Derrick Ratcliff, age 27

Lost to gun violence on May 10, 2017 in Denver, Colorado.

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  • Nickname:
    19 chop
    2 The Yop
    4 Pop
    3 PoppaChoppa
    1 Choppywhoppy
    1 choppy pooh
    3 papa choppa
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    9 Great personality!!!
    10 Amazing young man
    5 hilarious
    6 Loving
    5 Kind Hearted
    4 Pure
    5 Protector
    3 God Fearing Man
    5 Special
    5 Loyal
    4 pure genuine, loving
    1 Courageous
    1 Exempillary
    2 Strong
    1 The Man We All Dreamed To BE
  • Occupation:
  • Workplace:
    4 ups
  • Schools attended:
    5 Smiley middle school
    4 Thomas Jefferson
  • Comments:
    6 love you chop. pray they are brought to justice. heaven haoned an angel. love you leesha
    2 Still hurts bro but all positivity an strength an All love to the lil ones K⭐️
    3 we are asking anyone with any information leading to his death to come forward
    3 I miss you my bro it still hurt and seems so surreal... Long Live A king my Gwalla brother
    5 Miss you Chop... Definitely a real one. Thanks for everything.
    5 I light a candle everyday for you Chop. It so fucked up they took you. Jealous pussies.
    4 Rise and Grind G
    3 You looked out for us when nobody else did. Thank you Chop
    2 Mannnnnn these past couple days remind me of the rise and grind.
    1 You A Real One Chop. Miss You Fella
    1 my gwalla whopper miss u bro
    1 almost a year still don't seem real
    1 but I just go down memory lane
    2 long live a soilder my brother chop
    4 I make sure to light a candle for you everyday Chop.
    2 miss you bro
    2 Sister Loves You
    3 Long live the Greatest Chop💙🖤💙🖤
    1 Long Live Poppa Choppa, We Love And Miss U Dwn Here
    2 Pops loves the chopper justice will be served
    2 My gwalla in real life, looking at these comments hurts my heart my bro
    4 I use to joke on how short u was..... never got to tell you how how big you reall wer, huge heart HB
    1 Words Can't Express So I Won't Try... Long Live A Long Ahead Of His Time
    2 i miss your smile and laugh in the barbershop, love you strong youngin
    1 It’s The Loss Of Your Presence
    2 miss you bro bro had to light another candle today
    1 😔😔😔
    1 rise and grind miss you bro
    2 RIH —-> Man Please Come Back Or Cone Get Me, Over Life P... Rest Easy...
    1 They take the good and leave the evil. Miss you cuz watch over us.
    1 Hurts still more and more..... I luv u miss u more then you knw🖤💔💙🖤💔💙
    1 Boi, IDK How Im Doin This Without You, But, Im Doin It.
    1 I Love You To Death
    1 And Miss You With Every Bone In My Body.
    1 Crazy How Its Almost Two Years My G And This
    1 Still Feel Like Yesterdays Worst NightMare.
    2 See You Soon P BET THAT
    1 I miss you soo much....😢💔😢💔😢💔
    1 Miss you bro had to stop by rest easy in heaven👼🏾🙏🏾
    1 I miss you more and more....💔😔💔😔💔😔💔
    1 Just Stoppin By To Say I Wish You Was Here My G. I Love You So Much
    1 They say it gets easier but I find it harder..I miss you soo much😭💔😭💔😭
    1 💔💔💔 harder and harder day by day.....💔💔💔
    1 😭😭💔💔
    1 Your Truly Missed EveryDay...
    1 I’m miss u bro today is august 25th 2020 and still miss my bro.....
    1 Happy Birthday 🎊🎂🎁🎉🎈 🥳🥳😘😘🥺🥺
    1 Happy 31st birthday bro love u rest easy
    1 Happy 31st birthday bro love you rest easy bro 🙏🏾🙏🏾✊🏾✊🏾🎉
    1 miss you bro bro iys been a crazy year in 2020 but if you was here you would've made the best of it.
    1 miss you bro bro had to stop by today 4/18/21
    1 My gwalla brother I miss you bro 4 years and still can’t believe it
    1 Miss you so much…. They say it get easier but not for me.😭😭💔💔😭😭
    1 happy birthday bro 10/9/21 we miss u down here boi and mis celebrating our bdays
    1 you would of been 32yrs old today and it's just like yesterday when we were grasshoppers
    1 Miss you more and more please keep watching over your boi….. 💔😔💔😔
    1 Miss you so much 😔💔😔💔
    1 its 2022 bro and we still missing you watch over us..love
    1 Miss you 💔😔
    2 love and miss you bro here in 2023
    2 Bro bro We still missing you in 2024 forever chop love you bro😓

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