In the Harlem neighborhood of New York, New York, a sense of normalcy was shattered on the evening of May 17, 2019, leaving a family and community grappling with a sudden and violent loss. Jeremiah Draper, a 15-year-old boy, was in the rear courtyard of the St. Nicholas Houses on West 131st Street, a place he called home. He was with friends, enjoying a typical Friday evening, when the sound of gunfire irrevocably altered the course of many lives. A bullet struck Jeremiah in the head, and despit
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