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Juwan-Howard Smith

Age 16

Indianapolis, Indiana

Killed on the first day of fall break

His caramel eyes were his striking features. His contagious smile and laugh warmed everything and everyone around him.

To his teachers at Southport High School, he was a good student and athlete. To his family, he was a protective brother to his three siblings.

On the evening of Oct. 8, 2018, a medic found him and rushed him to St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital in Indianapolis. Juwan-Howard Smith, 16, was shot in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 900 block of Lake Nora Court South. Fall break had just begun. He would never make it back to school.

By Winnie Mai · 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.