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Jamiel Jordan

Age 17

San Bernardino, California

Young Jamiel’s sun set too early

The city seal of San Bernardino, with its sun rising over the mountains and a train passing through, symbolizes a place of optimism and progress. His own dreams for the future were equally hopeful.

A local of the California city, he was calm and quiet with a cool personality. He was eager to go to college and pursue a career.

Three months shy of adulthood, 17-year-old Jamiel Jordan’s sun abruptly set when he was killed by two bullets on July 5, 2018, at a friend’s Fourth of July party.

By Nancy Bowne · Age 17
Meet the Reporters

More than 40 college-bound seniors

Casey Nicole Kizer

A summer of softball, the lake

Nicholas Dworet

Diving into the hearts of many

Jairo Rodriguez

Studying for future he never saw

Javonne Micheal Jaylin Luke Davis

He’d just received a way out

Colton J. Jensen

He planned to ride the rodeo

Carmen Marie Schentrup

A mind to be reckoned with

Joe Acosta

Forced to leave his little girl

Brandon Nash Hammett

‘The music master’ killed before college

Britney Malone

Upward bound, she never stopped striving

Caleb Kendall Bowman

Shot down by his best friend

James Garrett

He wanted to be a teacher

Chris Thomas Mosley

The future was all planned out

Yajaira Garcia

Getting an education in Yajaira’s honor

NeQuacia Porsha Jacobs-Lewis

High school graduation, diploma, career — gone

Trevon Fareed Richardson

College, football, a scholarship. All lost.

Katlyn Michelle Wittcop

Aspiring doctor hoped to fight cancer

DeVaughn Lorenz Perkins

Gone, but remembered by family forever

Steven J. Scott

Thanksgiving favorites: baked mac and ham

Favian Isiah Carrillo Duran

Respectful, shy teen did grandma’s chores

Ta Quan Pinkney

Bright future; gone too soon