Character Deaths (HD Universe)

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This is a list of notable casualties in the HD Universe. The list follows a logical order and includes named characters and unnamed important characters, but not unidentified collateral casualties.

The games are Grand Theft Auto IV, The Lost and Damned, and The Ballad of Gay Tony (all set in 2008), and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (set in 2009). Since the games take place so close together, casualties will be divided among each game.

10 - 13 Years Before GTA IV

Image	Name	Affiliation	Killed By	Information	Death In
	Goran	Fifteen Man Squad	Enemy forces	Was betrayed during the Bosnian Wars along with 12 othes by Darko Brevic, who sold out the squad to enemy forces for $1,000 to feed his Heroin addiction.	Bosnian Wars
	Mijo	Fifteen Man Squad	Enemy forces	Was betrayed during the wars along with 12 others by Darko, who sold out the squad to enemy forces for $1,000 to feed his Heroin addiction.	Bosnian Wars
	Dragan	Fifteen Man Squad	Enemy forces	Was betrayed during the wars along with 12 others by Darko, who sold out the squad to enemy forces for $1,000 to feed his Heroin addiction.	Bosnian Wars
	Dmitar	Fifteen Man Squad	Enemy forces	Was betrayed during the wars along with 12 others by Darko, who sold out the squad to enemy forces for $1,000 to feed his Heroin addiction.	Bosnian Wars

