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Imaan Justice Vaddy-Lee

Age 18

Hopkins, South Carolina

He posted a sonogram on Facebook

He lived in Columbia, the capital of South Carolina and a city home to beautiful zoos, museums and gardens.

It was a city where people knew him as “Philly.” He was a brother, a cousin, a nephew. He was especially looking forward to becoming a father, and was willing to put everything aside to focus on his future child, as he expressed in a Facebook post.  

Imaan Justice Vaddy-Lee, 18, attended High Point Central High School. He died from multiple gunshot wounds on Davis Road during the evening of Sept. 18, 2018.

By Zoe Hsu · Age 16
Meet the Reporters

More than 300 siblings

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Ramand Kassadine Davis

Happy in his SpongeBob SquarePants jammies

Rashaad Izil Wisher

One brother buried. Then another one.

Yaleah Hall

Sister, daughter, dancer, since day one

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Lia Lin Collier

A light, “unrelenting joy” extinguished

Jaquincy Jawan Ross

Wanted to buy her a scooter

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Izabella Marie Helem

Brother shoots his sister by accident

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Peyton Nicole Hurt

Still helping others, even in death

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

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

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.