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Fantasia Shy'anna Jackson

Age 12

Timmonsville, South Carolina

Survived tumor but taken by bullets

She was a kind little girl with a beautiful smile who “[e]verybody loved to death”. A seventh grade student, she had already survived a brain tumor and endured two hip replacements. She was a member of the Favor of God International Worship Center.

It was a warm summer night and she was playing with her cousins in the yard at her grandmother’s house. An unidentified car drove up in front of the house. She ran for cover.

Fantasia Shy'anna Jackson, 12, died from a gunshot wound suffered in a drive-by shooting in Timmonsville, South Carolina, on Aug. 25, 2018.

By Caroline Jacobs · Age 15
Meet the Reporters

More than 200 friends

Jayvone J. Shackelford-Bishop

Friends together like Lilo & Stitch

Xavier Montrail Thomas

Candles flicker against darkness for Zay

Moltere Charles Jr.

#TGFAD — Thank God for another day

Romane D. Taylor Jr.

Intelligent and playful, beloved by buddies

Samuel Ozuna

Always respectful, loved by his friends

Joel Keshon Green

An interrupted trail of Facebook photos

Floyd Chianti Davenport IV

“Baba stay woke...Baba stay woke!”

Corey Donald II

He had just started barber school

Clinton Howell

A daily trip that turned deadly

Oliver Santos

Big smile stolen on Saturday night

Delametric Djuan Fairley

Never got to make travel plans

Jacob Matthew Edwards

A survivor, full of heart. Gone.

Kameron Porter

Domestic violence ends a stepson’s life

Fernando Perez

“What is it going to take?”

Darryl Lamar Johnson

A family visit. He never left.

Unknown

Shot while walking down the street

Tyrese A. Jones

He was beloved at his school

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Saniyah Monee Nicholson

Funny faces and pigtails no longer

Kelvion’te A. Trammell

Engine still running, no life left