In the early morning hours of New Year's Day 2020, the life of a 14-year-old Black / African American male named Josiah Woods was tragically cut short in Des Moines, Iowa. Just before 4:00 a.m. on January 1st, Josiah was on the enclosed front porch of a residence in the 1400 block of 17th Street when he was struck by gunfire. The shooting marked the city's first homicide of the new year. Josiah, who was remembered by his middle school principal as a fun-loving and talented young man with great p
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