John Bennett Jr, age 15

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Lost to gun violence on June 15, 2016 in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

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  • Nickname:
    22 Duke
    3 John John
    4 lil john
    1 baby boy
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  • Number of children:
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  • Personality:
    12 Nice
    8 Optimistic
    10 "Funny" "sweet" "charmer"
    7 Brave
    1 kind hearted
    2 big brother
    1 pasoinate
    1 loving and kind
    1 big dreamer
    1 smart
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  • Occupation:
    9 brother
    1 newspaper boy
    1 loving always making sure that the next person was good💯
    1 son
    1 Big cousin/ big brother
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  • Schools attended:
    6 South Side High School
    1 New Haven High School
    1 harding middle school
    2 miami middle school
    1 paul Harding
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  • Comments:
    4 love and miss you!
    3 Forever Your World Baby Boy . You'll Be Missed
    2 LLJ i love you brother C/O2019👨🏽‍🎓👩🏽‍🎓
    2 I Love And Miss You ❤️
    2 We Love You Duke Watch Over Us .
    2 i miss you baby boy your all i think about forever jb
    2 i miss you baby boy life isnt the same without you. You are forever in my heart
    1 i think about you everyday ill come visit your grave soon baby boy
    1 i visted you john i miss you
    2 I looked up to you boil love - sumo
    1 fly high i will forever love you
    2 i will forever miss my boy love- rell
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