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Hudson Brooks Fife

Age 11

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

He was a friend to all

A fifth-grader at Englewood Elementary School, he was called “Hud Bud,” with a special way of helping students with special needs. “I'm here for you, we're normal, we can be friends,” he’d say.

More than 500 people released balloons — blue and orange for the Oklahoma City Thunder, his favorite team. “Thank you for always being full of joy,” a handwritten message read.

Hudson Brooks Fife, 11, was with friends and family when he was accidentally shot and killed while hunting in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, on Jan. 13, 2019. His sister found him holding his rifle. “He just wanted a big buck,” she said.

By Allie Kelly · Age 18
Meet the Reporters

More than 300 siblings

Ramand Kassadine Davis

Happy in his SpongeBob SquarePants jammies

Yaleah Hall

Sister, daughter, dancer, since day one

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Lia Lin Collier

A light, “unrelenting joy” extinguished

Peyton Nicole Hurt

Still helping others, even in death

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation

Rashaad Izil Wisher

One brother buried. Then another one.

Izabella Marie Helem

Brother shoots his sister by accident

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Jaquincy Jawan Ross

Wanted to buy her a scooter

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Shondricka J'Nay Adams

Celebrating one night, gone the next

Ty'Dre Shyheim Hailey

She didn’t know it was real

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.