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Trevion Keshawn Veal

Age 16

El Paso, Texas

Basketball star. Son. Brother. Friend. Gone.

Dribble. Dribble. Dribble. The ball soars across the court … and score!  He was a star basketball player at Irvin High School.  

"He lived and breathed basketball," his obituary read. “All he ever talked about was being a star basketball player and we all believed in him to do great things with his life and make his dreams come true.” His great-grandmother Yzlen Briscker said he could be stubborn, "but he always respected his grandmother's wishes.”

Trevion Keshawn Veal, 16, was shot and killed on March 12, 2018, during a drug deal in El Paso, Texas.

By Megan Chen · Age 16
Meet the Reporters

More than 300 athletes

Elisha Amon Cole

Dreaming big, working on his portfolio

Taveon Donte' Brooks

Basketball point guard, would-be rapper

Natwan Kian Holyfield

Supposed to go to homecoming, prom

Orlando Myron Anderson Jr.

He was so full of life

Sharon Castro

She always helped those who struggled

Avi Liam Franco

He loved to learn and explore

Zyhame Kila Jones

An artist, basketball player and car-lover

Kendrick D. Davis

Not quite clear on his dreams

Lorenzo Moore-Vaughn

About to start his senior year

Jeremiah Ascencio

Last moments spent cradling his brother

Vicente Valero III

He was a modern Renaissance man

James Alexzander Shorter

He’ll never taste grandma’s cookies again

Jayden Fondeur

His older brother found him first

Jontae Billups-Brooks

An athlete and a music lover

Ray Glasgow III

Bench wears jersey instead of captain

Ra’Quan Darius Jones

Didn’t get to see his GED

Ta Quan Pinkney

Bright future; gone too soon

Ricky Lamar Green Jr.

His children never saw him box

Jovontia Antonio Jones

A runner grieved by seven siblings

Brandon Nathan Tyson

Friday night lights end in tragedy