# Homicides with Firearms in Wilkes-Barre, 2011-2015 - Google Fusion Tables

Date: 12/16/2011
Address: 16 Sterling Avenue, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Headline: "Cops: Son Saw Fatal Gunshot to Mom"
Victim(s): Carlotta Springer-Howard
Suspect(s): Stanley Alan Davis Jr.
Related articles: "Charges in shotgun slaying bound over" "Apology offered in 2011 fatal shooting"
Other comments: Police say Stanley Alan Davis Jr. shot and killed his girlfriend, Carlotta Springer-Howard, in their apartment with her son in the room and other children elsewhere in the apartment. Davis fled the scene before being picked up by police minutes later on Academy Street. Davis pleaded guilty to third-degree murder and is serving 20 to 40 years in state prison.
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Date: 04/05/2012
Address: 117 Hill Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Headline: "'A super, super kid' is mourned"
Victim(s): Tyler Winstead
Suspect(s): Elijah Yusiff, Angelina DeAbreu
Related articles: "Vigil on Wilkes-Barre’s Public Square to mark 3 years since Tyler Winstead died from gunfire" "Death of teenage boy ruled homicide" "Affidavit details shooting of Tyler Winstead" "Mother trial ends in plea" "Son gives testimony at trial of mother"
Other comments: Tyler Winstead, 14, was shot in the chest and killed on April 5, 2012. Originally, Elijah Yusiff said that Winstead was killed in a drive-by shooting while the two were on their way to Yusiff's house. After further investigation, it was discovered that Yusiff accidentally shot Winstead inside his house and carried his body outside. Yusiff was charged with involuntary manslaughter and sent to a juvenile facility in Orefield, Lehigh County. Yusiff's mother, Angelina DeAbreu, attempted to clean up blood at the crime scene with bleach, hiding the gun and deleting phone records. She pleaded guilty to hindering the investigation.
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Date: 04/20/2012
Address: 80 E. Northampton Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Headline: "W-B ruling is murder and suicide"
Victim(s): Mildred Welebob
Suspect(s): Chester Welebob
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Other comments: Police believe Chester Welebob, 87, shot and killed his 82-year-old wife, Mildred, outside a skilled nursing facility on East Northampton Street. He returned home and turned the gun on himself.
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Date: 07/06/2012
Address: Jay Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Headline: "Linked in blood?"
Victim(s): Kenyatta Hughston
Suspect(s): Shawn Hamilton
Related articles: "19 year-old to stand trial in cousin's death" "Plymouth homicide trial may be delayed" "July W-B shooting victim dies" "Trial set in triple-homicide case" "GUILTY PLEAS IN TRIPLE HOMICIDE ‘If I was sorry, I wouldn’t have done it’"
Other comments: Kenyatta Hughston, 22, was shot in the head and shoulder on Jay Street on July 6, 2012. Hughston was admitted to a medical facility in Montgomery County, after initially being treated at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township. Hughston died on Oct. 10, 2012, due to his gunshot wounds. Shawn Hamilton, admitting to the slaying and was later found guilty of the July 7, 2012, murders of three teenagers in Plymouth.
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Date: 01/17/2013
Address: 129 Scott Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Headline: "Coping with dual deaths"
Victim(s): Leroy Michael Smith, Jamel Martin
Suspect(s): Unknown
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Other comments: Leroy Michael Smith, 42, and Jamel Martin, 20, were shot in the early morning hours on Jan. 17, 2013. Smith was pronounced dead on the scene while Martin died later that afternoon at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township. While it is still unknown who shot the victims, law enforcement determined they did not shoot each other.
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Date: 03/16/2013
Address: 88 Poplar Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Headline: "2013 deadly year in Luzerne County"
Victim(s): Renold Julien
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Other comments: Renold Julien, 26, was shot outside of the Locals 88 bar on Poplar Street.
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Date: 04/25/2013
Address: 77 Reno Lane, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Headline: "2013 deadly year in Luzerne County"
Victim(s): Derrick Cottle
Suspect(s): Shauntae Thomas
Related articles: "Homicide charges sent to Luzerne County Court" "Man pleads guilty to ‘13 W-B slaying"
Other comments: Shauntae Thomas, 37, pleaded guilty to shooting Derrick Cottle, 40, and was sentenced to six to 12 years in prison. According to investigators,the pair's sons were involved in an altercation before the shooting took place.
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Date: 07/07/2013
Address: 174 South Grant Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Headline: "Homicide trial set to start in 2013 W-B shooting death"
Victim(s): Vaughn Kemp
Suspect(s): Joshua Carlos Ovalles
Related articles: "Suspect named in Grant St. homicide" "Luzerne County judge finds Ovalles guilty of first-degree murder, sentences him to life"
Other comments: According to testimony, Joshua Carlos Ovalles, 19, and Vaughn Kemp, 24, were at a party at 174 S. Grant St. After the party moved outside, Ovalles gunned down Kemp in the street. Ovalles was sentenced to life in prison in August 2015.
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Date: 07/18/2013
Address: 73 South Welles Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Headline: "2013 deadly year in Luzerne County"
Victim(s): David George
Suspect(s): Unknown
Related articles: "W-B homicide investigation continues" "Cops seek mom’s phone records in shooting death"
Other comments: Police responded to a call of shots fired around 11 p.m. July 18, 2013. When they arrived on scene, they found David George, 25, with a gunshot wound to the head. His mother, Yvonne, told police George had called her to say he was on his way home and then a few minutes later, she heard a single gunshot. There are no known suspects.
