Joshua Jasper Johnson

On June 20, 2007, 17-year-old Joshua Jasper Johnson was killed in Fresno, California. Joshua was shot and killed in a violent incident that remains part of Fresno's struggles with gang-related violence during that period. His death, like many other homicides in the area, is tied to the broader pattern of violence that Fresno experienced throughout the early 2000s, with gang conflicts being a common underlying cause.

Joshua's death added to the growing concern over youth violence in the ...