Jose De Santiago Perez, 27, was a Hispanic/Latino man who spent the evening of March 18, 2020, in Kent’s North Park neighborhood, gathered with friends at a small park near the corner of Second Avenue North and West Cloudy Street, just across from the bustle of Kent Station. Not long before 8 p.m., the calm broke—shots rang out, and he was struck in the head, leaving him critically wounded as police and medics rushed in to help.
Investigators later alleged the shooting wasn’t rando
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