Mario Purantez Washington

In the late hours of a summer night in St. Louis, Missouri, the life of 25-year-old Mario Purantez Washington was tragically cut short. On August 31, 2014, law enforcement responded to reports of a shooting and discovered Washington suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Despite the efforts of emergency medical personnel who arrived at the scene, his injuries proved to be fatal, and he was pronounced dead shortly after.

The investigation into the death of the young man was launched by th ...