Jeffery Willingham

In the late hours of a summer evening in Saint Paul, Minnesota, the life of 24-year-old Jeffery Earl Willingham, a Black / African American male, was tragically cut short. On August 5, 2014, what began as a gathering with friends in Dunning Park took a fatal turn. An officer in the vicinity of Hamline and Marshall avenues heard the sound of gunshots around 11 p.m. and discovered Willingham on the sidewalk, suffering from a gunshot wound to his stomach. He was rushed to Regions Hospital, and thou ...

Jeffery Willingham, age 24 - National Gun Violence Memorial