In the pre-dawn hours of January 7, 2023, the life of 13-year-old Karon Blake was cut short in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Karon, a Black male and a student at Brookland Middle School, was fatally shot by a homeowner who confronted him and two other youths.
The man who fired the fatal shots was Jason Lewis, a 41-year-old Black male and a longtime employee of the D.C. Parks and Recreation department. Lewis told authorities he was awakened by noises and, fearing a home in
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