Ja’Zhon Scruggs, a 21-year-old Black man, died on December 17, 2018, after violence found him in north St. Louis County near Jennings High School, an ordinary Monday afternoon turned suddenly brutal. Police said he was discovered shot less than a mile from the campus, a close-to-home killing that rattled a community used to hearing sirens but never quite prepared for a young life ending in the street.
The initial reports did not describe a public confrontation or identify a clear motiv
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