GTA IV

Image	Name	Affiliation	Killed By	Information	Death In
File:Captain.png	Zorba Philippidis	Independent	Drowning	Died sometime after the introduction. He drowned in the Humboldt River whilst drunk.	Sometime after The Cousins Bellic
	Dave Bosoy	Independent	Unknown	Died sometime after the introduction, likely by a sexual accident. His body was later found floating up the river.	Sometime after The Cousins Bellic
	Bledar Morina	Albanians	Niko Bellic	Killed for harassing and beating up Roman Bellic.	Bleed Out
	Kalem Vulaj	Albanians	Niko Bellic	Killed for harassing and beating up Roman.	Bleed Out
	Dardan Petrela	Albanians	Niko Bellic	Killed for harassing and beating up Roman.	Bleed Out
	Vladimir Glebov	Faustin Family	Niko Bellic	Killed for having sexual relations with Mallorie Bardas.	Uncle Vlad
	Andrei	Faustin Family	Mikhail Faustin	Killed for bringing Niko and Roman into Mikhail's house and disturbing his wife, Ilyena.	Crime and Punishment
File:FinalDestination1.jpg	Lenny Petrovic	Petrovic Family	Niko Bellic	Killed on Faustin's orders because he suspected he was a rat.	Final Destination
	Jason Michaels	The Lost Brotherhood	Niko Bellic	Killed because Faustin didn't want Jason seeing his daughter, Anna.	No Love Lost
	Mikhail Faustin	Faustin Family	Niko Bellic	Killed in order to make peace with Kenny Petrovic for killing his son.	The Master and the Molotov
	Lyle Rivas	Independent	Niko Bellic	Killed for owing Brucie Kibbutz a lot of money.	Search and Delete
	Tom Rivas	Independent	Niko Bellic	Killed for owing Brucie Kibbutz a lot of money.	Out of the Closet
	Charlie	LCPD	Niko Bellic	Killed after exposing himself as an undercover cop in a heroin deal with Niko, Johnny Klebitz, and Playboy X.	Blow Your Cover
	Manny Escuela	Independent	Elizabeta Torres	Killed for bringing police attention to Elizabeta.	Have a Heart
File:JayHamilton-GTAIV.jpg	Jay Hamilton	Independent	Elizabeta Torres	Killed for bringing police attention to Elizabeta.	Have a Heart
	Marlon Bridges	North Holland Hustlers	Niko Bellic	Killed on Playboy X's orders.	Photo Shoot
	Jayvon Simson	North Holland Hustlers	Niko Bellic	Killed for ratting on Dwayne Forge.	Ruff Rider
	Jose Trunchez	Spanish Lords	Niko Bellic	Killed for taking over Dwayne's club.	Undress to Kill
	Javier Trunchez	Spanish Lords	Niko Bellic	Killed for taking over Dwayne's club.	Undress to Kill
	Jesus Trunchez	Spanish Lords	Niko Bellic	Killed for taking over Dwayne's club.	Undress to Kill
	Roman's Kidnapper	Faustin Family	Niko Bellic	Killed for taking Roman hostage.	Hostile Negotiation
	Oleg Minkov	Independent	Niko Bellic	Killed on orders of the United Liberty Paper.	Wrong is Right
	Adam Dimayev	Independent	Niko Bellic	Killed on orders of the United Liberty Paper.	Portrait of a Killer
	Tom Goldberg	Independent	Niko Bellic	Killed for trying to blackmail Francis McReary.	Final Interview
File:ClarenceLittle-GTAIV.png	Clarence Little	East Holland Drug Dealers	Niko Bellic	Can be killed or spared in Holland Nights, but if spared he will show up later as a random character and attempt to kill Niko, who will in turn have to kill him.	Holland Nights or Random Encounter.
	Eduard Borodin	Independent	Niko Bellic and Little Jacob	Killed on orders of the United Liberty Paper.	Paper Trail
	Michael Keane	Irish Mob	Eugene Reaper	Killed in an attempt to stop the bank robbery with Michael, Niko, Patrick McReary, and Derrick McReary.	Three Leaf Clover
	Eugene Reaper	Independent	Patrick McReary and Derrick McReary	Killed in retaliation for him killing Michael Keane.	Three Leaf Clover
File:Shirley.jpg	Shirley	Independent	Jeff	Stabbed by her husband Jeff because he thought she was cheating on him.	Before Jeff's second Random Encounter.
File:Jeff-GTAIV.jpg	Jeff	Independent	Hit and killed by a car.	Accidentally hit by a speeding sports car after he walked out into traffic.	Jeff's third Random Encounter.
	Eddie Low	Independent	Niko Bellic or Police	Killed for attempting to murder Niko.	Eddie's second Random Encounter.
	Bucky Sligo	Independent	Niko Bellic	Killed because he was threatening Derrick McReary.	Smackdown
	Anthony Spoleto	Ancelotti Family	Niko Bellic	Killed to sour relations between the Ancelottis and the Albanians.	Actions Speak Louder than Words
	Frank Garone	Ancelotti Family	Niko Bellic	Killed on Gerald McReary's orders.	I Need Your Clothes, Your Boots, and Your Motorcycle
	Teddy Benavidez	Northwood Dominican Drug Dealers	Niko Bellic	Killed because he didn't pay back his debts to Ray Boccino.	A Long Way to Fall
	Mitch	LCPD	Niko Bellic	Killed in order to rescue Aiden O'Malley.	Tunnel of Death
	Aiden O'Malley	Independent	Niko Bellic	Killed for trying to testify against Derrick McReary.	Tunnel of Death
	John Barbosa	Pegorino Family	Niko Bellic	Killed for stealing Ray's diamonds.	Meltdown
	Joe DiLeo	Pegorino Family	Niko Bellic	Killed for stealing Ray's diamonds.	Meltdown
File:LucaSilvestri-GTAIV.jpg	Luca Silvestri	Pegorino Family	Niko Bellic	Killed for stealing Ray's diamonds.	Meltdown
	Mori Green	Jewish Mob	Luis Fernando Lopez	Killed so Luis could steal the diamonds from the deal.	Museum Piece
	Jim Fitzgerald	The Lost Brotherhood	Niko Bellic	Killed for being involved with stolen diamond money.	No Way on the Subway
	Isaac Roth	Jewish Mob	Niko Bellic	Killed for accusing Ray of setting up the diamond ambush..	Late Checkout
	Peter Marchetti	Pegorino Family	Pavano Family hitmen	Killed during the sit-down between the Pegorinos and Pavanos.	Pegorino's Pride
	Marco Bonnaro	Pegorino Family	Pavano Family hitmen	Killed during the sit-down between the Pegorinos and Pavanos.	Pegorino's Pride
	Charles Matteo	Ancelotti Family	Niko Bellic	Killed after discovering Phil Bell and the Pegorino Family's involvement in the sabotage of the cocaine deal between the Ancelottis and the Russians.	Trespass
	Sal	Ancelotti Family	Niko Bellic	Killed after Gracie Ancelotti sent him and his friends after Niko.	Gracie Ancelotti Random Encounter
	Tony	Ancelotti Family	Niko Bellic	Killed after Gracie sent him and his friends after Niko.	Gracie Ancelotti Random Encounter
	Mark	Ancelotti Family	Niko Bellic	Killed after Gracie sent him and his friends after Niko.	Gracie Ancelotti Random Encounter
	Anthony	Ancelotti Family	Niko Bellic	Killed after Gracie sent him and his friends after Niko.	Gracie Ancelotti Random Encounter
	Benny	Ancelotti Family	Niko Bellic	Killed after Gracie sent him and his friends after Niko.	Gracie Ancelotti Random Encounter
	Anthony Corrado	Pegorino Family	Niko Bellic	Killed for leaking information to the FIB via wire.	Flatline
	Ray Boccino	Pegorino Family	Niko Bellic	Killed because Jimmy Pegorino suspected he was a rat.	Pest Control
File:KimYoung-Guk-GTAIV.jpg	Kim Young-Guk	Korean Mob	Niko Bellic	Killed for being a threat to the Gambetti Family's assets.	Dining Out
	Jon Gravelli	Gambetti Family	Natural causes	Died shortly after the ending from natural causes, before going on trial.	After Out of Commission (Revenge)/A Revenger's Tragedy (Deal)

