Ivan Jerome Jr. Cox

In the summer of 2015, a wave of violence gripped the city of Baltimore, and among its victims was a young man named Ivan Jerome Jr. Cox. He was a 21-year-old African-American male whose life was cut short on June 29, 2015. The fatal encounter occurred in the 3000 block of Elizabeth Avenue, a street that had already witnessed its share of violence throughout that tumultuous year.

That year, Baltimore was experiencing a significant surge in homicides, ultimately recording one of its deadli ...