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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
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More than 300 siblings

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Shondricka J'Nay Adams

Celebrating one night, gone the next

Jaquincy Jawan Ross

Wanted to buy her a scooter

Ty'Dre Shyheim Hailey

She didn’t know it was real

Ramand Kassadine Davis

Happy in his SpongeBob SquarePants jammies

Yaleah Hall

Sister, daughter, dancer, since day one

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Rashaad Izil Wisher

One brother buried. Then another one.

Lia Lin Collier

A light, “unrelenting joy” extinguished

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Izabella Marie Helem

Brother shoots his sister by accident

Peyton Nicole Hurt

Still helping others, even in death