Together Against Violence is a public service campaign, our goal is to promote a pro-active approach to stopping violence in our communities.

This campaign is committed to raising awareness about the impact violence has on young people as well as their families. We are striving to promote peaceful and safe communities as well as forming relationships with other public service entities aimed at stopping violent crime and assisting victims of violent crime.

Inspired by a profound tragedy, our organization was founded in memory of Marcus Lynn Ochoa Snowden, affectionately known as “D-bo”.

Marcus Lynn Snowden was taken from us on October 22nd, 2011 in a horrific act of violence. In his 18 years on this earth Marcus touched many people with his craziness, kindness and willingness to protect others. We want to remember him and the positive things he did in his life and for the tremendous amount of love he gave to his family and friends.

As of today there have been two individuals arrested for this crime, even so there are still others who need to be brought to justice. We hope and pray that additional arrests will be made and that people in the community of Kerman, CA who may know information about this case will step forward and communicate with law enforcement.

How can you as concerned members of the community help our cause? By sharing our story, we need others to help get the word out by reminding people that this investigation is still ongoing and leads are needed to be able to put everyone involved in this crime behind bars. 

Key pieces of information about the events that happened the early morning hours of October 22nd, 2011 are vital; information consisting of phone messages, text messages and especially clear and concise eyewitness accounts are crucial pieces of evidence necessary for making additional arrests. Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office at (559) 488-3111.

By not cooperating with law enforcement you are doing Marcus as well as your entire community, a terrible injustice.

Our Story by Together Against Violence is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.