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Regan Nicole Pfaff

Age 16

Conroe, Texas

She had been taking a selfie

She admitted to not really using Twitter, but she did share a puppy-faced selfie on her 14th birthday. Before the photo, she retweeted a cryptic message about the futility of life.

Her uncle James described her as a stellar student who excelled during her time at Montgomery High School, which she attended while living with her grandfather. Her father had moved to Alaska, and sought financial help in July to return to Texas for her funeral.

Regan Nicole Pfaff, 16, died from being accidentally shot in the head on July 24, 2018 while taking selfies in an apartment complex in Conroe, Texas.

By Auhjanae McGee · Age 17
Meet the Reporters

More than 100 diligent students

Jon-Marvin Revels Jacobs

He was on his way home

Telvin Goll

He wished for the American Dream

Jonathan David Freeman Jr.

Debated anything, from music to Deflategate

Kaileigh Lin Collier

Was “more beautiful than she knew”

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

NeQuacia Porsha Jacobs-Lewis

High school graduation, diploma, career — gone

Christopher Johnson

Making others better versions of themselves

Amariah C. Emery

On her T-shirt, a peace sign

Martin Duque Anguiano

An ambitious, bright boy, senselessly killed

Francisco Puentes

Mom never received the happy news

Xzariah Denecca Rice

Her father died in her arms

Favian Isiah Carrillo Duran

Respectful, shy teen did grandma’s chores

Shondricka J'Nay Adams

Celebrating one night, gone the next

Martez Christopher Wade

“He wasn’t a statistic,” said mom

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Kevin Wilson Jr.

Star athlete with a bright future

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Jo'Markius Fuller

Never to wear grandma’s scarves again