The faces of Saskatoon's 2017 homicide victims

TylerApplegatewas a father of five and a handyman who lived with his large family.He was killed after he confronted a gang member urinating on his fence.

Tyler Morin had left the gang life behind and spent years talking about hisexperiences.He was stabbed to death.

Rodney Wailing never went anywhere without his dog.

BaileyLonechildrecorded his own music and was trying to turn his life around after getting out of prison.

Cornell Henry was an inmate at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre whodied after being assaulted by two other inmates in his cell.

Homicides in Saskatoon were downin 2017, from 10 in 2016.But for the families and friends of the victims, the numbers don't mean anything; thepain is still there.

TylerApplegate

TylerApplegatewas fatally shot after confronting a Terror Squad gang member who had been caught urinating on his backyard fence on July 22.

Applegateleft behind a large family fivechildren and gaggle of nieces and nephews. His killer is still at large.

"They didn't have the right to do what they did to him. He didn't deserve this, at all. His five kids don't deserve this," his sister,SelinaApplegate,toldCBCin the wake of the killing.

The familysaidApplegateworked as adrywaller anda mechanic and was an all-around handyman.

Tyler Morin

Tyler Morin wasworking hard to leave behind the life of crime, drugs and gangs that had defined him.

Morin wasshot inthe stomach onNov. 4. He died in hospital weeks later.

"He was a struggling young man who wanted to do well, who didn't want that lifestyle anymore and his whole family was involved in gangs, so he wanted to move on," saidStr8Up founder FatherAndrPoilivre.

Poilivre worked with Morin in the gang prevention program for years.

Morin had left his former gang butwas still fighting with his addiction, and he was contemplating enrolling in a treatment program,Poilivresaid.

At the time of the shooting, police said they believed the victim knew the shooter but that a suspect had not been identified.

BaileyLonechild

BaileyLonechildwould often record hisown music and put the songs onFacebookfor people to hear.

At the time of his killing on Jan. 17, a familymembersaid Bailey was"a caring person" who "always put everybody before himself."

Lonechild, 29, was found in a home on the 100 block of Avenue M Southafter he was stabbed. He diedin hospital.

Police later arrested 25-year-old Curtis Kevin Morin and charged him with second-degree murder.

Rodney Wailing

Rodney Wailing was found severely injuredin a home in the Pleasant Hill neighbourhoodjust after midnight on Jan. 11.

He was suffering from a serious beating and later died in hospital.

Daniel Forest turned himself into police ashort while later. He is set to standtrial at the Court of Queen's Bench in Saskatoon.

Cornell Henry

Cornell Henry was an inmate at the Saskatoon Correctional Centre when he died after being assaulted by two other inmates in his cell.

A spokesperson at the time said the assault likely happened sometime after breakfast, when the cells were unlocked.

Two men, who were not Henry'scell mates, have been charged with aggravated assault in connection with the incident.

Police say the investigation is being treated as a homicide, but so far no charges have been laid.