Every day in the U.S. about 108 people are shot dead in one way or another. At GunMemorial.org we try to post pages for all of these people even though the circumstances of their deaths can be drastically different.

Matthew Whitman, age 32

Fatally shot on March 19, 2016 in Greenville, South Carolina.

Whitman was trespassing on the yard of a large estate when the property owner shot him with a shotgun. Shooter claims he was threatened with a knife.

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