DaShawn Martin, age 15

Lost to gun violence on June 26, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.

DaShawn was the youngest of Elizabeth Coats' three children.

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  • Nickname:
    2 lil d.
    2 big pp
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    4 always laughing
    4 nice kid
    3 Yesss 😭
    2 Wassup Ghee😭😭
  • Occupation:
    2 Comedian🚫🧢
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  • Schools attended:
    3 Marcus Garvey
    2 Shoop
  • Comments:
    2 This is sooooo 😦.. we are losing 2 many of our young kids.. Prayers go out 2 the fam..
    2 he told my son to always look after his sister ... he was a good kid
    3 I love you Deshawn I never felt no pain like this always and forever -Danielle
    2 i love you cuz everthing i do is for u now 💯🙏🏾
    2 love and miss you lil cuz tell my brother stephen i miss him
    2 dashawn im so sorry i feel bad why to young boys have to die
    2 Today is 4/19/18 Happy Birthday!

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