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Kenneth Louis Lockett Veley

Age 16

Toledo, Ohio

Father’s determination couldn’t be son’s salvation

A traveler’s heart and a penchant for athletics propelled him on a 69-mile bike trip from his hometown to Sandusky, Ohio. He worked out at Glass City, the boxing gym nearby.

His mother affectionately called him and his friends the “Fat Albert Crew,” referencing their inseparability and the way they would ransack her kitchen. He was crazy about his sister.

Gunshots took the life of Kenneth Louis Lockett Veley, 16, on a Toledo, Ohio, driveway on June 11, 2018. Four years earlier, Kenneth’s father, Charles, had biked to Los Angeles to advocate for ending gun violence in honor of a man his other son had killed.

By Scarlett Liriano Cepin · Age 19
Meet the Reporters

More than 300 athletes

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Taveon Donte' Brooks

Basketball point guard, would-be rapper

Natwan Kian Holyfield

Supposed to go to homecoming, prom

Orlando Myron Anderson Jr.

He was so full of life

Sharon Castro

She always helped those who struggled

Avi Liam Franco

He loved to learn and explore

Zyhame Kila Jones

An artist, basketball player and car-lover

Kendrick D. Davis

Not quite clear on his dreams

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Vicente Valero III

He was a modern Renaissance man

James Alexzander Shorter

He’ll never taste grandma’s cookies again

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Ray Glasgow III

Bench wears jersey instead of captain

Ra’Quan Darius Jones

Didn’t get to see his GED

Ta Quan Pinkney

Bright future; gone too soon

Ricky Lamar Green Jr.

His children never saw him box

Jovontia Antonio Jones

A runner grieved by seven siblings

Brandon Nathan Tyson

Friday night lights end in tragedy