3 Tennessee Students — 6, 10, and 16 — Killed as Innocent Bystanders in Drive-By Shootings

Mar. 16, 2025

Photo: Collierville Schools (2), GoFundMe

Ashlynn Luckett and Lequan Boyd, Jadon Knox

The first shooting took place around 6 p.m. Sunday when 10-year-old Jadon Knox, a fourth grader at Aspire Hanley Elementary School, was killed playing outside at his friend’s home in Orange Mound.

The following day, Ashlynn Denaé Luckett, 6, and her uncle Lequan Dequez Boyd, 16, were shot inside a home in Hickory Hill. Luckett, a first-year student at Sycamore Elementary, died on Tuesday of her injuries. Boyd, a sophomore at Collierville High School, died Wednesday in the attack, theMemphis Commercial Appealreports.

Ashlynn Luckett.GoFundMe

Ashlynn Luckett

“The kids loved her,” Carter said. “She had a smile on her face every day. She was a hard worker, and she wanted to learn.”

“She will be truly missed,” she added. “She was just a ray of sunshine.”

Jadon Knox.GoFundMe

Jadon Knox

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Boyd’s former teacher Stephanie Gonzalez remembered the teen as “very caring and protective of his friends, family and teachers he loved.”

“Lequan was one of those students that had a huge personality,” Gonzalez told theCommercial Appeal. “Even teachers that didn’t teach him knew him. He had a personality larger than life. He would dance down the hallways and always had a smile on his face.”

“I am thankful that I was able to teach him for a year,” she said. “He was a bright spot in not only mine, but also many of our lives. He was the student that you looked forward to seeing every day because he could always make you laugh.”

Police have made no arrests in the deaths of Knox, Luckett and Boyd.

“There are no arrests at this time,” Memphis Police Department spokesperson Louis C. Brownlee tells PEOPLE. “It is horrible. You hate for anybody to be shot, let alone juveniles. They are vulnerable members of our community.”

Gofundme pages have been set up forKnoxandLuckett.

source: people.com