Joseph Johnson

In the winter of 2002, a senseless act of violence cut short the life of 16-year-old Joseph Johnson Jr. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The young man, a student at Washington High School, was fatally shot on the evening of February 20, 2002. The incident occurred in the aftermath of a high school basketball game, a place that should have been a forum for youthful energy and competition, but instead became the backdrop for a tragedy.

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