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Daniel Gibson

Age 17

Reeds Spring, Missouri

Quiet town, killed by his father

In a photograph, his head rests atop his palm, sharp brown eyes staring off into the distance.

He moved from California to Missouri in the summer of 2017, finding peace in a quiet retirement town. A senior at Reeds Springs High School, he was “one in a million” to his friends. Both his peers and teachers adored him. One friend found injustice in his absence. “What happened to my best friend was cruel and unfair,” the friend wrote.

Daniel Gibson, 17, was killed in Reeds Springs, Missouri, on April 9, 2018. He and two other family members were shot in the head by his father.

By Nadia Farjami · Age 17
Meet the Reporters

More than 200 friends

Romane D. Taylor Jr.

Intelligent and playful, beloved by buddies

Delametric Djuan Fairley

Never got to make travel plans

Fernando Perez

“What is it going to take?”

Joel Keshon Green

An interrupted trail of Facebook photos

Oliver Santos

Big smile stolen on Saturday night

Clinton Howell

A daily trip that turned deadly

Floyd Chianti Davenport IV

“Baba stay woke...Baba stay woke!”

Kameron Porter

Domestic violence ends a stepson’s life

Jacob Matthew Edwards

A survivor, full of heart. Gone.

Darryl Lamar Johnson

A family visit. He never left.

Tyrese A. Jones

He was beloved at his school

Unknown

Shot while walking down the street

Xavier Montrail Thomas

Candles flicker against darkness for Zay

Saniyah Monee Nicholson

Funny faces and pigtails no longer

Moltere Charles Jr.

#TGFAD — Thank God for another day

Kelvion’te A. Trammell

Engine still running, no life left

Samuel Ozuna

Always respectful, loved by his friends

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Corey Donald II

He had just started barber school

Jayvone J. Shackelford-Bishop

Friends together like Lilo & Stitch