[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 87 (Monday, July 10, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6342-S6343]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, it has been more than a year since the 
Columbine tragedy, but still this Republican Congress refuses to act on 
sensible gun legislation.
  Since Columbine, thousands of Americans have been killed by gunfire. 
Until we act, Democrats in the Senate will read some of the names of 
those who lost their lives to gun violence in the past year, and we 
will continue to do so every day that the Senate is in session.
  In the name of those who died, we will continue this fight. Following 
are the names of some of the people who were killed by gunfire one year 
ago today.
  July 10, 1999:
  Thomas Carson, 72, Houston, TX;
  Vincent Coleman, 22, Irvington, NJ;
  Joseph Horter, 79, Philadelphia, PA;
  Gregory Jones, 29, Miami-Dade County, FL;
  Ricky Lane, 38, Mesquite, TX;
  Edler Monestime, 51, Miami-Dade County, FL;
  Cashonda Miller, 18, Kansas City, MO;
  Gene Pailin, 17, Dallas, TX;
  Michael Perry, 31, Miami-Dade County, FL;
  Tristan Thompson, 23, Houston, TX;
  David Woods, 21, Kansas City, MO;
  Unidentified male, 27, Newark, NJ;
  Unidentified male, 31, Portland, OR.
  In addition, Mr. President, since the Senate was not in session last 
week, I ask unanimous consent that the names also be printed in the 
Record of some of those who were killed by gunfire last year on the 
days from June 30th through July 9th.
  June 30:
  Edwin Cruz, 23, Chicago, IL;
  Jermaine Demps, 26, Detroit, MI;
  Stephen Gawel, 37, Detroit, MI;
  Arron Green, 19, Detroit, MI;
  Herth Hawks, 25, Charlotte, NC;
  Blake King, 17, Gary, IN;
  Donte A. Marshall, 22, Gary, IN;
  Benjamin McCoy, 18, Gary, IN;
  Edward Perry, Jr., 27, Baltimore, MD;
  Sharon P. Robinson, 51, Oklahoma City, OK;
  Jessie Wilburn, 48, Dallas, TX;
  Unidentified male, 50, Nashville, TN.
  July 1:
  Craig Butler, 44, Philadelphia, PA;
  James Hopkins, 20, Baltimore, MD;
  Michael Okarma, 56, Seattle, WA;
  Derrick Owens, 26, Bridgeport, CT;
  Gloria Pickett, Detroit, MI;
  Angel Rivera, 23, Philadelphia, PA;
  Frankie Rivera, 29, Philadelphia, PA;
  Mark Spann, 18, Baltimore, MD;
  Anthony Stroud, 12, Houston, TX;
  Unidentified male, 14, Chicago, IL.
  July 2:
  Antonio Baker, 21, Charlotte, NC;
  Keith Carter, 34, Detroit, MI;
  Eric Harvey, 14, Nashville, TN;
  Tae-Dong Kim, 59, San Antonio, TX;
  Ahmed Massey, 14, Rock Hill, SC;
  Derren Minnick, 30, Philadelphia, PA;
  James Ortiz, 39, Houston, TX;
  Michael A. Smith, 25, Chicago, IL;
  Unidentified male, 18, Newark, NJ.
  July 3:
  J.C. Addington, 81, Dallas, TX;

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  Kelton R. Austin, 24, Chicago, IL;
  Patricia Austin, 38, Akron, OH;
  Norberta Bachiller, 48, Miami-Dade County, FL;
  Raymond Castillo, 19, Dallas, TX;
  William Brock Crews, 24, Washington, DC;
  Gerald Crowder, 21, Atlanta, GA;
  Ronald V. Daily, 56, Oklahoma City, OK;
  Ricky Davis, 22, Chicago, IL;
  Augustine Garza, 18, Chicago, IL;
  George Green, Jr., 47, Dallas, TX;
  Reginald Griffin, 15, St. Louis, MO;
  Anthony Hawkins, 16, Houston, TX;
  James Jones, 40, Baltimore, MD;
  Carl Peterson, 45, Superior, WI;
  Luis Rebolledo, 25, Chicago, IL;
  Salvador Romero, 35, Detroit, MI;
  Kenny Sharpless, Detroit, MI;
  Jeremy Thalley, 16, Denver, CO;
  Shawn Washington, 28, Oakland, CA.
