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Carlos Rodriguez

Age 15

Albuquerque, New Mexico

A debt repaid with a life

His neighbors in the mobile home parked loved him. He was quick to make others laugh and smile.  

He and his friends were hanging out one night when another teen asked him to pay back $40 he had previously loaned him. He did not have the money.

Carlos Rodriguez, 15, was fatally shot with a .45-caliber handgun on April 2, 2018 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He died at the hospital a short time later.

By Morgan Deering · Age 18
Meet the Reporters

More than 100 jokesters

Will Earl Davis Jr.

The rising senior was always smiling

Darion Gordon

Sixteen years erased by one bullet

Deandre Moon

Overnight tragedy for a basketball fan

Daron Johnson

He went to celebrate another’s life

Matthew James Jurado

Challenging student had a compassionate heart

Edgar Alan Espino

Jokester loved to make people laugh

Kaiden Vague

Sixteenth birthday. Golden birthday. Last birthday.

Manuel Lopez Jr.

High school senior set to graduate

Robert Carranza

He liked to post song lyrics

Terale Claridy-Vaught

‘Solid’ friend barely gets to adulthood

Ryan J. Dillon

A playful boy, stopped by bullets

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Jayvone J. Shackelford-Bishop

Friends together like Lilo & Stitch

Eric Xavier Degori

His jokes could make anyone laugh

Bryan Portales Escalante

Phone, wallet, shoes and, life — gone

Natwan Kian Holyfield

Supposed to go to homecoming, prom

Jonathan David Freeman Jr.

Debated anything, from music to Deflategate

Eddie Daiquan Grant

A devoted boyfriend and rap fan

Steven Alexander Jr.

He missed his first Father’s Day

Amauri Green

Died while fixing a flat tire