Lorenzo Nava, age 19

Lost to gun violence on October 8, 2017 in San Jose, California.

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  • Nickname:
    5 Renzo
    2 Curious George
    2 Monkey Boy
    3 Brother!!
    1 “L”
    2 M.B.
    1 Enzo
    1 "Smiley"
    1 My Shaggy Boy.
    1 Cousin 💔
  • Number of children:
    1 "Smiley"
    1 princess kitty❣️
  • Personality:
    3 Memorable
    1 Young
    1 Handsome 😎
    1 DowN to earth
    1 Respectful💯
    1 Loving 💔
    1 Loyal
    1 ONEOFAKIND
    2 Funny
  • Occupation:
    2 BARISTA
  • Workplace:
    3 STARBUCKS
  • Schools attended:
    1 The Academy
  • Comments:
    3 Be our angel and watch over your loved ones! I miss you baby boy//it aint the same w/o you cousin!
    2 Goodnight sweet boy <3 Sleep in peace Renzo... 2/11
    2 Lorenzo's World!
    2
    2 I LOVE YOU COUSIN ♡
    2 Let's keep your memory alive!
    2 *RENZOSWORLD*
    2 I LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK RENZO! 2/13/18
    2 it's been a long day... I love you baby boy!
    2 2/18/18 I miss you so much. The days just go on and on and my body remains numb.
    2 goodnight cousin!! xoxoxo
    2 Good afternoon Renzo... I'm thinking of you xoxo 2/21/18
    2
    2 I think of you EVERY DAY 😣💔
    2 2/24/18 I miss you to pieces cousin 😣💔
    2 Goooodnight baby boy! I love you to the moon and back cuzzo 🌌🚀🌙
    2 ❤💔🌙🚀
    3 I wish i would of talked to you instead of ignoring you..missing you everyday
    2 Good afternoon cousin! I miss you so much right meow!!!! love you 🌙🚀💔 2/26/18
    2 I miss you baby boy :-( my life will never be the same...💔
    2 2/27/18 I'll continue to honor you cousin! you will never be forgotten 💔
    2 good morning :-) may this day come ND go!!!! I love you cousin💔
    2 The day is coming to an end... I love you cousin 💔 3/1/18
    2 the countdown continues 😣😥3/3/18😢😭
    2 I love you to the moon and back! rest easy cousin, happy birthday!💔
    2 I gotta say, today was a good day! Aside from my just and pain, today was not so bad.
    2 goodnight cuzzo 3/9/18
    2 Hey there Renzo, I'm always thinking of you 👼💔 3/11/18
    2 3/12/18 💔
    2 I love you cousin 💔
    2 3/15/18 💔
    2 Goodnight Renzo :):) 3/18/2018 I love you cousin!!
    3 3/19 </3
    2 3/21 💔
    1 love you always your everwhere and your"office will always be YOUR "OFFICE"
    2 love u cuz
    2 Rest in Paradise primo
    3 I love you forever bro 🙏🏽 my brother for life
    2 I love you friend thank you for keeping me and your brother safe everyday
    2 WE FEEL YOU EVERYWHERE L
    3 thinking about you always. san jose isnt the same
    2 I hope you feel the love cousin! I love you Renzo 3/22 💔
    2 3/24/2018 I miss you!! my day wasn't the same :(
    2 Wish you were here my 18th birthdays coming up first year without you..
    2 and im almost done with high school im finally doing it hope your smiling from up above
    2 I love and miss you very much Lorenzo. I swear, there's never a day where I don't think about you💔
    2 Each day gets more difficult as every single moment continues to pass💔
    2 The pain continues to grow worse and worse, and, like a drug, my tolerance level keeps Rising💔
    3 But coping gets easier as I find ways to stay proactive and moving forward without you💔
    2 I will be, forever numb 💔
    2 😣😢😭😭 I love you cousin 3/27/2018 - Never will be the same💔
    3 Thinking of you everyday bro. You leave with and through me foreva. I love u lil bro 💯🙏🏽
    2 3/29 yet another day passes and here you are not 😭
    3 3/30 goodnight cousin/good morning!
    3 another day keeping your name alive. nothin but love brudda 🙏🏽
    2 lighting candles for you everyday 🤞🏽
    2 I love you cousin!!!!4/4/18
    2 Another day has come to an end :( I miss you cousin 💔😢
    2 These rainy days got me reminicing.
    2 Everyday I think of you in one way or another.... Love you cuzzin :( 4/8/2018
    2 aint no one understand me like u bru.. miss u foo 👿
    3 love u bro
    2 lighting candles on here for you daily 🕯
    2 another day, another lit candle for u my boy
    2 late nights up steady thinkin..
    3 a beautiful thought came to mind xoxo
    2 miss you baby boy :-) :-) 4/16
    2 i luv u playa. i do it all for you
    2 i know when i look up your looking down. love u L
    2 4/29 😧sorry I've been out of touch .... I miss you guys ❤💔💖
    2 I love you forever my friend! Thank you for always being you 💙
    2 5/2 💔
    2 you're memory lives on my friend 🥀💞
    3 Youre loved and missed everyday! please continue to watch over us. RIP! -Persephanie 💚
    2 beeen a couple days so it was only right to say i love u bro 🙏🏾
    2 5/16 I love you cousin 💔
    2 5/25 thinking of you at 4am cousin 💔
    2 i miss you more than ever bro
    2 💔5/28 missing you constantly :(:(
    2 I miss you brudda. foreva eva
    2 I love you mijo. My heart will never be the same
    3 I cry every day. I miss you baby.
    2 6/11 I miss you cousin 💔
    2 i miss you so much baby 😢💔
    2 6/15 💔
    2 I’m here everyday brotha 🖤
    2 6/30 missing you cousin :( 💔
    2 7/4 wish you were here cousin💔
    2 7/5 another day another candle 💔
    2 7/6 when you died I died all over again :/
    2 💔I can't sleep
    2 7/10 💔
    2 7/11 💔
    2 Love you Zoooo 💯
    2 8/19 💔😭 I miss you cousin :(
    2 Things starting to look up again. I know you looking down smiling. We love you foo
    2 there's never a day I don't think of you 💔8/24
    4 you have a new cousin!!!! Baby Archer will know his big cousin 💔8/25 I love you cousin :(
    3 I miss you cousin 💔 8/25
    2 everyday cousin 😭💔 8/31
    2 Love u brudda
    3 They got em Renzo!!!
    2 Paul Soulik and Artierey Sherry took your life! YOU were only a kid!
    2 Grown, but so young and full of life!
    2 my life ended when your heart beat stopped 💔
    2 9/6 💔
    2 Lorenzo ~ They got em!! You are so missed! Forever loving you since you were a little man!
    2 miss you cousin 💔9/10
    3 I know your proud when you look down. We’re on our way up bro. Love u Zo 🙌🏽🖤
    2 May Allah have mercy on your soul. rest in paradise
    2 i never met you but i knew the people who did this to you and im truly sorry
    2 02/13/19 inshallah your family will see you again.
    3 3 lives were not worth your 1 life! 3 people can be seen behind bars, but we have to die to see you!
    2 It is unfair. Life is unfair!
    2 2/16/2019 I miss you Lorenzo :(
    2 miss you cousin 💔 2/16/19
    2 im still here.. always will. i love u brotha 🤞🏽
    2 3/4/2018 another year you are gone :( another year I can't celebrate your birthday :(
    2 3/27/19 💔
    2 I miss you cousin 💔
    2 it's been a long several months 5/29/2019
    2 were always thinking of you. we love you brother.
    2 11/1/2019 💔
    2 i miss you cousin 💔 Happy Heavenly Birthday BabyBoy xoxoxo
    3 happy birthday my handaome! i love you so much❣️ missing ypu like crazy😫🥺😢
    2 3/8/20
    2 missing you so much baby 😢😢
    2 💔
    2 Rest in peace brother, so many places and things well never get to see or do...
    3 It saddens me that I type your name and I relive your death :(
    2 I think of you and I can't help but want to be with you guys 💔
    2 I love you cuzzin 💔
    2 6/19/2020
    2 I try to hide from all of the memories but I can't...
    2 I can't hold you 💔
    2 can't call you 💔
    2 can't talk about the future.
    2 shit I can't even talk about my past. no one shares the same memories 💔
    2 I just want my cousin 😭💔
    2 it's not fare 💔
    2 you're gone and it's not the same.
    2 I can't ever be happy because to me it's not fair.
    2 how can I enjoy something when I don't have you to enjoy it with?
    2 I can't enjoy anything because Its not fair that I'm here and you're not.
    2 any happy thought I have of you kills me inside.
    2 I just want my cousin back 😭💔
    2 you two were the only ones that kept me coming back 💔
    2 now that you're gone it will never be the same.
    2 I'm living with this anger and resentment and Idk how to change that.
    2 I feel like you were the glue that kept me connected.. now what? it's not the same.
    2 I can't just drive to the block and pick you up...
    2 💔 I just want to give up. Neither of you are in my life.... 💔
    2 I want my dad 😭 I want my cousins back. I want to be a part of your lives. how can I without you?
    2 When you died, so did I 💔
    2 I love you cuzzin🌹
    2 another day 6/25/2020💔
    2 6/27/2020 💔
    2 6/28 /2020 will never forget what I lost 💔 love you cuzzo
    3 miss my homie 💯 RIP Lorenzo. Bouta smoke some fire tree for u bro.
    2 ❤️ I miss you cousin xoxo
    2 Not a day goes by little love 1/12/2021 💔
    2 💔 6/17/2021
    3 Always thinking of you xoxo
    2 I miss you always :(
    2 today I'm thinking about you hardcore....
    2 7/18/2021 miss you every day xoxo 💔
    2 7/20/2021 not a day goes by where I don't miss you💔
    2 8/9/21 💔
    2 8/30/2022 miss you love bug 💕 💔
    2 You’ll always have a space in my heart
    2 I'm at a new low 💔 I miss you 🙏
    1 missing you like crazy cousin 💔
    1 💔💔💔💔💔
    1 Thinking of you my Angel 🕊️
    1 Miss you Monkey 🐒 🤗 😍😍
    1 I miss you 💔💔
    1 I remember when we'd mob downtown, always getting into sumfin
    1 crazy kid 💕
    1 How can I be happy if you're not here to share the happiness 😭
    1 It never gets easier
    1 I miss your laughter 💔
    1 a day of reminiscing 11/17/2022
    1 forever in my ❤️
    1 It’s hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember.
    1 gone but never forgotten
    1 I love you cousin💔
    2 i loveYou brother .. buh you already know that 🤍🌹
    1 I miss you cousin 💔 🙏🏼 4/20/2024

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