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Isaiah Tavion Jackson

Age 17

Huntsville, Alabama

Vibrant young man. Rare smile. Accident.

Resting atop his lilac shirt, the bandana-patterned bow tie was as “vibrant” as the personality his family remembered. His dimpled smile, with the teeth that shone brighter than the piercings in his ears, was “rare,” a friend wrote in an online obituary.

“He stood up for me,” said another. At Roger B. Chaffee Elementary School, he was “always so sweet and kind,” said yet another.

Isaiah Tavion Jackson, 16, was shot and killed in Huntsville, Alabama, on Oct. 18, 2018. Police believe he was accidentally shot by his 15-year-old brother.

By Joe Meyerson · Age 17
Meet the Reporters

More than 300 siblings

Jaquincy Jawan Ross

Wanted to buy her a scooter

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Yaleah Hall

Sister, daughter, dancer, since day one

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.

Shondricka J'Nay Adams

Celebrating one night, gone the next

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Lia Lin Collier

A light, “unrelenting joy” extinguished

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Rashaad Izil Wisher

One brother buried. Then another one.

Peyton Nicole Hurt

Still helping others, even in death

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Izabella Marie Helem

Brother shoots his sister by accident

Ty'Dre Shyheim Hailey

She didn’t know it was real

Ramand Kassadine Davis

Happy in his SpongeBob SquarePants jammies