On a summer afternoon in Baltimore, Maryland, a burst of gunfire shattered the day, leaving a young man dead and a city marking a grim statistic. Donnell Pierce, a 23-year-old Black male, was fatally shot on July 26, 2017, in the 1200 block of Greenmount Avenue. The incident, which also resulted in injuries to a woman, was recorded as the 200th homicide in Baltimore that year, a stark indicator of the city's ongoing struggle with violence.
The shooting occurred at approximately 4 p.m., an
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