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Asher Creed Peacock

Age 2

Rusk, Texas

His mom pressed play; toddler pulled trigger

He lived with his two parents and 1-year-old brother in a small town in East Texas.

On Sept. 27, 2018, the family visited relatives in Rusk, Texas. His mother decided to put on a movie in the bedroom upstairs for the little boys to watch.

He wandered off into another room and picked up a loaded .40-caliber pistol. The gun went off, and he was shot in the neck. His name was Asher Creed Peacock, and he was 2 years old.

By Mary Claire Molloy · Age 18
Meet the Reporters

More than 300 siblings

Jaquincy Jawan Ross

Wanted to buy her a scooter

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Izabella Marie Helem

Brother shoots his sister by accident

Ty'Dre Shyheim Hailey

She didn’t know it was real

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Ramand Kassadine Davis

Happy in his SpongeBob SquarePants jammies

Yaleah Hall

Sister, daughter, dancer, since day one

Lia Lin Collier

A light, “unrelenting joy” extinguished

Peyton Nicole Hurt

Still helping others, even in death

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Rashaad Izil Wisher

One brother buried. Then another one.

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Shondricka J'Nay Adams

Celebrating one night, gone the next