Damen Washington

In the early hours of December 4, 2010, a burst of gunfire shattered the pre-dawn stillness at the intersection of 36th and Woodland in Kansas City, Missouri, leaving a scene of violence that would claim the life of 19-year-old Damen D. Washington. Washington, along with three other men, was inside a parked car when the shooting erupted just after midnight.

Responding officers discovered a grim tableau; one man was pronounced dead at the scene, while Washington was rushed to a nearby hosp ...