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Amerie Jones-Henderson

Age 10

Indianapolis, Indiana

A creative girl and good friend

They lean in for a quick selfie, a Snapchat filter adding iridescence to their eyes and adorning their heads with glowing flower-crowns.

"She was a nice little girl; she used to give me a lot of things to go to school with," her friend Rayoena Cobb, 8, said. "Last time I was playing with her on the porch we got to make words up."

Amerie Jones-Henderson, 10, was shot by her mother in a murder-suicide on June 29, 2018 at their home in Indianapolis.

By Angele Yang · Age 16
Meet the Reporters

More than 200 friends

Joel Keshon Green

An interrupted trail of Facebook photos

Moltere Charles Jr.

#TGFAD — Thank God for another day

Delametric Djuan Fairley

Never got to make travel plans

Saniyah Monee Nicholson

Funny faces and pigtails no longer

Kameron Porter

Domestic violence ends a stepson’s life

Xavier Montrail Thomas

Candles flicker against darkness for Zay

Romane D. Taylor Jr.

Intelligent and playful, beloved by buddies

Tyrese A. Jones

He was beloved at his school

Darryl Lamar Johnson

A family visit. He never left.

Oliver Santos

Big smile stolen on Saturday night

Unknown

Shot while walking down the street

Floyd Chianti Davenport IV

“Baba stay woke...Baba stay woke!”

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Jayvone J. Shackelford-Bishop

Friends together like Lilo & Stitch

Samuel Ozuna

Always respectful, loved by his friends

Kelvion’te A. Trammell

Engine still running, no life left

Jacob Matthew Edwards

A survivor, full of heart. Gone.

Clinton Howell

A daily trip that turned deadly

Corey Donald II

He had just started barber school

Fernando Perez

“What is it going to take?”