Nikko Manning was the youngest child in his family, loved ones said. He was killed hours after turning 22.

Nikko Manning was killed hours after celebrating his 22nd birthday near the intersection of 57th and Prospect in Kansas City.

Family members identified two victims in an overnight shooting at 57th and Prospect as 22-year-old Nikko Manning and 28-year-old Jasity Strong.

Oregon will be without its top two cornerbacks in the Fiesta Bowl and Dontae Manning and Nikko Reed are in position to start together for the first time.

Muhammad, Reed and Dontae Manning were all under 5-foot-10, still effective coverage defenders against most opponents but their does not project well to the NFL.

A balloon release was held Monday evening to remember the victims — Jasity Strong, 28, Camden Brown, 29, and Nikko Manning, 22, — of a mass shooting Sunday near 57th Street and Prospect Avenue.

Jasity J. Strong, who turned 28 on Sunday, Camden M. Brown, 29, and Nikko A. Manning, who turned 22 on June 22, all died from their injuries.

A Kansas City man faces charges in connection to a Sunday shooting that left three people dead near 57th Street and Prospect Avenue.

The fatalities were identified Monday as Nikko Manning, 22; Jasity Strong, 28; and Camden Brown, 29. Police said Sunday that another person was wounded in a separate shooting blocks away about 3 a.m.

Oregon Ducks cornerback Dontae Manning spoke to the media after practice on Sept. 3, sharing thoughts on the narrow win over the Idaho Vandals as well as his thoughts on week 2 opponent Boise State.

You feel helpless,” Manning Sr. said. Nikko had just turned 22 on Thursday, June 22 — his golden birthday.

Replacing its top cover corner has become an annual exercise for UO, which brought in Christian Gonzalez in 2022, Khyree Jackson in 2023 and Jabbar Muhammad in 2024.