David Elijah Washington

In the summer of 2007, a young man's life was tragically cut short on the streets of Baltimore. David Elijah Washington, a 24-year-old African-American male, was fatally shot on the evening of Saturday, June 2, 2007. The incident that claimed his life unfolded in the 2600 block of Violet Avenue, a residential street that became the scene of a somber investigation. His death was one of many that year in a city grappling with a high rate of violent crime.

The specifics of what led to the sh ...