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Kevin Robinson

Age 15

Saint Louis, Missouri

To the future: Bigger. Better. Gone.

He was a high school student with a round face and black glasses. He had a 4-year-old sister. His mother had just gotten engaged one month before.  

He was a “respectable young man.” To others, “kind beyond compare.” His family was walking down a bright path: “To the future. Bigger. Better. Greater. 2018,” the engagement post read.

Kevin Robinson, 15, died on Feb. 22, 2018, alongside his mother in the hallway of his home in St. Louis, Missouri, shot with a 9mm gun by his mother’s fiance, who later shot himself. His sister was found upstairs, alone and physically unharmed, pretending to be asleep.

By Helen Tran · Age 16
Meet the Reporters

More than 300 siblings

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Ty'Dre Shyheim Hailey

She didn’t know it was real

Jaquincy Jawan Ross

Wanted to buy her a scooter

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Yaleah Hall

Sister, daughter, dancer, since day one

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation

Shondricka J'Nay Adams

Celebrating one night, gone the next

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Lia Lin Collier

A light, “unrelenting joy” extinguished

Izabella Marie Helem

Brother shoots his sister by accident

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.

Rashaad Izil Wisher

One brother buried. Then another one.

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Ramand Kassadine Davis

Happy in his SpongeBob SquarePants jammies

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Peyton Nicole Hurt

Still helping others, even in death