Merlin Santana, age 26

Lost to gun violence on November 9, 2002 in Los Angeles, California.

Santana was shot in the head and killed as he and his best friend, former child actor Brandon Quintin Adams were in a car leaving another man's home in the Crenshaw District of Los Angeles.

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