Marquis Fields

Marquis “Tuka” Fields, a 23-year-old Black man from Pittsburgh, was caught in a tragedy that unfolded in two stages, first on the street and then inside a hospital room. Online reports indicate he was shot on December 12, 2010, after leaving a party near the Greenway Apartments in Pittsburgh’s West End. He survived the gunfire and was taken to UPMC Mercy, where, according to later court reporting, he was considered badly wounded but still moving toward recovery. What should have been the s ...

Marquis Tuka Fields, age 23 - National Gun Violence Memorial