In the summer of 2021, a young Hispanic man's life was tragically cut short on the streets of Providence, Rhode Island. Nineteen-year-old David Lozada was walking down Ford Street on the evening of July 5th when he was brutally attacked. The assault was sudden and violent; an individual inside a passing vehicle opened fire, striking Lozada. In a horrifying escalation of the attack, the same vehicle that carried the shooter then deliberately ran him over as he lay wounded in the street.
Emergency services rushed Lozada to Rhode Island Hospital, but the severity of his injuries was too great. He succumbed to his wounds while undergoing surgery, leaving a family and community to grapple with the senselessness of his death. Providence police were quick to label the incident as a targeted event, suggesting that Lozada was the intended victim of this heinous act. The death marked the city's eleventh homicide of the year, a grim statistic that now included a young man with his entire life ahead of him.
In the years that have followed, the pain for David's family has been compounded by a lack of answers. Despite the police recovering surveillance footage from the neighborhood and believing the act was deliberate, the case has grown cold. No arrests have been made, and no suspects have been publicly identified, leaving a void of justice for his loved ones. His family continues to hold vigils, keeping his memory alive and pleading for anyone with information to come forward, hoping that one day they will understand who took their son's life and why.
