On the evening of February 22, 2025, Messiah Washington, an 18-year-old Black male, was fatally shot in Tacoma, Washington. A student at Willie Stewart Academy, he lived with his father, Jacque Washington, in an apartment building on South L Street, where he was also his father's caretaker. Described by family as kind, respectful, and a "big teddy bear," his life was cut short just steps from his home.
That night, a group of five young men in hoods knocked on the door of the apartment Mes
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