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Phillip Isaiah Bernal

Age 12

Jacinto City, Texas

His step-father had a dark secret

He was a seventh-grader at Wunderlich Intermediate middle school. He loved being outdoors and he especially loved reading about history. He was always learning. He was playing with his half-sister when her dad came home.

The father had a felony warrant out for his arrest. He had a gun.

Phillip Isaiah Bernal and his half-sister, Sarah Nicole Wolfe, were shot and killed by Sarah’s father in Jacinto City, Texas, on July 12, 2018. He was 12 years old.

By Baptiste Eaves · Age 16
Meet the Reporters

More than 300 siblings

Peyton Nicole Hurt

Still helping others, even in death

Yaleah Hall

Sister, daughter, dancer, since day one

Shondricka J'Nay Adams

Celebrating one night, gone the next

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Ty'Dre Shyheim Hailey

She didn’t know it was real

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Lia Lin Collier

A light, “unrelenting joy” extinguished

Jaquincy Jawan Ross

Wanted to buy her a scooter

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.

Ramand Kassadine Davis

Happy in his SpongeBob SquarePants jammies

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Rashaad Izil Wisher

One brother buried. Then another one.

Izabella Marie Helem

Brother shoots his sister by accident

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars