Corey Elder, age 19

Lost to gun violence on April 27, 2017 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Photo sources:

News sources:

1069 candles have been lit for Corey.
Light a candle for Corey.

The people with the most candles in the past 24 hours are featured on our homepage.

Ask your friends to light a candle or come back tomorrow to light another candle for Corey.

You can add to Corey's profile:

  • Nickname:
    2 Core core 🤘🏽
    1 CoCo
    2 CPrez
    1 corey core
    1 booby
    1 CoreyTheVistor
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    18 Real
    5 friendly
    4 kind
    5 caring
    2 hard working
    3 passionate
    4 loving
    3 respectful
    1 amazing
    2 Humble
    3 thinker
  • Occupation:
    9 Rapper
    1 producer
    2 artist
    4 TrendSetter🤘🏽
    1 Thrift shopper
  • Workplace:
    1 Walgreens
    1 Perkins🍔
    1 Arc's Value Village
  • Schools attended:
    5 Thomas Jefferson High School
    1 Olson middle school
    1 Seven Hills
    1 kindercare learning center
    1 Poplar Bridge
  • Comments:
    3 beloved son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin, friend
    5 I miss you so much, Pookie 💔
    5 I Miss You BabyBrother👼🏽💕😔
    1 I miss you Corey Preston. More than you know.
    1 Love you Cor Cors
    1 miss you Corey badorey, love your God mom
    2 i miss you and love you corey core
    2 your absence leaves a huge hole in my heart
    1 Denise Jones, RIH Corey❤️💙🙏🏾😘
    1 lots of love for you Corey
    1 my appreciation of ur visit to me goes beyond infinite. i love and miss you so much. <\3 Paige
    1 dont be too far out of my reach please, i need u
    1 losing u was my biggest fear, remember?
    1 i really really really hope you're happy and at peace
    2 not a day goes by that i dont think of you. ❤️mom
    1 booby i miss you they didnt have to take you so soon or traumatize me my life will never be same
    1 you were the realest person ive ever met
    2 RIH COREY 🙏🏾☝🏾🙏🏾
    1 I Love you Twin 💔 Beyond words can Explain ☝🏽💯
    1 I’ll make sure your name lives on forever 🤞🏽❤️ - Twin Hailie 💯
    1 YOUR NEPHEW GONE LOVE YOU FOREVER ❤️☝🏽
    1 I love you so much, cor. I think of you every single day.
    1 ive been thinking about you a lot lately. happy 26th birthday corey 🥀

Other nearby fatal shootings: