Jeremiah Rivera

Jeremiah Rivera, 16, a male from East Chicago, Indiana, was killed on February 17, 2014, in a burst of gunfire that turned an ordinary afternoon into a scene of panic and sirens. Reports describe the shooting as part of a drug-related robbery attempt, the kind of sudden, violent collision where seconds decide who gets to walk away and who doesn’t.

What emerged in early accounts was that Rivera was not the only person hit. An 18-year-old man was also wounded in the same volley, leaving ...

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