Link shared

Kyle Storm Lee

Age 16

Marion, North Carolina

A music fan, boyfriend, community volunteer

He had a girlfriend, with whom he was expecting to have a child within the next year. He enjoyed music and singing.

When he wasn’t spending time with his family, he volunteered at Veterans Restoration Quarters in Asheville. He had a brother, Darren, and sister, Jordan. His mother and father were named Tiffany and Matt.

At a sleepover at a friend’s home in Marion, North Carolina, Kyle Storm Lee accidentally shot and killed himself with the homeowners’ gun on July 27, 2018. He was 16.

By Rebecca Brady · Age 18
Meet the Reporters

More than 80 musicians

Ke’Andre Johnson

Cut off after only one verse

Bryan Portales Escalante

Phone, wallet, shoes and, life — gone

Taveon Donte' Brooks

Basketball point guard, would-be rapper

Arthur Roger Holloway III

His obituary ran in two states

Ramon Enriquez Barragan

Born, raised, died in Garden City

Zachary Mulford

Summer job turns into winter grief

Trevon Fareed Richardson

College, football, a scholarship. All lost.

Carnandez A. Davis

New family never to be whole

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.

Brandon Nash Hammett

‘The music master’ killed before college

Taylor Hayes

A star on her karaoke machine

Darion Gordon

Sixteen years erased by one bullet

Beverly McBride

Purple hair, just like her dad

Robert Spencer Biggers Jr.

Local rapper who loved his familyi

Montrell Anthony Mouzon

His dream of witnessing motocross shattered

Ricky Ryon Willis III

YouTuber was destined for great things

Kaileigh Lin Collier

Was “more beautiful than she knew”

James Claggion IV

Left hometown for fame in Atlanta

Vicente Valero III

He was a modern Renaissance man