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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

Elijah Foster

Dope Boy Gang. One less member.

Caydence Nicole Painter

Reading, dancing, playing. Siblings shot together.

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Rashaad Izil Wisher

One brother buried. Then another one.

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Peyton Nicole Hurt

Still helping others, even in death

Ramand Kassadine Davis

Happy in his SpongeBob SquarePants jammies

Ryan Amadeo Dela Cruz

Gone, two weeks shy of graduation

Yaleah Hall

Sister, daughter, dancer, since day one

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Lia Lin Collier

A light, “unrelenting joy” extinguished

Jaquincy Jawan Ross

Wanted to buy her a scooter

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Kameron Johnson

He dreamed of college and cars

Rashiya Melton

Joins brother, leaves behind her twin

Raydale Hill

Can no longer create his music

Ty'Dre Shyheim Hailey

She didn’t know it was real

Shondricka J'Nay Adams

Celebrating one night, gone the next

Izabella Marie Helem

Brother shoots his sister by accident