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Ruben Chairez Cisneros

Age 18

Stockton, California

Worked hard to make ends meet

If you ever met him, you would remember his beaming, genuine smile. If you became friends with him, he would stick by your side through thick and thin.

When he was younger, he joined Eastridge Little League, with his father as his baseball coach. Later, after graduating from Weston Ranch High School in 2017, he worked as an installer at Big Joe & Company.

Ruben Chairez Cisneros, 18, of Stockton, California, was found dead from gunshot wounds to the head and armpit in a BMW convertible on April 8, 2018, in a shopping center parking lot.

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More than 300 athletes

Avi Liam Franco

He loved to learn and explore

Taveon Donte' Brooks

Basketball point guard, would-be rapper

Zyhame Kila Jones

An artist, basketball player and car-lover

Vicente Valero III

He was a modern Renaissance man

Jovontia Antonio Jones

A runner grieved by seven siblings

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Ta Quan Pinkney

Bright future; gone too soon

Orlando Myron Anderson Jr.

He was so full of life

Ra’Quan Darius Jones

Didn’t get to see his GED

Ray Glasgow III

Bench wears jersey instead of captain

Natwan Kian Holyfield

Supposed to go to homecoming, prom

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Ricky Lamar Green Jr.

His children never saw him box

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Brandon Nathan Tyson

Friday night lights end in tragedy

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

James Alexzander Shorter

He’ll never taste grandma’s cookies again

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Sharon Castro

She always helped those who struggled

Kendrick D. Davis

Not quite clear on his dreams