Melvin DeJesus

Christmas night in Harvey, Louisiana, the kind of evening when most storefronts are quiet and families are indoors, turned violent outside the Metro Mart on Manhattan Boulevard. Melvin DeJesus Jr., 17, a Black/African American man, was standing in the parking lot around 8:18 p.m., talking with a male who has never been publicly identified, when gunfire erupted and he was shot. The encounter was brief, almost ordinary at first glance—just two people in conversation under the hard lights of a co ...

Melvin DeJesus Jr. - National Gun Violence Memorial

Melvin DeJesus - National Registry of Exonerations