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Jerbrel McVery

Age 17

Cleveland, Ohio

A beloved nephew, uncle and boyfriend

He spent his days at school with his friends dreaming up ways to spend his free time over the summer — afternoons playing in the yard with his favorite niece and nights out with his girlfriend filled with laughter.

He was handsome, funny and “so full of life,” his aunt would later say.

He never made it to the end of the school year. Jerbrel McVery, 17, was repeatedly shot in the head and back on April 12, 2018, in Cleveland, Ohio. Forty-one shell casings surrounded his body.

By Kaitlin Musante · Age 17
Meet the Reporters

More than 200 friends

Saniyah Monee Nicholson

Funny faces and pigtails no longer

Tyrese A. Jones

He was beloved at his school

Unknown

Shot while walking down the street

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Kameron Porter

Domestic violence ends a stepson’s life

Jacob Matthew Edwards

A survivor, full of heart. Gone.

Corey Donald II

He had just started barber school

Floyd Chianti Davenport IV

“Baba stay woke...Baba stay woke!”

Kelvion’te A. Trammell

Engine still running, no life left

Clinton Howell

A daily trip that turned deadly

Jayvone J. Shackelford-Bishop

Friends together like Lilo & Stitch

Joel Keshon Green

An interrupted trail of Facebook photos

Fernando Perez

“What is it going to take?”

Delametric Djuan Fairley

Never got to make travel plans

Moltere Charles Jr.

#TGFAD — Thank God for another day

Oliver Santos

Big smile stolen on Saturday night

Darryl Lamar Johnson

A family visit. He never left.

Xavier Montrail Thomas

Candles flicker against darkness for Zay

Samuel Ozuna

Always respectful, loved by his friends

Romane D. Taylor Jr.

Intelligent and playful, beloved by buddies