Remembering 5-year-old Kason Guyton, One Year after his death.

On February 23, 2017, Police Chief Lyle Martin stood before cameras trying to process what led to the murder of a 5-year-old boy. It would be days before police identified the victim, Kason Guyton. On the night of February 23rd, Guyton was riding in the backseat of a car alongside his 7-year-old brother B.J. when bullets flew. Their mother’s boyfriend Dayvon Vercher was driving, a documented member of the East Side Crips. Seconds after the shooting Vercher realized his girlfriend’s children had been shot, rushing the two brothers to Kern Medical. B.J. survived but Kason was fatally shot.