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Demond Robinson Jr.

Age 17

Memphis, Tennessee

Wanted the world for his "momma"

“This woman right here deserve the world,” reads his final Facebook post on May 30, 2018, beneath the photo of a smiling woman resting one hand on her hip. “I’m sorry fa putting you threw so much pain. I love you momma.”

His girlfriend, Ivorruana, has posted a few times on his account since. “We was each other world. This boy use to tell me he love me every 2 min,” reads her post on National Girlfriends Day.

Demond Robinson Jr., 17, was shot in self-defense, police concluded, with an AK-47 rifle on June 1, 2018,  in East Memphis, Tennessee.

By Suan Lee · Age 16
Meet the Reporters

More than 200 friends

Jayvone J. Shackelford-Bishop

Friends together like Lilo & Stitch

Joel Keshon Green

An interrupted trail of Facebook photos

Jacob Matthew Edwards

A survivor, full of heart. Gone.

Delametric Djuan Fairley

Never got to make travel plans

Floyd Chianti Davenport IV

“Baba stay woke...Baba stay woke!”

Corey Donald II

He had just started barber school

Moltere Charles Jr.

#TGFAD — Thank God for another day

Saniyah Monee Nicholson

Funny faces and pigtails no longer

Clinton Howell

A daily trip that turned deadly

Unknown

Shot while walking down the street

Fernando Perez

“What is it going to take?”

Kelvion’te A. Trammell

Engine still running, no life left

Kameron Porter

Domestic violence ends a stepson’s life

Tyrese A. Jones

He was beloved at his school

Romane D. Taylor Jr.

Intelligent and playful, beloved by buddies

Darryl Lamar Johnson

A family visit. He never left.

Xavier Montrail Thomas

Candles flicker against darkness for Zay

Oliver Santos

Big smile stolen on Saturday night

Samuel Ozuna

Always respectful, loved by his friends

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars