In the late afternoon of December 16, 2022, a burst of gunfire shattered the relative quiet near Interfaith Boulevard in Kalamazoo, Michigan, forever altering the course of two young lives. Seventeen-year-old Jashawn Omar Jones, a Black male, was struck by a bullet from a 9mm semi-automatic handgun. First responders rushed to the scene and transported him to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. For several days, Jashawn clung to life on life support, a silent battle waged within the
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