Tragic Loss: Seventeen-Year-Old Uriah Sloan Fatally Shot on Osage Avenue
Seventeen. That’s how old Uriah Sloan was when his life was stolen in a burst of gunfire on Osage Avenue. In the stillness of the night, bullets tore through the air, leaving yet another family shattered and a community drowning in grief.
When police arrived, they found Uriah bleeding out on the pavement, his young body broken by violence that has become all too familiar in a city that keeps losing its children. First responders worked quickly, and doctors fought to save him. His family, desperate and heartbroken, prayed for a miracle. But by dawn, he was gone.
Another Life Stolen, Another Family Shattered
Uriah was more than a statistic. More than another name added to the growing list of young lives lost to senseless violence. He was a son, a friend, a dreamer—someone with his whole future ahead of him. His loved ones remember him as a kindhearted young man with a contagious smile, a quick wit, and a heart full of ambition.
His death is not just a tragedy—it is an indictment of a society that too often looks the other way. No arrests have been made. No justice has been served. The silence that follows these losses is deafening.
A Call for Justice
For Uriah’s mother, for his family, for his friends—the pain is unbearable. They are left with memories, with unanswered questions, with the weight of a loss too heavy to carry alone. And they are demanding answers.
Someone knows something. Someone saw something. If you have information, now is the time to speak. Now is the time to break the silence.
This isn’t just about Uriah Sloan. It’s about a city that can’t afford to keep burying its children. It’s about standing together, demanding change, and refusing to let another life be lost in vain.
To Uriah’s family, to his friends—we grieve with you. We stand with you. And we won’t stop until justice is served.
If you have any information regarding this case, please contact the authorities. Speak up. For Uriah. For his family. For every child we have lost and every one we still have a chance to save.