Number 77, with no additional comment

In a photo taken by his father in May, Brandon Sprewer flashes a wide grin while decked out in a blue cap and gown. [. . .]

Sprewer, 17, was shot to death about 11:20 p.m. Saturday in an alley behind his father's home in the 2800 block of N. Grant Blvd. while on his way home from the grocery store.

The day before, Sprewer was one of a group of 205 teens addressed by Mayor Tom Barrett at a picnic celebrating the end of the first year of a pilot program that gave teenagers from low-income areas jobs throughout city government. At the picnic Barrett talked about the wave of violence that has killed a disproportionate number of black men this year and urged the teens to be safe. [. . .]

Just before the picnic, Sprewer learned he had received a $7,000 scholarship to attend ITT Tech as part of a pilot program that would allow him to get college credit while attending high school, said Sondra Rhodes, principal at Cornerstone Achievement Academy.

"The city has lost a good kid," Rhodes said.