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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.

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Moltere Charles Jr.

#TGFAD — Thank God for another day

Saniyah Monee Nicholson

Funny faces and pigtails no longer

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“Baba stay woke...Baba stay woke!”

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Intelligent and playful, beloved by buddies

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Shot while walking down the street

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A family visit. He never left.

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He was beloved at his school

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A survivor, full of heart. Gone.