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Daniel Perez-Alvarez

Age 18

Aurora, Illinois

Did his best to help family

He was respectful, loving and caring, according to a GoFundMe page created for him. With jet black hair and dark brown eyes, he “always did his best to help his loved ones.”

Comments on a gun memorial website describe him as “down to earth” and “royal like a king.” According to his GoFundMe page, he “worked his hardest to be a productive member of society.”

Daniel Perez-Alvarez, 18, was killed in a drive-by shooting on Jan. 29, 2019, in Aurora, Illinois, while in a car with three other teenagers.

By Callia Yuan · Age 16
Meet the Reporters

More than 300 siblings

Jaquincy Jawan Ross

Wanted to buy her a scooter

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Izabella Marie Helem

Brother shoots his sister by accident

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Yaleah Hall

Sister, daughter, dancer, since day one

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Lia Lin Collier

A light, “unrelenting joy” extinguished

Peyton Nicole Hurt

Still helping others, even in death

Ramand Kassadine Davis

Happy in his SpongeBob SquarePants jammies

Ty'Dre Shyheim Hailey

She didn’t know it was real

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation

Shondricka J'Nay Adams

Celebrating one night, gone the next

Rashaad Izil Wisher

One brother buried. Then another one.

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.