Endings

Image	Name	Affiliation	Killed By	Information	Death In
	Dimitri Rascalov	Rascalov Family	Niko Bellic	Killed for betraying Niko and trying to kill him. (Revenge) Killed for killing Roman Bellic (Deal)	A Dish Served Cold (Revenge) A Revenger's Tragedy (Deal)
	Jimmy Pegorino	Pegorino Family	Niko Bellic (Revenge) Dimitri Rascalov (Deal)	Killed for killing Kate McReary. (Revenge) Killed by Dimitri out of disloyalty. (Deal)	Out of Commission (Revenge) A Revenger's Tragedy (Deal)

Revenge

Image	Name	Affiliation	Killed By	Information	Death In
	Kate McReary	Independent	Jimmy Pegorino	Accidentally shot and killed by Pegorino who was trying to kill Niko, after Niko ruined Pegorino's deal with Dimitri.	Mr. and Mrs. Bellic

Deal

Image	Name	Affiliation	Killed By	Information	Death In
File:RomanBellic-GTAIV.jpg	Roman Bellic	Independent	The Killer	Accidentally shot and killed by Niko's would-be assassin during a struggle.	Mr. and Mrs. Bellic
	The Killer	Rascalov Family	Niko Bellic	Shot in the head after attempting to kill Niko during a struggle.	Mr. and Mrs. Bellic

Choices

During several missions, Niko has a choice of either killing someone or letting them go, which can have an impact on the gameplay/storyline (with the exception of Clarence Little, who shows up again to try to kill Niko and gets killed himself).

Image	Name	Affiliation	Can Be Killed By	Information	Possible Death In
	Ivan Bytchkov	Faustin Family	Niko Bellic	Niko is told by Vlad to kill Ivan, but Niko can either help Ivan up from falling to the ground or stomp on his hands to let him fall. If spared, Ivan will come back later in a random encounter and ask for Niko's help to deal with some people who owe him money.	Ivan the Not So Terrible
	Cherise Glover	Independent	Niko Bellic	Niko can kill her before chasing after Jayvon or let her live. If spared, she later asks for Niko's help dealing with her new boyfriend in a random encounter.	Ruff Rider
	Unnamed Russian Goon	Independent	Niko Bellic	Is one of Dimayev's goons, and will be the remaining survivor if Dimayev is killed before any of the goons, in which case he will drop his gun and can be spared or killed. It really doesn't matter, as he never shows up again.	Portrait of a Killer
	Unnamed Jewish Mobster	Jewish Mob	Niko Bellic	The first diamond dealer can be spared or killed, and he will plead for his life when Niko confronts him. However, if he is shot at beforehand, he will shoot at Niko and will have to be killed, but either way, it doesn't matter as he never shows up again.	Late Checkout
	Darko Brevic	Independent	Niko Bellic	Niko can either brutally execute Darko or leave him, though it really has no impact on the game as he never shows up again.	That Special Someone

One or the Other

During two separate missions, Niko can kill either one person or the other. The result can have a subtle impact on the gameplay/storyline.

