Lafeyette T. Walton, age 16, was shot and killed on July 2, 2014, in Chicago, Illinois. The homicide occurred in the Englewood neighborhood, which is known for struggling with high levels of violent crime. On that tragic day, Lafeyette became one of several victims of gun violence that were reported across the city. He was shot in an incident that remains emblematic of the pervasive violence that continued to trouble neighborhoods such as Englewood throughout 2014.
The circumstances of
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