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Angel Hernandez

Age 3

Memphis, Tennessee

Angel was sitting on the porch

He could have been a daddy’s boy. He may have felt safe around his father and felt comfortable in his arms.

He may have heard the wheels of his hospital bed slam against the floor as the nurses rushed him to the operating room when he was transported to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital. The bright hospital lights may have engulfed him as he took his final breaths.

Angel Hernandez, 3, was accidentally shot and killed on Sept. 30, 2018 in Memphis, Tennessee, while sitting on the porch steps of his home with his father, whose gun went off and struck him with a deadly bullet.

By Sokhna Fall · Age 17
Meet the Reporters

More than 80 infants and toddlers

Izabella Marie Helem

Brother shoots his sister by accident

Damion Little Jr.

By his mother’s side until death

Ke'Anthony Terez Jelks Jr.

He was well beyond his years

David Jermaine Hall

Empty seat in his mother’s car

Jason Garcia Perez

Three months from his first birthday

Unknown

Ears ringing. Loud noise. Third accident.

Unknown

The pistol was on the counter

Nyla Jones

Shot by accident, while with family

Paxton Reece Edwards

It seemed like a happy home

Owen Propes

Rosy cheeks, blue eyes. Only 3.

Kayleen Lor

She just wanted to help people

Aiden Martin

Cinnamon twists. Play-Doh. Accident. Bloody refrigerator.

Julien Gonzalez

The youngest infant at his daycare

Messiah Murphy

A wrong turn, a grandson gone

Kyrie L. Johnson

He was only 17 months old

Livia Robinson

Sweet Livia’s smile ended while sleeping

Mikayla Alina Walker

Champion won’t lift yellow sword again

Montreal Dunn

Picket fence couldn’t keep him safe

Malachi La'Velle Michael Barnes

His mom had birthday invitations ready

Moises Ramon Montano

He was resting in Mom’s arms