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Lamitrias White

Age 16

Toledo, Ohio

Always helping neighbors with their errands

“He’s walked that neighborhood all his life,” his aunt said.

The Toledo, Ohio, native was a good, sweet, goofy kid. He always wanted to help out around the neighborhood with errands. A 16-year-old student, he was a handyman at Waite High School, where his favorite class was woodworking. His aunt said he would often volunteer to do yard work.

On July 23, 2018, neighbors saw Lamitrias “Little Man” White shot on his front porch, yelling for help. He was taken to St. Vincent Medical Center and died from head and chest gunshot wounds.

By Nancy Bowne · Age 17
Meet the Reporters

More than 100 jokesters

Natwan Kian Holyfield

Supposed to go to homecoming, prom

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Ryan J. Dillon

A playful boy, stopped by bullets

Jonathan David Freeman Jr.

Debated anything, from music to Deflategate

Bryan Portales Escalante

Phone, wallet, shoes and, life — gone

Matthew James Jurado

Challenging student had a compassionate heart

Manuel Lopez Jr.

High school senior set to graduate

Will Earl Davis Jr.

The rising senior was always smiling

Steven Alexander Jr.

He missed his first Father’s Day

Deandre Moon

Overnight tragedy for a basketball fan

Eric Xavier Degori

His jokes could make anyone laugh

Eddie Daiquan Grant

A devoted boyfriend and rap fan

Jayvone J. Shackelford-Bishop

Friends together like Lilo & Stitch

Edgar Alan Espino

Jokester loved to make people laugh

Daron Johnson

He went to celebrate another’s life

Darion Gordon

Sixteen years erased by one bullet

Amauri Green

Died while fixing a flat tire

Terale Claridy-Vaught

‘Solid’ friend barely gets to adulthood

Robert Carranza

He liked to post song lyrics

Kaiden Vague

Sixteenth birthday. Golden birthday. Last birthday.