Demetrius Wall-Neal, age 9
Lost to gun violence on December 7, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio.
Photo sources:
- NBC4 WCMH-TV: Police receiving tips in triple homicide
- WSYX: Canal Winchester grieving 3 homicide victims, including two school-age kids
- The Columbus Dispatch: Grandmother of young homicide victims: 'They didn’t have to kill those babies.'
- Contributed photo
News sources:
- NBC4 WCMH-TV: One year later, still no arrests in Kodiak Drive killing of two children
- Dec 12: The Columbus Dispatch: Mothers of Murdered Columbus Children host vigil for children killed in triple homicide
- Mar 15: The Columbus Dispatch: Theodore Decker: Are we no longer shocked by the murder of innocent children?
- WSYX: Deadly triple shooting was "targeted assassination," Columbus Police investigator says
- WSYX: Police: 6-year-old girl, 9-year-old boy, and man killed in southeast Columbus shooting
- Police Media Releases
- dayton-daily-news: Man, 2 children killed in shooting in apartment parking lot
- NBC4 WCMH-TV: Police identify 2 children, man killed in southeast Columbus shooting
- WLWT: Police: 3 dead, including 2 children, in Columbus shooting
- Gun Violence Archive
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