Johnny Robison

On March 20, 2014, 31-year-old Johnny Robison was killed by gunfire in the small community of Lumber Bridge, South Carolina, his death recorded in public view only as a stark entry in a national gun-violence memorial. The record lists his name, age, and the date and place where he was “lost to gun violence,” offering no description of what he was doing that day, how the confrontation began, or who else might have been there when the shots were fired. It is the sort of brief, factual notice t ...