I am not exactly sure how to start this off... This weekend has been a difficult one, for the whole city of Omaha. Markquis Walker, "Kuis Antone", was beaten to death on August 7, 2014. He was on 24th Pratt and he suffered from three fractures to his skull. I am not completely sure of other details because I keep hearing different things but up to that point is agreed on. This hit me hard because he was my brother's best friend. They grew up together, they even look a lot alike. It hurt my heart so much because my brother could have been with him, he was supposed to be actually. I was heartbroken when my mom messaged and told me Kuis passed away. He had been found by a woman (?), police (?) and was rushed off to the hospital. They said they operated on his brain to reduce the swelling and put him on life support. He died when they took him off life support in the hopes that he would be able to breathe on his own. Images of him coming over to my mom's house and me giving him rides years ago all the time swirled in my head. I swear every time I look over to the passenger seat I can still see his face from that time. He was so nice, genuinely nice, would give anyone the shirt off of his back, he didn't deserve to go the way he did. He worked hard for what he had and they beat him and carjacked him for what? Then, they left him in the street like it was nothing. He was a tiny little thing, they didn't have to cause that damage to him. I can't even begin to imagine the pain he must have felt. I hope they find those bastards and cause them just as much pain as they inflicted on him. He died fighting, I just know he held on as long as he could. The whole city has been left to mourn his death, they had no right to take him away...
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