Deja Matts, age 19

Lost to gun violence on February 3, 2020 in Commerce, Texas.

The two died together in Deja's door room Monday afternoon at Texas A&M University-Commerce. Abbaney's 2-year-old son Allen was shot in the leg. He survived.

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