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Justin Leynn Rodman

Age 18

Kendallville, Indiana

After, he collapsed in the doorway

He was an 18-year-old who loved the Dallas Cowboys. He was between homes, having just moved out of his parents’ house.

One Wednesday, he was in an apartment in Kendallville, Indiana, on Sargent Street. Someone there picked up a loaded handgun. It discharged.

Justin Leynn Rodman was shot in the torso on Nov. 14, 2018, at around 1:20 p.m. Police found him at the bottom of a staircase, after he collapsed in the entryway. Emergency responders attempted for 30 minutes to revive him before he was pronounced dead.

By Willow Taylor Chiang Yang · Age 16
Meet the Reporters

More than 200 friends

Jacob Matthew Edwards

A survivor, full of heart. Gone.

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Shot while walking down the street

Tyrese A. Jones

He was beloved at his school

Darryl Lamar Johnson

A family visit. He never left.

Kameron Porter

Domestic violence ends a stepson’s life

Joel Keshon Green

An interrupted trail of Facebook photos

Kelvion’te A. Trammell

Engine still running, no life left

Floyd Chianti Davenport IV

“Baba stay woke...Baba stay woke!”

Fernando Perez

“What is it going to take?”

Corey Donald II

He had just started barber school

Clinton Howell

A daily trip that turned deadly

Oliver Santos

Big smile stolen on Saturday night

Delametric Djuan Fairley

Never got to make travel plans

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Xavier Montrail Thomas

Candles flicker against darkness for Zay

Jayvone J. Shackelford-Bishop

Friends together like Lilo & Stitch

Romane D. Taylor Jr.

Intelligent and playful, beloved by buddies

Samuel Ozuna

Always respectful, loved by his friends

Moltere Charles Jr.

#TGFAD — Thank God for another day

Saniyah Monee Nicholson

Funny faces and pigtails no longer