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Rene Betancourt

Age 18

Scottdale, Georgia

A good guy, headed toward home

He was headed home when he stopped at the Oak Forest Apartments in Scottdale, Georgia.

A recent high school graduate, he was described as a good guy. According to a friend, there was an argument in the parking lot at Oak Forest over a cellphone.

Rene Betancourt, 18, was shot in the face on Nov. 28, 2018, and rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital, where he died. The memorial on his mother’s Facebook page includes angels, white roses and candles. “It happens out here,” his friend said. “But it’s sad that it has to happen to the people that we care about.”

By Moriah Lotsoff · Age 14
Meet the Reporters

More than 200 friends

Saniyah Monee Nicholson

Funny faces and pigtails no longer

Tyrese A. Jones

He was beloved at his school

Unknown

Shot while walking down the street

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Kameron Porter

Domestic violence ends a stepson’s life

Jacob Matthew Edwards

A survivor, full of heart. Gone.

Corey Donald II

He had just started barber school

Floyd Chianti Davenport IV

“Baba stay woke...Baba stay woke!”

Kelvion’te A. Trammell

Engine still running, no life left

Clinton Howell

A daily trip that turned deadly

Jayvone J. Shackelford-Bishop

Friends together like Lilo & Stitch

Joel Keshon Green

An interrupted trail of Facebook photos

Fernando Perez

“What is it going to take?”

Delametric Djuan Fairley

Never got to make travel plans

Moltere Charles Jr.

#TGFAD — Thank God for another day

Oliver Santos

Big smile stolen on Saturday night

Darryl Lamar Johnson

A family visit. He never left.

Xavier Montrail Thomas

Candles flicker against darkness for Zay

Samuel Ozuna

Always respectful, loved by his friends

Romane D. Taylor Jr.

Intelligent and playful, beloved by buddies