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Christian Jimenez Santos

Age 16

San Antonio, Texas

Months waiting for newborn cut short

His loved ones knew him as Kiki. With thick, curly hair in one photo, he sat in a red shirt and jeans with his arms around Leyda Perez.

He and Perez, his girlfriend, were expecting their first baby boy, Javen Christian Jimenez, in less than a week.

But days before becoming a father, Christian Jimenez Santos, 16, was chased down and shot in the head in San Antonio, Texas, on December 5, 2018. He was later taken to San Antonio Military Center, where he died four days later.

By Angele Yang · Age 16
Meet the Reporters

More than 60 young parents

Dwight Manning

A child left without a father

James Williams

"Goofy" teen liked to dance in public

Chicano Kobe Phillips

A momma’s boy and young father

Nai’Asalyn Lasha Brown

Nursing degree unfinished, child never born

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Dex Moore

Death of child leaves baby fatherless

Des'mon Reyshard Anderson

His baby lost her loving dad

Luis Flores-Bravo

Hardworking father, planning for the future

Carnandez A. Davis

New family never to be whole

Jaquincy Jawan Ross

Wanted to buy her a scooter

Ricardo Del Moro

He wanted to protect our borders

Kyle McGowan

Without him, loved ones aren’t whole

Joshua Wright

He left behind a newborn son

Elijah Michael Naranjo

Honor student with plans to enlist

Doumba Sannoh

Fatal price for the American dream

Steven Alexander Jr.

He missed his first Father’s Day

Gage Allan Kiser

He will never meet his child

LaMar De’Shawn Foster

Son will live without his father

Aiyonna Clarice Barrett

Her unborn child died with her

Ricky Lamar Green Jr.

His children never saw him box