Every day in the U.S. about 89 people are shot dead in one way or another.
At GunMemorial.org we try to post pages for all of these people
even though the circumstances of their deaths can be drastically different.
Ricky Whidden, age 46
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Fatally shot on December 31, 2016 in Loxahatchee, Florida.
Photo sources:
News sources:
- palmbeachpost: PBSO ID's Loxahatchee man fatally shot by deputy
- WPEC: PBSO deputy shoots, kills man threatening family with knife
- Gun Violence Archive
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Ask your friends to light a candle or come back tomorrow to light another candle for Ricky.
about losing someone to gun violence:
- Social media notifications of a deceased loved one
- Why did my son died on my birthday
- Am I crazy? Or do others do the same?
- I try to be as "normal" as possible for the people around me but inside it feels so empty and like my soul died with my son. I'm so incomplete that I literally get lost in the darkness and pain sometimes
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