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Jerome Jalik Robinson

Age 18

Darlington, South Carolina

Star player’s last shot, too young

His heart was in basketball. You could find him shooting hoops with family, and he had a big one — mother, father, three sisters, six uncles, one nephew and one niece. Known as “Jalik,” he attended South Florence High School and worked at the Food Lion grocery store. 

He attended Better Way to Live Ministries in Florence, South Carolina. “He always came by my house almost daily and we would talk about what he wanted in his future,” a family friend wrote.

Jerome Jalik Robinson, 18, was shot and killed at a gas station on Nov. 17, 2018, in Darlington, South Carolina.

By Caroline Peacore · Age 16
Meet the Reporters

More than 300 siblings

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Yaleah Hall

Sister, daughter, dancer, since day one

Ramand Kassadine Davis

Happy in his SpongeBob SquarePants jammies

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Rashaad Izil Wisher

One brother buried. Then another one.

Ty'Dre Shyheim Hailey

She didn’t know it was real

Izabella Marie Helem

Brother shoots his sister by accident

Peyton Nicole Hurt

Still helping others, even in death

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Jaquincy Jawan Ross

Wanted to buy her a scooter

Lia Lin Collier

A light, “unrelenting joy” extinguished

Shondricka J'Nay Adams

Celebrating one night, gone the next

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation