William Brandon Smith, age 19

Lost to gun violence on February 26, 2022 in San Bernardino, California.

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  • Nickname:
    2 🕊️L.o.E Will 🕊️
    3 Yum
    3 pumpkin
    2 pillam
    3 Love bug
    2 Pookie
    1 My monkey
    1 Tweety and Gloria
    1 Bigbancg33zy
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  • Personality:
    3 funny
    1 Goofy
    1 talent
    3 handsome
    1 Energetic
    2 Musically inclined
    5 Lovable
    3 Caring
    1 Smart
    1 Best son in the world
    1 Charismatic
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  • Comments:
    15 My baby boy I love you so much son 💔 life is not the same without you.
    6 I just lit a candle on behalf of my Sun Isiah T Davis, sorry for your loss
    4 I miss you, Pumpkin 🎃. Still can’t believe this 💔❤️‍🩹
    7 Love you forever my Love bug, your Granny ❤️
    5 We love you William, im sorry someone did this to you
    3 rest with the angels cuzn...We love you this is unbelievable
    2 i love you and im akways thinking about you❤️ Love "lil yea" lol Tatii💕
    3 Today wasn't a good day for me. I will always speak your name
    3 I just miss you son. Not a day goes by that i dont think of you💔
    2 Out on the road thinking about the adventure we had when you went out with me. I miss you Pumpkin
    3 I love you my Lovebug, you're in my thoughts every day....❤️
    3 William we miss you so much not a day goes by I dont think of or talk about you
    2 Each day that passes i haye it knowing whoever did this to you still walking around
    1 I've been thinking about you hard today son. Coming up on 3 months with out you 💔
    1 I love you William. You are and forever be my first love son.
    1 I can't believe you're not here anymore. I still cry almost everyday that I'm not with you
    1 I want to be with you son. Life would be so much easier if I was in heaven with you.
    2 I ask GOD everyday why he took you and not me. You deserve to be here son not me
    1 my mf cussin I love u 🙀🕊️🙀
    1 Today makes 3 months without you 💔 I couldn't stop thinking about you today.
    1 Your memory still lives on. I just wish you were here with me son ☹️🥺
    1 A memory came up the other day on FB with you. I swear not a dau goes by I think of you
    1 🎃🎃🎃🎃
    1 💔💔
    1 I miss you son. Today is June 1st, starting another month with out you 🥺💔
    1 Oh how i miss your smile. It definitely lit up a room!
    2 Come Bak Home 🥺 I no ur here
    2 cuzzin we miss u n love u 🥺
    2 I should of went I would of took dat bullet 4 u 🥺
    2 mmm men 🥺
    2 things ain't da same ppl dieing left n right 🥺
    1 I love you. These last few days have been hard.
    1 The person who took you where you passed gets to celebrate a bday this month
    1 This hurts so much, I just want you here with me. I'll give anything for you to be here
    1 I hope everybody involved lives a miserable rest of the life the universe gives
    2 Just thinking about you 🎃
    2 Today makes 4 months with out you son.
    1 It’s 6 mins til your birthday son. Happy heavenly birthday son 20 would of looked good on you
    1 Just be with me tomorrow son.. I have to work but I’ll be thinking about you all day.
    1 I had a dream that you held my hand and said you loved me
    1 And you wasn’t never going anywhere
    1 I wish you were here with me. I’m lost and out my Mind without you
    1 Happy Birthday son 🎉🎊🎁
    2 Happy C Day 🥺
    3 Happy Cday William, you should be here. I'm sorry they took you smh
    2 William Brandon, I keep wishing I’ll wake up and you be right by my side. Miss you sooo much son.
    3 I hate coming to this page so I haven’t came on here in a while. I’m always thinking of you.
    2 I’m having a hard day today. I just realized today makes 5 months you’ve been gone.
    2 imu boy we need answer y n who I know 1 day ull tell us we love u n always will
    1 I love you soooo much son. My heart is broken. I will ever recover from this loss
    6 sending love from Isiah T Davis
    1 Almost 6 months without you……💔💔💔
    1 I can’t wait to be with you…..
    3 I wake up everyday and cry for you. I’m not ok. As much as I pretend to be ok I’m not.
    3 Almost 7 months without my son. This shit hurts everyday William
    2 I hate that you’re not here son…..
    2 we now have justice
    2 The suspect has been arrested! Let’s just hope the system doesn’t fail you son.
    3 today we see wat justice brings us n u Cussin 💔🥺💔
    3 I love you cousin. You’re forever in my heart and on my mind.
    1 I love you William Brandon. I miss you so much son
    1 I wish it was me in your place. You deserved to live more than 19 years
    1 I know you would’ve done great things. I’ll be so happy when this person gets sentenced
    1 It doesn’t bring you back but at least the person who done this will never see outside a jail again.
    4 I just lit another candle on behalf of my Sun Isiah T Davis
    1 I love you son 💔 9 months without you. My heart can’t handle this anymore
    3 Haven’t been on here in a while. But I love you son and I miss you more than anything in this world
    7 It’s officially been a year. I hate it here son, I hope you’re resting easy 🥺💔🕊️
    5 I hate that you’re even featured on here son
    5 I will never understand why your time here was so short.
    5 Why would you take away the only thing that meant something to me
    1 Today was another court date. Justice will come for you soon enough William.
    1 I love you son. I just wish I could tell you that to your face.
    1 Coming up on your birthday….today is June 1st smh I really miss you son
    2 happy birthday cuzzin men dis hurts bad cause I wanted to see you grow 🥺 RiP
    2 I love u we love u fly high n bright🕊️✨🕊️
    1 July 18. It’s been 1 year and 4 1/2 months since you’ve been gone
    1 I still can’t process you being gone. Still a struggle everyday
    1 I love you William Brandon
    2 we all love u n miss u 🕊️💕🕊️
    1 October is here, I miss you more than ever. Not a day goes by that you don’t cross my mind
    1 I love you son. Happy new year. It’s 2024 now
    1 Today makes 2 years…😢
    2 Welp the justice system failed you. He can’t outrun karma though smh
    1 imu William 💗 n ilu cussin 💗🌸💗
    1 Missing you son more than you could ever fathom. It’s almost your bday 💔💔
    2 💔💔💔- broken hearted mom
    1 It’s October 2024 I miss you more than ever. Coming up on 3years smh
    2 the justice system failed Destinee for sure

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