Lameek Raheem Akins

Death by Force

Black / African American. On February 5, 2013, in the Bronx, New York, 18-year-old Lameek Raheem Akins was shot and killed. Online memorial records confirm the date and borough and remember the 18-year-old by name, placing his death among the gun fatalities recorded that Tuesday. In the years since, his family’s presence at community remembrance events in the Bronx has kept his name in public view, a reminder of the loss of an 18-year-old male whose life ended before it had a chance to unfold. ...Read More

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Lameek Raheem Akins, age 18 - National Gun Violence Memorial