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Courtland Trowell-Wilmore

Age 17

Royse City, Texas

A devoted friend, till the end

He was wearing a “bulldogs” visor on top of his black curly hair as he squinted for a picture taken on a boat. He was dressed in a red and white plaid button-up shirt.

A junior at Royse City High School, he spent a lot of time with his best friend Nick Young. They were some of the closest friends that sophomore Cole Bynog had ever seen, Bynog told a local news station.

Shortly after 3 a.m on Feb. 3, 2019, Courtland Trowell-Wilmore, 17, was fatally shot on Overstreet Lane in Royse City, Texas. Trowell-Wilmore was killed alongside Young in their own neighborhood.

By Hope Kahn · Age 17
Meet the Reporters

More than 200 friends

Saniyah Monee Nicholson

Funny faces and pigtails no longer

Clinton Howell

A daily trip that turned deadly

Delametric Djuan Fairley

Never got to make travel plans

Kelvion’te A. Trammell

Engine still running, no life left

Oliver Santos

Big smile stolen on Saturday night

Xavier Montrail Thomas

Candles flicker against darkness for Zay

Jayvone J. Shackelford-Bishop

Friends together like Lilo & Stitch

Tyrese A. Jones

He was beloved at his school

Samuel Ozuna

Always respectful, loved by his friends

Jacob Matthew Edwards

A survivor, full of heart. Gone.

Romane D. Taylor Jr.

Intelligent and playful, beloved by buddies

Kameron Porter

Domestic violence ends a stepson’s life

Darryl Lamar Johnson

A family visit. He never left.

Corey Donald II

He had just started barber school

Joel Keshon Green

An interrupted trail of Facebook photos

Fernando Perez

“What is it going to take?”

Floyd Chianti Davenport IV

“Baba stay woke...Baba stay woke!”

Moltere Charles Jr.

#TGFAD — Thank God for another day

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

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Shot while walking down the street