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.

Getachew Fekede, age 53

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Fatally shot on October 25, 2016 in Roanoke, Virginia.

Getachew shot four people at his former workplace, killing one, before he killed himself.

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One other person also died in this incident.

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