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Adrian Alvarez

Age 18

Santa Maria, California

Loving son taken from his mother

He had a close-knit  family, with three brothers, loving parents, actively involved aunts and uncles, and several extended relatives.

His love for his mother shined through the pictures on his Facebook page. She could speak about her son forever, telling those who did not even know him how he was “joyful, good, and always respectful.”

On December 8, 2018 at 1:30 a.m., Lidia Zamora’s son, Adrian Alvarez, lost his life to multiple gunshots on West Enos Drive in his hometown of Santa Maria, California.

By Tess Fuller · Age 16 and Scarlett Liriano Cepin · Age 19
Meet the Reporters

More than 300 siblings

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Yaleah Hall

Sister, daughter, dancer, since day one

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Jaquincy Jawan Ross

Wanted to buy her a scooter

Shondricka J'Nay Adams

Celebrating one night, gone the next

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Izabella Marie Helem

Brother shoots his sister by accident

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Ty'Dre Shyheim Hailey

She didn’t know it was real

Lia Lin Collier

A light, “unrelenting joy” extinguished

Ramand Kassadine Davis

Happy in his SpongeBob SquarePants jammies

Rashaad Izil Wisher

One brother buried. Then another one.

Peyton Nicole Hurt

Still helping others, even in death

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.