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Hunter Black

Age 18

Kennewick, Washington

Father taken from his unborn child

He had a warm smile and golden brown hair that shone bright under the sun. He was a radiant and sociable soul. He was somebody's “sweet sunshine.”

One month before it happened, his girlfriend wrote: “I cannot wait for our future together.” Eleven days before it happened, she told him he was a father-to-be. A future brutally silenced at the hands of two masked men, by way of a shotgun.

Hunter Black, 18, was killed in his home in Kennewick, Washington, on Oct. 26, 2018. His baby is due in May 2019.

By Nadia Ngom · Age 16
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