Sometimes his wife, Sandy DeLaMora, tells him to take a break. “No, Honey,” he tells her. “I bless to be blessed. God looks after me because of what I do for people, and you just never know.

Jose Quezada devoted his life to steering L.A.-area kids away from gangs and guns. After he was shot and killed at age 46, a USA TODAY special report examined his life and death.