On March 13, 2014, a model and rapper named Demencio Lewis, 23, was shot to death in a hail of gunfire. On the night he was killed, he had dinner with his mother and the two were enjoying their company together when he got a call on his cell phone. He told his mother Chris was waiting downstairs and he would be right back.
But within minutes, multiple gunshots were herd and Demencio was found lying in the middle of Sayles Place in Southeast D.C. His mother said he had been shot 27 times. It was a vicious killing and the motive remains elusive, although she believes it may because he was gay.
His mother says that she feels the police have not been on her side. "The detectives, the law enforcement, have not been on my side with this," she said. "It's not just another black young man that is dead on the street. It is nothing like that. My son had no affiliation with drugs, violence, gangs. Nothing at all. So it bothers me that justice is not done."
Demencio Lewis was 23 years old when he was killed.
