In the Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma, Washington, on July 6, 2022, a devastating act of violence cut short the life of 14-year-old Iyana Ussery, a Black female. On what began as an ordinary day, Ussery was a passenger in a car with several other young people, on their way to a convenience store to buy snacks. Suddenly, their vehicle was ambushed in a hail of gunfire near the intersection of South 19th Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way. In the chaos of the moment, a bullet struck Ussery, inf
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