In the predawn hours of Sunday, February 22, 2026, the life of 18-year-old Ravell Javion Steptoe, a Black male from Hammond, Louisiana, was tragically cut short in a sudden act of violence. The incident occurred around 2 a.m. on the I-55 northbound entrance ramp at University Avenue. Steptoe, driving a black Kia sedan, had pulled over to the side of the road to meet a relative who was in a blue Ford Mustang. They had stopped to exchange an item, a simple, everyday task that placed them in the pa
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