Image	Name	Affiliation	Can Be Killed By	Information	Possible Death In
	Playboy X	North Holland Hustlers	Niko Bellic	Niko can kill either Playboy or Dwayne in The Holland Play.	The Holland Play
	Dwayne Forge	North Holland Hustlers	Niko Bellic	Niko can kill either Dwayne or Playboy in The Holland Play.	The Holland Play
	Francis McReary	LCPD	Niko Bellic	Niko can kill either Francis or Derrick in Blood Brothers.	Blood Brothers
File:DerrickMcReary-GTAIV.jpg	Derrick McReary	Irish Mob	Niko Bellic	Niko can kill either Derrick or Francis in Blood Brothers.	Blood Brothers

Possible Deaths

Image	Name	Affiliation	Can Be Killed By	Information	Possible Death In
	Jimmy	African Americans	Niko Bellic	Niko can kill Jimmy instead of beating him up to get his car.	Clean Getaway
	Mickey	Independent	Niko Bellic	Niko can kill Mickey during Uncle Vlad.	Uncle Vlad
	Joseph Kaplan	Faustin Family	Niko Bellic	Niko can kill him after Dimitri knocks him out.	Do You Have Protection?
	Brett	Independent	Niko Bellic	Niko can kill him after Dimitri knocks him out.	Do You Have Protection?
	Vasily	Independent	Niko Bellic	Niko can kill Vasily while chasing Minkov.	Wrong is Right
	Karen	Independent	Niko Bellic Security Guard (accidental) Police (accidental)	Can be killed during the shootout in the law offices.	Final Interview
	Alonzo	Northwood Dominican Drug Dealers	Niko Bellic	Niko can kill him to stop him from warning Teddy.	A Long Way to Fall
	Talbot Daniels	Independent	Niko Bellic	Niko can kill him before entering Bernie's place, this would change dialogue with Ray.	Weekend at Florian's
File:FrankieGallo-GTAIV.jpg	Frankie Gallo	Pegorino Family	Niko Bellic Police or NOOSE	Niko or the LCPD can kill him, either one will change the dialogue with Phil Bell.	To Live and Die in Alderney
	John	Independent	Niko Bellic	Can be killed during the mission.	Flatline
	Doctor Rosem	Doctor	Niko Bellic	Can be killed during the mission.	Flatline

The Lost and Damned

Image	Name	Affiliation	Killed By	Information	Death In
	Angel of Death Lieutenant	Angels of Death	Billy Grey	Killed for crashing Billy's party.	Angels in America
	Jason Michaels	The Lost Brotherhood	Niko Bellic	Killed on Mikhail Faustin's orders.	It's War (Death not seen)
	Charlie	LCPD	Niko Bellic	Killed after exposing himself as an undercover cop in a heroin deal with Johnny, Niko and Playboy X.	Buyer's Market (Death not seen)
	Ed McCornish	LCPD	Johnny Klebitz	Killed for blackmailing Jim Fitzgerald.	Bad Cop Drop
	Jimmy Matthews	LCPD	Johnny Klebitz	Killed for blackmailing Jim Fitzgerald.	Bad Cop Drop
	Arthur Stubbs	Independent	Johnny Klebitz	Killed to secure his fortune for re-election.	Politics
File:RandomBiker-TLAD.jpg	Random Biker	The Lost Brotherhood	Johnny Klebitz	Killed for paring with Brian Jeremy.	Bad Standing
	Brian Jeremy	The Lost Brotherhood	Johnny Klebitz	Killed for betraying and trying to kill Johnny.	Bad Standing or Random Encounter
	Unnamed girl dealer	Independent	Malc	Killed for destroying Johnny bike.	Shifting Weight
	Evan Moss	Independent	Johnny Klebitz	Killed to steal the diamonds.	Diamonds in the Rough
	Mori Green	Jewish Mob	Luis Fernando Lopez	Killed so Luis could steal the diamonds from the deal.	Collector's Item
	Ray's Goon	Pegorino Family	Jim Fitzgerald	Killed for torturing him and to escape the basement of Drusilla's.	Was It Worth It?
	Jim Fitzgerald	The Lost Brotherhood	Niko Bellic	Killed for being involved in the stolen money/diamonds.	Was It Worth It?(Death not seen)
	Billy Grey	The Lost Brotherhood	Johnny Klebitz	Killed for attempting to turn states against Johnny.	Get Lost

