On June 27, 2017, 16-year-old African-American male Kimani Williams was shot and killed near the former St. Bernard housing development in New Orleans, Louisiana. Kimani, a rising junior in high school, was found fatally wounded in the 4700 block of Painters Street, a residential area in the Gentilly neighborhood. Despite emergency response efforts, he was pronounced dead at the scene. His death marked another tragic instance of gun violence affecting young African-American males in New Orleans,
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