Demetrius Archer

Murdered

On June 16, 2016, Demetrius Archer, a 20-year-old man, was fatally shot in Chicago during a time when the city faced a particularly high rate of gun violence. Archer was one of many young men lost to violence that year, contributing to a broader wave of homicides that impacted Chicago’s neighborhoods significantly. The city experienced a staggering total of 764 homicides in 2016, which marked one of the most violent years in recent memory. Much of this violence occurred in neighborhoods plague ...Read More

Demetrius Archer, age 20 - National Gun Violence Memorial

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