  July 4:
  Souksevenh Bounphithack, 34, Minneapolis, MN;
  Charles Butler, 52,Washington, DC;
  Quinn Johnson, 28, Miami-Dade County, FL;
  Eric McCara, 39, Detroit, MI;
  Kenneth C. Rutledge, 22, Chicago, IL;
  Mark Russell, 35, Akron, OH;
  Gerardo Silva, 21, Chicago, IL;
  Demario Stephens, 18, Oakland, CA;
  Won J. Yoon, 26, Bloomington, IN.
  July 5:
  Dewayne Allen, 21, New Orleans, LA;
  Jason Anderson, Pine Bluff, AR;
  Jill H. Barringham, 53, Seattle, WA;
  Melvin Blagman, 19, Philadelphia, PA;
  Davattah Brown, 37, Gainesville, FL;
  Lewis J. Fennell, 52, Oklahoma City, OK;
  Brian Paylor, 18, Baltimore, MD;
  Jose Pantoja, 27, Houston, TX;
  Unidentified female, 67, Nashville, TN;
  Unidentified male, 74, Honolulu, HI;
  Unidentified male, 18, Newark, NJ.
  July 6:
  Alicia Arellano, 23, Elkhart, IN;
  John Thomas Crowder, 34, Washington, DC;
  Darren Franklin, 13, New Orleans, LA;
  Eugene Glass, 29, Detroit, MI;
  James Hartsock, 66, Houston, TX;
  Raymond E. Johnson, Pine Bluff, AR;
  Doffice Kelly, 48, Fort Wayne, IN;
  Mark Kingsbury, 25, Washington, DC;
  Ronald Powell, 26, Kansas City, MO;
  Tamica Tyler, Pine Bluff, AR;
  Kevin Walter, 40, Detroit, MI;
  Linda A. Winters, 35, Chicago, IL.
  July 7:
  Lugene Akins, 41, Rochester, NY;
  Allen G. Barrousse, 40, New Orleans, LA;
  Imon T. Boyce, 20, Oklahoma City, OK;
  Theodore M. Goode, 26, Oklahoma City, OK;
  Eric Goodloe, 20, Gary, IN;
  Kevin Gore, 17, Philadelphia, PA;
  Duskie M. Murrow, 20, Oklahoma City, OK;
  Angel Ortiz, 26, Holyoke, MA;
  Peter Quattro, 24, Miami-Dade County, FL;
  Delfino Vega, 21, Chicago, IL;
  Unidentified male, 43, Bellingham, WA;
  Unidentified male, 57, San Jose, CA.
  July 8:
  Renee Battle, 29, Chicago, IL;
  Bruce Bensch, 52, Miami-Dade County, FL;
  Devon Campbell, 19, Louisville, KY;
  Roberto Carmona, Jr., 17, Chicago, IL;
  Curtis J. Crawley, 19, Rochester, NY;
  Jerrod Crump, Pine Bluff, AR;
  Vickie A. Owensboro, 36, Memphis, TN;
  Jesus Gomez, 24, Seattle, WA;
  Nathan Goodman, 17, Dallas, TX;
  Julia Matlock, 39, Nashville, TN;
  Curlenzo Stith, 29, Baltimore, MD;
  Francisco Terrazas, 19, Chicago, IL;
  Maurice Thomas, 26, Chicago, IL;
  Margie Villarreal, 24, San Antonio, TX;
  Juan Yanes, 80, Miami-Dade County, FL.
  July 9:
  John Amado, 22, San Bernardino, CA;
  Mark Barton, San Francisco, CA;
  Michael Day, 20, Washington, DC;
  Michael Gloria, 17, Mesquite, TX;
  John Hendricks, Detroit, MI;
  Lindell Kendall, 16, Macon, GA;
  Russell H. Lee, 39, Seattle, WA;
  Benjamin Lindsey, 34, Atlanta, GA;
  Miguel McElroy, 18, Minneapolis, MN;
  Oren W. Nevins, 69, Oklahoma City, OK;
  Tony Paxton, 28, Miami-Dade County, FL;
  Freddie Poyner, 15, Baltimore, MD;
  Michael Randell, 33, Tulsa, OK;
  Anthony Whitney, 27, Kansas City, MO;
  Unidentified male, San Francisco, CA.

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