Yoshihiro Yoshi Hattori

Death by Force

Yoshihiro "Yoshi" Hattori, a 16-year-old Japanese exchange student, was tragically shot and killed on October 17, 1992, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Hattori, who was on his way to a Halloween party, mistakenly went to the wrong house. The homeowner, Rodney Peairs, a 30-year-old supermarket butcher, fatally shot Hattori, believing he was trespassing with criminal intent. Hattori, dressed in a white tuxedo as part of his Halloween costume, did not understand the command to "freeze" and continued wal ...Read More

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