The Ballad of Gay Tony

Image	Name	Affiliation	Killed By	Information	Death In
	Michael Keane	Irish Mob	Eugene Reaper	Killed in an attempt to stop the bank robbery with Niko Bellic, Patrick McReary and Derrick McReary	I Luv LC
	Eugene Reaper	Independent	Patrick McReary	Killed in retaliation for killing Michael Keane	I Luv LC
	Frickie Van Hardenburg	Independent	Luis Fernando Lopez	Killed when his yacht was destroyed	Sexy Time
	Tahir Saeed	Independent	Luis Fernando Lopez	Killed for tipping off the cops to get Yusuf Amir out of the picture	High Dive
	Ahmed Khalil	Independent	Luis Fernando Lopez	Killed by purposely causing him to falling off the Rotterdam Tower	High Dive
	Jack Duffy	Messina Family	Luis Fernando Lopez	Killed on orders of Rocco Pelosi	Bang Bang
	Mel Toblowsky	Messina Family	Luis Fernando Lopez	Killed on orders of Rocco Pelosi	Bang Bang
File:Margot-TBOGT.jpg	Margot	Independent	Suicide	Kills herself out of paranoid	Margot's second encounter
File:Costas-GTATBOGT.jpg	Costas	Independent	LCPD officer	Killed while trying to escape from the bikers	Frosting on the Cake
	Evan Moss	Independent	Johnny Klebitz	Killed to steal Ray Bulgarin's diamonds	Frosting on the Cake (Death not seen)
	Vic Manzano	Independent	Luis Fernando Lopez	Killed for threatening Monique and trying to kill him	Boulevard Baby
	Mori Green	Jewish Mob	Luis Fernando Lopez	Killed in order to retrieve the diamonds	Not So Fast
File:MarkiAshvilli-TBOGT.jpg	Marki Ashvilli	Independent	Luis Fernando Lopez	Killed on orders of Ray Bulgarin	Dropping In...
	The Cook	Independent	Ray Bulgarin	Killed for stealing his diamonds.	Before In the Crosshairs
File:UncleVince-TBOGT.jpg	Uncle Vince	Ancelotti Family	Luis Fernando Lopez	Killed to intimidate Rocco and to rescue Tony	Party's Over
	Timur	Independent	Luis Fernando Lopez	Killed for threating the lives of him and Tony	Departure Time
	Ray Bulgarin	Independent	Luis Fernando Lopez	Killed for threatening and attempting to murder him and Tony	Departure Time

Possible Deaths

Image	Name	Affiliation	Killed By	Information	Death In
	Union Official	Messina Family	Luis Fernando Lopez	Union Official can be killed by Luis	Practice Swing
	Mr. Santo	Independent	Luis Fernando Lopez	Santo can be killed by Luis	Momma's Boy
File:Monique-TBOGT.PNG	Monique	Independent	Luis Fernando Lopez	Monique can be killed by Luis	Boulevard Baby

Chinatown Wars

Image	Name	Affiliation	Killed By	Information	Death In
	Mr. Lee	Algonquin Triads	Wu Lee	Killed in order to take over Lee Family .	Before openning cutscene.
File:Ling (iPhone).jpg	Ling Shan	Lee Family	Thugs	Killed for protecting a shop from thugs	Under the Gun
	Melanie Mallard	Independent	Chan Jaoming	Killed for attempting to broadcast Chan's operations on TV without blurring Huang's or Chan's faces	Sources
	Uri	Ming Family	Zhou Ming	Killed for apparently betraying him.	Flatliner
	Rudy D'Avanzo	Ancelotti Family	Huang Lee	Killed for lying to him.	A Rude Awakening
	Zhou Ming	Ming Family	Huang Lee	Killed on order if Hsin.	Hit from the Tong
	Chan Jaoming	Algonquin Triads	Huang Lee	Killed on order if Hsin.	Clear the Pier .
	Wu Lee	Algonquin Triads	Huang Lee	Killed for Murdering his father	Salt in the Wound
File:XinShan-GTACW.gif	Xin Shan	Algonquin Triads	A cop	Killed for tried to shoot the cops.	Xin of the Father