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Tidrekis Daquan Gary

Age 15

Greenwood, South Carolina

He didn’t finish his freshman year

His priorities included school, sports, and his family. At Emerald High School, he influenced classroom conversations and play on the fields. He had a large family, all living close and looking in on one another.

Tidrekis Daquan Gary, 15, did not finish his high school freshman year or his final conversation. He was shot by another teenager at the corner of his apartment complex in Greenwood, South Carolina on April 4, 2018, and died at a hospital.

By Nancy Bowne · Age 17
Meet the Reporters

More than 100 diligent students

Jon-Marvin Revels Jacobs

He was on his way home

Francisco Puentes

Mom never received the happy news

Martin Duque Anguiano

An ambitious, bright boy, senselessly killed

Telvin Goll

He wished for the American Dream

Kaileigh Lin Collier

Was “more beautiful than she knew”

Favian Isiah Carrillo Duran

Respectful, shy teen did grandma’s chores

NeQuacia Porsha Jacobs-Lewis

High school graduation, diploma, career — gone

Christopher Johnson

Making others better versions of themselves

Kevin Wilson Jr.

Star athlete with a bright future

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Amariah C. Emery

On her T-shirt, a peace sign

Jo'Markius Fuller

Never to wear grandma’s scarves again

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Jonathan David Freeman Jr.

Debated anything, from music to Deflategate

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.

Shondricka J'Nay Adams

Celebrating one night, gone the next

Xzariah Denecca Rice

Her father died in her arms

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation

Martez Christopher Wade

“He wasn’t a statistic,” said mom

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year