, the beloved manager at La Scala Ristorante Italiano in Little Italy,
had just closed up shop and was on his way home when the shooting occurred. At approximately 1 am,
the man had reportedly gone into a liquor store before emerging with items he’d purchased,
which he’d then put into the trunk of his car. Upon getting back in the driver’s seat, Patterson
was accosted by a man who’d blocked his car into its parking spot with a gold minivan. Following a
brief physical struggle, the assailant brandished a gun and fired a single round into Patterson
before fleeing the scene. Homicide detectives used surveillance footage of the incident to identify
Samuel Wise as the individual in the gold minivan, which he’d used during a Fells Point crime spree
that involved two other robberies earlier that night. He was consequently taken into police
custody on several charges, including first-degree murder, armed robbery, and assault. In the wake of
his death, Patterson was honored by members of the Little Italy community, including the owner of La
Scala Ristorante Italiano, who said that “he was more than an employee, he was a family member”.
#3 - Chad Read
Shortly before 4:30 pm on November the 5th of 2021, the police in Lubbock, Texas were
dispatched to the 2100 block of 90th Street after receiving reports of a shooting on the premises.
Upon their arrival, officers found a gunshot victim, identified as 54-year-old Chad Read,
in critical condition. The man ultimately passed away from his injuries. Following a preliminary
homicide investigation, it was determined that Read had been shot during an argument with
William Kyle Carruth. The heated confrontation had reportedly stemmed from a custody dispute
involving Read’s children and his ex-wife, whom Carruth was dating at the time. As tensions
between the 2 men escalated, Carruth retrieved a firearm from inside his home, which he then used
to gun Read down on the front porch. Although the incident appeared to have simply been a domestic
dispute turned violent, news of Read’s death ultimately made national headlines after his
widow, Jennifer, publicly released a cell phone video clip of the shooting. The footage, which
spread rapidly on social media, showed Read and Carruth engaged in a contentious shouting match
that culminated with the latter firing his weapon. The video appeared as though it had confirmed the
findings of the police’s investigation, and many subsequently called for Carruth to be charged with
Read’s murder. However, shortly after Jennifer released her footage of the incident, Carruth’s
attorney released a video of the argument that had been taken from a different perspective. This
alternate view of the shooting showed Read getting into Carruth’s face and appearing to threaten him.
Jennifer eventually filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Carruth, accusing him and
his girlfriend of conspiring to kill her late husband. Carruth denied the allegations, however,
and claimed to have shot the man in self-defense. In March of 2022, a Lubbock County grand jury
ultimately chose not to indict Carruth in connection to the fatal incident.
#2 - Xavier Antonio Johnson
In April of 2022, Florida man Xavier Antonio Johnson and his associates began renting out an
Airbnb in St. Petersburg, which they allegedly used to run a marijuana trafficking operation.
At about 8:30 pm on the 13th of the month, 2 armed individuals entered the house, purportedly to
carry out a transaction of some kind with Johnson. However, a short time later, the property’s Ring
doorbell camera captured a trio of men carrying Johnson’s lifeless body out the front door.
They took the incapacitated man to a hospital in Davenport before fleeing, according to a statement
made by the Polk County Sheriff. Johnson, having been shot by the men who’d entered his Airbnb,
ultimately passed away from his injuries. The authorities were soon contacted by the owner of
the Airbnb, who indicated that she’d noticed the video of Johnson being lifted out while reviewing
her home’s security camera footage. Investigators subsequently released the video to the public and,
with tips from the community, were reportedly able to identify the 3 men shown transporting
the victim’s body out of the house. They were also able to identify 29-year-old
Justin Jenkins as one of the 2 armed men who’d entered the residence shortly before
the shooting. He was ultimately charged with Johnson’s murder, although, as of the case’s
latest updates, the Polk County police were still working to identify his accomplice.
#1 - Reynaldo Dagsa
A Filipino politician was gunned down while taking a picture of his family outside their
home in Caloocan on New Year’s Day 2011. Prior to his assassination, Reynaldo Dagsa,
who was in his mid-30s at the time, had served as a councilman for Barangay 35 in Maypajo, and was
also a corporal in the Philippine Army Reserve Command. Moments after Dagsa’s camera captured
his family’s posed portrait, the shooter, later identified as a convicted robber out on parole,
shot him once in the right forearm and once in the chest. The politician was rushed to Martinez
Hospital, where he was ultimately pronounced dead. After local police launched an investigation into
the incident, it emerged that the picture Dagsa had taken of his wife, daughter, and mother-in-law
had also captured the gunman taking aim with the murder weapon mere seconds before the fatal shots
were fired. Caloocan city investigators used the chillingly timed photograph to identify the killer
as Arnel Buenaflor, who was taken into custody the following week. Two of Buenaflor’s suspected
accomplices were also arrested in connection to the deadly shooting. During the case’s
ensuing court proceedings, Buenaflor claimed to have targeted Dagsa in retaliation for having
allegedly been shot in the head by individuals associated with the politician months earlier.
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