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Tommy Leigh Thompson

Age 15

Tulsa, Oklahoma

They all cried outside Tommy’s apartment

They called him Tommy Tom. He was an older brother. He would’ve graduated from high school a year early.

His sister, Monica Wallace, said he wanted to make his family happy. Friends and family described him as funny and caring. He could have become anything he wanted to. His future was bright, and he was going to make his family proud.

Tommy Leigh Thompson, 15, was shot and killed at the Apache Manor Apartments in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on March 8, 2018. His entire community was overwhelmed with grief.

By Sokhna Fall · Age 17
Meet the Reporters

More than 300 siblings

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Ty'Dre Shyheim Hailey

She didn’t know it was real

Jaquincy Jawan Ross

Wanted to buy her a scooter

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Yaleah Hall

Sister, daughter, dancer, since day one

Rashaad Izil Wisher

One brother buried. Then another one.

Lia Lin Collier

A light, “unrelenting joy” extinguished

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Izabella Marie Helem

Brother shoots his sister by accident

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.

Ramand Kassadine Davis

Happy in his SpongeBob SquarePants jammies

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Shondricka J'Nay Adams

Celebrating one night, gone the next

Peyton Nicole Hurt

Still helping others, even in death

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.