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Genesis Marie McCarter-Berretto

Age 18

Frederick, Maryland

Prom after-party ends in gunfire

Her makeup was perfectly done for the parties she attended and the pictures she took. She always seemed camera-ready as her glossed lips pursed for the selfies she would snap.

"She was the life of the party,” her cousin Alondra Rodriquez said. “She was always so happy and would make everyone around her laugh.”

Genesis Marie McCarter-Berretto was an 18-year-old student at Northwest High School. On May 13, 2018, at an after-prom party for different high school in Frederick, Maryland, she was shot in the neck and killed. She was not the intended target, according to police.

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Meet the Reporters

More than 100 jokesters

Natwan Kian Holyfield

Supposed to go to homecoming, prom

Kaiden Vague

Sixteenth birthday. Golden birthday. Last birthday.

Eric Xavier Degori

His jokes could make anyone laugh

Will Earl Davis Jr.

The rising senior was always smiling

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Edgar Alan Espino

Jokester loved to make people laugh

Daron Johnson

He went to celebrate another’s life

Jayvone J. Shackelford-Bishop

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Deandre Moon

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Terale Claridy-Vaught

‘Solid’ friend barely gets to adulthood

Robert Carranza

He liked to post song lyrics

Amauri Green

Died while fixing a flat tire

Eddie Daiquan Grant

A devoted boyfriend and rap fan

Bryan Portales Escalante

Phone, wallet, shoes and, life — gone

Darion Gordon

Sixteen years erased by one bullet

Steven Alexander Jr.

He missed his first Father’s Day

Jonathan David Freeman Jr.

Debated anything, from music to Deflategate

Matthew James Jurado

Challenging student had a compassionate heart

Ryan J. Dillon

A playful boy, stopped by bullets

Manuel Lopez Jr.

High school senior set to graduate