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In the spring of 2004, the life of 17-year-old Devaun Drayton, a promising amateur boxer, was cut short by a single gunshot to the back of his head. The fatal encounter took place on March 10, 2004, behind Phelps High School in Northeast Washington, D.C. Drayton, the son of boxing patriarch Gary Russell Sr. and a Silver Gloves national youth tournament winner, was at a turning point, having navigated a school for troubled youth and preparing to leave for boxing training in Miami. Tragically, he ...Read More
In the spring of 2004, the life of 17-year-old Devaun Drayton, a promising amateur boxer, was cut short by a single gunshot to the back of his head. The fatal encounter took place on March 10, 2004, behind Phelps High School in Northeast Washington, D.C. Drayton, the son of boxing patriarch Gary Russell Sr. and a Silver Gloves national youth tournament winner, was at a turning point, having navigated a school for troubled youth and preparing to leave for boxing training in Miami. Tragically, he ...Read More
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Devaun Drayton
January 8, 2023
Male
Washington
DC
2004-03-10
2004-03-10
17
Devaun
Drayton
11/15/2025
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