DaBryan Smith

Death by Force

On a cold Thanksgiving night in Des Moines, Iowa, the life of 20-year-old DaBryan Maurice Smith, a Black / African American male, was tragically cut short. On November 24, 2016, what should have been a day of gratitude turned into a scene of violence in the parking lot of a Git N Go convenience store on the city's east side. Shortly before 7 p.m., multiple gunshots were fired from a passing vehicle at a group of people, striking DaBryan in the lower torso. He was rushed to Broadlawns Medical Cen ...Read More

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