Joseph Michaelson

Death by Force

In the evening hours of November 23, 2020, in Phoenix, Arizona, 14-year-old Joseph Michaelson, a male of Southwest Asian descent, was inside a home near 83rd Avenue and Indian School Road with several of his friends. Laughter and conversation likely filled the room, the way it often does when teenagers gather. But the typical youthful atmosphere was shattered in an instant by the mishandling of a firearm. A 16-year-old friend, whose name has been withheld by authorities due to his age, was handl ...Read More

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