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Noah Tremayne Bell

Age 16

University City, Missouri

He was helping his big brother

He was a sophomore football player who won’t get to play anymore. Who knows what his potential could have been?

He was with his brother and another man. The trio conspired to rob a woman’s estranged husband. As they confronted the man in his backyard, they learned the man had a gun.

He ran when shots rang out. Everyone got away unharmed, except him. Police discovered him wounded, lying near the edge of River Des Peres.

Noah Tremayne Bell died from a gunshot wound after an attempted home invasion in University City, Missouri, on November 4, 2018. He was 16 years old.

By SaMya Overall · Age 17
Meet the Reporters

More than 300 siblings

Yaleah Hall

Sister, daughter, dancer, since day one

Ramand Kassadine Davis

Happy in his SpongeBob SquarePants jammies

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.

Shondricka J'Nay Adams

Celebrating one night, gone the next

Ty'Dre Shyheim Hailey

She didn’t know it was real

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Izabella Marie Helem

Brother shoots his sister by accident

Peyton Nicole Hurt

Still helping others, even in death

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Rashaad Izil Wisher

One brother buried. Then another one.

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Lia Lin Collier

A light, “unrelenting joy” extinguished

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation

Jaquincy Jawan Ross

Wanted to buy her a scooter

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music