Quincy Thompson

Death by Force

Nineteen-year-old, Black/African American, male Quincy D. Thompson’s life was cut short on August 17, 1994, in Anchorage, Alaska, when he was killed by gunfire. A memorial listing marks the date and place of his death and records him as “lost to gun violence,” anchoring the stark fact of what happened to the 19-year-old. He had come to Anchorage from Texas and, still in his teens, the future stretched ahead before the night that ended it.

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Quincy D. Thompson

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