Joshua Custer

On the tragic evening of October 28, 2014, the life of 25-year-old Joshua Custer came to a sudden and violent end in East St. Louis, Illinois. The young man, whose life had been marked by struggles and challenges like so many others in his community, was gunned down near the Jon DeShields Housing Projects, a place he was familiar with. It was there, in the quiet of the night, that gunfire erupted, striking Joshua and forcing him into a desperate attempt to flee. But the streets that had shaped h ...

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Joshua Custer, age 25 - National Gun Violence Memorial