Sheila Lorta, age 16

Lost to gun violence on September 30, 1992 in Paramount, California.

Photo sources:

• Newspapers.com: A Cheerleader Dies (Sheila Lorta 1992) - Newspapers.com
• Newspapers.com: Gangs Send a School Back Into Mourning (Sheila Lorta 1992) part 1 - Newspapers.com
• Newspapers.com: "It's the Worst Pain" (Ryan Brown, Sheila Lorta, Michael Ensley 1993) part 1 - Newspapers.com
• Newspapers.com: GRIEF / "It's the Worst Pain" (Ryan Brown, Sheila Lorta, Michael Ensley 1993) part 2 - Newspapers.com

News sources:

• Newspapers.com: "It's the Worst Pain" (Ryan Brown, Sheila Lorta, Michael Ensley 1993) part 1 - Newspapers.com
• Newspapers.com: GRIEF / "It's the Worst Pain" (Ryan Brown, Sheila Lorta, Michael Ensley 1993) part 2 - Newspapers.com
• Newspapers.com: Gangs Send a School Back Into Mourning (Sheila Lorta 1992) part 1 - Newspapers.com
• Newspapers.com: Shooting: Cheerleader Dies of Gunshot Wound (Sheila Lorta 1992) / Gangs Send School... part 2 - Newspapers.com
• Newspapers.com: Cheerleader slain in drive-by buried (Sheila Lorta 1992) - Newspapers.com
• Newspapers.com: A Cheerleader Dies (Sheila Lorta 1992) - Newspapers.com
• Los Angeles Times: Three families share the relentless hurt of losing a child to senseless violence. Anger--and thoughts of what might have been--haunt them. : 'It's the Worst Pain'
• https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED519244.pdf

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• Paramount, CA - January 1, 2025
• Paramount, CA - November 11, 2024
• Paramount, CA - August 1, 2022
• Paramount, CA - August 26, 2021
• Paramount, CA - August 26, 2021