A month after a 12-year-old was killed, city leaders are absent. And children on the block are too afraid to play.
Laron “L.J.” Williams Jr. was the “soul of the block.” Now, a whole neighborhood is mourning.
Nine-year-old Hajj, places the bicycle and basketball of Laron Williams Jr. in a prominent place on the block, in tribute to his friend, who was killed on his 12th birthday, struck by stray bullets while crossing the street.Read moreJessica Griffin / Staff Photographer
