Jazmine Barnes
Age 7
Houston, Texas
Juice, braids, and the color purple
On the cold morning of December 30, 2018, the girl, still in pajamas, climbed into the backseat of her mother’s car with her three sisters before they sped off to get juice and coffee for breakfast.
She was a second-grader at Monahan Elementary School in Houston. Her favorite color was purple; she was the youngest of eight; and she often wore her hair in braids.
Around 7 a.m., a car pulled up next to her mother’s, and bullets punctured the windows, striking Jazmine Barnes, 7, in the head. Purple balloons drifted above her funeral service.
