Rashad Lamar Farmer

On July 13, 2015, tragedy struck the Wells Goodfellow neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, when 23-year-old African American resident Rashad Lamar Farmer was fatally shot in broad daylight. The incident occurred during a hot summer afternoon near the intersection of Goodfellow Boulevard and Lotus Avenue. Rashad had accompanied his pregnant girlfriend to her grandmother’s home and was waiting in the car while she went inside. Moments later, gunshots rang out, shattering the quiet of the residen ...