Phillip Arnold Jr, age 21

Lost to gun violence on July 7, 2024 in Detroit, Michigan.

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  • Nickname:
    27 Nephew
    31 Lil Cuz
    18 My Sun
    7 Big cuz💙
  • Number of children:
  • Personality:
    44 The Reelest
    43 Cool Kid
    37 Kind
    34 Everything - So full of Life!
    17 dance machine
  • Occupation:
    41 Being My First Born Sun
    6 Owner and Operator @ PlugNem Resells
  • Workplace:
    38 My Heart
  • Schools attended:
    15 Chandler Park Academy
  • Comments:
    22 I just don't understand how this happened to My Baby. Our family has been ripped apart!
    21 They took My First Born Sun away from us!
    21 We love you forever Phil! 💙
    7 we love u cuz
    5 we miss you and love you always...Grayton Kids
    12 fly high young King 🙏🏽 continue to watch over your family 💙💙💙💙
    7 Longlive you cuzo #BP 🦾🖤🫡
    12 I LOVE AND MISS YOU SO MUCH 💙🎣🎣
    4 Miss you Phil
    10 We miss you and Love you 💙💙
    7 ALWAYS PRAYING FOR MY CUZIN
    6 Miss You Phil. Such an amazing kid.
    8 We miss you so bad Phil! 💙😇
    4 We miss you so much Phil
    4 miss you so much 💔😪
    5 i miss you everyday phillip💔💔
    5 LLP💙🦋
    6 I wish you were here to celebrate your 22nd Reel Day.
    7 I miss you so much Sun; I'd give anything to have you back. 🥺
    7 I just don't know what to do Sun; this has been the hardest 4 months of my life! 😭
    7 Please come home Sun, PLEASE! This can't be real! 😢💔
    3 LIL CUZ
    5 Happy Heavely Birthday Phil
    7 I'm not okay Sun, I can't live in a world without you in it. 🥺
    7 Never imagined I'd have to start a new year without you. 🥺
    7 I love and miss you so much Sun. 💙💔
    5 i miss you so much phillip you forever in my heart dude😓💔
    7 Things will never be the same. There's no happiness without you Sun. 🥺
    3 I just keep hearing the doctor's voice; saying, you didn't make it... 😭
    4 It just doesn't seem real; it can't be real! 💔 Please Phil, please!
    4 I'm still waiting on you to come home Poo. 😔
    5 this feels so surreal that this happened to you Phil💔
    6 you, me, and Jalen were the only 2012 survivors and now you’re not here anymore💔💔💔
    3 I still can't understand how this happened to you. We miss you so much Poo. I need you back!
    4 i love you brother forever and always thinking about you 🥹🩵
    5 #BP
    2 I just need you back Sun. It hasn't got any easier 😔
    2 I can't live in a world without you in it. Happiness no longer exists... 💔
    2 Phil, you are the best Sun any parent could ever ask for 💙 & I miss Everything about you.
    2 I miss you 😞
    2 miss you Phil
    2 More then a year later and I'm still waiting for You to come home. Nothing seems real anymore...
    1 I could care less about Thanksgiving. I miss You so much, I'm not thankful for anything!
    1 I just need you to come home Sun, please! 😭
    1 There's nothing happy about this new year! I wish You were here Sun! 💔
    1 The fact that you still haven't came home is throwing me off. It's not getting easier Poo. 😢
    2 Isaiah 57:1-2 Luke 23:43. I love and miss you sm Phil. I will see you in Paradise 🥺
    1 I miss You so much Sun 💔
    1 i love you brother forever & always

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