![]() ![]() The constant gun violence has an undeniable effect on the way young people think about their future. ![]() The shooting of Allen - a star basketball player at the public high school he attended - is now under investigation. Police found 4.5 ounces of marijuana, worth about $500. Wendell Allen, 20, was unarmed when the police shot and killed him during a drug raid in his home. In the week after Summers’ death, another young man not yet old enough to legally buy beer was killed by police officers. Serpas told the New York Times in a recent interview. “A lot of this is young people with no conflict resolution skills,” Police Superintendent Ronal W. More than 90 percent of the perpetrators fit the same profile. The city’s murder rate has led the nation for more than three decades and almost 90 percent of the victims are young black males like Summers. The story was distressingly familiar to many in New Orleans. On the Saturday morning police found Summers’ body, friends were expecting him at school for a tutoring session, the city’s daily newspaper reported. He went to a decent charter school - KIPP Central City Academy - and hoped to one day attend college. ![]() Over the next several days, details of the young man’s identity emerged: He was dead for at least 12 hours before police discovered him alone in the yard, wearing a school uniform stained with blood from a single gunshot to his back. Mardi Gras had just passed and the city was returning to the quiet patterns of spring when New Orleans police discovered the body of a teenager in the backyard of an abandoned house in Central City. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. This is your first of three free stories this month. ![]()
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