One of the two teens wounded by gunfire Tuesday night in Seattle's Rainier Beach neighborhood was featured in a Seattle Times story earlier this year on efforts to reduce youth violence.

Daveon Braxton was one of the two victims in the shooting, according to a report by our news partners at KING-TV. Braxton, 16, is expected to survive.

In February, Times staff reporter Lynn Thompson profiled Gabriel Ladd, 29, a former Cleveland High truancy officer, and his efforts to help Rainier Valley youth. Ladd started an organization called Youth 180, named for the degree of change he hopes to achieve in the lives of teenagers. With a $20,000 grant from Seattle's Department of Neighborhoods, Ladd last summer recruited a dozen at-risk teenage boys and held classes and discussions on decision-making, the consequences of their actions and the importance of respecting themselves and others. They also took on community projects, including painting out graffiti and picking up litter.

Braxton is among the teens involved in the program, which is housed in Ladd's childhood home.

Police offered little new information on the shootings Wednesday. No arrests have been made, but the department's Gang Unit is investigating.

Ladd was quoted in The Times' article: "It's our generation's responsibility to stop these kids from killing each other. It's mandatory. They're the future."