Angela McKoy, 47, was shot to death on September 17, 2016 outside a suburban Atlanta home following a fight with her ex-girlfriend's current partner.
The news stories we read are oftentimes discarded and pushed aside by the 24-hour news cycle. But we refuse to throw these people away. These are real people. Here are their stories.
Angela McKoy, 47, was shot to death on September 17, 2016 outside a suburban Atlanta home following a fight with her ex-girlfriend's current partner.
Eight-year-old Gabby Hill-Carter was shot in the head on a Camden, New Jersey street on August 24, 2016. An 18-year-old has been arrested.
The badly mutilated body of Lekita Moore, 18, was found in a Cape Town, South Africa field on September 11, 2016. Her neck and stomach had been slashed with a knife. Parts of her nipples and genitals were cut out as well. A suspect is in custody.
Brannae Brown, 15, was on the porch of a home when she was gunned down in a drive-by shooting in Kansas City, Kansas on September 2, 2016.
Nadje Steedley, 18, was fatally struck by a stray bullet on March 12, 2016 in West Philadelphia. Police still have no suspects in the slaying.
Cherelle Locklear, 21, committed suicide in November 2015 after her university bumbled the investigation into her campus rape, her mother alleges in a lawsuit, which was filed in September 2016.
Kendra Childs, 19, was shot dead in her Houston apartment from the window on September 13, 2016. Police are still looking for her killers.
Tiarah Poyau, 22, was an aspiring accountant who was attending St. John's University. She had traveled across Europe, including Paris and Spain. She was shot in the face on September 5, 2016 in the early hours of a Caribbean festival in NYC.
Former University of Louisville cheerleader Shanae Moorman, 25, was killed in a car crash on August 6, 2016. The driver "fled the scene" but was later arrested and charged with murder.
Gynna McMillen, 16, was found unresponsive in her juvenile jail cell on January 11, 2016 in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. A day earlier jailers had used a martial arts technique on her to restrain her.
India Kager, 28, was shot September 5, 2015 when Virginia Beach officers emptied 30 rounds into the vehicle she was riding in with her 4-month-old son and his father.
Paramedics scramble on Friday, September 2, 2016 after a gunman shot two school girls in Wichita Falls. Police are searching for a white male about age 18 in the attack.
Natasha Hays, 37, was gunned down while she slept in her home in Kansas City. Singer Janella Monae tweeted that Hays was her first cousin. No suspect is known to police at this time.
Javona Glover, a 23-year-old mother of a 2-year-old, was fatally stabbed on her job at Walgreens in Tallahassee on August 31, 2016. Police are looking for a female suspect.
Deborah Pearl, 53, was gunned down Friday on an Ohio street after getting into a car crash with a man. No motive was given in the shooting.
Nykea Aldridge, 32, was shot and killed on Friday, August 26, 2016, while pushing a baby stroller in Chicago, Illinois. Police say she was caught in the "crossfire," after two men started shooting at the man she was with.
Thirty-six-year-old mother of three, Shalala Fletcher, was fatally shot July 2, 2016 while inside a vehicle leaving a store in Port Arthur. An off-duty security guard targeting two beer thieves pulled the trigger.
Rae'Lynn Thomas, 28, was shot to death in her home, allegedly by her mother's ex-boyfriend, Columbus, Ohio police say.
Aniya Edwards, 19, was shot and killed on August 5, 2016 outside an abandoned home in Detroit.
Shanna Smith, 24, was shot at least twice in the head while driving to work Thursday, August 4, 2016, Atlanta police say. There are no suspects in her slaying.