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Destiny J. Loper

Age 17

Saint Petersburg, Florida

Loving sister with much life ahead

Before he knew anything more, her brother, James, read the news story about what had happened to two teenagers with a gun in a car. “That’s bad,” he first thought.

Later, he would describe his sister as “very bright” with her whole life ahead of her. “We thought we'd get together on Christmas which is not so," he added.

Destiny J. Loper, 17, was riding in a car with a friend in St. Petersburg, Florida, when a gun that belonged to her friend accidentally fired. She was shot in the back and killed. James started the GoFundMe page to raise funds for her burial.

By Holly Kauck · Age 17
Meet the Reporters

More than 300 siblings

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation

Izabella Marie Helem

Brother shoots his sister by accident

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Ty'Dre Shyheim Hailey

She didn’t know it was real

Rashaad Izil Wisher

One brother buried. Then another one.

Yaleah Hall

Sister, daughter, dancer, since day one

Ramand Kassadine Davis

Happy in his SpongeBob SquarePants jammies

Lia Lin Collier

A light, “unrelenting joy” extinguished

Peyton Nicole Hurt

Still helping others, even in death

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Shondricka J'Nay Adams

Celebrating one night, gone the next

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Jaquincy Jawan Ross

Wanted to buy her a scooter

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.