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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.

By Willow Taylor Chiang Yang · Age 16
Meet the Reporters

More than 300 siblings

Ramand Kassadine Davis

Happy in his SpongeBob SquarePants jammies

Yaleah Hall

Sister, daughter, dancer, since day one

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Lia Lin Collier

A light, “unrelenting joy” extinguished

Peyton Nicole Hurt

Still helping others, even in death

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation

Rashaad Izil Wisher

One brother buried. Then another one.

Izabella Marie Helem

Brother shoots his sister by accident

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Jaquincy Jawan Ross

Wanted to buy her a scooter

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

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

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.