Lavalle Jaron Priest

Lavalle Ja’ron Priest, a 21-year-old Black male, was shot and killed in Minneapolis in the early hours of Saturday, August 18, 2012. In the immediate aftermath, local reporting placed the killing in north Minneapolis in the predawn hours, one of several violent incidents rattling the city that weekend. Authorities had not publicly identified a motive and were working to piece together a timeline as they asked for community help.

Within days, police were still seeking information from p ...