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Bryan Chavez

Age 15

Santa Ana, California

A “one-of-a-kind personality”

He was a son, brother and friend. Known for his jokes and huge smile, he was said to have a “one of a kind personality” and worked on student government in high school.

According to an interview with police in Santa Ana, California, he was in the 1000 block of West Richland Avenue just after 1 a.m. on Sept. 6, 2018, when he handed a gun to a 17-year-old girl, and she accidentally fired it.

Bryan Chavez, 15, was shot “in the upper body” and declared dead by paramedics 10 minutes later. The girl was charged with manslaughter.

By Mary Kett · Age 16 and Destiny Jones · Age 15
Meet the Reporters

More than 300 siblings

Ramand Kassadine Davis

Happy in his SpongeBob SquarePants jammies

Yaleah Hall

Sister, daughter, dancer, since day one

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Lia Lin Collier

A light, “unrelenting joy” extinguished

Peyton Nicole Hurt

Still helping others, even in death

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation

Rashaad Izil Wisher

One brother buried. Then another one.

Izabella Marie Helem

Brother shoots his sister by accident

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Jaquincy Jawan Ross

Wanted to buy her a scooter

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Shondricka J'Nay Adams

Celebrating one night, gone the next

Ty'Dre Shyheim Hailey

She didn’t know it was real

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.