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Londyn Faith Strawn

Age 6

Valrico, Florida

Gymnast, artist, proud owner of Buttercup

She was imaginative, smart and funny, a trait she shared with her mother.

She attended first grade at Valrico Elementary School, where her grandfather, “the nice policeman,” was hired as part of a program to boost security at schools after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in February 2018. She lived in a condo behind her friend, sharing sleepovers and trips to the mall. She was a gymnast, artist, and proud mom of her new puppy, Buttercup. 

Six-year-old Londyn Faith Strawn’s grandfather shot her to death along with her mother and grandmother on Dec. 19, 2018, in Hillsborough County, Florida. He  later committed suicide

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