We are days away from the national and local celebration of Juneteenth. It commemorates June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers brought the news of freedom to enslaved Black people in Galveston, Texas. 157 years later, racial issues and matter of inequity and inequality remain at the fore of our social discourse. WEMU's David Fair is joined by the founder of Survivors Speak, Trische' Duckworth, to talk about Juneteenth as a platform to advance the dialogue and look at Ypsilanti's annual Juneteenth celebration while also marking the one-year anniversary of the painting of Ypsilanti's Black Lives Matter Boulevard.
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A man has been charged with fatally shooting another man during a fight in May in West Pullman on the Far South Side.
Larry Scott, 32, faces one count of first-degree murder in the shooting death of 37-year-old Travis Willis, Chicago police said.
The night of May 1, Willis was standing outside with a group of people in the 11800 block of South Lafayette Avenue when he began arguing with another man, according to police.
The two started fighting and Scott shot Willis once in the head and fled, police said. Willis was transported to Roseland Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.
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Chicago Sun-Timesreported the weekend’s first fatal shooting occurred Saturday night shortly before 11 p.m. when 37-year-old Travis Willis was shot “during a fight.” The shooting occurred in West Pullman. Willis was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead.
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Sun-Timesnoted a 21-year-old man was killed while riding in a vehicle around 11:15 p.m. Saturday night. The 21-year-old was shot multiple times in the head and taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A 27-year-old was shot and fatally injured just before midnight Saturday. He was standing “in the 5600 block of South Morgan Street” when shots rang out. He was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead.