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Memoriams
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
DEVIN “MR. D.” HILL
It has been 1 year, tomorrow, May 4, 2019, since God called you home. You were someone very special to us, who meant more than words can say.
You will always be missed and loved forever.
Mom, Dad, brothers, also by the rest of your family, friends, and teachers.
MEMORIAM AND BIRTHDAY
FREDDIE JEFFERY, JR.
Miss you so much Lil Bro. Missed, but not forgotten. R.I.P. Freddie, Jr., love, your family.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
FREDDIE JEFFERY, JR.
Brother, we are missing you each and every day. Rest on! We love you.
Your family.
National
Freddie Gray's Best Friend Was Shot To Death In West Baltimore
Juan Grant, described by many as Freddie Gray's best friend and subsequent activist in the years following his death, was murdered Saturday (April 27) on the four-year-anniver- sary of Gray's funeral. He was 33-years-old.
According to reports, Grant had just dropped off his younger cousin to a relative's home and was driving to his grandmother’s Westwood Av- enue house at about 8 PM
Juan Grant led protests after his close friend Freddie Gray died while in police custody.
when his black Cadillac slammed into a dirtbike in the 1800 block of N. Payson Street.
His grandmother said he got out of the car unsure if he was going to confront the per- son or see if the person was okay.
"Whoever it was, just shot him," Frederina Grant, Juan's grandmother said.
Grant was taken to a local hospital where he was pro- nounced dead with a gunshot to the head.
"He was trying to make a difference in his own way," Frederina said to The Balti- more Sun. “He was deter- mined that he was going to march and have people march with him to find out what hap- pened.”
As tensions rose in the com- munity following Gray's
death, Grant reportedly re- turned to the station repeatedly and met with then-Police Com- missioner Anthony Batts and then-Deputy Commissioner Kevin Davis wanting an- swers.
Gray's family attorney William H. “Billy” Murphy called Grant's murder "be- yond ironic."
“After Freddie’s death, he became an activist in every sense of the word,” Murphy said. “He participated in almost every demonstration about it and continued after Freddie’s death to be a spokesperson in his and Freddie’s neighbor- hood about the evils of police brutality and misconduct and what had to be done to reform the department,” Murphy said. "Grant will sorely be missed."
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