Demetrius Wall-Neal, age 9

Lost to gun violence on December 7, 2021 in Columbus, Ohio.

Photo sources:

• NBC4 WCMH-TV: Police receiving tips in triple homicide
• WSYX: Canal Winchester grieving 3 homicide victims, including two school-age kids
• The Columbus Dispatch: Grandmother of young homicide victims: 'They didn’t have to kill those babies.'
• Contributed photo

News sources:

• NBC4 WCMH-TV: One year later, still no arrests in Kodiak Drive killing of two children
• Dec 12: The Columbus Dispatch: Mothers of Murdered Columbus Children host vigil for children killed in triple homicide
• Mar 15: The Columbus Dispatch: Theodore Decker: Are we no longer shocked by the murder of innocent children?
• WSYX: Deadly triple shooting was "targeted assassination," Columbus Police investigator says
• WSYX: Police: 6-year-old girl, 9-year-old boy, and man killed in southeast Columbus shooting
• Police Media Releases
• dayton-daily-news: Man, 2 children killed in shooting in apartment parking lot
• NBC4 WCMH-TV: Police identify 2 children, man killed in southeast Columbus shooting
• WLWT: Police: 3 dead, including 2 children, in Columbus shooting
• Gun Violence Archive

Also killed were:

• Charles Wade, age 22
• Londynn Wall-Neal, age 6

Other nearby fatal shootings:

• Columbus, OH - May 2, 2024
• Columbus, OH - April 29, 2024
• Columbus, OH - April 14, 2024
• Columbus, OH - April 12, 2024
• Columbus, OH - April 11, 2024