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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

Taveon Donte' Brooks

Basketball point guard, would-be rapper

Arthur Roger Holloway III

His obituary ran in two states

Darion Gordon

Sixteen years erased by one bullet

Carnandez A. Davis

New family never to be whole

Ramon Enriquez Barragan

Born, raised, died in Garden City

Brandon Nash Hammett

‘The music master’ killed before college

Vicente Valero III

He was a modern Renaissance man

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

James Claggion IV

Left hometown for fame in Atlanta

Beverly McBride

Purple hair, just like her dad

Zachary Mulford

Summer job turns into winter grief

Taylor Hayes

A star on her karaoke machine

Kaileigh Lin Collier

Was “more beautiful than she knew”

Robert Spencer Biggers Jr.

Local rapper who loved his familyi

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.

Bryan Portales Escalante

Phone, wallet, shoes and, life — gone

Montrell Anthony Mouzon

His dream of witnessing motocross shattered

Trevon Fareed Richardson

College, football, a scholarship. All lost.

Ricky Ryon Willis III

YouTuber was destined for great things