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Raequan Nicholas Haywood

Age 18

West Palm Beach, Florida

A ladies’ man and a gentleman

He was a ladies’ man and a gentleman. He was 18, the time many young adults go off to college.

Known as “Nugi,” he lived in West Palm Beach, Florida. He had always been a good son, helping carry bags home. When he was young, he wanted to play football despite having hemophilia, a rare blood disease.

Raequan Nicholas Haywood, 18, was shot and killed on Sept. 2, 2018, in West Palm Beach, Florida. His childhood friend Davion Crometie planned to be a pallbearer at his funeral. But four days after Haywood died, Crometie was shot to death, too.

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Meet the Reporters

More than 300 athletes

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Sharon Castro

She always helped those who struggled

Ra’Quan Darius Jones

Didn’t get to see his GED

Avi Liam Franco

He loved to learn and explore

Taveon Donte' Brooks

Basketball point guard, would-be rapper

Jovontia Antonio Jones

A runner grieved by seven siblings

Vicente Valero III

He was a modern Renaissance man

Ricky Lamar Green Jr.

His children never saw him box

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Kendrick D. Davis

Not quite clear on his dreams

Ta Quan Pinkney

Bright future; gone too soon

Orlando Myron Anderson Jr.

He was so full of life

Zyhame Kila Jones

An artist, basketball player and car-lover

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Natwan Kian Holyfield

Supposed to go to homecoming, prom

James Alexzander Shorter

He’ll never taste grandma’s cookies again

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Brandon Nathan Tyson

Friday night lights end in tragedy

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Ray Glasgow III

Bench wears jersey instead of captain