Rynell Alexander
Age 16
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
He loved to work with wood
He trained and rode horses on his grandmother’s farm. An athlete, he played baseball and football. His family said he made furniture and was becoming a skilled woodworker.
One night, while his mother thought he was safe in his bed at home, he went to an abandoned house in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with another teenager. Sheriff’s detectives said they were there for a drug deal.
He never made it out of the car. Rynell Alexander was shot and killed by another boy at approximately 1 a.m. on May 23, 2018. Both he and the suspect were 16 years old.