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Date: 09/13/2013
Address: 132 South Welles Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Headline: "Jordan Stevens pleads guilty to third degree murder"
Victim(s): Christopher Narainasami
Suspect(s): Jordan Stevens
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Other comments: Jordan Stevens pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in the 2013 shooting of Christopher Narainasami. According to prosecutors, Stevens fired multiple shots, which killed Narainasami and injured one man. Stevens was sentenced to 20 to 40 years in prison.
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Date: 09/26/2013
Address: Andover Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Headline: "2013 deadly year in Luzerne County"
Victim(s): Jane Aiello
Suspect(s): Vito Aiello
Related articles: "Aiello claiming mental infirmity in wife’s shooting" "DA seeks details of Aiello’s mental-infirmity claim" "Man arraigned on homicide charge in wife’s shooting" "Aiello conference pushed back to August"
Other comments: Vito Aiello was accused of shooting his 46-year-old wife, Jane Aiello, on Sept. 26, 2013, at their home, before turning the gun on himself. Vito Aiello survived his gunshot wounds and claimed mental infirmity in the shooting. He later pleaded guilty to third-degree murder.
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Date: 10/13/2013
Address: 650 South Main Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Headline: "Popular DJ city's latest homicide victim"
Victim(s): Michael Onley
Suspect(s): Unknown
Related articles: "Investigations continue on Wilkes-Barre's unsolved murders"
Other comments: Michael Onley, known as "DJ Mo" was shot and killed Oct. 13, 2013, in the parking lot behind Outsiders Bar in Wilkes-Barre. A silver 2005 Mercedes Benz was seized in the investigation in November 2013, but no arrests have been made.
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Date: 11/06/2013
Address: 320 East Northampton Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Headline: "Apparent homicide in W-B"
Victim(s): Eduardo Daniel Madera
Suspect(s): Lamar Curry-Davis
Related articles: "Fatal shooting case heads to court" "Admitted killer files appeal"
Other comments: Lamar Curry-Davis pleaded guilty in October 2014 to the 2013 murder of Eduardo Daniel Madera. Curry-Davis, 19, was sentenced to 20 to 40 years in prison after admitting he entered Madera's home in search for drugs, and shot and killed Madera, 46, after he attempted to stop him. Curry-Davis appealed his sentence in May 2015.
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Date: 11/11/2013
Address: 332 Parkview Circle, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Headline: "2013 deadly year in Luzerne County"
Victim(s): Shantique Goodson
Suspect(s): Kenneth Evans III
Related articles: "Another Fatal Shooting" "Tensions high at homicide hearing" "Spectator removed from homicide preliminary hearing" "Jurors: Sherman Hills shooter guilty"
Other comments: Shantique Goodson, 27, was fatally shot Nov. 11, 2013, outside the Sherman Hills apartment complex. According to court testimony, Kenneth Evans III, 21, shot Goodson while she was seated in the passenger seat of a Jeep. Evans was convicted of first-degree murder in August 2014.
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Date: 09/18/2014
Address: 290 Coal Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA
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Victim(s): Tyzheke Seward
Suspect(s): Unknown
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Other comments: Tyzheke Seward, 23, was found dead near the Interfaith Apartment Complex near Coal Street. An autopsy showed Seward died from gunshot wounds. Suspect is unknown.
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Date: 05/01/2015
Address: 62 Willow Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Headline: "Wilkes-Barre vigil recalls shooting victim Donald Bachman, Jr."
Victim(s): Donald A. Bachman
Suspect(s): Unknown
Related articles: "Wilkes-Barre councilman seeks to honor slain resident with ‘Donald Bachman Memorial Park’" "Theft suspects at Wilkes-Barre house near homicide in custody"
Other comments: Donald A. Bachman, 49, died from multiple gunshot wounds outside his residence on Willow Street on May 1, 2015. He was known to report crime in his neighborhood and while police have not named any suspects, in June 2015, Councilman George Brown moved to rename Charles Street Park to "Donald Bachman Memorial Park."
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Date: 07/25/2015
Address: 74 New Alexander Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Headline: "Wilkes-Barre homicide suspect surrenders"
Victim(s): Jason Canty
Suspect(s): Khalil Brathwaite
Related articles: "Heavy security presence at homicide hearing in Wilkes-Barre" "Wilkes-Barre homicide suspect pleads guilty to unrelated weapons charge"
Other comments: Jason Canty, 33, died from a single gunshot wound to the head on July 26, 2015, after being shot in front of 74 New Alexander Street late July 25. Khalil Brathwaite, 19, surrendered to police July 27 after police issued a warrant for his arrest. In December 2015, he pleaded guilty to an unrelated misdemeanor weapons charge.
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Date: 10/10/2015
Address: 33 West Hollenback Avenue, Wilkes-Barre, PA
Headline: "Update: Fatal Wilkes-Barre shooting victim identified, suspects described"
Victim(s): Jose Rodriguez Jr.
Suspect(s): Unknown
Related articles: "Marijuana, packaging materials found at Wilkes-Barre homicide scene, police seeking two men"
Other comments: Jose Rodriguez Jr., 37, was fatally shot on West Hollenback Avenue. According to Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis, while the cause is under investigation, she does not believe it to be random. Two unidentified men were seen running from West Hollenback Avenue towards River Street. No suspects have been named.
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